Sikkim HC Stays Thursday Bandh Called By Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

A division bench of the Sikkim High Court, in an interim order, barred the state's opposition party, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), from going ahead with its proposed bandh on Thursday (February 28). The court was hearing a public interest litigation petition against the proposed bandh that argued that it would have a debilitating effect on students as well as cause disturbances to public...

Kerala HC Stays GO Granting 'Eligible Leave' To Employees During Nationwide General Strike [Read Order]

"There cannot be a blanket order by the Government by which the employees would be made to feel that the strike was legal and justified."

How A Mere Change Of Name To Prayagraj Affects Public Interest?: Allahabad HC Dismisses PILs [Read Judgment]

“Proposed change of name by the State Government, cannot be said to be without basis, and the same clearly reflects a policy decision of the State Government”

Actor Sexual Assault Case : Kerala HC Allows Survivor's Prayer For Trial By Woman Judge [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala yesterday allowed the prayer of the Malayalam actor, who was allegedly abducted and subjected to sexual assault in February 2017, for trial of her case in a court presided by a woman judge.Justice Raja Vijaya Raghavan stated in yesterday's judgment that the transfer of the case will "safeguard the interest of the victim" and will be "expedient in the interest...

Civil Suit In Relation To Land Which Is Subject To Ceiling Proceedings Under Urban Land Ceiling Act Not Maintainable: SC [Read Judgment]

“The jurisdiction of the Civil Courts to try the civil Suits with respect to the lands, which were subjected to ceiling proceedings under the Act, is impliedly barred, since the Act excludes the jurisdiction of the Civil Court.”

SC Grants Parole To Terror Convict For 21 Days [Read Order]

“It is also a fact that the appellant has undergone more than 24 ½ years of imprisonment.”

Rummy Is A Game Of Skill; But Playing It For Stakes Amounts To Offence Of Gambling :Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has held that playing rummy for stakes is an offence under the Kerala Gaming Act 1960. The Court also added that rummy is a game of skill and that playing it for innocent pastime is not an offence. This ruling was made by a Division Bench of Justices P R Ramachandra Menon and N Anilkumar in a petition filed by a Secretary of a club against alleged harassment by police...

United Spirits Ltd., United Breweries Holding Ltd. And Vijay Mallya Are Separate Entities: Sr. Advocate P Chidambaram

United Spirits Limited (USL) argued before the Karnataka High Court that despite the fact that USL has repaid the entirety of its loan from IDBI, the bank is incorrectly refusing to release the securities. The bank is maintaining that it is holding the securities (in the form of shares) on the ground that loans taken by Kingfisher Airlines Limited remain unpaid. The court was hearing a...

Patna HC Upheld A Conviction That Wasn't: SC Remands Case For Re-Hearing [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Monday, set aside a Patna High Court judgment that upheld a conviction that wasn't. To elaborate, the Trial court had convicted only one out of five accused under Section 302 IPC in a murder case. The other four were convicted for commission of offence under Section 27 of the Arms Act. In the appeal filed by all the accused against respective convictions, the...

2018 : Year Of Great Accomplishments For National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has had a year of great accomplishments in 2018, highlighted by a number of important initiatives to expand and improve the delivery of free legal services to marginalized sections of society. This included providing legal aid and advice to people across various classes such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, women, children, transgenders,...

3 Decades Old Rape, Prosecutrix Settled In Life: SC's 'Special Reasons' To Reduce Convict's Sentence To Period Already Undergone [Read Order]

The Supreme Court reduced punishment awarded to a rape convict to period already undergone taking into account the 'special reasons'. 3 decade old rape incident, the prosecutrix and the accused married (not with each other) and settled in life, are the 'special reasons' which prompted the Apex court bench to reduce the sentence. The Trial Court had convicted the accused for seven...

SC Exempts Popular Drug Saridon From Govt Ban [Read Order]

Popular drug for headache Saridon has been exempted from the list of banned fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs because it was being manufactured even before 1988.A bench of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Vineet Saran exempted the formulation of Saridon from the list of banned drugs in keeping with its decision in Union of India & Anr v Pfizer Limited & Ors.Saridon...