The Calcutta High Court has issued guidelines to be followed by the State police and criminal courts while arresting a person in cases related to cruelty to wife under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or the Dowry Act. When making an arrest in relation to Section 498A Read more
COTMAN v BROUGHAM DATE OF JUDGEMENT May 16, 1918 COURT Court of Appeal, House of Lords CITATION Cotman v. Brougham, (1918-19) All ER Rep. 265 (HL) 101 CASE TYPE Civil case APPELLANT Cotman RESPONDENT Brougham BENCH Lorrd Finlay LC, Lord Parker, Lord Wrenbury, and Lord Atkinson REFERRED Companies (Consolidation) Act Read more
CARLILL V. CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL COMPANY (1892) 1 QB 256 CITATION 1892 EWCA CIV 1 YEAR 7 DEC. 1892 COURT COURT OF APPEAL CASE TYPE UNILATERAL CONTRACT BENCH J.LINDLEY,BOWEN,AL SMITH COUNTRY BRITAIN FACTS OF THE CASE The carbolic smoke ball company came up with a new advertising strategy that would require Read more
School of Law, Presidency University, Bengaluru is inviting applications for admission to 5 years integrated BA LL.B, BBA LL.B, B.Com LL.B (Hons.) programs.About Presidency UniversityEstablished as a center of academic excellence in the year 2015, the School of Law at Presidency University in Bengaluru has consistently been recognized as one Read more
Suvendu Adhikari is the subject of a PIL in the Calcutta High Court that asks for the filing of a criminal complaint against him for inciting animosity within a community. The West Bengal Police were instructed by the High Court to investigate the PIL as a complaint and file a Read more
Himachal Pradesh High Court has started publishing their judgments in the Hindi Language. The important orders and judgements given by the Court full bench and division benches will be made available on the Court website from the 1st of January 2023 in the Hindi language. The judgements regarding the single Read more
In the case of A. Sreenivasa Reddy v. Rakesh Sharma, the division bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and JB Pardiwala held that a Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 (PC Act) can proceed against an accused for offences under the Indian Penal Code 1860 even if sanction Read more
In the case of State of Andhra Pradesh v. Vijayanagram Chinna Redappa, the division bench comprising Justices V. Ramasubramanian and Justice Pankaj Mithal recently set free a life convict, who despite being granted remission by Andhra Pradesh government, was not released on the ground that his sentence for a subsequent Read more
The Madras High Court upheld a man who had sexually assaulted a 4.5-year-old girl. The judgment was passed by a single bench judge Justice R. Hemlatha who dismissed an appeal which was filed by the convict, the accused was sentenced seven years imprisonment by the trial court for offense under the Protection Read more
Justice L Victoria Gowri of the Madras High Court declared that paternity leave is a basic human right of a child during its pre natal/post natal stage and it has to be taken care of by policymakers. This case involved the matter of Mr. Sarvanan , a police inspector who Read more
