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Special cost of Rs. 1lakh imposed on Center for delayed filing of SLP

A writ petition was filed in the year 2000, raising a question of parity in the pay-scale of the employees of the Central Tibetan School Administration and that writ petition…

SC rejected pleas on Jan.26 violence, said Government will do the needful

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the petitions which seeks SC's intervention to probe the violence committed on R-day by farm law protesters. The Supreme Court further said that the…

SC: Financial Creditor which is not a related party to Corporate Debtor can be excluded from COC

Phoenix, in Civil Appeal No. 2842 of 2020, submits that though the NCLAT correctly dismissed the appeal filed by Spade and AAA, holding that they are related parties of the…

Offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act are Offences against Society*

In State of Gujarat vs. Bhalchandra Laxmishankar Dave [Cr. A. NO.99 OF 2021] (LL 2021 SC 58).Supreme Court observed while setting aside a Gujarat High Court judgment acquitting an accused…

FIR cannot be quashed on the grounds of Compromise between the parties in rape case: Delhi High Court

Akhtar v. Government Of NCT Delhi And Another [CRL.M.C. 59/2021 & CRL.M.A. 278/2021 (Stay)] A police complaint was filed against the petitioner u/s 419, 467, 471, 474, 376 354,506 read…

Rehearing of Appeal on Questions of Law as well as Fact in the Jurisdiction of Appellate Court mentioned u/s 96 of CPC : SC

In the case of Manjula vs. Shyamsundar [CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6744 of 2013], supreme court observed that an appellate court's jurisdiction u/s 96 of cpc, involves a rehearing of appeal…

Google’s HR executive found dead two years

A woman who works in HR department in Google was found dead in her house under mysterious circumstances in New Delhi. The woman's brother Aniruddh Sharma arrived in the city…

SC put HC order on stay which acquits man under the POCSO Act

The Supreme Court put stay on the order of the Bombay High Court which seeks to acquit a man from the charges of sexual harrasment/assault under the Prevention of Children…

Danger to democracy if the judiciary, CBI, ED, does not function independently: Bombay High Court

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Democracy would be endangered if the judiciary and investigating agencies such as ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) do not act independently, the High Court of Bombay said…

Badaun incident could be avoided if the woman didn’t venture out in evening, says NCW member

A member of the National Commission for Women has said that the Badaun gangrape case could have been avoided if the woman had not ventured out in the evening.NCW member…