Do Not Kiss, Fondle Or Sleep Alone With Children: Centre’s Manual On “Living Conditions In Institutions For Children In Conflict With Law”

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed a manual titled “Living conditions in Institutions for Children in conflict with Law”, in conformity with the Supreme Court decision in the case of Re-inhuman conditions in 1382 prisons, WP (C) 406 of 2013. The Court had, in February, 2016, directed the Centre to prepare a manual similar to the Model prison Manual being prepared...

Wife Paying Maintenance To An Able Bodied Husband Would Promote “Idleness”: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala recently quashed a husband’s claim for maintenance, observing that maintenance under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act is to be paid to the husband only when he is able to prove any incapability or handicap.The Bench comprising Justice A.M. Shaffique and Justice K. Ramakrishnan further observed that in the absence of such circumstances, endowing maintenance on...

Kerala Law Student Chops Off Genitals Of ‘Godman’ Who Allegedly Raped Her For Eight Years

Taking law into own hand sometimes becomes inevitable as it happened in the case of a 23-year-old Law student, who reportedly chopped off the genitals of a ‘godman’ who had allegedly been sexually abusing her for over eight years.The police have also registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.The accused has been identified as Swami Gangeshananda,...

CJI To Deliver CCI’s Annual Day Lecture On ‘Emerging Jurisdiction Of Competition Law’

Chief Justice of India JS Khehar will be the chief guest at the annual day function of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Saturday evening at the Convention Hall, The Ashok, New Delhi.He will deliver the annual day lecture on ‘Emerging Jurisdiction of Competition Law: How will it serve the business community in India, and India’s trade policy’.CCI chairman Devender Kumar...

No TDS On Salaries Reimbursed Under Secondment Agreement: Bombay HC [Read Order]

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has held that payment of salary under secondment agreement does not attract tax deducted at source (TDS).A secondment agreement is an agreement entered into between a foreign Company and its Indian affiliate wherein the foreign company deputes its staff to the Indian company for a certain period, and during this time, this staff remains on...

Merely Because The Maximum Punishment For Offence Is Life Imprisonment Benefit Of Probation Cannot Be Denied: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, in the case of State v Lucky, held that the benefit of probation cannot be denied to an accused who has been convicted for offences punishable with death or imprisonment for life but where the minimum sentence is not specified and the accused hasn’t been awarded the maximum sentence.In the instant case, Lucky, convicted under Sections 394 and 411 read with Section 34...

HC Has Powers To Condone Delay In Filing Appeal Before Railway Claims Tribunal Act: MP HC [Read Opinion]

A division of Madhya Pradesh High Court has held the High Court has power to condone delay in filing an appeal made under section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act in exercise of powers under section 5 of the Limitation Act on sufficient cause being shown by an appellant.The division bench in response to the question referred to it “whether the provision of section 5 of the Limitation...

Now Lodge Missing Child Complaint Through SMS: Centre Develops Standard Operating Procedure For Cases Of Missing Children

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed a Standard Operating Procedure for tracing missing children, in compliance with the Supreme Court directives passed in January, 2015 in the case of Bachpan Bachao Andolan v. Union of India & Ors, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 75 of 2012.“This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) envisages to assist Police, Child Welfare Committee...

Limited Insolvency Examination (2nd Edn.): 01.07.2017 – 30.06.2018

The second edition of Limited Insolvency Examination will commence from 01.07.2017 and continue till 30.06.2018. The first edition of the examination commenced from 31.12.2016 and will continue till 30.06.2017.This is an online examination which provides candidates two hours to solve 90 multiple choice questions. The candidates will be evaluated out of a total of 100 marks. There is no...

Govt. Seeks Stakeholders’ Comments On Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2017 [Read The Draft Bill]

The Centre on Thursday placed the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2017 in public domain, seeking feedback and suggestions. The Bill proposes to aid in confiscation of assets of absconding high-value economic offenders, till they submit to the jurisdiction of the appropriate legal forum.“It is widely felt that the spectre of high-value economic offenders absconding from India to defy the...

Delhi HC Restrains Use Of ‘Ilmcampus.com’ For Infringing IILM’s Trade Mark [Read Judgment]

In a suit filed by Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM) against ILM Consulting Pvt Ltd, the Delhi High Court has ordered the latter to not to use ILM as its trade name and also restrained it from using website with the domain name www.ilmcampus.com.In an ex parte decree, Justice Deepa Sharma observed that the defendant is using the said websites and also using the...

SEBI Court Rejects Subrata Roy’s Application For Exemption As He Fails To Appear Again

Sahara Group Founder Subrata Roy failed to appear before the Special SEBI Court in Mumbai on Thursday citing health reasons.Roy’s advocate, Ashok Saraogi submitted a medical certificate stating that Roy is suffering from gastroenteritis.An application seeking Roy’s exemption from appearing personally for the hearing was also filed. Judge MG Deshpande rejected the application and...