[Domestic Arbitrations] Settled That When Party Does Not Objection To Court's Territorial Jurisdiction, It Is Deemed As Waived: Bombay High Court

"The policy is to treat objections to territorial jurisdiction as technical and not open to consideration...unless there has been a prejudice on the merits."

BREAKING : Supreme Court Calls For Meeting Between Judges Committee & SCBA To Resolve Differences On Hybrid Hearing SOP

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that there should be a meeting between the judges committee and the newly elected representatives of the Supreme Court Bar Association(SCBA) on the contentious SOP formulated for hybrid hearings."Meaningful consultation can only be with the judges committee", observed a bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R Subhash Reddy in the order."We are...

Electricity Integral Part Of Right To Life; Duty Of Distributor To Provide Connection Within A Month Of Application: Kerala HC

"To light up a tiny bulb in his tiny house Sainuddeen had to walk from pole to pole..."

TN Govt Has Decided To Withdraw All Anti-CAA Protests Cases, Madras HC Notes While Quashing Case Against Lawyer

The Madras High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against an advocate for indulging in protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Chennai in December 2019.The FIR was lodged against Advocate S Devika under Sections 143(unlawful assembly) and 188(disobedience to orders of public servants) of the Indian Penal Code.While allowing the petition filed by Advocate...

Indian Man Incorrectly Buried As Per Muslim Rites In Saudi: Delhi High Court Directs Senior MEA Official To Appear Before Court

In what the bench of Justice Prathiba Singh of the Delhi High Court termed as an "unfortunate incident", the Court today directed the Deputy Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to appear online before it in a case where an Indian man upon his death was incorrectly buried as per Muslim rites in Saudi Arabia.The wife of the deceased man has moved the Delhi High Court seeking...

Bombay HC Rubbishes Contention That Appearance Of Respondent's Details Among Search Results Infringed/Prejudiced Appellants' Trademark

“..even the Website of the appellants and that of the respondent are quite different..”, the Judge remarked.

Seriousness Of Offence A Relevant Consideration While Considering The Grant Of Bail, Reiterates Supreme Court

Seriousness of the offence is one of the relevant considerations while considering the grant of bail, the Supreme Court reiterated in a judgment passed on Monday.In this case, the accused had allegedly committed forgery in Court record. It was alleged that there was a fabrication in the court record by way of using whitener in Sessions Trial No.89­A/01, State vs. Mahesh,...

Republic TV And Arnab Goswami's Plea Against Mumbai Police's FIR In TRP Scam: Live Updates From Bombay High Court

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Maratha Reservation: Supreme Court Constitution Bench Hearing- Live Updates [Day-2]

[MARATHA RESERVATION - DAY 2]Constitution Bench of Supreme Court has resumed the hearing on the challenge against constitutionality of Socially & Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018, which provided for a quota to Marathas in jobs &...

All Consumer Complaints Filed Before CPA 2019 Should Be Heard By Fora As Per Pecuniary Jurisdiction Under CPA 1986 : Supreme Court[Read Judgment]

No need to transfer previously filed cases to the new fora under the 2019 Act.

Unnatural Death Of Teenaged Boy- "Train Police Officials About Pre-Production Action Of Police With Regard To Child In Conflict With Law": Calcutta High Court

Underlining that Rule 8 of the West Bengal Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2017 aims to support the children, the Calcutta High Court recently observed that ground-level police officials need to be appropriately instructed with adequate information about the contents and modality of operation related to the rule. It may be noted that Rule 8 of the West...

Protection Of Great Indian Bustards (GIB): Supreme Court May Order Under-grounding Of Low Tension Cables

Supreme Court on Monday observed that it can consider directing under-grounding of the low voltage transmission lines in states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and installation of Bird diverters in case of High transmission lines, for protection of the Great Indian Bustard. A three-judge Bench of CJI SA Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian made the observations while hearing the...