Ukraine Returnee Students' Case : Can't Compromise On Medical Education; Will Go By Expert Committee Recommendation, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, adjourned a batch of petitions seeking to allow nearly 20,000 Indian students who had to return from Ukraine due to the Russian attack to complete their medical education in India for six weeks.Additional Solicitor General of India Aishwarya Bhati told a Bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath that following the earlier order of the Court, the...

CAAR Not Barred From Giving Ruling On The Ground Of Preliminary Exercise Being Done By Customs Officer: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that merely because an officer of customs contemplates that a question may arise for consideration, does not mean that the question is “pending” consideration so as to bar the Customs Authority for Advance Ruling (CAAR) from deciding the issue in an application for advance ruling, under Clause (a) of the proviso to Section 28-I (2) of the...

Allahabad High Court Acquits Man Convicted In 2004 For Allegedly Killing 4 Persons Of A Family By Poisoning Them

The Allahabad High Court recently acquitted a person convicted in the year 2004 for allegedly killing 4 persons of a family by mixing poison in their meat as it did not find credible evidence against him. The bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav acquitted one Mohd. Aslam as it noted that though it was painful that four persons of the family were done to death by...

'Entitled To Benefit Of Doubt' : Supreme Court Acquits Accused In A 1985 Murder Case

In a judgment delivered yesterday (24 January 2023), the Supreme Court acquitted the accused in a 1985 Murder Case by giving them benefi of doubt.One Narayan was murdered on 5th September, 1985. Munna Lal, Sheo Lal, Babu Ram, and Kalika were accused of murder and they were convicted by the Trial Court in January 1986. The appeal filed by the accused was dismissed by the Allahabad High Court...

Online Gaming Not Betting/Gambling; Rajasthan High Court Grants Interim Relief to Myteam 11

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that the issue regarding the nature of gaming services provided online is no longer res-integra, adding that such gaming services have been held to be games of skill and not games in nature of betting or gambling. Noting that the matter has been settled in view of the judgments passed by various Courts, the bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal...

Lack Of Infrastructure, Non-Allotment Of Chambers: Shahdara Bar Association Asks Lawyers To Abstain From Work On Friday

Shahdara Bar Association has unanimously resolved to abstain from work on Friday over the alleged lack of infrastructure and non-allotment of chambers at the Karkardooma Court Complex. “…it is unanimously resolved that there shall be a complete suspension of work till the above referred problems are not resolved. All members are requested to abstain from work on 27/01/2023 and members of...

Insurance Company Liable If Ambulance Meets An Accident And Patient Being Shifted For Better Treatment Succumbs To His Ailment: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that an insurance company is liable to pay compensation to a patient who succumbs to his ailments, when the ambulance in which he is being shifted to a hospital for better treatment meets with an accident. A single judge bench of Justice T.G.Shivashankare Gowda turned down the contention of the National Insurance Company Ltd and upheld the order...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Stays Sohna Bar Association's 'Arbitrary' Cancellation Of Chambers' Allotment

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the cancellation of the chambers that had been allotted to some young members of the Sohna Bar Association in Gurgaon in April 2022.Hearing a petition challenging the decision, Justice Vinod Bhardwaj issued notice to the high court's Building Committee (Haryana) and Bar Association Sohna. The court listed the matter for hearing on May 08.“In...

Eyewitness Evidence To Prevail Over Dying Declaration When Deceased Was Adversely Motivated: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that if the deceased was adversely motivated, and the eyewitnesses inspire confidence, eyewitness evidence would prevail over dying declaration regarding the cause of the death.Justice SG Mehare of Aurangabad bench, while upholding the acquittal of a man and his family members accused of murdering his wife held – “where it is proved that the...

Pay Hike For Judicial Officers : Supreme Court Decides To Hear First Review Petitions Filed By Some States

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday resumed hearings in the petition seeking to implement the order dated 22.07.2022 which had directed the Center and the States to pay judicial officers pension as per the enhanced pay scale as recommended by the Second National Judicial Pay Commission. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha,...

Karnataka Not Bound To Follow Maharashtra's Policy Recognising Foreign Medical Degrees: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by a Medical Graduate, questioning the endorsement issued to him by the Department of Health and Family Welfare Service rejecting his application for the post of Medical Officer on the grounds that he has graduated from a University in China. A single judge bench of Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde while rejecting the petition...

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Proceedings Against BJP MP Parvesh Verma In Defamation Case By Manish Sisodia

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings against Bhartiya Janata Party MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma in a defamation case filed by deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice on Verma’s plea challenging the trial court order summoning him in the matter and listed the case for hearing on March 10.Verma along with five other...