Harassment Of Husband & Family By Filing False Complaints Itself Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

'Harassing a family for a substantially long time by filing false complaints itself amounts to mental cruelty.'

Unregistered Agreement Of Sale Can Be Used As An Evidence For Collateral Purpose: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court recently upheld a Trial Court order allowing the plaintiff to lead evidence on insufficiently stamped unregistered agreement of sale in his suit for recovery of earnest money said to be paid by him at the time executing the agreement for sale. The issue before the Apex Court was whether an unregistered agreement of sale can be seen for collateral purposes under the proviso...

Bar Associations Cannot Prevent Advocates From Representing Accused Persons : Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

An accused, whatever the offence may be, had the inherent right to be represented by a counsel of his choice, said the Court

Karnataka HC Issues Guidelines To Trial Courts To Provide Appropriate Compensation To Victims[Read Judgment]

Karnataka HC issues guidelines to lower courts ask them to provide appropriate compensation to victims, as per provisions of CrPC, considering the gravity of offence and paying capacity of accused. The Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines to trial court judges to follow in letter and spirit provisions under section 357 and 357 A of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and award...

PIL In Karnataka HC Challenges MHRD Circular Directing To Connect Students' Social Media Account With Colleges [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation is filed in the Karnataka High Court challenging the notification issued in July, by the Union Government, through the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), directing all Higher Education Institutes, to connect social media accounts, of all the students and teachers to their respective institution account to be created and designated as 'Social...

Punjab Killings : Plea Filed In SC For Probe Into Alleged Executions Withdrawn With Liberty To Move HC

The Public Interest Litigation filed in the Supreme Court seeking probe into alleged mass killings during the counter-insurgency period in Punjab has been withdrawn with liberty to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court.The petition filed by an NGO named Punjab Documentation and Advocacy Project (PDAP) and some individuals sought constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) or...

Prohibition On Slaughtering Or Sale Of Meat For A Short Duration Of 9 Days In A Year Would Not Be Unconstitutional: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with a Government Resolution directing all Municipal Commissioners in the State of Maharashtra to ensure that all abattoirs and meat selling shops are shut during the Paryushan Parva celebrated by the Jain community. A division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre were hearing a PIL filed by one Mehul...

SC Dismisses Plea To Direct Central Government To Enact Legislation Against Custodial Torture [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea of Former Law Minister and Senior Advocate Dr. Ashwani Kumar, seeking a direction to Central Government to enact a stand alone comprehensive legislation against custodial torture. Earlier, the Senior lawyer had approached the Apex Court seeking a direction for an effective and purposive legislative framework/law based upon the 'Convention against...

IL&FS: Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay On MCA's Proceedings Before NCLT Seeking A 5 Yr Ban On Accounting Firm BSR [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted ad-interim relief to KPMG's arm BSR and consultants restraining the Ministry of Corporate Affairs from continuing its proceedings before NCLT, Mumbai under Section 140(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 seeking a 5-year ban on the accounting firm. Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice NJ Jamadar directed the...

Accused Has The Right To Remain Silent And Such Silence Cannot Be Held To Be An Admission: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday exonerated a convict from the charge of Murder under Section 302 of IPC, stating that Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act does not discharge the prosecution from proving its case beyond reasonable doubt and that an accused has the right to silence without being adversely affected by such silence. Background The appeal was filed by one Prasanta Biswas...

Kerala HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging RTI Amendment Act 2019 [Read Petition]

RTI amendments violate Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution, contended the petitioner.

IRDAI Imposes Penalty Of 1.11 Crore On Policy Bazaar For Non-Compliance Of Regulations

The Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has fined Policy Bazaar Insurance Web Aggregator (Policy Bazaar) with a penalty of 1.11 crore for violating regulations of the IRDA (Insurance Web Aggregators) Regulations, 2013 (IRDA Regulations). Out of the eight charges levelled against it, Policy Bazaar was found guilty of...