NGT’s Empowered to Levy Environmental Compensation Based on Project Cost: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has upheld the powers of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to impose environmental compensation based on the scale and cost of...
Bail Cancellation Orders Are Interlocutory, Criminal Revision Not Maintainable: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that criminal revision applications challenging the cancellation of bail are not maintainable in law, reiterating that orders granting,...
Internet Posts Are Like Sealed Envelopes’: Delhi High Court on Sameer Wankhede’s Plea Over ‘Ba*ds of Bollywood’ and Customs Reputation
In a significant judgment clarifying the law on online defamation, OTT content, and territorial jurisdiction, the Delhi High Court has dismissed a civil defamation...
Prima Facie Terror Funding, Conspiracy Sufficient to Deny Bail: Karnataka High Court Upholds UAPA Bail Bar
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a criminal appeal seeking bail by an accused alleged to be involved in terror-related activities linked to the...
Supreme Court Ruling In Mihir Rajesh Shah Case on Written Grounds Operates Prospectively: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the legality of an arrest holding that the Supreme Court’s recent mandate in the...
No Prior Demand Notice Required Before Conciliation in Apprehended Industrial Disputes: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that raising a prior charter of demands directly before the employer is not a mandatory precondition for initiating conciliation...
Look Out Circulars Can’t Be Used As Tools For Loan Recovery: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has held that look out circulars (LOCs) cannot be used as tools for loan recovery.The bench of Justice Krishna S...
Pregnancy of IRS Officer Prabha Bhandari Becomes Key Factor Enhancing Bail Prospects
In what could become a decisive humanitarian factor in the bail proceedings, Senior Advocate Purnendu Chakraborty, appearing for IRS Officer Prabha Bhandari, is understood...
Bail Hearing Today In IRS Officer Prabha Bhandari Case After Completion of Remand Period : What May Be The Grounds of Bail?
The bail application of IRS officer Prabha Bhandari is expected to be taken up for hearing today, following the completion of approximately 12 hours...
Civil Verdict Can’t Bar Prosecution for Alleged Forgery and Cheating: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the existence or outcome of civil proceedings cannot, by itself, be a ground to terminate criminal prosecution when...
Compensatory Allowances Must Be Included in Overtime Wage Calculation Under Factories Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that compensatory allowances must be included in overtime wage calculation under Factories Act and the executive circulars cannot override...
Reaction To Alleged Hate Speech Can’t Itself Be Criminalised: Madras High CourtÂ
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that the reaction to alleged hate speech cannot itself be criminalised; finds no ingredients of...
State ACB’s Has Jurisdiction to Probe Central Govt. Employees Under Prevention of Corruption Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a Special Leave Petition challenging the authority of a State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate corruption cases...
Mere Allegations of Harassment or Family Discord Doesn’t Constitute Abetment of Suicide: Rajasthan HC
The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur has acquitted a man who had been convicted more than three decades ago for the offence of abetment...
Supreme Court Dismisses Centre’s SLP, Upholds Promotion of Sameer Wankhede
The Supreme Court dismissed the Special Leave Petition against IRS Officer Sameer Dnyandev Wankhede by affirming the judgments passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal...
CIC Bars Advocates from Using RTI to Seek Case-Related Information for Clients
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that advocates cannot invoke the RTI mechanism to obtain information in matters they are handling on behalf...
SET Findings Can’t Be Used in Departmental Action: CAT Quashes Disciplinary Charge Against Sameer Wankhede
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has quashed the disciplinary charge memorandum issued against IRS officer Sameer Dnyandev Wankhede, holding that...
Supreme Court Directs Expeditious Hearing in Domestic Violence Case Involving Raja Bhaiya
The Supreme Court disposed of a petition filed by Ms. Bhanvi Kumari Singh, wife of Shri Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, challenging the...
Rs. 50k Cost Imposed For Quoting non existent case law with AI: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has set aside a 2009 revisional order that had stalled the eviction of a licensee from a residential flat in...
Constitutional Validity Of Section 17a Of Prevention Of Corruption Act, 1988 Upheld: Supreme CourtÂ
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, which mandates prior government approval before...
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