News Update Rajasthan High Court Quashes Complaint Against Shilpa Shetty in SC/ST Act Case 21 Nov 2024 The Rajasthan High Court has quashed a complaint filed against actress Shilpa Shetty under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly using the word "Bhangi" in a 2013 television…
News Update Punjab and Haryana High Court Criticizes Judicial Officers in PMLA Cases; Quashes Remand Order in Balwant Singh Case 21 Nov 2024 In a significant ruling, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a remand order passed by a Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), in a…
News Update Supreme Court Observes: “Even Ajmal Kasab Was Given a Fair Trial” in CBI Appeal Against Physical Production of Yasin Malik 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court, while hearing an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding the physical production of Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik in a Jammu court, orally observed…
News Update Adani Group Faces Allegations of Bribery Scheme in U.S. Court: Accused of Offering $265 Million to Indian Officials 21 Nov 2024 The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed charges in a U.S. court alleging that Gautam Adani, along with other executives of the Adani Group, orchestrated a multi-million-dollar bribery…
News Update Supreme Court: Consensual Relationships Not Criminalized for Failure to Marry; Quashes Rape Case Filed on Promise of Marriage 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court today quashed a criminal case alleging repeated rape under the false pretext of marriage, observing that the non-materialization of a consensual relationship into marriage cannot be given…
News Update This Supreme Court case centers around the procedure for drawing and forwarding samples under NDPS Act 1985 21 Nov 202421 Nov 2024 This Supreme Court case centers around the procedure for drawing and forwarding samples under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), particularly under Section 52A, which deals…
News Update Supreme Court to Decide on Parallel Investigations by CBI and SFIO in the Same FIR 21 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court is set to address a significant legal issue: whether the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) can conduct parallel investigations into…
News Update Supreme Court Restores ₹1.75 Lakh Monthly Maintenance to Wife, Highlights Right to Matrimonial Standard of Living 20 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court, while restoring the Family Court’s order of ₹1.75 lakh as monthly interim maintenance to a wife during divorce proceedings, reaffirmed the principle that a dependent spouse is…
News Update Supreme Court Clarifies Karnataka HC Division Bench Did Not Continue Single Judge’s Interim Order Against Power TV 19 Nov 202419 Nov 2024 On November 14, the Supreme Court clarified that the Karnataka High Court's division bench did not extend the interim order previously issued by a Single Judge that restrained Kannada news…
News Update Supreme Court Adjourns ED’s Plea to Transfer Kerala Gold Smuggling Case to Karnataka by Six Weeks 19 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court today deferred the hearing of a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking to transfer the Kerala Gold Smuggling case from the Special PMLA Court in…