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Law Student Belonging To ST Community Found Dead In NLUO Girls Hostel, Suicide Suspected
A second year law student belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community was found dead in the Girls' Hostel of National Law University Odisha (NLUO), in a suspected case of death by suicide.The student hailing from Haryana was reportedly found dead in her hostel room on Monday (April 4) night following which she was rushed to the S.C.B. Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack. However, the...
Reasons Which Weigh With Court In Cancelling Bail To Co Accused Would Also Apply On Other Accused Seeking Bail: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the reasons which weigh with the Court in cancelling the bail granting to co accused would also apply in case of bail preferred by another accused in relation to the same FIR and incident. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant rendered this observation while considering a criminal appeal assailing Allahabad High Court's...
Supreme Court Criminal Digest With Subject And Statute Wise Index- March 2022
Anticipatory Bail - SLP Against Madras HC Judgment dismissing anticipatory bail with some observations about requirement of custodial interrogation- Dismissed - High Court, after having found no case for grant of pre-arrest bail, has otherwise not given any such direction of mandatory nature - Observations are essentially of the reasons assigned by the High Court in declining the prayer...
Government Contracts, Arbitration And Clause Barring Grant Of Interest
Recent decision of Supreme Court in the case of Union of India vs Manraj Enterprises[1] rendered by Division Bench has held impliedly that the previous decision of co-ordinate Bench in Union of India vs Pradeep Vinod Constructions[2] is not a good law for not considering the three Judge Bench decision in Union of India vs Bright Power Projects (India) (P) Ltd[3] and also for being contrary to what was held subsequently by another three Judge Bench in the case of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd...
Day Of Recusals In Calcutta High Court : Several Benches Recuse From Hearing SSC 'Group-D' Recruitment Scam Case
In an unprecedented development, the Calcutta High Court on Monday witnessed various Benches either recusing or declining to hear a batch of appeals pertaining to the alleged irregularities in the appointment of 'Group-D' (non-teaching staff) in sponsored Secondary and Higher Secondary schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on the purported recommendation by the...
'PG Wodehouse A Security Threat? That's Comical' : Bombay High Court Astonished At Prison Officials Denying Gauatam Navlakha Books
The Bombay High Court on Monday came down heavily on the Maharashtra Government for its callousness in dealing with serious allegations against officials of Taloja Prison, which were levelled by senior journalist Gautam Navlakha who has been imprisoned there in the Bhima Koregaon - Elgar Parishad Case.A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and GA Sanap was informed how Navlakha was...
Chief Justice of India & Judges Greet Advocates As Supreme Court Resumes Full Physical Hearing
As a welcoming gesture on the occasion of the Supreme Court resuming full physical hearings after a gap of 2 years today, the Chief Justice of India N V Ramana along with companion Judges took a round of the Supreme Court corridor to greet the advocates this morning before the commencement of proceedings of the day.It was in March 2020 that the Supreme Court switched to complete virtual mode...
Supreme Court Monthly Digest With Nominal and Subject/Statute Wise Index- March 2022
Administrative Law - Natural Justice - Importance of natural justice and an opportunity of hearing to be afforded to the affected party in any administrative or quasiÂjudicial proceedings. (Para 28) Esteem Properties Pvt. Ltd. v. Chetan Kamble, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 226 Amendment - If power to amend or modify or relax a notification and/or order exists, the notification and/or order...
Supreme Court "World Leader" In Virtual Hearings, Held Over Two Lakh Hearings Online: Law Ministry
The Ministry of Law & Justice informed in Lok Sabha that since Covid lockdown started, the District Courts heard 1,23,19,917 cases while the High Courts heard 61,02,859 cases (totalling 1.84 cr) till 28.02.2022 using Video-Conferencing. It was added that the Supreme Court held 2,18,891 hearings till 14.03.2022 since the beginning of the lockdown period making it the "world leader"...
Bombay High Court Orders 7 Days Jail For Prison Superintendent For Denying Emergency Parole To Eligible Prisoners
The Bombay High Court has held the Superintendent of Central Prison, Nagpur - Anupkumar M. Kumre - guilty of contempt and sentenced him to seven days' simple imprisonment for selectively denying prisoners emergency parole during the Covid pandemic. "If the Court finds that the Government's (officials) action in rejecting the grant of parole to a prisoner has the effect of suffocating...
Weekly Round-Up Tax Cases: March 27 - April 2, 2022
Supreme Court Immunity Under Income Declaration Scheme Available Only To The Declarant; Can't Be Extended To Another Assessee : Supreme Court Case Title : Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (Central) Circle 1(2) versus M/s MR Shah Logistics Private Ltd Citation : 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 323 The Supreme Court has found fault with a Gujarat High Court judgement for extending the...