Section 138 NI Act- Jharkhand High Court Explains Bouncing Of Non-MICR Cheques, Notice Under Certificate of Posting

The Jharkhand High Court last week made some pertinent observations regarding the essentials required for prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Act) for the bouncing of non-MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) cheques. The Court also issued directions on what would constitute a valid mode of service for the dispatch of a demand notice. Justice Anubha...

Lok Sabha Clears Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill Amid Opposition Protests

The Lok Sabha today passed the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with an aim to liberalize the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 by widening the scope of entities which can engage in factoring business. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on September 14, 2020. It was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance on September 25, 2020 and the Committee's report was tabled...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Govt's Response On Plea For Building Seperate Public Toilet Facilities For Transgenders, Third Gender

The Delhi High Court has sought the response of Centre and Delhi Government on a plea seeking directions for building seperate public toilet facilities for Transgenders and third gender. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to Union of India through Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Delhi Government and Delhi Municipal Corporations....

Bhima Koregaon Case : Bombay High Court Reserves Order On Surendra Gadling's Bail Plea To Attend Mother's Death Anniversary

The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved for orders the temporary bail appeal of Bhima Koregaon- Elgar Parishad Case accused – Advocate Surendra Gadling to perform his mother's funeral rites on her first death anniversary on August 15, 2021. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar said they would pronounce the order on July 30 2021, after hearing submissions...

IS Recruit Nimisha Fathima's Mother Approaches Kerala High Court Again Seeking Repatriation

A plea seeking the same had been filed as a habeas corpus previously, which was dismissed by the Court.

Parliament Passes Bill To Declare Two Food Technology Institutes As Institutions Of National Importance

The Lok Sabha today passed the National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021, to declare certain institutes of food technology, entrepreneurship, and management as institutions of national importance. These institutes are: the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli the Indian Institute...

Kangana Ranaut's Passport Renewal : Bombay High Court Refuses Javed Akhtar's Intervention

The Bombay High Court, on Monday, refused to hear lyricist Javed Akhtar's interim application in Kangana Ranaut's quashing petition regarding the Didda Copyright Ro asking him to approach the complainant or the public prosecutor as he was not a party in the present proceedings.Akhtar accused Ranaut of deliberately concealing his defamation case pending against her to mislead the court and get...

Indicate In Mark Cards Of Karnataka Open School Students That They Appeared For SSLC Exams In Regular Format : High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Monday refused to interfere with a government notification mandating nine days regular format SSLC examination for students registered with the Karnataka Open School System. The examination began today. A division bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice P Krishna Bhat disposed of the petition filed by a student Puneeth Acharya Y. However, it...

Give Respect To Leaders Of Country/State While Publishing Matters Related To Them: Madras High Court Directs Tamil Newspaper

Noting that while reporting a matter related to the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalitha, a Tamil Magazine/Newspaper 'Dinamalar' had referred to her as 'J', the Madras High Court recently directed the publisher of the Magazine that: "While printing and publishing matters with regard to the leaders of the Country or State, the petitioners are supposed to give respect...

'Sorry State Of Affair': Jharkhand High Court Pulls Up Registry For Over 3 Months Delay In Registering Case

The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday criticized the Registry and Judicial Sections of the High Court for over 3 months' delay in registering and stamp reporting a case.While noting that the case, which was filed on 7th April got registered after 36 days and is yet to be stamp reported, Justice Ananda Sen stated that even if the Office and the Judicial Sections are functioning with 50% of...

Chief Minister's Social Media Posts Not Equal To Administrative Order/Instruction: Madhya Pradesh High Court

While upholding the detention of a man, accused of black marketing of Remdesivir injections amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently observed that the social media posts of a Chief Minister can't be equated with an administrative order/instruction. A Division Bench of Justices Sujoy Paul and Anil Verma further held that it is not necessary that...

[BREAKING]: West Bengal Govt Constitutes Panel Headed By Justice Madan Lokur To Probe Pegasus Scandal [Read Notification]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday constituted an Inquiry Commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur and former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya to investigate into the allegations pertaining to the Pegasus spyware scandal. A notification to this effect was issued on Monday by B.P Gopalika, Additional...