News Update MP High Court Dissolves Marriage, Rules Forcing Spouse to Quit Job Amounts to Cruelty 17 Nov 2024 The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently allowed a woman’s plea for divorce, observing that her husband's coercion to make her quit her government job until he…
News Update Calcutta High Court: No Factual Examination in Appeals Under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act 16 Nov 2024 The Calcutta High Court ruled that it cannot engage in a factual examination of materials provided or not provided by an assessee-company in an appeal under Section 260A of the…
News Update Patna High Court Quashes Demotion of Inspector Penalized Under Excise Prohibition Law, Cites Violation of Natural Justice 16 Nov 2024 The Patna High Court overturned the penalty of demotion imposed on a police inspector for alleged negligence in implementing the Excise Prohibition Law. The Court observed that while the Bihar…
News Update Rajasthan High Court Grants Permission to Woman Accused in Cheating Case to Travel to Canada for Studies and Safeguard Daughter’s Citizenship 16 Nov 2024 The Rajasthan High Court allowed a petition filed by a woman accused under Section 420 IPC, permitting her to retrieve her passport and travel to Canada. The petitioner sought permission…
News Update Supreme Court Stays Proceedings in Aditya Birla Finance Case on Alleged Fraud Claims in Loan Dispute under SARFAESI Act 15 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court recently issued a stay on proceedings in a commercial suit involving Aditya Birla Finance Ltd., challenging a Bombay High Court ruling that allowed a commercial suit alleging…
News Update Supreme Court Seeks Details of Assam Tea Corporation Limited’s Properties for Potential Asset Sale to Clear Workers’ Dues 15 Nov 2024 In a decisive step toward addressing long-standing unpaid wages, the Supreme Court has ordered Assam Tea Corporation Limited (ATCL) to submit a detailed affidavit listing all of its immovable and…
News Update Sulekha.com Challenges Madras High Court Order in Supreme Court Over Advocate Listings and Online Platform Restrictions 14 Nov 2024 Case: Sulekha.com New Media Private Limited v. PN Vignesh & Ors. Sulekha.com has approached the Supreme Court, filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against a Madras High Court ruling that…
News Update Supreme Court Calls for Action on Free Sanitary Pad Distribution in Schools, Highlights Gaps in Menstrual Hygiene Policy Implementation 13 Nov 2024 On November 12, the Supreme Court took a significant step toward addressing menstrual hygiene challenges for adolescent girls, underscoring its commitment to their health, dignity, and education. Reviewing a petition…
News Update Madras High Court: Equal Coparcenary Rights for Daughters May Reduce Property Shares of Mothers and Widows Under Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 12 Nov 2024 The Madras High Court recently highlighted that, while the 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act granted daughters equal coparcenary rights, it may unintentionally reduce the shares of mothers and…
News Update Supreme Court Dismisses Somnath Bharti’s Plea to Transfer Criminal Case from UP to Delhi, Emphasizes Need for Compliance with Court’s Jurisdiction 12 Nov 2024 On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed a transfer petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who sought to relocate…
