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'Paper Tigers; Judiciary Made Laughing Stock': Bihar Judge Rues After PDJ Transfers Case To 'Shield' DM, SP From Contempt
In an unprecedented and scathing judicial order, an Additional District Judge in Bihar's Begusarai district on Monday formally recorded his anguish after the Principal District and Sessions Judge intervened to recall and transfer from him, an execution file at a 'concluding-stage'. Additional Sessions Judge-III Brajesh Kumar Singh, in an order passed on November 17, 2025, alleged...
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The Arbitration Advocacy Course, organised by the India Chapter of Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge in collaboration with the International Advocacy Training Council (IATC) and hosted by the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture (MACCIA), aims to address a persistent gap in arbitration practice - structured, practical training in advocacy. The programme brings together senior practitioners, international trainers, and performance coaches to offer an intensive,...
Date Of default For MSMEs Refers to Original NPA Not Subsequent Defaults After Restructuring: NCLT Kolkata
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Kolkata has recently clarified that when an MSME corporate debtor's account is restructured and subsequently defaults again, the date of default for an insolvency application must refer back to the original NPA date, in accordance with the RBI circular currently in force and not to the date of default following restructuring. A coram...
Crime Heinous But Not Premeditated: Allahabad High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term Sans Remission In 5-Month-Old Cousin's Rape-Murder Case
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a 27-year-old accused for the rape and murder of his 5-month-old cousin. The HC however declined to confirm the death penalty imposed by the trial court and commuted it to Life Imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life without remission. In it 65-page judgment, a Division Bench of Justice Rajnish...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Negative Blocking of ITC Under Rule 86A; Holds Ledger Cannot Be Blocked Beyond Available Credit
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed orders that disallowed debit from Electronic Credit Ledgers of taxpayers in excess of the Input Tax Credit (ITC) available at the time of passing of the said order. The Division Bench comprising, Justice Lisa Gill and Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta followed the principles judicial reasoning for blocking of Electronic Credit Ledger under Rule 86-A...
Supreme Court's Judgment Tomorrow On Whether District Judge Posts Should Have Quota For Promotee Judges
The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment tomorrow on the issue whether there should be a quota for the promotion of serving judicial officers as District Judge posts.The 5-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, K Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi had reserved verdict in the All India Judges Association case on November 4.The bench is...
Madras High Court Asks State To Respond To Plea To Give Sanitary Napkins At Subsidised Rates Through Public Distribution System
The Madras High Court has asked the State to respond to a plea seeking the distribution of sanitary napkins at subsidised rates through the public distribution system in the State of Tamil Nadu. The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan directed the Secretary to the Ministry of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment, the Secretary to the Ministry...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : November 18, 2025
Links to today's reports : Supreme Court Recalls 'Vanashakti' Judgment Which Barred Grant Of Post-Facto Environmental Clearances; Justice Bhuyan DissentsKerala Moves Supreme Court Seeking Deferment Of Electoral Rolls' SIR Till Local Body ElectionsSupreme Court Grants Bail To ED Officer In Bribery Case'Then We Should Monitor Handkerchief Use!' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea For...
Married Woman Consenting To Sexual Relations On Pretext Of Marriage Is Disregard Of Marital Institution, Not Inducement: P&H High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed the FIR lodged filed for committing rape on pretext of marriage, observing that "it is inconceivable that a legally married woman could be induced into a sexual relationship on the promise of marriage."Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal, "When a fully mature, married woman consents to sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage and continues to...
Allahabad High Court Grants Benefit Of 'Probation Of Offenders Act' To Kidnapping Convicts 30 Years After Incident
The Allahabad High Court last week upheld the conviction of 2 for the kidnapping of a minor girl in 1995 but modified their sentence by extending them the benefit of Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. A bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava took note of their advanced age, clean antecedents and the fact that the matter has lingered for nearly 30 years. The order...