Karnataka High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court pointed out that the guidelines 2024-25 expressly did not provide preference to the grandchildren of serving/retired employees. When such a preference was specifically not provided in the current guidelines governing the admission process, then such admission cannot be considered as per previous guidelines.

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interim maintenance wife matrimonial home lifestyle
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The wife claimed that she has a M.Sc. degree in Clothing and Textile but was forced to leave her job as her husband was against her working.

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Malayalam actor Siddique rape case
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The complaint alleging that the actor committed a rape in 2016, came in the wake of revelations made in Justice K. Hema Report detailing several instances of sexual abuse in the Malayalam film industry.

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Justice D. Krishnakumar
Appointments & TransfersNews

Current Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, Justice Siddharth Mridul will retire on 21-11-2024, thereby giving rise to a vacancy in the office of Chief Justice.

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royalty computation mechanism
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Even though the Court declined to declare Explanations to Rule 38 of MCR, 2016 and Rule 45(8)(a) of MCDR, 2017 as unconstitutional, it took strict note of the anomaly in the provisions vis-a-vis computation of royalty to be levied for the extraction or consumption of mined ores and gave the Respondents one last chance to resolve the issue.

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Karnataka High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Court explained that POSH Act does not expressly prohibit the Appellate Authority to pass an interim order and once the appellate authority has the power to set aside impugned proceedings, it can be construed that the appellate authority also has implied power to consider passing of interim order of stay as well.

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Justice Surya Kant
Appointments & TransfersNews

The Chief Justice of India nominated Justice Surya Kant in exercise of his powers under Section 3-A of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.

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arbitration referral court enquiry limitation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Referral courts, at the stage of deciding an application for appointment of arbitrator, must not conduct an intricate evidentiary enquiry into the question whether the claims raised by the applicant are time barred.”

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lis pendens commencement
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court recalled a previous judgment dated 25-8-2022 on the ground that the errors apparent on the face of the record in that decision went to the root of the reasoning on both the issues of limitation and specific performance.

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Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath
Appointments & TransfersNews

On 11-11-2024, President of India administered the oath of office to Justice Sanjiv Khanna who was elevated to the Supreme Court as Judge on 18-1-2019 and is due to retire on 13-5-2025, which means he will have a tenure of 6 months as Chief Justice of India.

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Seat of Arbitration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court clarified that the ‘Closest Connection Test’ for determining the seat of arbitration is no longer a viable criterion for determination. The seat of arbitration cannot be determined by formulaic and unpredictable application of choice of law rules based on abstract connecting factors to the underlying contract.

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D.Y. Chandrachud Retires
Know thy Judge

Great expectations followed Dr Justice DY Chandrachud when he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice. As he retires, we take a look at his extensive tenure of 8 years in the Supreme Court, with 2 years being the 50th Chief Justice of India.

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DRI officers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court noted that the 2021 decision was rendered without taking note of the relevant statutory scheme under Customs Act, 1962 and government circulars and notifications issued which empowered the officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to issue show cause notices.

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money laundering S. 197
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court pointed out that there is no embargo on considering the plea of absence of sanction, after cognizance is taken by the Special Court of the offences punishable under Section 4 of the PMLA.

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arbitration act 1996
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court said that governmental entities must be treated in a similar fashion to private parties insofar as proceedings under the Arbitration Act are concerned, except where otherwise indicated by law.

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Madarsa Act validity
Case BriefsSupreme Court

A Division Bench of Allahabad High Court in March 2024, had declared the Madarsa Act to be unconstitutional for being violative of the principle of Secularism, Articles 14, 21 and 21-A of the Constitution and violative of Section 22 of UGC Act, 1956.

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Judicial Appointment Tracker
Appointments & TransfersNews

This segment aims to track and chart the monthly course of judicial appointments, retirements in the Supreme Court and High Courts along with recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium.

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suspension of sentence
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Appellate Courts must also keep in mind that the conditions imposed while suspending sentence of fine, should not be such that they are impossible to comply with, for such condition may amount to defeating the appellant’s right of appeal against the order of conviction.”

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Justice Tashi Rabstan
Know thy Judge

Justice Tashi Rabstan was earlier recommended to be appointed as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court; however, the SC Collegium modified its proposal to recommend him as Chief Justice of his parent High Court of J&K and Ladakh.

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National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“This was not an internal spark but it was a heavy vibration that the roter and the other components rubbed causing the spark of fire at the exciter end that propagated towards the generator. The exclusion clause therefore would not apply”.

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