Whether S. 5 Limitation Act, 1963 apply to appeals under S. 18 of POSH Act, 2013? Delhi High Court answers
Delhi High Court: C Hari Shankar, J. opined that Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 will apply in respect
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Madhya Pradesh High Court | Substitution of an appointment on compassionate grounds through contractual appointment held illegal; directions issued
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Ravi Malimath, CJ. and Vishal Mishra, J. allowed a writ petition directing
Madhya Pradesh High Court lambasts police force for blatant callousness and failure in tracing an 11-year-old missing minor girl
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Rohit Arya and Milind Ramesh Phadke, JJ. took strong exception to the functioning of
Delhi High Court dismisses a writ petition challenging land acquisition proceedings after a delay of 62 years
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Siddharth Mridul and Gaurang Kanth, JJ. dismissed the writ petition as it was filed after
Bombay High Court| Slow pace of trial defeating the very purpose of POCSO Act; Court of Sessions to submit report of pending cases, number of Special Courts
Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. while adjudicating a bail application which dealt with an unfortunate incident of a girl
AFT | Can a defence person change the name of his wife twice in his service records? Tribunal answers
Armed Forces Tribunal (Lucknow Bench): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava, Member (J) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member
MP HC │ Court finds rape charges “vexatious and frivolous “; FIR quashed after delay of 18 years to file a case
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J. allowed a petition which was preferred under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure seeking
Can State deny benefits of New Pension Scheme citing delayed appointments when the delay was not attributable to employees? Supreme Court answers
Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising Ajay Rastogi and Bela M. Trivedi, JJ., reversed the impugned judgment of the Madras High Court and held that
Non-execution of Arbitration Award even after 30 years-long delay: SC slams Allahabad High Court; U.P. Government to consider constituting four Additional Commercial Courts
Supreme Court: On being apprised of 30 years-long delay in execution of an Arbitration Award, the Division Bench comprising M.R. Shah and
Person languishes in jail for 2 years despite being granted bail by Supreme Court; Supreme Court criticizes Trial Judge for misinterpreting bail order
Supreme Court: In a significant case, the 4-judges Bench comprising of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, P.S. Narasimha and Sudhanshu Dhulia,
Can employer recover excess increment granted on account of error after 10 years of retirement of the employee? Supreme Court decides
Supreme Court: Reversing the concurrent findings of the Single Judge and Division Bench of Kerala High Court, the Bench of S. Abdul
Decide all 350 bail applications in one go, Supreme Court directs Allahabad HC to expeditiously dispose of bail applications in cases pending for 10 years and 14 years
Supreme Court: On being appraised of high number of pending bail applications in 10-14 years old cases, the Division Bench of Sanjay
Supreme Court clarifies interplay between S. 55 and S. 74 of Contract Act in Welspun v ONGC
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SL CoA | Court not satisfied with the delay caused by pandemic in filing revision, application dismissed in rape of minor case
Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Menaka Wijesundera and Neil Iddawala, JJ. while deciding on a revision
MP HC | Courts should emphasize on bridging the gap between the time period of reservation and delivery of the judgment
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sheel Nagu and Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, JJ., allowed the petition while hearing an appeal
Can’t treat unequals equally; No automatic vacation of stay under Section 254(2A) Proviso 3 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 if the assessee is not responsible for the delay: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: Dealing with an important question as to the constitutional validity of the third proviso to Section 254(2A) of the Income
“What greater certificate of incompetence would there be for the legal Department!”; SC on State of MP “again and again” filing appeals after inordinate delay
“The State of Madhya Pradesh continues to do the same thing again and again and the conduct seems to be incorrigible!”
“All our counseling to Government and Government authorities have fallen on deaf ears”; SC on inordinate delay in filing appeals/petitions by Govt./State Authorities
“The Supreme Court of India cannot be a place for the Governments to walk in when they choose ignoring the period of limitation prescribed.”
Deposit Rs. 50,000 & recover it from the delinquent Gov’t officer; SC in an application seeking condonation of delay of 587 days
Supreme Court: In an application filed by State of Odisha, seeking condonation of delay of 587 days, the 3-judge bench of SK
SL CoA | Application of writ should be filed without delay; Court dismisses appeal stating delay was without a valid reason
Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of Vasantha Kodagoda and Arjuna Obeyesekere, JJ., dismissed