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Centre's Undertaking To Reconsider Sedition Law Not Binding On Parliament, Says Supreme Court On BNS Challenge
The Supreme Court on Friday orally commented that the undertaking given by the Union Government to reconsider the sedition law will not preclude the Parliament from enacting a similar provision.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition challenging the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita(BNS), 2023, particularly Section...
No Evidence Of Bribe Or Quid Pro Quo By Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi Court In Excise Police Case
A Delhi Court on Friday discharged Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Telangana Jagruthi founder K Kavitha and 20 others in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam case.In a strongly worded order running into 598 pages, Special Judge Jitendra Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts rapped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the manner of...
Low Deterrent Effect, Diminished Fear Of Law Fuel Violations In India; Penal Provisions Need Firm Enforcement: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently invoked Benjamin Franklin and explained how laws in India continue to be violated only because of low deterrent effect and how important it is in a civilised society, to obey law out of principle rather than just fear of punishment. Single-judge Justice Jitendra Jain explained that penal provisions have a dual effect - one to penalise an offender or defaulter...
'Form Of Oppression': Chhattisgarh High Court Seeks Education Secretary's Personal Affidavit Over Lack Of Girls' Toilets In Govt Schools
The Chhattisgarh High Court has lamented the glaring inadequacy of toilets for girls in schools and the abysmal conditions of the existing ones across the State, and has consequently directed the Secretary, School Education Department to file his personal affidavit with respect to the same.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, while...
EPF Act | Penalty For Delayed PF Contributions Can't Be Reduced Below 25% Of Arrears: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that the penalty imposed on an establishment under the Employees Provident Fund Act for delaying payment of employees' provident fund contribution cannot be reduced below 25% of the arrears. In doing so the court modified an order which had reduced a company's penalty from over Rs. 3 Lakh to Rs. 25,000.The establishment had challenged an order dated 05.12.2016...
CMO Bulk Messaging Issue: Kerala Government Assures High Court No Further Messages Till Monday
The Kerala government on Friday (February 27) submitted before the High Court that its earlier undertaking to refrain from disseminating bulk messages from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) can continue till Monday (March 2).Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas recorded the submission of the special government pleader while considering a plea alleging that the CMO has violated the privacy of...
'Stamp Duty Revision Must Conclude Within 6 Years': Bombay High Court Quashes ₹1 Cr Deficit Demand In Slum Rehab Deal
The Bombay High Court has held that the six-year limitation prescribed under Section 53A of the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958, governs the entire revisional process, from initiation to passing of the final order, and not merely the issuance of notice. The Court observed that a fiscal statute must be construed strictly and that permitting initiation within six years but completion thereafter...
Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To POCSO Accused Noting Minor Was Of Age To Understand Consequences Of Her Consensual Acts
Granting bail to a man accused of raping a minor girl, the Karnataka High Court observed that the 15-year-old survivor had a love affair with the accused and she is of an age where she could understand the consequences of her actions. The court was hearing the man's bail plea booked under BNS Sections 137(2)(kidnapping), 75(sexual harassment), 96(procuration of child), 126(2)(wrongful...
Ex-Civil Servants Move Supreme Court Challenging SHANTI Act Capping Nuclear Liability
The Supreme Court on Friday briefly heard a Public Interest Litigation challenging several provisions of the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act, 2025, alleging that they violate fundamental rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi adjourned the matter for...
'State Cannot Forfeit Money For Its Own Lapses': J&K&L High Court Pulls Up JDA For Auctioning Encroached Land, Imposes ₹50K Cost
Observing that contractual forfeiture clauses cannot be pressed into service mechanically to penalise a citizen for lapses attributable to the State, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that where the alleged default itself flows from the failure of the authority, forfeiture of earnest money and denial of allotment would be wholly arbitrary and unsustainable...
IBC | Supreme Court Cautions Against Excessive Judicial Review, Criticises Trend Of Unsuccessful Bidders Seeking To Reopen CoC Decision
The Supreme Court today criticised growing trend of unsuccessful resolution applicants converting challenging almost every commercial decision of the Committee of Creditors under the guise of procedural impropriety and turning the insolvency process into a protracted adversarial contest.“The appeals before us typify the growing strategic use of the judicial system by unsuccessful...