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Supreme Court Asks Union & States To Create Special POSCO Courts On Top Priority, Mandates Timeline Compliances
The Supreme Court on May 15 closed the 2019 suo moto proceedings initiated in relation to addressing the systematic flaws under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. It has directed the Union and States Government to set up Special POCSO Courts on top priority basis. A bench of Justice Bela M. Trivedi and PB Varale closed the proceedings, asking the Union and...
ISKCON Temple In Bengaluru Belongs To ISKCON Society Bangalore, Not Mumbai : Supreme Court
Deciding a 24-year-old property dispute between the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Mumbai and International Society for Krishna Consciousness Bangalore, the Supreme Court on Friday (May 16) held that the ISKCON temple in Bengaluru belongs to ISKCON Society Bangalore registered under the Karnataka Societies Act.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih...
No Probation For Food Adulteration Offences Committed Between 1976 & 2006 : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 15) clarified that the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act cannot be invoked for offences committed under the now-repealed Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (PoFA), during the period between 1976 and its repeal in 2006 by the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSS Act). “The benefit that the Probation Act envisages is inapplicable to an...
Commercial Suits Filed Before 20.08.2022 Without Pre-Institution Mediation Be Kept In Abeyance To Explore Mediation : Supreme Court
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court (May 15) reaffirmed that pre-institution mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 is mandatory, as held in Patil Automation's case (2022), but clarified that this requirement applies prospectively from 20.08.2022 to avoid disrupting pending cases. In Patil Automation Private Limited v. Rakheja Engineers Private Limited, (2022)...
