Rajasthan HC Rejects Plea Challenging Exclusion Of 'Married Daughters' From Availing Benefit Of Compassionate Appointment Scheme [Read Order]

"Exclusion of married daughter from the purview of dependants is appropriate. She is not dependant on premarital family."

Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 To Come Into Force From September 1 [Read Notification]

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 is set to come into force from tomorrow, i.e. September 1. The Amendment Act will amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.A notification issued by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways stated that September 1, 2019 has been appointed as the date on which Section 1 of the Amendment Act will come into force The Motor Vehicles (Amendment)...

Misleading Information By An Internet Cafe Owner Costed A Girl A Seat At DU: Delhi HC Refuses To Grant Relief [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court denied relief to a girl who missed out on admission to Delhi University by the fact of being deceived by an internet cafe owner. In Sandali Sharma v. Delhi University, the Petitioner moved the court seeking directions to be issued to the Delhi University to grant her admission in B.Sc. programme at Deshbandhu College. She said that at the time of filling up the...

Himachal Pradesh Legislature Passes Bill To Prohibit Forced Religious Conversion [Read Bill]

"Marriage which was done for the sole purpose of conversion may be declared null and void by the Family Court on a petition presented by either party."

Basic Idea Behind Disgorgement Is Restitution: SAT Allows Investors' Plea For Compensation

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has directed SEBI in a case to compensate victims of an investor fraud scheme by utilising funds either from the disgorgement money received from the wrongdoer, or from its 'Investor Protection and Education Fund'. The SAT is a tribunal that hears appeals against SEBI rulings. The direction...

Dispose Bail Applications Within A Week, Pass Orders On Day Of Hearing Or Next Date: Kerala HC [Read Order]

"The criminal courts must deliver orders on the bail applications on the date of hearing itself or on the next day, subject to the rider that the bail applications must be normally disposed of within one week from the date of filing the same."

A Child Witness If Found Competent To Depose And Reliable One, Such Evidence Could Be The Basis Of Conviction: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

"A child in the innocent purity of its mind and unsophistication is more likely to come forth with version which is unbiased, unsoiled, natural and forthright. It is less prone to manipulation, motivation and spirit of vendetta. It can as well be spontaneous and inspiring, once the child is enabled to overcome the initial shock and awe, and ensured protection, security, compassion and...

Karnataka HC Dismisses DK Shivakumar's Plea For Quashing ED Summons In Alleged Money laundering Case [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Congress party leader in the state, DK Shivakumar and four others, seeking to quash the summons issued to them by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged case of money laundering, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.Justice Aravind Kumar while dismissing the petitions said "The mere issuance of a show cause notice...

POCSO : UP Court Convicts Accused Within 9 Days Of Filing Chargesheet [Read Judgment]

Setting a record, a special Court at Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh) passed an order of conviction under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, within 9 days of filing of charge sheet. The police had submitted chargesheet within twenty days of the offence.The Act gives an outer limit of one year from the date of taking cognizance for completing trial. Last month, taking...

Recent Appointments By PSC Needs To Be Investigated To Regain Public Trust, Says Kerala HC [Read Order]

"The modus operandi involved in this case impels this Court to think that a very efficient and wider investigation, at least with regard to the recent appointments, is necessary to regain the trust of the public in the Public Service Commission Examinations. "

Bhima Koregaon : Sudha Bharadwaj's Counsel Questions Admissibility Of Letters That Allegedly Incriminate Her

Before the bench of Justice S V Kotwal of Bombay High Court, Dr.Yug Mohit Chaudhary began his submissions on Friday, the fourth day of the daily hearings in bail applications filed by three of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence namely Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj and Vernon Gonsalves. Appearing for Sudha Bharadwaj, a human rights lawyer and trade unionist who has been in jail...

Amendment In Arbitration Act Will Not Lead To Reconstituting The Pre-existing Tribunals: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that there's no need to reconstitute Arbitral Tribunals existing since prior to 2015 just because the Amendment Act was brought in the same year. the court said the existing arbitral tribunal would continue to operate as per the Act in which they were constituted. In the present case, the Petitioners had asked the court to issue directions to the Respondents...