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Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: 8 August To 14 August, 2022
Nominal Index Sukoon Construction Pvt. Ltd v. The Collector of Stamp & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 280 Smarte Solutions Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 281 Vasant v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 282 Kirit Somaiya v. State of Maharashtra 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 283 Novafor Samuel Inoamaobi Versus The State of Maharashtra 2022 LiveLaw...
POCSO Act Does Not Impose Any Special Prohibition On Grant Of Bail: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently observed that the POCSO Act, which punishes sexual interactions with minors, does not impose any special prohibition for grant of bail.Justice Satyen Vaidya remarked: "POCSO Act does not impose any special prohibition for grant of bail in offence(s) committed under the Act. Rather, Section 31 thereof makes provisions of Code of...
Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 7 August To 13 August, 2022
Delhi High Court Definition Of Relative Under Senior Citizens Act Can't Be Treated At Par With Income Tax Act, 1961: Delhi High Court Case Title: Miss Indira Uppal Versus UOI Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 764 The Delhi High Court has held that the petitioner's real intent was to ensure that gift tax is not levied on donee. The petition does not promote the maintenance and...
"Can't Refuse Indians To Celebrate Independence Day": Madras HC Allows Conduct Of 'Rekla' Race As Part Of Independence Day Celebrations
The Madras High Court recently granted permission for conducting Rekla race in connection with the 75th Independence Day Celebration and Aadi Temple Festival in the Bhavani Town of the state's Erode District.The bench of Justice T. Raja and Justice K. Kumaresh Babu said that since the Rekla race was to be conducted by residents of Erode District as part of the 75th Year Independence...
Deep Appreciation Of Facts Not Required At Stage Of Framing Charges: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that while considering a case for charge or discharge of an accused, the court is not required to enter into deeper appreciation of the facts. The observation came from Justice Sanjay Dhar: "It is a settled law that while considering the case for charge or discharge of an accused, the court is not required to enter...
Orissa High Court Weekly Round Up: 8 August To 14 August, 2022
Nominal Index: Abhisek Acharya & Ors. v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 120 Smrutikant Rath & Ors. v. State of Odisha & Anr., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 121 Faridabad Gurgaon Minerals v. Orissa Mining Corporation Ltd., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 122 Cases Reported This Week: Orissa High Court Denies To Discharge Persons Accused Of Making Violent Ruckus At Residence Of...
Civil Case & Criminal Proceeding Can Be Initiated Simultaneously Only If "Criminality" Is Involved: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has reiterated that both civil case and criminal proceeding can be initiated simultaneously with a rider that some sense of "criminality" is involved in the allegations.The observation was made while hearing a quashing plea for alleged offence of Cheating while a suit for recovery of money on the same set of facts was pending.While allowing the petition, Justice...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 8 To August 14, 2022
A weekly round-up of important cases from Madras High Court. Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 339 To 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 349 NOMINAL INDEX Karthika Agencies Export House v. The Commissioner of Police and others, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 339 C Jagadeesan v. Additional Director General of Police and another, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 340 Kannan v. State rep. by the Deputy Superintendent...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round Up: August 8 - August 14, 2022
Nominal Index: Vijay Nishant & others And State of Karnataka & others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 305 Ateeq Ahmed & others And National Investigating Agency. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 306 KHIRASA S/O. KRISHNA KATHARE & Others V. SHANTA ALIAS GEETA & Others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 307 LATHA RAJANIKANTH v STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 308 NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY...
Orissa High Court Upholds 'Life Term' Of Murder Convict 18 Yrs After Enlarging Him On Bail
The Orissa High Court has recently upheld the conviction and resultant life imprisonment awarded to a person in a 2001 murder case. Notably, after the conviction by the Trial Court in 2003, he was enlarged on bail in 2004 by the High Court. While dismissing the appeal, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik observed, "The Court...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: August 8 To August 14, 2022
NOMINAL INDEXCitations 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 765 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 781SARIKA@RADHA@LOVANYA T v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 765DINESH KUMAR v. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 766GHULAM SARWAR v. SMT. NILOFAR KHAN & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 767Trueblue India LLP Vs Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax Circle 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 768Pr....
Centre Notifies Appointment Of 11 Advocates As Additional Judges Of Punjab And Haryana High Court
The Central Government has notified the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium to appoint the following 11 advocates as Additional Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court1. Nidhi Gupta, 2. Sanjay Vashisth, 3. Tribhuvan Dahiya, 4. Namit Kumar, 5. Harkesh Manuja, 6. Aman Chaudhary, 7. Naresh Singh, 8. Harsh Bunger, 9. Jagmohan Bansal, 10. Deepak Manchanda, and 11. Alok...