Constitutional Courts Can Impose Life Sentence For Fixed Term Without Remission Even In Cases Where Death Penalty Wasn't Imposed : Supreme Court

In a notable judgment, the Supreme Court has held that a Constitutional Court can order that the life sentence in a case should run for a minimum term without remission, even in a case where death sentence was not imposed.Even if the case does not fall within the category of "rarest of the rare" case so as to warrant death penalty, a Constitutional Court can award fixed-term life sentence....

Telugu Daily 'Eenadu' Alleges AP Govt Order Promotes 'Sakshi' Newspaper Owned By CM; Supreme Court Issues Notice

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in a petition filed by Ushodaya Publications, which owns a leading Telugu daily "Eenadu", challenging the Government Order (GO) allegedly aimed at improving sales of "Sakshi" newspaper (allegedly owned and controlled by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh) to all the village and ward secretariats. The petitioner has approached the Apex Court against...

National Anthem Disrespect Case: Bombay High Court Dismisses Mamta Banerjee's Plea To Quash Case Filed By BJP Functionary

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the criminal application filed by West Bengal's CM Mamta Banerjee seeking to quash the complaint filed against her for allegedly disrespecting the National Anthem in 2022.Banerjee had assailed an order of the Sessions Court which though set aside the order of issuance of process against her for offence under Section 3 of Prevention of Insults...

Karnataka High Court Stays Externment Order Against BSc Student For Two Weeks To Allow Him Appear For Scheduled Examinations

Coming to the aid of a student pursuing B.Sc course, the Karnataka High Court has stayed for two weeks the execution and operation of the externment order passed by the Assistant Commissioner, against him, to enable him to appear for examinations. A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum sitting at Dharwad bench disposed of the petition filed by Siddu (20), who had approached...

Consumer Commissions Can't Decide Complaints Involving Highly Disputed Facts, Criminal Or Tortious Acts: Supreme Court

Consumer courts cannot decide complaints involving highly disputed questions of facts or the cases involving tortious acts or criminality like fraud or cheating, the Supreme Court reiterated recently. It said that the concept of “deficiency in service” under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 must be distinguished from the criminal or tortious acts.“The proceedings before the...

Gujarat High Court Appeals To All Pilgrims Visiting Temples In Girnar Hills To Cooperate In Protecting Environment

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the State Government to implement various provisions of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and the Government Resolution dated May 22, 2019 issued by the Forest & Environment Department in its true spirit, for the religious campus located on the hills of Girnar.While hearing a PIL on the issue, the division bench of The Acting Chief Justice A. J....

BREAKING| Lok Sabha Restores Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal's Membership Ahead Of Supreme Court Hearing

The Lok Sabha Secretariat today issued a notification stating that the disqualification of Lakshadweep MP PP Mohammed Faizal has ceased to operate in view of the Kerala High Court suspending his conviction on January 25.Notably, the Lok Sabha notification came ahead of today's Supreme Court hearing in the petition filed by the NCP MP challenging the refusal to revoke his disqualification...

12-Yr-Old Allegedly Used As 'Drug Carrier', Mother Moves Kerala High Court Seeking CBI Probe

A plea has been moved in the Kerala High Court by the mother of an eighth grade student, who had allegedly been used as a 'drug carrier', seeking CBI investigation into the issue pertaining to the luring of school children into drug consumption, and using them for drug trafficking and other crimes. As per the plea, the incident came to light when the twelve year old girl student was found in...

Supreme Court Dismisses IMA Bihar's Plea Challenging Minimum Percentile Criteria For NEET-PG Admissions

The Supreme Court on March 27 dismissed a special leave petition filed by Indian Medical Association Bihar State Branch challenging a Delhi High Court judgment which upheld the regulation mandating minimum marks of 50th percentile in National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to postgraduate courses.The Court observed that it was not inclined to entertain the Special...

When Arbitration Clause Covers All The Disputes, Jurisdiction Can’t Be Limited To A Particular Dispute: Allahabad High Court

The High Court of Allahabad has held that when the arbitration clause cover all the dispute arising out of the contract within its ambit then the scope of the arbitrator cannot be limited to decide only a particular dispute. The bench of Justices Prashant Kumar and Manoj Kumar Gupta held that all the disputes that have arisen before the appointment of the arbitrator can be referred to...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Deletion Of Question In Civil Judge Exam

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Punjab government, the state Public Service Commission and the high court Registrar Recruitment to respond to a petition challenging the deletion of a question from the paper of the preliminary examination held for Punjab Civil Judge (Junior Division Cum Judicial Magistrate) posts. The petition also challenges the answer of another...

IBC | Application Under Section 12A For Withdrawal Of CIRP Is Maintainable Prior To Constitution Of CoC : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that Regulation 30A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2018, is binding upon the National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”). The Bench comprising of Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice Vikram Nath, while adjudicating an appeal filed in Abhishek Singh v Huhtamaki Ppl Ltd. & Anr., has held...