Salman Khan Blackbuck Poaching Case: Rajasthan High Court Extends Stay In Hearing Of Appeals Till April 27

The Rajasthan High Court, bench at Jodhpur, on Friday extended till April 27 stay in hearing the appeals in relation to the Blackbuck Poaching case which are under consideration before a District Court in Jodhpur.3 years back, a Jodhpur court on April 8, 2018 had sentenced Salman Khan to five years of imprisonment in the blackbuck poaching case while his co-actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu,...

Kerala High Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas For Holding Rajya Sabha Elections During Present Assembly Term

The Kerala High Court on Friday reserved judgment on two writ petitions seeking directions to the Election Commission of India for holding elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala - which are falling vacant on April 21 - during the term of the present legislative assembly.A single bench of Justice PV Asha reserved judgment on the petitions filed by the Secretary of the Kerala...

Advocates Entitled To Appear In Maintenance Tribunals; Bar On Legal Representation Unconstitutional : Kerala High Court

"Section 17 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, is declared as ultra vires of Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961"

Lawyers Are Exempted From Paying GST/Service Tax, Do Not Harass Them By Issuing Demand Notices: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court directed the Commissioner GST to issue clear instructions to all the officers in the GST Commission rates in the state not to issue any notice demanding payment of service tax/GST to practising lawyers."It appears that despite knowing fully well that advocates are not liable to pay service tax or GST, notices continue to be issued to them by the GST Commissionerate....

Google v. Oracle : Perspectives on Copyright, Fair Use and Industry Implications

On 5th April 2021 the United States Supreme Court (USSC) finally delivered its verdict on the most keenly watched copyright dispute of this century. USSC's 6-2 decision is a big win for Google as it overturned the 2018 decision of Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which decided in favour of Oracle. USSC held that Google's use of the Java Application Program Interface was a fair use as a matter of law. Origins of the Dispute The case started in 2010 when Oracle filed a law suit against...

Google's Copying Of Oracle's Java SE API Was 'Fair Use', Holds US Supreme Court

Putting an end to a decade long copyright battle between Google and Oracle, the Supreme Court of United States, held that Google's copying of the Java SE API was a fair use of that material.The court (6:2) noted that the API included only those lines of code that were needed to allow programmers to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program.Oracle had sued Google...

"Shouting Spiritual Slogans Not A Crime, Mere Presence At Red Fort Cannot Make Me Part Of Unlawful Assembly": Deep Sidhu To Delhi Court

Deep Sidhu, accused in the Red Fort violence case in connection with the farmer's tractor rally on Republic Day, informed a Delhi Court on Thursday that "merely shouting common spiritual slogans or presence at the Red Fort cannot make him a part of the unlawful assembly."Additional Sessions Judge Neelofer Abida Perveen was hearing the bail application filed by Deep Sidhu who has been accused...

BREAKING : SEBI Imposes ₹ 25 Crore Penalty On Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani & Family For Irregularities In RIL Shareholding

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of Rupees 25 Crores on prominent members of the Reliance family Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Nita Ambani, Tina Ambani and few other individuals.The penalty has been imposed for violations of the provisions of Regulation 11(1) of the Takeover Regulations over irregularities relating to the issue of 12 crore equity shares in...

Hindu Undivided Family - No Presumption That Business Run By Karta In Tenented Premise Is Joint Family Asset : Supreme Court

'The contract of tenancy is an independent contract than the joint Hindu family business'

[Param Bir Singh Letter] Spl. Court Grants Permission to CBI To Question Sachin Waze In the Inquiry Against Anil Deshmukh

The Special Court under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation's application to question suspended API Sachin Waze in connection with the corruption allegations made against Maharashtra's former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Special Judge PR Sitre also extended Waze's NIA custody till April 9 in connection with the explosives found...

Compliance Duty For Covid-19 Mask Norm Higher For Advocates, Cannot Be An Ego Issue : Delhi High Court

Dismissing petitions by 4 advocates challenging the Delhi government's order to wear masks as part of Covid-19 protocol even while travelling alone in a personal vehicle, the Delhi High Court today observed in a strongly worded order that, "Advocates as a class, owing to their legal training have a higher duty to show compliance especially in extenuating circumstances such as the...

Omissions; It's Proof And Significance In Criminal Trial

One of the statutory recognised methods in discrediting a witness is to contradict him with his previous / former statement. This is reflected in Section 155 (3) of the Indian Evidence Act which reads : "The credit of a witness may be impeached in the following ways by the adverse party, or with the consent of the Court, by the party who calls him: (1)…………… (2) ………… (3) by proof of former statements inconsistent with any part of his evidence which is liable to be...