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S.138 NI Act | Proceedings For Cheque Dishonour Be Quashed Once Complainant Signs Deed Accepting Amount In Full & Final Settlement: Supreme Court
In a Criminal Appeal arising out of proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the Supreme Court held that once the settlement has been arrived at and the complainant has signed the deed accepting an amount in full and final settlement, the proceedings under this provision must be quashed. “Considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case, we...
Supreme Court Lifts Stay On Labour Court Proceedings Involving HT Media Private Limited
The Supreme Court (on January 08) issued a notice in a Special Leave Petition assailing the Delhi High Court's order wherein it stayed the proceedings referred in the Labour Court for adjudication of an industrial dispute between HT Media Private Limited and one Rabeendra Kumar Dhakad (the present petitioner) who worked in the former's office. While staying the impugned order, the Bench...
Lakshadweep MP's Conviction Can Be Suspended Applying Recent Judgment In BSP MP's Case : Union Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 08), while hearing an appeal against the order of the Kerala High Court, refusing to suspend the conviction of disqualified Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in a case of attempt to murder, was apprised that the case can be disposed off in terms with the recent judgment passed in the case of BSP MP...
Do Online Gaming Platforms Supply An 'Actionable Claim'? Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging 28% GST
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) issued notice and sought the centre's response on a batch of petitions filed by online gaming companies, including Dream 11, Games 24x7, and Head Digital Works, challenging the constitutional validity of imposition of 28% GST.Senior Advocate Harish Salve, representing the gaming companies, told a bench comprising the Chief Justice of India DY...
Calcutta High Court Annual Criminal Law Digest 2023
ORDERS/JUDGEMENTS1. UAPA Accused In Custody Since 3 Yrs, Only One Of 54 Witnesses Examined: Calcutta High Court Grants BailCase Title: In the matter of : Sk. Rejaul @ Kiran @ RutuCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 6The Calcutta High Court granted bail to an accused in a case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act after observing that there has been an inordinate delay in...
Supreme Court Arranges Counselling For Female Advocate Who Complained Of Sexual Harassment; Records Sent For Inquiry
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) directed that a counselling be arranged for the female advocate, who alleged sexual harassment by a male advocate. The counselling was directed to be arranged at the Supreme Court Mediation Centre. A Division Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, on being apprised that no counselling could take place as directed on the previous date,...
Rule Of Law Must Be Enforced Unmindful Of Consequences : Supreme Court Observes In Bilkis Bano Case
While setting aside the remission granted to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, the Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) stressed that in protecting the rule of law, those concerned with it must remain unmindful and unruffled by the ripples of consequences. It also categorically stated that compassion and sympathy have no role to play where rule of law is required to be enforced.The...
Satyendar Jain's Bail Plea | No Predicate Offence Made Out, Company Assets Can't Be Attributed To Director, Shareholder: Singhvi To Supreme Court
In Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain's challenge to denial of bail by the Delhi High Court, the Supreme Court today commenced hearing arguments on merits.The Bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal was hearing Jain's petition challenging the denial of bail by the High Court in April last year. He was taken into custody on May 30, 2022, but came to be granted interim bail...
Narendra Dabholkar Murder : Supreme Court Dismisses Daughter's Challenge To Bombay High Court Ending Monitoring Of Probe
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) dismissed a plea challenging the discontinuation of the court-monitored probe into the 2013 murder of anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar.The Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma however left it open for petitioner-Mukta Dabholkar (daughter of Narendra Dabholkar) to provide any material related to the criminal cases...
Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Acquittal Of Union Minister Ajay Mishra 'Teni' In 23-Year-Old Murder Case
The Supreme Court, today (on January 08), refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court's order upholding the acquittal of Union Minister of State for Home, Ajay Mishra Teni, in the murder case of Prabhat Gupta. Gupta, a rising student leader, was killed in broad daylight in Lakhimpur Khiri district in the year 2000. In the instant case, four people, including Union Minister Teni,...
Bilkis Bano Case | Judgment Directing Gujarat Govt To Decide Remission Was Obtained By Fraud; It's Also Bad In Law : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8), while setting aside the premature release of eleven life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, declared its May 2022 judgement - which directed the Gujarat Government to consider the remission applications of the convicts- as a nullity since the petitioner (one of the convicts) was found to have "played fraud" by suppressing material facts and...
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea Against Collegium System; Lawyer Cites Interview Of Justice Kaul On 'Faults' In System
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 8) agreed to constitute a bench to hear a plea raising concerns regarding the collegium system in place for the appointment of judges in the Supreme Court and Higher Judiciary.Advocate Mathews Nedumpara mentioned the petition, which seeks to abolish the collegium system, before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent listing. The lawyer said that...