Our Democracy Today Starts With An Election, Ends With Its Results: Kapil Sibal

It's time for India to stand up..if we don't, democracy will perish, he said.

Domain Name Registrars Are "Intermediaries" Under Information Technology Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the Domain Name Registrars are "intermediaries", within the meaning of sec. 2(1)(w) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Justice C Hari Shankar was dealing with a suit filed by Snapdeal Private Limited regarding "SNAPDEAL trade mark". Defendants 1 to 32 were Domain Name Registrars who provide domain names for parties who may seek to register their...

Weekly Digest Of Arbitration Cases: April 10 To April 17, 2022

Bombay High Court 1. Writ Petitions On The Ground Of 'Exceptional Circumstances' Against Order Passed By The Arbitral Tribunal Not Maintainable: Bombay High Court Case Title: Tagus Engineering Private Limited & Ors. versus Reserve Bank of India & Anr. and IDFC First Bank Limited versus Bell Invest India Limited & Anr. Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 127 The...

Victim Has The Right To Be Heard At Every Stage From Investigation To Culmination Of Trial In Appeal/Revision : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Monday, held that a 'victim' as defined under Section 2(wa) of the Code of the Criminal Procedure. 1973 has a right to be heard at every step post the occurrence of the offence, including the stage of adjudication of bail application of the accused."A 'victim' within the meaning of Cr.P.C. cannot be asked to await the commencement of trial for asserting his/her right...

Monthly Stipend For Junior Advocates : Chhattisgarh High Court Issues Notice To State, Bar Councils

The Chhattisgarh High Court has issued notice to the State of Chhattisgarh, the Bar Council of India and the Chattisgarh State Bar Council on a plea seeking monthly stipend for junior advocates.A bench comprising Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice Goutham Chourdiya issued notice returnable within 10 days on April 13.The petition was filed by Advocates Sana Memon and Siddhant...

Are LIC Policy Holders Entitled To Dividend From Surplus Fund? Bombay High Court To Examine; Refuses To Stall LIC IPO

The Bombay High Court has refused ad-interim relief to stall the proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) by the country's oldest and largest insurer – Life Insurance Corporation of India, with a rider that any IPO before the court finally decides the challenge would be subject to the outcome of the petition. Three LIC policy holders from Maharashtra's Nashik district have filed a...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: April 11 To April 17, 2022

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 298 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 332NOMINAL INDEXCase Title: ANJANA GOSAIN v. GOVERNMENT OF NCT AND ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 298Case Title: HTC CORPORATION v. MR. LV DEGAO & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 299Case Title: Aarin through her next friend and natural father Sh. Pawan Kumar v. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan& Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 300Case Title: Red Bull AG v...

Allahabad HC Frowns Upon Law Students 'Flooding' Court With PILs Based On Internship Projects, Failure To Pursue Case Thereafter

Referring to the practice of law students filing Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pleas in the High Court based on their internship projects and thereafter not pursuing the matters, the Allahabad High Court recently frowned upon such students as it remarked that the Court can't be made a dumping ground for pushing all such internship reports.The Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and...

Justice Kurian Joseph To Lead Mediation For Release Of Indian Woman Sentenced To Death In Yemen

In a significant development in the case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian woman who is facing death sentence in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni citizen, former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has agreed to lead a mediation attempt for her release.As per Yemeni law, a convict in a murder case can be released if the family members of the victim pardon the crime.Speaking to LiveLaw,...

BCI Examining Proposal That Senior Advocates Should Compulsorily Induct 5 Newly Enrolled Advocates

On the recommendation of the Supreme Court to revisit the present mechanism of induction into the legal profession, to improve the quality of professionals joining the Bar, the Bar Council of India ("BCI") had submitted an affidavit indicating the changes it seeks to implement to achieve the same. On 15.03.2022, a Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh had...

"You Will Soon Get A Good News" : CJI Ramana To Judicial Officers On Pay Commission Issues

The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Friday said that the judicial officers will soon receive a "good news" on the issues related to the pay commission.The CJI was addressing the Telangana State Judicial Officers at at the inaugural event of Telangana State Judicial Officers Conference 2022 at Hyderabad. While stressing on the importance of taking care of one's physical and mental health,...

Hawker Can't Claim Right To Leave Goods & Wares Overnight At Hawking Place : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that any hawker can be permitted to hawk in the market only as per the hawking policy and not against the same. The bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna also observed that a hawker has no right to insist that he may be permitted to keep his goods and wares at the place where he is hawking overnight."Any hawker can be permitted to hawk in the...