News Update Amazon Institutes Legal Action Against Future Group in Indian Supreme Court 13 Feb 2021 Amazon has filed an appeal in the Indian Supreme Court against its Mumbai-based partner Future Group to avoid the sale of Future's $3.4 billion retail assets to Amazon's business rival,…
News Update POCSO verdict Judge gets one year tenure extension 13 Feb 2021 The tenure of additional Judge of Bombay High Court, Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala is extended by another one year after Supreme Court collegium recommendation being accepted. The order of her…
News Update Directions given to state officials for appearance before Karnataka High Court for a survey. 13 Feb 2021 The Karnataka High Court directs the state officials to be present before the court for a survey to be conducted regarding the children working in the street vending. The aim…
News Update Supreme Court delayed the arrest of the accused when he entered into a marriage comprise with the victim 12 Feb 2021 BackgroundThe girl, hereinafter the complainant, had gone to Australia for higher studies in 2016 where she met the accused who asked her hand in marriage. The complaint denied that they…
News Update Delhi High Court seeks for reaction by National Human Rights Commission, Manipur govt over extra-judicial murder of 2 people 12 Feb 2021 The Delhi High Court on Friday released a legal notice to the National Human Rights Comnission (NHRC) and Manipur state government over a plea challenging an order passed by the…
News Update Denial of Maintenance Allowance to wife would cause a Economic Abuse u/s 3 of DV Act – Tripura HC 12 Feb 2021 In the case of Ramendra Kishore Bhattacharjee v. Smt. Madhurima Bhattacharjee (Crl. Rev. P. No. 36 of 2020), the Tripura high court held that denial of maintenance allowance to the…
News Update Condonation of Delay under Section 34 of Arbitration is Appealable under Section 37 of the Act: SC 12 Feb 2021 This appeal arises out of a certificate issued under Article 133 read with Article 134A of the Constitution of India by the High Court of Delhi The question raised in…
News Update Ordinance with regards to Regulating inter faith marriages and religious conversion, challenged in the Supreme Court 12 Feb 2021 Citizens for Peace and Justice, NGO, challenged the validity of Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2019 and Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020, within its previous Petition that…
News Update Twitter to Impose Limits on Accounts in India Following the Threat of Government Legal Action 11 Feb 2021 Upon receipt of a notice of non-compliance and threat of legal action by the Indian government, Twitter will re-implement restrictions on certain Indian accounts. Thousands of farmers have protested following…
News Update If accused admit it’s signature on blank cheque leaf, would attract presumption u/s 139 of NIA : SC 11 Feb 2021 In the case of M/s. Kalamani Tex vs. P. Balasubramanian (Crl. Appeal no. 123/2021), the Supreme Court observed that even a blank cheque leaf would attract presumption under Section 139…
