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Secret Phone Sex With Husband’s Friend Cannot Be Ground For Abetment To Suicide Charge: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court, on Friday, discharged a woman from a case registered against her for abetment of her husband’s suicide by indulging in phone sex with his friend.Justice Mridula Bhatkar emphasised on the fact that such an act would constitute mens rea under Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code only when it was done with a planned intention of harassing the husband, by...
Causes Of Action For Design Infringement & Passing Off Can Be Combined In A Single Suit : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
A five judges bench of the High Court of Delhi has held that the causes of action for infringement of under the Designs Act and the for passing off under the Trademarks Act can be combined together in a single suit.The five judges bench was acting on a reference which doubted the decision of a three judges bench in Mohan Lal vs Sona Paint that both the said causes of action cannot...
Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay On CIC’s Order Directing RBI To Disclose Wilful Defaulters’ List
The Bombay High Court on Friday granted interim stay on Central Information Commission’s order directing the RBI to submit a list of wilful defaulters with a bad loan of over Rs. 1,000 crore. The CIC had also issued a notice to then RBI Governor Urjit Patel for non-compliance of its orders on November 2, 2018.A division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SV Kotwal stayed the...
Delhi HC Asks Govt Why Tandoor Murder Case Convict Has Not Been Released Yet
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi government why was former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma not released from Tihar jail despite undergoing 25 years of imprisonment in the infamous murder of his wife Naina Sahni which came to be known as the ‘Tandoor murder case’.A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal posed the query before the government while...
Legal Consultant Vacancy At Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts (IGNCA)
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) intends to engage one position of Legal Consultant on purely contractual basis.Name of the Post: Legal ConsultantNo. of Post: 01 (One)Remuneration: Consolidated remuneration Rs.50, 000/- per month.Essential Education qualification: Degree of L.L.B. or equivalent from a recognized university and/or institute in India and abroad, recognized...
Delhi HC Rejects Vodafone’s Plea For Expeditious Processing Of Over Rs 4,759Cr Tax Refund Claim [Read Judgment]
HC says once scrutiny notice is issued, refund not to be mandatorily processed within one yearThe Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of Vodafone Mobile Services Ltd seeking direction to the IT department to expeditiously process its refund claim and issue refund of Rs 4,759.74 crore in respect of its income tax returns for assessment years 2014-15 to 2017-18 along with interest.A bench...
NGT Sets Aside TN Order Permanently Shutting Down Vedanta Copper Plant [Read Order]
The National Green Tribunal on Saturday set aside the order passed by the Tamil Nadu government closing Vedanta’s Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin. “…we allow this appeal, set aside the impugned orders and direct the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to pass fresh order of renewal of consent and authorization to handle hazardous substances, in the light of above finding, subject...
SC Cancels Bail Granted By Rajasthan HC To Alleged Illegal Sand Mafia [Read Order]
In a significant order, the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled bail granted by the Rajasthan High Court to four accused charge-sheeted for the commission of a brutal murder of a village sarpanch belonging to the Scheduled Tribe in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan. The petitioner/informant alleged that the accused were illegal sand mafia and killed the sarpanch as he was taking a very...
Full Court Fee To Be Refunded If Case Referred To Mediation By Court Ends In Compromise Decree [Read Order]
Providing more clarity around the interpretation of Sections 16 and 16A of the Court Fees Act in cases which have been referred to mediation by the court at pre-evidence stage and a compromise decree is incorporated, the Delhi High Court on Friday held that an interpretation of the statute inuring to the litigant’s benefit should be preferred and if a plaintiff is able to demonstrate that...
A Judicial Officer Is Not An Ordinary Government Servant & Must Be Above Suspicion: Allahabad HC [Read Order]
Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a judicial officer on grounds of misconduct, on the basis of two orders passed by her in land acquisition cases.In doing so, the bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Shabihul Hasnain observed, “A judicial officer is not an ordinary Government Servant and must be above suspicion. The conduct...
Jammu & Kashmir Brings In Law Against “Sextortion”
Jammu and Kashmir has become the first State in the country to bring in a law banning “sextortion”, i.e. sexual exploitation of women by those in positions of authority or those in a fiduciary relationship or by a public servant.The State Administrative Council (SAC), under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik, on Friday approved the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment)...
‘Hindu Country’ Remark: CPI(M) Considering ‘Impeachment Motion’ Against Justice SR Sen
Justice Sudip Ranjan Sen’s controversial communal remarks has evoked strong reaction from political parties and leaders across the country.While considering a petition relating to refusal of Domicile Certificate to an Army recruit, Justice SR Sen had observed that, based on religion, India should have been declared a Hindu country. He had also said that anybody opposing the Indian laws...