The Kerala High Court stated that the implementation of citizen’s benefit scheme is the forefront fundamental duty of the State government. The Court observed that the portal was in default on the issuance of payments to the beneficiaries and the raised the question that “Is the portal issue resolved or Read more
In a significant legal development, the Supreme Court of India has overturned a decision by the High Court of Jharkhand and restored a FIR related to a land fraud case. The case, Giridih(T)P.S.Case No.217 of 2020, involves allegations of forgery and illegal land transactions, and the Supreme Court’s ruling marks Read more
The Delhi High Court stated that the accommodation for the professors should be provided by the university as in the compensation to appoint them as Hostel warden. The Court found that the University would complete the civil works within the period of four weeks as counting on this date and Read more
The Supreme Court has observed that a Bench cannot rehear a case that it has released unless the Chief Justice, who is in charge of the roster, returns the case to the Bench. Judges Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court Bench allowed the accused to file Read more
In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court underscored that an accused voluntarily surrendering before the court, even in the absence of a summoning order, cannot be taken into custody. The bench, comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal, emphasized that a bail application from such an accused should not Read more
The Supreme Court modified an accused conviction from Section 302 to Section 304 Part II IPC after determining that there was inadequate proof to demonstrate that he shared the common intention with the other accused to murder the deceased. The court affirmed life imprisonment for other three accused/appellants for murder Read more
After the death of his father-in-law, Pradip Modhiya, one of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case, received five days of parole by the Gujarat High Court on January 21, just over two weeks after the court ordered their surrender at the Godhra sub-jail. Modiya had approached to Read more
In the case of Transfer Petition (Crl.) no. 846 of 2023, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (petitioner) filed a transfer petition seeking to move a complaint against him from the Curt in Ahmedabad to a court in Delhi. The respondant, Hareshbhai Pranshankar Mehta had filed a private complaint against Yadav for alleged Read more
In the recent ruling, the Delhi High Court directed Delhi University (DU) to allow the petitioner to continue her second semester of the BA Honours English course despite her non-payment of fees for the first-semester examination. The court’s decision underscores the importance of equity and factual considerations in academic matters. Read more
In the recent case of Raviprakash Chaturdeo Patel v. State of Maharashtra & City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. The Bombay High Court confirmed the CIDCO’s decision to deny a bid proposal for a Navi Mumbai plot of land. The legal dispute concerned Plot No. B (130+131), Sector Read more