1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (296+ words) Justice G. S. Kulkarni, Justice Aarti Sathe, Bombay High Court The Court held that the case was squarely covered by the Supreme Court’s landmark precedents in State of Punjab & Ors. v. Rafiq Masih & Ors. 2015(4) SCC 334 and Syed Abdul Qadir v. State of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (146+ words) Advocate Samarth Krishan Luthra, DHCLSC for the appellant and Utkarsh, APP appeared for the respondent. Before the High Court, the appellant argued that since the incident occurred on a Sunday, it was improbable his family would have left the complainant…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (390+ words) The Supreme Court will set a schedule to finally hear the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Marital Rape Exception contained in Exception 2 to Section 63 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and the corresponding provision in the erstwhile…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (330+ words) The Supreme Court has refused to list the plea filed by a contractor arrested in connection with alleged construction irregularities in the Rajasthan High Court’s Jodhpur building and directed him to seek remedy before the High Court instead. Recently, it…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (339+ words) Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe, Supreme Court The Supreme Court has held that the question whether a particular claim is covered by, or falls outside, an “excepted matters” clause of a works contract is a matter squarely…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (250+ words) The High Court was considering a writ appeal preferred against the judgment of the Single Judge rejecting the grant of family pension. The Bench comprising Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit held, “Neither Rule 8 quoted above nor the amendment…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (335+ words) The Court held that the Special Judge had misconstrued the scope of his jurisdiction by treating any inquiry into the nature of the offence or quantum of compensation as impermissible. It clarified that Rule 12(7) provides a judicial check against under-payment,…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (334+ words) Justice Sanjay Dhar, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Consequently, any service grievances regarding their promotion or grading must be resolved through an Industrial Tribunal rather than a writ petition before the High Court. Senior Advocate G. A. Lone appeared for…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (317+ words) The Bench further held that a revision petition under Section 115 of the CPC is not maintainable against an interlocutory order refusing recusal, as allowing the plea would merely change the presiding judge rather than finally dispose of the suit or…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (567+ words) Justice S Vishwajith Shetty, Karnataka High Court The Karnataka High Court has granted regular bail to a man accused under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, finding that he could not presently be said to have lacked the intention to…...