Breaking | Mumbai Court Acquits Two Accused In 2002 Best Bakery Case

A Sessions Court in Mumbai on Tuesday acquitted two accused in the second part of the 2002 Best Bakery case in Gujarat.The two accused Harshad Solanki and Mafat Gohil were absconding when the other accused in the communal riots case faced trial in Mumbai leading to a separate trial for them. They were arrested in 2013 and the trial against them began in 2019. Fourteen people were killed at...

Kerala Court Prevents 'Marunadan Malayali' From Publishing Defamatory Content Against Actor Prithviraj

The Additional Sub Judge, Ernakulam on Monday passed an injunction against the Malayalam news portal ‘Marunadan Malayali’ preventing the channel from publishing any defamatory content against popular Malayalam Film industry actor Prithviraj Sukumaran. The interim injunction was passed in a civil defamation suit filed by the actor claiming damages of Rs. 10 Crore. The suit was...

LiveLaw Turns 10 : A Decade In Revolutionary Legal Reporting

Parents will feel a sense of thrilling excitement when they see their child making accomplishments surpassing their humble expectations. A similar sentiment pervades our minds when we look at the growth which LiveLaw had over the last ten years. LiveLaw took its birth on June 13, 2013, exactly ten years ago. We started off as a small website publishing reports simplifying complex...

“Character Assassination Without Proof” : MP Sanjay Raut Files Defamation Complaint Against BJP's Kirit Somaiya

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut has filed a criminal defamation case against ex-MP and BJP member Kirit Somaiya on Monday regarding allegedly defamatory tweets from 2022. Raut, editor of Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ claims Somaiya’s tweets are “destructive” and amount to “character assassination without any proof.” The case was filed in the...

Supreme Court Questions Low Insurance Coverage For Drivers & Riders Under Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020

The Supreme Court, on Monday, indicated dissatisfaction with respect to the insurance coverage that the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020 provide for drivers and pillion riders.While hearing a plea challenging Delhi High Court’s order allowing bike-taxi aggregators, Rapido and Uber from operating bike-taxis without aggregator licenses in Delhi till a final policy regarding the same...

Madras High Court Files Detailed Report Before Supreme Court On Status Of Toilets For Women Lawyers In Nilgiris Court Complex

The Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the listing of the plea concerning lack of toilets for female lawyers at Nilgiris Court Complex before an appropriate Bench in the first week of July, 2023.On 9th July, 2023, the Apex Court had directed the Madras High Court administration to submit through its Registrar General a detailed report on the issue of lack of toilet complexes for women lawyers...

Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Order Which Allowed Bike-Taxi Operations Of Rapido, Uber In Delhi

The Supreme Court, on Monday, stayed the order of the Delhi High Court allowing bike-taxi aggregators, Rapido and Uber, to operate bike-taxis without aggregator licenses in Delhi till the Delhi Government notified its policy for the same.“Under these circumstances, in our opinion, an interim order staying the whole-scale operation of a statutory regime till the finalisation of policy...

Prof Ashok Ramappa Patil Appointed As Vice Chancellor Of NUSRL Ranchi

Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Ramappa Patil has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi.The NUSRL in a post on its website said: “Hon’ble Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court cum Chancellor of National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi has appointed Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Ramappa Patil as the Vice Chancellor of the...

Law Commission's Recommendations Make Sedition Law More Prone To Abuse : Senior Lawyers

The law of sedition has always been controversial - with governments of all shades and hues generously employing the colonial-era law to clamp down on dissent. The application of this law has become absurdly frightening over the years with journalists, activists, cartoonists, students and even lay persons facing the brunt for being critical of the government. This is hardly a secret....

Army Claims Protection Under AFSPA For ‘Cutting Trees’ On Rented Property, Court Says No Requirement Of Sanction As Dispute Purely Civil In Nature

In a dispute related to the felling of trees on a land taken over by the Army on rent from a civilian, a court in Kashmir’s Bandipora district has rejected the union government’s argument that the landowner is first required to seek sanction under The Armed Forces (Jammu And Kashmir) Special Powers Act (AFSPA) before filing the recovery suit.Principal District Judge Amit Sharma ruled that...

Army Jawan 'Murder' Case: Judicial Magistrate Orders Further Investigation After 17 Years

17 years after the mysterious "murder" of Sepoy Yuvraj Uttam Rao inside an army camp, the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) of Banihal has ordered the reopening of the investigation into the matter. Expressing dissatisfaction with the previous investigation, Judge Manmohan Kumar has directed the police to conduct further inquiries and submit a detailed report within three months.The...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index (Citations 403 - 423) [May 8 – 14, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEXArbitration2015 Arbitration Amendment not applicable though S.11 application was filed after it, if arbitration notice was issued pre-amendment. Shree Vishnu Constructions v. Engineer in Chief Military Engineering Service, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 417Award can be said to be suffering from 'patent illegality' only if it is an illegality apparent on the face of it....