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BREAKING: Calcutta HC Upholds Single Judge Order For CBI Probe Into Congress Councillor Tapan Kandu's Murder
The Calcutta High Court on Monday upheld the order of a Single Judge bench for a CBI probe into the death of former Congress councillor of Jhalda Municipality in Purulia, Tapan Kandu who was reportedly shot dead by miscreants on March 13.Some motorcycle-borne persons had reportedly shot Tapan dead when he had gone for a walk near his residence. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) had also...
Supreme Court Monthly Criminal Digest- May 2022
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Part II of First Schedule - If the offence is punishable with imprisonment for three years and onwards but not more than seven years the offence is a cognizable offence. Only in a case where the offence is punishable for imprisonment for less than three years or with fine only the offence can be said to be nonÂcognizable. (Para 5.3) Knit Pro...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2022 - CIVIL LAW- [Jan to Mar]
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Appeal against High Court judgment which upheld the procedure adopted by the Execution Court that did not invite objections under Order XXI Rule 34 from Judgment debtor to draft sale deed produced by Decree holder - Allowed - Clearly contravenes the salutary provisions of Order XXI Rule 34 - The objections of the appellant to the draft sale deed to...
Supreme Court Monthly Digest- May 2022 With Nominal And Statute/Subject Wise Index
Aadhaar Act 2016 - UIDAI directed to issue Aadhaar cards to sex workers without insisting proof of residence. Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 525 Advocate - Senior Advocate Designation - Instead of ten marks to be allocated to a counsel who has put in between ten to twenty years of practice, the marks be allocated commensurate with the standing of...
Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: May 2022 [Citations: 154 - 179]
Nominal Index Sudarshan Purohit v. The Hon'ble High Court For Judicature Of Rajasthan & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 154 Bharat Sharma v. State Of Rajasthan 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 155 Prem Chand Deshantri v. Union of India 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 156 Mahendra Yadav & Anr. v. Bhagwan Devi & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 157 Kumar Indu Bhushan v. Union Of India and...
Explained : Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard -How US Jury Answered Defamation Claims Against Each Other?
A US Jury has delivered its verdict in the high profile defamation case between Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, after a highly dramatic trial spread over six weeks, the live-stream of which caused a sensation in the internet.A 7-member jury constituted by the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia, unanimously ruled that a 2018 article published by Heard imputing...
'Woman Not Prosecuted If She Tricks Man With False Promise Of Marriage': Kerala High Court Says Rape Should Be Gender-Neutral Offence
In a noteworthy development, the Kerala High Court orally remarked that the offence of rape should be made gender-neutral while adjudicating upon a matrimonial dispute moved by a divorced couple over custody of their child. Justice A Muhamed Mustaque made the observation when during the course of the case when the party brought up the fact that the husband in the case had once been accused in...
Centre Notifies Transfer Of 6 High Court Judges
The Central Government has notified the transfer/repatriation of following High Court judges,Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah (Andhra Pradesh High Court to Patna High Court);Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash (presently Orissa High Court to Calcutta High Court);Justice Subhasis Talapatra (Tripura High Court to Orissa High Court);Justice Lanusungkum Jamir (Manipur High Court to Gauhati High...
Anticipatory Bail Application Maintainable Even If Accused Is Outside The Country : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday while granting interim anticipatory bail to actor Vijay Babu in a rape case observed that the accused being abroad does not disentitle him from having his anticipatory bail application considered. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas however clarified that this observation was made only for considering the grant of interim protection from arrest. "I am of the view...
Senior Lawyers With 20 Yrs Experience Must Guide At Least 15 Juniors, Opines Supreme Court
A vacation bench of the the Supreme Court on Tuesday orally remarked that every senior lawyer who has 20 years of experience in the Bar must undertake to guide at least 15 junior lawyers. Asking the Senior Advocates to devise some modalities to impart guidance to juniors on court-craft and etiquette, the vacation bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna said, "Every senior...
Gyanvapi Mosque Survey Videos, Pics Not To Be Made Public Without Court's Permission: Varanasi Court
The Varanasi Court yesterday allowed the parties to the ongoing Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute to get the copies of the videos and photographs taken by the Court-appointed survey commission. The Survey report, videos, and pictures were submitted in court on May 19.The Court's May 30 order came with a caveat that in view of the sensitivity of the case, the videos and photographs shall...
Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2022 - TAX (Jan - Mar)
Constitution of India, 1950 - Levy of Excise Duty - State Legislature has no authority to levy duty or tax on alcohol, which is not for human consumption as that could be levied only by the Centre - State only empowered to levy excise duty on alcoholic liquor for human consumption. State of Orissa v. Utkal Distilleries Ltd; 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 240 Constitution of India, 1950; Article 226...