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Juridical Debates From Banerji To Nine-Judge Bench On 'Industry' Under Industrial Relations Law
The seven decades old judicial debates on 'industry' under the Industrial Relations Law started with the interpretation of the definition Section 2 (j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The first few years of interpretative battle was around the terminology 'undertaking' in the definition. After a 'zigzag' from broader to narrower interpretation, it settled over 'triple test' in Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. A. Rajappa, (1978) 2 SCC 213. However, the inconclusive debate...
Kerala High Court To Hear Plea Challenging Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026
A plea has been moved before the Kerala High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas will hear the matter tomorrow.The Act received asset of the President on March 30 and has come into force with immediate effect.The plea is moved by a transwoman, who has pleaded that the impugned Act...
Surgeon Best Judge To Choose Which Procedure To Adopt : Supreme Court Quashes Medical Negligence Case
The Supreme Court of India on Monday (April 6) quashed criminal proceedings against a paediatric surgeon who had performed an orchidectomy (removal of the testicle) on a 1.5-year-old child, amid allegations by the father that no consent had been given for the procedure. A Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra heard the matter in which the child's father contended that he had...
'15 Yrs On Tourist Visa & Running Restaurant?': Karnataka High Court Expresses Surprise Over Foreigner's Continued Residence In India
The Karnataka High Court on Monday (April 6) expressed surprise about the continued residence of a French national despite not having permanent residence or citizenship rights. The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum expressed his disbelief when Deputy Solicitor General of India H Shanthi Bhushan appearing for the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), informed the...
'Chilling Trend': Allahabad HC Slams Public Perception That Bribes Can Buy Anything, Denies Relief In Fake PhD Fraud FIR
The Allahabad High Court recently took exception to the growing perception among the common man that anything can be purchased with bribes, including academic degrees and university jobs. A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena thus refused to quash an FIR against a woman accused of defrauding an aspirant of over ₹22 lakh under the pretext of securing a PhD degree and...
Agreement To Sell Executed During Statutory Bar Under HP Tenancy Act Not Specifically Enforceable: High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that even though the agreement to sell was duly executed and proved, it could not be specifically enforced as it violated a statutory prohibition under the H.P. Tenancy and Land Reforms Act. The Court noted that the suit land was subject to a ten-year restriction on transfer from the date of conferment of proprietary rights, and since the agreement...
DU Team Wins 4th CNLU Cyber Law National Moot Court Competition 2026
On April 5, 2026, Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) hosted the semi-final and final rounds of the 4th CNLU-Cyber Law National Moot Court Competition, 2026, marking the third and final day of the event. The competition was organized under the aegis of the Moot Court Committee of CNLU, under the direction of Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Faizan Mustafa and Dr. Vijay Kumar Vimal, Assistant Professor and Faculty Convenor of the Committee.The competition received registrations from over 50 teams...
Lok Adalat Award Not Valid Without Signatures Of Parties; Advocate's Signature Alone Not Binding: Karnataka High Court
Quashing a Lok Adalat award payable to the family of the deceased in a motor accident claims appeal, Karnataka High Court has clarified that the claimant not signing the joint memo of the award would render the award non-binding upon him, even claimant's' lawyer signs the memo. The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna, relying on various precedents, noted that the National Legal...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 30 - April 05, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 102 to 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 110Nominal IndexManjit Singh v/s State of Punjab, 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 102Alam v. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 103Saral Mobile Project Services Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Haryana & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 104Anil Sharma v. State of U.T., Chandigarh & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 105Hemant Kumar Mittal...