Deeksha, Author at SCC Times

Highlights of Interim Budget 2024; Fiscal deficit in 2024-25 estimated to be 5.1 per cent of GDP: Finance Minister

The interim budget 2024 contained strategies indicating approach for making India Viksit Bharat by 2047. No changes proposed in indirect and direct taxes.

Effective functioning of Environmental authorities

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Constitutional Courts monitor functioning of environmental bodies to protect environment and ecology’; SC lays down Guidelines for effective functioning of authorities

The Supreme Court gave directions to the Central Empowered Committee, entrusted with monitoring and compliance of the orders of the Supreme Court on Environment, to promote transparency and efficiency in its functioning.

RBI imposes curbs on Paytm Payments Bank

Legislation Updates Notifications

No acceptance of deposits and other banking services after 29 February; RBI imposes additional curbs on Paytm Payments Bank

The restrictions came after persistent non-compliances and continued material supervisory concerns in Paytm Payments Bank Ltd.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Practice of mentioning caste or religion of litigants should be shunned and ceased”: Supreme Court

“The caste or religion of parties should not be mentioned in the memo of parties of a petition/proceeding filed before the Court, irrespective of whether any such details have been furnished before the Courts below.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘File affidavit on Internal Complaints Committee’s mechanism ensuring no manual intervention or pressure’: Gujarat HC to GNLU in sexual harassment case

GNLU was directed to disclose the measures taken by the ICC to ensure that the complaints lodged before the Committee reach them without any manual intervention or external pressure.

Case Briefs High Courts

Read why Orissa HC altered brother’s conviction from S. 307 to S. 326 IPC for shooting arrow at brother and causing grievous injury

“The ‘intent’ under Section 307 of the IPC cannot be determined solely by the severity of the harm done to the injured.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Bar on grant of anticipatory bail in cases under SC and ST Act not absolute when alleged offences, prima facie, not made out: Orissa HC reiterates

The Orissa High Court granted anticipatory bail to a doctor for his apprehension of arrest in a case related to medical termination of pregnancy, where a premature baby girl was born.

revised action plan on stubble burning in Punjab

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Mechanical removal and Processing; Analysis of Hotspot Areas’; Read NGT’s suggestions to Punjab for revised action plan on stubble burning

“The action plan submitted by Punjab was expression of routine exercise of the State Departments, it lacked a definitive time schedule, proper linkages/ manifest system.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC quashes cheating case against wife for forging husband’s signature on minor’s passport application; Imposes 1 Lakh costs on Husband

“In the absence of any new evidence in further investigation to substantiate the conclusions drawn by the investigating officer in the supplementary report, a Judicial Magistrate is not compelled to take cognizance, as such a report lacks investigative rigour and fails to satisfy the requisites of Section 173(8) of the CrPC”.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Vadodara boat capsize incident shocked conscience of public”; Gujarat HC while taking suo motu cognizance

12 Students and 2 Teachers of New Sunrise School in Waghodiya drowned in Harni Lake where 82 children had gone for picnic organized by the school.

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat HC allows accused to travel UK to assist son and daughter-in-law to raise grandson

The Court allowed him to renew his Visa and stay in the UK for a period of 1 year.

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

HIGH COURT JANUARY 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on Child Pornography; Attack on ED Officials; Pension rights; Aankh Micholi movie and more

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

US Court of Appeal upholds ban on sale of Apple watch over patent dispute on blood oxygen level measuring technology

Masimo Corporation and Cercacor Laboratories, Inc., a medical technology company alleged the iPhone giant Apple Inc. of violating Section 337 of the Tariff Act, 1930.

Supreme Court designates Senior Advocates

Hot Off The Press News

Supreme Court designates 56 Senior Advocates with effect from 19-01-2024

In a full Court meeting on 19-01-2024, presided by the Chief Justice of India, Dr. DY Chandrachud designated Advocates-on-Record/Advocates as Senior Advocates

S. 17A of PC Act in Chandrababu Naidu's plea

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Point-wise Breakdown of Supreme Court’s split verdict on S. 17A of PC Act and its application in Chandrababu Naidu’s plea in Skill Development Scam

Section17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, introduced with effect from 26-07-2018, bars any enquiry or inquiry or investigation by a police officer into any allegations against public servant, without the prior approval of the authority concerned.

State to pay Teachers’ arrears of salary

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘No blameworthy conduct found’; Supreme Court directs State to pay Teachers Unpaid Salary and arrears dating back to 1999

“The stopping the Salary of the appellant-teachers was not justified, keeping in view that no allegations or proof of commission of any malpractice was found or established.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Absolutely Gender Insensitive of GPSC for expecting woman to travel 300 Kms to interview after 3 days of delivering child’: Gujarat HC

The interview for the post of Assistant Manager (Finance and Accounts) Class II was fixed on 01-01-2024 in Gandhinagar and the petitioner had delivered her child on 31-12-2023 in Gandhidham, which is about 300 kms away from the place of interview.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

20 years on, Murder Convict walks free after Supreme Court finds ‘Yawning Gap’ in Prosecution’s Evidence

“The principle applicable to circumstantial evidence requires that the facts must be consistent with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Accessible India Campaign| SC directs NALSAR to prepare report on making all public buildings disabled friendly; Centre to bear all costs

“Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to bear all the expenses incurred by Centre for Disability Studies at NALSAR University of Law.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court | Slum Rehabilitation Authority has statutory mandate over private agreements for Slum Rehabilitation Schemes

“The Slum Rehabilitation Authority has to act in terms of its own policies and circulars without allowing private or contractual interests to prevail over public policy especially a policy which is welfare based.”