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SC Acquits Murder Accused After 20 Years, Finding That He Was Juvenile At The Time Of Incident [Read Judgment]
Supreme Court acquitted a murder accused after 20 years of commission of alleged murder on the crucial finding that the he was a minor at the time of commission of the offence. In the case Ashok Kumar Mehra & Anr v. State of Punjab, the appellant along with his father was convicted for the offences under 302 r/w 34 of IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life by the High Court...
Bombay HC Sets Aside ECI's Decision To Conduct By-Election For Katol Assembly Constituency. Why? [Read Judgment]
In an important judgment, the Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside the decision of the Election Commission of India to fill up a casual vacancy in Katol assembly constituency in Nagpur, Maharashtra, calling it arbitrary, discriminatory, unreasonable and violative of the principle of rule of law. A division bench of Justice SB Shukre and Justice PV Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench...
Madras HC Dismisses Plea Against Cancellation Of Election In TN's Vellore Lok Sabha Constituency
The Madras High Court Wednesday upheld the Election Commission's decision cancelling the election in Tamil Nadu's Vellore Lok Sabha constituency. A bench of justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad dismissed petitions filed by AIADMK-led alliance candidate in the constituency, A C Shanmugham, and an Independent, K Sugumar, seeking to set aside the order cancelling the election which...
SC Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy & Arundhati Katju Named In Time's List Of 100 Influential Persons For Legal Battle Against Sec.377 IPC
In the Time Magazine's list of 100 influential persons, the names of Supreme Court lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju are included, in recognition of their contribution in the Navtej Johar case in which the Supreme Court had decriminalised homosexuality by striking down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code."Arundhati and Menaka have helped take a giant step for LGBTQ+ rights in the world's largest democracy. In their committed fight for justice, they have shown us that we as a society...
RERA Does Not Bar Homebuyers' Complaint Under Consumer Protection Act Against Builder/Developer: NCDRC [Read Order]
Both, the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 are supplemental to each other and there is no provision in the Consumer Protection Act which is inconsistent with the provisions of RERA.
Advocate Loses Right To Practice When He Enters Into Full Time Salaried Employment: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
"Mere occasional appearance of such employees in Courts/ tribunals while in full time employment in few cases that too solely on behalf of their employer cannot be taken to mean that they are continuing to be in practice as advocates"
Delhi HC Issues Notice To Govt Over PIL To Expedite Setting Up of Permanent Fast Track Courts
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Government of NCT of Delhi and has asked Registrar General of High Court to submit a detailed status report with respect to the status of fast track courts (FTCs) in Delhi. The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed in the interest of general public filed through Advocate Sumit Chander, who was aggrieved by the long delay in...
Election In Vellore Constituency Cancelled Over Alleged Use Of Cash By DMK To Influence Voters [Read Notification]
Acting on the recommendation of the Election Commission of India, the President of India has cancelled election in Vellore-8 constituency in Tamil Nadu, which was scheduled to take place tomorrow."The Hon'ble President, accepting the recommendation of the Election Commission of India, made in this regard, is pleased to partially rescind Notification No.1389(E) dt.19th March 2019 in so far as...
TikTok Ban : Google Blocks App After Madras HC Refused To Lift Ban
Google has blocked access to Chinese video app 'TikTok' in its play store after the Madras High Court yesterday refused to lift the ex-parte ban imposed on it on April 3, reported Reuters.The app is therefore not available for download from Google playstore now.Yesterday, the Madras High Court did not accept the request of the Bytedance Technology Pvt Ltd - the Indian operator and marketer of...
Prashant Bhushan Resigns From Governing Bodies Of CPIL, Common Cause &Swaraj Abhiyan
Advocate Prashant Bhushan has resigned from the governing bodies of NGOs Centre for Public Interest Litigation, Common Cause and Swaraj Abhiyan.Yesterday, he announced this in twitter :People are asking if I have resigned from CommonCause, CPIL& Swaraj Abhiyan. I have resigned from the GBs of these since the BarCouncil was hounding me citing a rule that I can't appear in court for an Org if...