On Friday, the Supreme Court gave notice of a writ petition brought by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) challenging the Delhi Lieutenant Governor’s failure to act on the nomination of Justice Rajeev Kumar Shrivastava, a retired judge from the MP High Court, as the Chairperson of Read more
The grievous and horrendous mishap, the ‘Uphaar Cinema Fire’ occurred on 13th of June 1997 (Friday). It was the screening of the movie Border at the theaters that day, when during the three O’ clock show the fire at Uphaar Cinema started. This tragic event took lives of fifty-nine (59) Read more
He began visiting the lady officer’s court and staring at her nonstop after she blocked the defendant on social media, even though he had no work to do there. Details of case: Case title: In Re vs. Abhay Pratap Case No.: CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CRIMINAL) No. – 8 of 2023 Read more
In a historic first, N Visakamurthy, an advocate and a person with a visual impairment, has successfully cleared the December 2022 Advocates-on-Record (AoR) Examination conducted by the Supreme Court. This is the first time in the history of the apex court that a candidate with a visual impairment has attempted Read more
The Court emphasised that strikes by advocates impede judicial work and that bar members should instead use a forum to air legitimate issues. In the case of District Bar Association of Dehradun v. Ishwar Shandilya and Others, the Supreme Court issued an order on Thursday directing the creation of grievance Read more
The Apex Court on 19th April 2023 made fundamental observations in a case titled Gwalior Development Authority and Another v. Bhanu Pratap Singh that a lease deed registered compulsorily under Section 17 of the Registration Act 1908 cannot be altered or amended by the High Court by exercising its power Read more
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stated that a rape case cannot be dismissed solely based on a compromise between the accused and the complainant, as the offence under SECTION 376(2)(N) and 506 of the IPC is a grave crime and is non-compoundable under SECTION 320 OF CRPC. However, Read more
On 15th of April, 2023 (Saturday) gangster turned politician Atique Ahmed Ashraf and his brother were shot by three people disguised as journalists. The three accused namely Sunny Singh (23) of Hamirpur, Lavlesh Tiwari (22) of Banda, and Arun Maurya (18) 0f Kasganj, shot the Ahmed brothers at point blank Read more
The Supreme Court has submitted the question of whether the GST on lease/rent payments is constitutionally lawful to the constitution bench of nine judges. It has been made clear by the justices M.R. Shah and Karol that there is no halt to the tax recovery, and the revenue is free Read more
The Gujarat sales tax act 1969, specifies that the penalty and interest imposed under sections 45(6) and 47(4A) are obligatory and must be applied by the COMMISSIONER/ASSESSING OFFICER as prescribed. The Supreme Court with judges M.R SHAH and B.V NAGARATHNA on the bench, have determined that when a dealer is Read more