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Allahabad High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June 2023
ORDERS/JUDGMENTS [NOMINAL INDEX PROVIDED AT THE BOTTOM] Benefit Of Doubt Regarding Correctness Of Answer Key Goes In Favour Of Exam Authority & Not Candidate: Allahabad High Court Case title - Gyan Prakash Singh vs. State of U.P. and others [WRIT - A No. - 8892 of 2022] Case Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 1 Noting that there is always a presumption about the correctness of...
Registration Of All BS VI Diesel Compliant Vehicles Permissible In NCT Delhi : Supreme Court
In a recent order, the Supreme Court has clarified that the registration of all BS VI Compliant diesel vehicles is allowed to be done in NCT Delhi, irrespective of their requirement for the G-20 summit.The bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia said, “From a reading of the order it does appear that the order has been passed in the aforesaid terms but learned...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Half Yearly Digest [January - June 2023]
Nominal Index [Citations 1- 168]:Gulshan Nazir Vs Union of India 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 1M/S Aisha Construction Vs JKCA 2023 LiveLaw (JKL ) 2Manzoor Ahmad Mir Vs UT of J&K 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 3Godrej Consumer Products Limited Versus Union of India 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 4Mst Zaiba Vs Ghulam Ahmad Zargar & Ors 2023 LiveLaw(JKL) 5Zahid Nabi Khan Vs UT of J&K 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 6Khazir...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea Regarding Gender Imbalance In Judge Advocate General's Recruitment
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a writ petition which raised the grievance that lesser number of vacancies are earmarked for women in the posts of Judge Advocate General(JAG).The petitioner challenged the notification dated 18.01.2023 for the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Entry Scheme 31st Course, inviting applications from Law Graduates (Men and Women). It was pointed out that...
Unitech Case : Supreme Court Rejects ED's Challenge To Bail Granted To Preeti Chandra In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court on Friday (04.08.2023) affirmed the Delhi High Court order which had granted bail to Preeti Chandra, the wife of Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra, in a money laundering case probed by Enforcement Directorate. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra passed the order and directed Chandra to not leave the NCR region and report...
Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition Against Judgment Allowing Lawyers With 10 Yrs Experience To Be Considered For Consumer Commission Appointments
The Supreme Court recently dismissed a review petition filed against its judgment that held that persons having a Bachelors degree and having a professional experience of at least 10 years in consumer affairs, law, public affairs, administration etc. should be treated as qualified for appointment as President and members of State Consumer Commissions and District Consumer Forums.The...
Karnataka High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June 2023
Nominal Index [Citations 1 - 247]Priyanaka R Patil v. Kendriya Sainik Board. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 1Ankit Kumar & others v. State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 2M/S. Provident Housing Limited v. Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 3Latha Choodiah v. Sree Balaji H. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 4P Sunil Kumar & ANR v. State of Karnataka. 2023...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [July 10 – 16, 2023]
SUBJECT WISE INDEXAdvocateSupreme Court 'shocked' to see lawyer filing Article 32 petition against state to recover legal fees. Vijay Kumar Shukla v. State of U.P., 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 523Civil LawConcealment of material facts from the Court - A litigant can be nonsuited in case he is found guilty of concealing material facts from the court or misstating the same. (Para 54) State of Orissa v....
AFT Bar Demands Contempt Action Against Defence Secretary For Allegedly Seeking Report On Decisions By Chandigarh Bench
The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Chandigarh Bar Association has requested Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud to take suo moto cognizance of the allegedly "shockingly contemptuous communication" issued by the D(AFT) Cell of the Ministry of Defence to the Principal Bench of AFT on July 28. In the communication, the Defence Secretary is stated to have demanded a report on the recent...
Widow Can't Be Stopped From Entering Temple; Woman's Identity Not Dependent On Marital Status : Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has strongly criticized the practice of stopping a widow from entering temples and said it can never continue in a civilized society governed by rule of law. “It is quite unfortunate that the archaic beliefs that if a widow enters a temple it will cause impurity continues to prevail in this State. Even though the reformers are attempting to break all...
Supreme Court Stays Madras HC Order That Annulled Election Of Lone AIADMK MP & OPS's Son P. Ravindranath
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Madras High Court that declared the 2019 Lok Sabha election of P. Ravindranath, son of former Tamil Nadu CM O Paneerselvan and the sole Member of Parliament from the AIADMK party, null and void. The Apex Court has allowed him to continue as a Member of Parliament until further orders from the Court. A division bench of Justice Surya Kant...