Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on 23.11.2022 ruled that mere registration of FIR or pendency of investigation by investigating agency cannot be a ground to refuse or renew a passport under Passport Act, 1967. Justice Sanjeev Kumar decided t ..
The Kerala High Court on 25.11.2022 held that a prosecution witness who were chief-examined, cross-examined, and re-examined cannot be compelled to appear before the court as a defense witness under Section 233 (3) CrPC. Section 233(3) of CrPC deals ..
The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court was hearing a petition challenging the demonetisation by the Central government in 2016, for Rs. 500 and Rs.1000 rupee currency notes. The court had ordered the Centre on 12.10.2022 to file a comprehensive ..
On 24 November, 2022, CJI D.Y. Chandrachud announced that the portal for filing applications to the Supreme Court under the Right To Information Act, 2005 has been made operational. The CJI said, “Before we start with the mentioning, I wanted ..
Allahabad High Court had directed the government of Uttar Pradesh to grant a minimum payment that is on par with regular employees to IV-class contractual employees who are working under the UP State Legal Services Authority since 2005. Justice Alok ..
The High Court of Madras held that a suit will be affected by Section 12 A of the Commercial Courts Act if it doesn’t have an “urgent interim relief”. Section 12 A hinders filing a commercial suit when pre-institution mediation was ..
The High Court of Allahabad held thatLARRA [Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority] is not a civil court under Section 24(1)(a) of CPC, to be subordinate to the High Court. Thus High Court cannot transfer a case pending before ..
A BMW driver was discharged by the Delhi Court for a case filed against him in June 2019, under Sec 429 IPC for killing a stray dog in a road accident. The case was filed in 2019 at Mayur Vihar Police Station by a woman who had witnessed the BMW dri ..
A PIL challenging the appointment of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, the new Chief Justice of India was dismissed on 11.11.2022 by the Delhi High Court. The High Court of Delhi held that offices of constitutional functionaries shall not be open to denigra ..
Case title: Kapil Goel v. Ram Dulare Yadav, RFA(COMM) 14 of 2022 The Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad bench ruled that the defendant's refusal to engage in the proceedings renders the plaintiff's consent to ..