No Legality Attached To Fatwa; Not Binding : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently held that there cannot be any legality or validity attached to a fatwa, especially in respect of ownership of immovable property, and such a declaration would not be binding on a third party.A single judge bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh answered the issue in an appeal against a lower court order which had dismissed an application pertaining to ownership of...

Farmers Protests : Petitioner Seeks To Add More Farmers Organizations As Respondents In Plea To Remove Protesters

The petitioner in the PIL against farmers protests has filed an application in the Supreme Court to implead 35 more farmers organizations as additional respondents in the case.Last week, the Supreme Court had allowed the impleadment of eight farmers organizations. The Court said that it was considering to set up an independent committee to mediate between the protesting farmers and the...

Tenancy Matters Governed Under Transfer Of Property Act Are Arbitrable, Reiterates Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that the lease/tenancy matters which are not governed under the special statutes but under the Transfer of Property Act are arbitrable.CJI SA Bobde led three judge bench observed thus while considering a petition under Section 11(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, seeking appointment of a Sole Arbitrator for resolving the ...

3 Judicial Officers Dismissed From Service By Bihar Government For Their Improper Conduct

The Bihar State Government has issued a notification on Monday (21st December) notifying the dismissals of three Judicial Officers of lower judiciary from service, for their highly objectionable and improper conduct. As per the report of Times of India, the three were allegedly caught in compromising position with women inside a hotel in Nepal in January, 2013. Nepali daily...

Take Decision On Transferring Grant Of Rs 10 Lakhs To Advocate Clerks Welfare Fund : Karnataka High Court Asks State Bar Council

Considering the improvement in the state as regards to Covid-19 situation, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday noted that perhaps registered Advocate's Clerks may not need immediate monetary help and thus suggested the State Bar Council to transfer an amount of Rs 10,00,000, released by the state for the benefit of clerks to the welfare fund created for their benefit in 2009. A...

Gangster Bishnoi's Plea- 'Fearing Vikas Dubey Like Fake Encounter': P&H High Court Orders Videography Of His Entire Transit

"This Court is of the firm opinion that the police cannot be deprived of its right to interrogate an accused and that video conferencing may not be as effective as physical interrogation", observed the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday (21st December) while dismissing Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's plea to direct the Chandigarh and Haryana Police to interrogate him through...

NEET 2020: Supreme Court To Consider Today Plea Seeking Admission To "Higher Option Seat" On Basis Of Merit & AIQ

Update at 12.14 PM on December 24 : The Supreme Court refused to entertain the petition and the same was dismissed as withdrawnA vacation bench of the Supreme Court will hear on December 24 a petition seeking stay on a December 15 judgment of Kerala High Court which had dismissed the plea of a student seeking admission to a "higher option seat" in Allotment to medical and allied courses in...

Most Provisions Of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020, Come Into Force

Most of the provisions of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 has come into force with effect from 21st December 2020.The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued notification in the Official Gazette in this regard on Tuesday (22nd December).The amendment was passed by the Parliament on September 22, 2020 to decriminalize minor procedural or technical lapses under the Companies Act, 2013, into...

'May Have Been A Thief But A Speaker Of Truth' : CBI Court About Raju's Testimony Which Turned Vital In Sister Abhaya Case

A human being who became a professional thief by the force of circumstances,but a speaker of truth nonetheless - Court about Raju.

Sister Abhaya Case :CBI Court Says Two Police Officers Destroyed Material Objects; Asks State Police Chief To Ensure That Such Misdeeds Don't Recur

The CBI Court, which convicted Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy in Sister Abhaya Murder, case observed that DySP K. Samuel and the then Superintendent of Police K.T.Michael, who initially investigated the case, were involved in the activities of destruction of the material objects in this case.The Police Head of the state will take necessary steps to ensure that such misdeeds on the part...

Sister Abhaya Case : 17 Circumstances Which Led CBI Court To Convict Father Thomas Kottoor & Sister Sephy

A special CBI Court at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment Father Thomas M Kottoor and Sister Sephy, a priest and a nun of the Catholic church respectively, for the murder of Sister Abhaya 28 years ago.Special CBI Judge K Sanilkumar found Kottoor and Sephy guilty of murder accepting the case of the Central Bureau of Investigation that Sister Abhaya was murdered...

'Clean Road Outside Police Station For A Week' : Karnataka High Court Asks Station House Officer As Punishment For Failing To Register FIR

The Karnataka High Court has directed the station house officer of the Station Bazar Police Station, Kalaburagi, to clean the road in front of his police station for one week, for failing to take note of a complaint made by a mother whose son was allegedly abducted. A division bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav and Justice P Krishna Bhat while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed...