In a significant development, the Delhi High Court handed down a six-month imprisonment sentence to Advocate Virendra Singh for criminal contempt of court. The charges stemmed from Singh’s making contemptuous allegations against sitting judges of the high court and the district judiciary. A division bench, consisting of Justices Suresh Kumar Read more
This article is written by Annu Kumari of 8th Semester of Lovely Professional University, an intern under Legal Vidhiya ABSTRACT This article deals with the comprehensive scope and applicability of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act, enacted in 2013, to create secure working environments for employees. Examining a wide Read more
CITATION [1864] EWHC Exch J1 DATE OF JUDGMENT January 20, 1864 COURT Exchequer of Pleas APPELLANT Mr. Raffle RESPONDENT Mr. Wichelhaus BENCH Chief Baron Sir Frederick Pollock, Baron Samuel Martin, Baron George Bramwell, Baron Charles Pigott INTRODUCTION The key issue was on an agreement to sell 125 bales of cotton Read more
CITATION 1967 AIR 878, 1967 SCR (1) 331 DATE OF JUDGMENT 14th SEPTEMBER, 1966 COURT SUPREME COURT OF INDIA PETITIONER GANGA PROSAD DAS MUSHIB AND ORS. RESPONDENT SUBHAS CHANDRA DAS MUSHIB BENCH MITTER, G.K. WANCHOO, K.N. SHELAT, J.M INTRODUCTION The origin of the petitioner’s lawsuit is an attempt to declare Read more
This article is written by Ritika Srivastava of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, an intern under Legal Vidhiya ABSTRACT Among the most crucial elements of what we do every day are agreements. Every day, we sign many agreements. Either knowingly or unconsciously, these agreements are made. Agreements grant the parties a Read more
CITATION [1927] AC 17 DATE OF JUDGMENT 20 July 1926 COURT Privy council APPELLANT Robert Hugh Bisset RESPONDENT Thomas Vernon Wilkinson BENCH Viscount Dunedin, Lord Atkinson, Lord Carson, Lord Merrivale INTRODUCTION The fine balance between autonomy and protection is frequently tested in the field of contract law, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Read more
CITATION AIR 2005 SC 3087 DATE OF JUDGMENT 12 October COURT HIGH COURT OF PATNA APPELLANT Chairman, LIC RESPONDENT Rajiv Kumar Bhaskar BENCH S Jha, C K Prasad Facts In accordance with the L.I.C. salary saving plan, the employer was required to take the premium out of the employee’s pay Read more
CITATION – (1982) 149 CLR 337 DATE OF JUDGEMENT – 11th May, 1982 COURT – HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA APPELLANT – CODELFA CONSTRUCTION PTY. LTD. RESPONDENT – STATE RAIL AUTHORITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES BENCH – Stephen, Mason ,Aickin, Wilson, Brennan, JJ. INTRODUCTION The case of Codelfa Construction Pty. Ltd. Read more
CITATION 1984 SCR (2) 67 DATE OF JUDGMENT 16th December 1983 COURT SUPREME COURT OF INDIA APPELLANT BANDHUA MUKTI MORCHA RESPONDENT UNION OF INDIA BENCH P.N. BHAGWATI, R.S. PATHAK, AMARENDRA NATH SEN INTRODUCTION The case of “Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India, 1984” involves the issue of enforcement of Read more
CITATION 2015 SCC OnLine NCDRC 9 DATE OF JUDGEMENT 09.03.2015 COURT National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), New Delhi APPELLANT AIR India RESPONDENT Ms. Geetika Sachdeva BENCH JUSTICE J.M. MALIK INTRODUCTION A harassed woman passenger, in possession of an open air confirmed ticket, was denied boarding a London-Delhi flight on Read more
