It was held that the proceedings under Domestic Violence under the DV Act and Section 125 CrPC are independent proceedings and the learned Magistrate could not assume jurisdiction in a proceeding under section 125 CrPC which was not pending before hi..
The High Court held that the determination of compensation has to be rational, to be done by a judicious approach and it should not be an outcome of guesses on arbitrariness. At the same time, it should be remembered that in absence of any evidence o..
The present case deals with the scope of literary works under Section 2 (o) of the Copyright Act. Examination papers are original literary works within the meaning of Copyright law...
Though privacy was not recognised as a fundamental right back then, the Court prevented State’s invasion into personal matters of an individual by rightfully interpreting the term “personal liberty”. Also, any procedure established by law must be jus..
The Hon’ble Supreme Court held that the Industrial Court ought to have held that the first Respondent was not a direct employee of the Appellant, and rejected the application of the first Respondent...
In the present case the respondent was not restrained from his duty by any means the responded continued to be absent from work voluntarily...
The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the final judgment stated that it could not have been the policy of the Act to treat education as an industry for benefit of a very minor and insignificant number of subordinate staff. Section 2(j) of Industrial Dispute..
The CCI absolved Hockey India from all the allegations entering into anti-competitive agreements and abusing dominant position. It held that there was no contravention of provisions of the Competition Act by the HI however CCI set out a possibility o..
On 28 April 2008, the Indian Olympic Association (“IOA”) temporarily suspended its recognition of the IHF. The IHF has challenged this decision in Indian courts. On 18 July 2008, officials of the FI and the IOA met in Hyderabad, India, and discussed,..
It was held by the Gujarat High Court that the magistrate shall have to keep in mind that if the nuisance is not created at a public place no direction can be given under Section 133. Section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that, "When..
It is clear from the judgment that commissioned work is done under contract for services and that ownership in sound recordings made in the course of the author’s employment under a contract of service or apprenticeship lies with the employer in abse..
The judgment provided relief to the producers while the composers and lyricists were at the receiving end of hardships. Due to the constant efforts of the music composers, the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 was passed by parliament which protects th..
The panel in the court said that the wrestler failed to satisfy his burden of proof as he couldn’t prove his claim that his energy drink had been intentionally contaminated by a member of Sushil Kumar’s entourage. The panel was also satisfied that th..
The CAS ruled that the appeal filed by Ms Dutee Chand on 26 September 2014 against the decision of AFI declaring Ms Chand not eligible to compete under the IAAF’s Hyperandrogenism Regulations is partially upheld. The suspended these Regulations for a..
The court held that that in view of Section 27(1) of the DV Act, the Metropolitan Magistrate court, Bengaluru has the jurisdiction to entertain the complaint and take cognizance of the offence and since allegation against the other appellants except ..
The court held that the object of grant of maintenance is to afford a subsistence allowance to the wife, who is not able to maintain herself, then the award normally should be from the date of the application. For the court to award maintenance from ..
Attention has been drawn by the judgment of this present case, it was held that Statement of an accused under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is recorded without administering oath and, therefore, said statement cannot be treated as evi..
Section 154 of Code of Criminal Procedure bind Police Official to record every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence, if given orally or by any means to an officer in charge of a police station to be registered in their books..
The court keeping in mind the duty to the husband to maintain the wife has directed the husband to pay the wife under the DV Act as he has a responsibility to allow his wife to live life with dignity according to their social status and strata but ha..
The court held that that in view of Section 27(1) of the DV Act, the Metropolitan Magistrate court, Bengaluru has the jurisdiction to entertain the complaint and take cognizance of the offence and since allegation against the other appellants except ..