Prefacing its judgment in Sreesanth's Case, the Supreme Court made an observation about the relevance sports have in today's world. Justice Ashok Bhushan, who authored the judgment, observed...
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The Madras High Court, on Friday, dismissed pleas seeking to reschedule the election date in Tamil Nadu to any other day than Maundy Thursday. The General Elections is scheduled on 18th April...
Technological Self-Determination And The Transformative Constitution [Excerpt From Gautam Bhatia's New Book]23 March 2019 3:20 AM GMT
At the time of Independence, India was a society characterized by authoritarian political power, legal and social inequalities, and unaccountable private regimes of domination. Te Constitution...
Tenant Cannot Question Choice Of Landlord To Live In A 'Hut Like Structure': Kerala HC [Read Judgment]22 March 2019 4:24 PM GMT
The Kerala High Court has observed that a tenant cannot question the choice of a landlord to live in a 'hut like structure'. The division bench comprising of Justice K. Harilal and Justice N....
Hostel Rules- Not Unfair To Treat Women and Men Differently In Matters Of Safety and Security: Madras HC [Read Judgment]22 March 2019 3:03 PM GMT
The Madras High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by some hostelers challenging the constitutionality of Tamil Nadu Hostels and Home for Women and Children (Regulation) Act,...
Statutory Dues Of Income Tax, VAT Etc. Are Operational Debts Under IBC : NCLAT [Read Judgment]22 March 2019 11:15 AM GMT
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has held that statutory dues of income tax, value added tax etc. are 'operational debts' under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.Consequently, it...
MP HC Rejects Plea Against Conducting DNA Test Of A Man Accused Of Having Unnatural Sex With His Wife [Read Order]22 March 2019 9:01 AM GMT
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the direction issued by an investigating officer to a man to conduct a DNA Test. His wife had filed complaint accusing him of having unnatural sex with...
Section 138 NI Act: Non-Filing Of I-T Returns Does Not Mean That The Complainant Had No Source Of Income: MP HC [Read Order]22 March 2019 3:48 AM GMT
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that mere non-filing of Income Tax Return would not automatically dislodge the source of income of the complainant in a cheque bounce case under Section...
Lack Of Parental Care One Of The Reasons For Child's Addiction To Online Video Games : Kerala HC22 March 2019 2:10 AM GMT
Lack of parental care is perhaps one of the reasons for child getting addicted to online games, observed the High Court of Kerala yesterday.The Court was dealing with a petition by a child seeking...
Deceased NLU-J Student's Father Moves Rajasthan HC For Probe Into Son's Mysterious Death; Notice Issued21 March 2019 11:43 AM GMT
Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has issued notice on a petition filed by the father of a National Law University, Jodhpur student who was found dead under mysterious circumstances back in...
Former J&K HC Judge Who Held Article 370 Is Permanent To Contest Lok Sabha Polls21 March 2019 11:15 AM GMT
Justice Hasnain Massodi, Former Judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, famous for his verdict on Article 370 of the Constitution, is all set to contest in upcoming Lok Sabha elections. PTI...
Indian American Neomi Rao Appointed As Circuit Judge Of US DC Court21 March 2019 9:56 AM GMT
Neomi Jehangir Rao, an Indian American Lawyer, has been appointed as United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was nominated by the Senate to the post previously ...
Lawyers Calling Themselves 'Chowkidar' In Twitter Should Not Be Permitted To Practise Law : Complaint To BCI21 March 2019 9:37 AM GMT
An advocate from Mumbai has sent a complaint to the Bar Council of India seeking disciplinary action against lawyers calling themselves 'chowkidar' (security guard/watchman) in twitter.He said...
Sec.52 TP Act - Sale Agreement Executed During Pendency Of Suit Hit By 'Lis Pendens' : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]21 March 2019 7:05 AM GMT
Answering a reference, a Full Bench of the High Court of Kerala has held that an agreement of sale executed by a party to lis during the pendency of suit will be hit by the doctrine of lis pendes...
Madras HC Stays Defamation Case Against Stalin21 March 2019 6:32 AM GMT
The Madras High Court Wednesday stayed a defamation case filed against DMK president M K Stalin for certain remarks against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami over the Kodanad estate robbery...
Arnab Goswami Summoned By Kerala Court In Defamation Case For Alleged Anti-Kerala Remarks21 March 2019 3:56 AM GMT
Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, has been summoned by Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Kannur in Kerala in a criminal defamation case filed for allegedly humiliating Keralites...
Section 26 Evidence Act: Confession In Police Custody Made In Immediate Presence Of Executive Magistrate Admissible: P&H HC [Read Judgment]20 March 2019 2:15 PM GMT
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the expression 'Magistrate' appearing in Section 26 of the Evidence Act would include Executive Magistrate also.To hold thus, the division bench...
