Karnataka High Court Convicts Newspaper Editor For Defamatory Articles Against Police Inspector; Sets Aside Trial Court Acquittal

The Karnataka High Court has convicted an Editor of a newspaper for publishing defamatory articles in the newspaper against a circle Inspector of police at K.R. Police Station at Mysuru.Justice S Rachaiah said “Allegations are made against an officer and failed to prove any one of such allegations by producing any complaints by public amounts to defamation.”The court allowed the appeal...

Parental Consent Necessary For Online Platforms To Use Child's Data As Centre Notifies DPDP Rules 2025

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Thursday (November 13) notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025, framed under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, a significant step towards protection of data privacy.Centre had held public consultation on the draft DPDP Rules in January this year.The rules prescribe that Data Fiduciaries shall adopt...

Resale Price Maintenance Under Competition Law: A Closer Look At Maruti Suzuki Case

Resale price maintenance (“RPM”) is a price maintenance mechanism where the manufacturing company agrees to sell the product on condition that the purchaser can resell for the stipulated price fixed by the producer, unless it is clearly stated that prices lower than those prices may be charged. This means that although the possession of the goods is with dealers, the resale price is controlled by the producer. These types of agreements are suspicious for regulatory bodies since agreements have...

Negligently Allowing Minor To Drive Without Valid License Is Breach Of Insurance Policy: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that an owner negligently allowing or permitting a minor to drive the motor vehicle without a valid driving license leads to a fundamental breach of the insurance policy. In doing so, the bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi emphasized that it is the solemn duty of the elders to ensure that the minors are restrained from venturing into paths not yet meant...

Two Judges Of Pakistan Supreme Court Resign In Protest Against 27th Constitutional Amendment

Two Judges have resigned from the Supreme Court of Pakistan, issuing an extraordinary and strongly worded letter to the President of Pakistan. Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah resigned protesting against the 27th Constitutional Amendment which seeks to establish a Federal Constitution Court, superior to the Supreme Court. The FCC is headed by a Chief Justice, who...

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S.138 NI Act | Guidelines In 'Damodar Prabhu Judgment' On Costs For Compounding Cheque Bounce Cases Not Binding: Supreme Court...

S.138 NI Act | Guidelines In 'Damodar Prabhu Judgment' On Costs For Compounding Cheque Bounce Cases Not Binding: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently set aside the cost imposed by the Bombay High Court on a man convicted under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, after noting that the complainant had no objection to the settlement and that the appellant was unable to pay the amount.A bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma held that the guidelines in Damodar S. Prabhu v....

State Can't Withhold Career Progression Benefits For Its Own Lapse In Maintaining Performance Records: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (“CAT”) that ruled in favour of a State employee who was denied the benefit under Modified Assured Career Progression (“MACP”) on account of non-availability of his Annual Confidential Reports (“ACRs”)/ Annual Performance Appraisal Records (APARs).The division bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur...

Can Telecom Spectrum License Be Subjected To Insolvency Proceedings? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved judgment in a batch of appeals challenging the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's decision in the insolvency proceedings of Aircel and Reliance Communications holding that spectrum can be subjected to insolvency/liquidation proceedings being an intangible asset of the Corporate Debtor.The NCLAT further held that the right to use the spectrum can only...

Black Tea Is Agricultural Produce, Commission Paid To Foreign Agents Not Liable To Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai

The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside service tax demand on commission paid to foreign agents for sale of black tea, finding that 'essential characteristic' of agricultural produce is retained. CESTAT Chennai clarified that black tea gets covered by the expression 'in relation to agriculture' appearing in Notification...

Delhi High Court Upholds Denial Of Cross-Examination By GST Dept Citing Trader's Conduct, Say It's Not An 'Unfettered' Right

The Delhi High Court recently slammed a trader, allegedly involved in clandestine manufacture of pan masala to evade tax and recovery of ₹70 lakh from his premises, for his failure to cooperate in the probe.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain in this backdrop upheld the GST Department's order, denying the Petitioner-trader's right to cross-examination. It...

Senior (Investigations) Vacancy At KPMG [Bangalore; Apply Now]

KPMG invites online application for the post of Senior (Investigation). Name of the Post: Senior (Investigation) Location: Bangalore Essential Qualification and Experience Candidate should have LL.B. degree and relevant post qualification experience. How to apply? To apply online, click hereThe last date to submit the online application is 30.11.2025 To Access Official Notification, click here