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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...
Reserved Category Candidates Selected Without Concessions Can Fill Unreserved Posts: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that reserved category candidates who secure selection on their own merit, without availing any concession or relaxation, are entitled...
Candidates Placed In Reserve List Don’t Acquire Enforceable Right To Appointment Merely For Non-Joining Of Selected Candidates: Supreme CourtÂ
The Supreme Court has held that candidates placed in a reserve list do not acquire an enforceable right to appointment merely because vacancies arise...
DGCA Directs IndiGo to Ensure Refunds, Compensation for Passengers Affected by December 2025 Disruptions
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday issued a press note clarifying the status of refunds, statutory compensation and additional relief measures...
Supreme Court Rejects Justice Yashwant Varma’s Challenge to Impeachment Inquiry Committee
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition filed by Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court, declining to interfere with the...
Bail Grounds Likely to Be Cited by Advocate for IRS Officer Prabha Bhandari in CBI Case
Senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Prabha Bhandari has moved the court seeking bail in the Rs. 70 lakh bribery case being investigated by...
CBN Busts Major MD Manufacturing Lab in Madhya Pradesh, Seizes Record 31.25 Kg of Psychotropic Substance
The Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) has busted a clandestine MD (Mephedrone) manufacturing laboratory in Madhya Pradesh, seizing a record 31.250 kilograms of MD...
Sanction to Prosecute Under PC Act Requires Prior Hearing of Public Servant When Sought by Private Complainant: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the sanction to prosecute under Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018 (PC Act) requires prior hearing of public...
