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Manager (Legal & Corporate – MLC) Vacancy At Assets Holding Limited (AIAHL)
Assets Holding Limited (AIAHL) invites application for the post of Manager (Legal & Corporate – MLC). Name of the Post: Manager (Legal & Corporate – MLC) No. of Post: 01 (One) Age Limit: 50 Years Essential Qualification and Experience Bachelor's degree in law (LL.B.) OR Master of Business Administration (MBA full time from B School/Premiere institute) with specialization in Legal and regulatory matters. Preference shall be given to applicants having LLM degree OR...
Situs Of Office; Cyber-Freezes And Jurisdictional Trap
In the digital age, money moves in milliseconds across state borders, but the legal remedies for innocent account holders remain shackled to physical geography. As India pushes for "Digital Inclusion," a parallel and dangerous "Financial Exclusion" is occurring. Investigating agencies, in their zeal to trace "proceeds of crime," are using a borderless digital trail to impose a medieval form...
Allahabad High Court's Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav To Retire Tomorrow Pending Impeachment Motion Against Him
Allahabad High Court judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav is set to retire on Wednesday (April 15) while the impeachment motion against him remains pending for over a year. Justice Yadav took oath as an Additional Judge of the high court on December 12, 2019. On March 26, 2021 he was made a permanent judge of the high court. On December 8, 2024 Justice Yadav had delivered a lecture on...
'Does Not Promote Enmity': MP High Court Grants Bail To Men Accused Of Posting Instagram Reel 'Supporting Iran'
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to two men accused of posting an Instagram reel supporting Iran, observing that the reel did not promote enmity between different groups but only shows a protest in favour of a country presently at war with the USA. Justice Ramkumar Choubey observed; "The material placed in the case diary shows that the offence has been registered against...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Man's Death Penalty In Double-Murder Case, Says Trial Court Verdict Based On Conjectures
The Gujarat High Court set aside death penalty awarded to a man convicted in a double-murder case, after observing that the prosecution had failed to prove the circumstances with "clinching evidence" and the trial court had delivered a guilty verdict based on surmises and conjectures disregarding law.The accused was convicted by the trial court for the murder of a woman's husband and...
Supreme Court Weekly Roundup: April 06, 2026 To April 12, 2026
JudgmentsCalling Someone 'Bas**rd' Not Offence Of Obscenity Under S.294 IPC : Supreme CourtCase Details: Sivakumar v. State Rep. By The Inspector of Police (With Connected case)Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 329The Supreme Court (April 6) observed that mere abusive or vulgar language, without a sexual or prurient element, does not constitute an offence of obscenity under Section 294 of the...
Long Incarceration Alone Not Ground For Bail Once Trial Has Commenced And Is Progressing: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that long incarceration alone does not entitle an accused to bail where the trial has already commenced and is in progress. The Court observed that precedents granting bail on the ground of delay are distinguishable where trial had not commenced, unlike the present case.Justice Y. G. Khobragade was hearing an appeal challenging the rejection of bail by the...
Delhi High Court Declines Plea For Daily Grievance Hearing By Union Ministers Via Video Conferencing
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Union Government to formulate a policy mandating all Union Ministers to interact with citizens and hear their grievances for at least two hours daily through video conferencing.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that the relief sought squarely falls within the executive domain and cannot be enforced through a writ...
Trade Union Cannot Invoke Recovery U/S 50 MRTU & PULP Act Without Written Authorisation From Employees: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a trade union cannot independently invoke Section 50 of the MRTU & PULP (Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices, 1971) Act for the recovery of money without written authorisation from employees. The Court observed that the statutory scheme restricts the right of recovery to the employee or a person...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 06 – April 12, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 133- 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 146Nominal IndexShyam Mehta S/o Bimal Mehta & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 134Mohammad Affaan Ahmed v. State of Karnataka & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 135Smt. Shaila & Anr. v. The Managing Director, ICICI Lombard GIC Ltd. & Anr, 2026 LiveLaw(Kar) 136Sukruth Keshav Gowda v. State And Others,...
S.156(3) CrPC/S.175(3) BNSS | Magistrate's Order For Investigation Can't Be Quashed By Relying On Accused's Defence : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that High Courts, while exercising their inherent discretionary powers, cannot derail a police investigation directed by a Magistrate when the complaint prima facie discloses a cognizable offence. It held that at this stage, the Court must remain confined to the allegations in the complaint and the material placed by the complainant and cannot go beyond them...