Punjab & Haryana High Court Annual Digest 2022 [Citations 1 - 335]

Citations 1 To 335:1. MCQ Exams- "Question Having No 'Most Appropriate Answer' Is Incapable Of Being Asked, Needs To Be Deleted": P&H High CourtCase title: Lovepreet Singh v. Haryana Public Service Commission and anotherCitation: 2022 LiveLaw (P&H) 1The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently observed that in a Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) based examinations, a question which has...

'Women Contributed To Drafting Constitution' : CJI DY Chandrachud Explains Why He Wrote 'Founding Fathers & Mothers Of Constitution'

During the hearing of the dispute between the Delhi Government and the Centre over the control of civil services, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud explained why he chose to use the expression "founding fathers and mothers of the Constitution" in the 2018 Constitution Bench judgment in Govt of NCT of Delhi v Union of India.CJI said that he used this line so that the women who contributed...

5 Years Needed To Complete Lakhimpur Kheri Case Trial, Sessions Court Informs Supreme Court

The trial court in Uttar Pradesh handling the Lakhimpur Kheri case relating to the killing of farmers in October 2021 reported to the Supreme Court that it will take at least 5 years to complete the trial.In December 2022, the Supreme Court had sought for a report from the trial court while considering the bail application of accused Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra. Ashish...

As The Bengaluru Police Seeks Disclosure Of A Journalist’s Source, The Legal Position In India Leans In Favour Of Its Protection

ON January 5, the Bengaluru Police issued a notice to founder and editor of news portal, The File, G.Mahantesh, in connection with a case pertaining to an e-office file noting of the Karnataka Education Department which the portal published. The portal had done a story on the basis of the leak of the file noting in November 2022. The Bengaluru Cybercrime Police, acting on a First Information Report, registered on the complaint of a senior department official on November 10 last year,...

Google vs CCI : Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Google's Plea Against NCLAT Order To Deposit 10% Penalty On Jan 16

The Supreme Court has listed on January 16 tech-giant Google's plea challenging the order of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT) which declined to stay the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) decision to impose Rs 1,338 crore penalty on it for unfair and anti-competitive practices in relation to Android phones.On January 6, the NCLAT refused to stay the CCI's order and...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Hindu Law

Family Courts Act, 1984 Family Courts Act, 1984 - The Family Courts Act is not a standalone Act. It draws sustenance from Acts like the Hindu Marriage Act. This is for the reason that a petition within the meaning, for instance, of the Hindu Marriage Act, after a Family Court is established in India, is to be dealt with by the Family Court, on the grounds as provided under the...

Make Environmental Impact Assessment Mandatory For Urban Development, Recommends Supreme Court; Cites Condition Of Bengaluru As Warning

While issuing directions to preserve the heritage of 'Corbusier' Chandigarh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly urged the legislature and executive wings of the centre and the states to consider the harmful effects of ‘haphazard’ urban planning and take mitigative measures to ensure that the environment is not sacrificed at the altar of development."We therefore appeal to the ...

Delhi vs Centre | Exclusion Of Power Over Civil Services Negates Purpose Of State Governance, Negates People's Will : Singhvi Tells SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced hearing on the dispute between the Delhi government and the union government regarding control of administrative services in the National Capital Territory of DelhiThe five-judge bench of Chief Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, M. R. Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and P. S. Narasimha heard Senior Advocate Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, for the government of NCT...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 10.1.23

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Bhopal Gas Tragedy : How Can Centre Now Seek To Reopen Its Settlement With Union Carbide ? Supreme Court Asks AG

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, commenced with the hearing of Centre’s curative petition filed in 2010 seeking additional compensation for Bhopal gas tragedy victims from US-based corporation, Union Carbide (now owned by Dow Chemicals). During the course of the hearing the Court raised queries regarding the scope of the curative petition that was filed almost 19...

Supreme Court Asks Delhi Govt To Consider Registry's Request For Additional Medical Facilities In SC Premises

The Supreme Court has asked the Health Secretary, Delhi Government to consider and decide the requisition moved by the Supreme Court Registry seeking additional health facilities in the Supreme Court premises.The requisition specifically seeks the services of a number of specialists from different fields such as Cardiologists, Ortho, ENT etc.A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT...

Assam Accord : Supreme Court To Decide Constitutionality Of Section 6A Of Citizenship Act As Preliminary Issue

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, framed the preliminary issue in the matter concerning the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act inserted by way of an amendment in 1985 in furtherance of the Assam Accord. The bench noted that the issue - "Whether Section 6A of the Citizenship Act suffers from any constitutional infirmity?" covered all other issues...