Delhi High court dismissed the writ petition of the Delhi minister – Satyendar Jain and observed that he cannot be disqualified from Cabinet and Assembly as a "person with unsound mind". Jain is presently in judicial custody in a mon ..
A bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Krishna Murari made the observations that an individual who was acquitted of the scheduled offence cannot be prosecuted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. This statement was concluded after heari ..
Recently settling the case of Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-I, Chandigarh v. M/s. ABC Papers Limited, the supreme court held that against orders of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) will lie only before the High Court within whose jurisdiction t ..
Reservations of the pwd [persons with disabilities] remain only on paper. Instead of being proactive to protect the interests of the disabled, a conscious effort is being taken to thwart their efforts to secure employment bytaking an obstructive or ..
An observation from Justice Deepak Roshan of the Jharkhand high court was that "While section 138 of the Act specifies a strong criminal remedy in relation to the dishonour of cheques, the rebuttable presumption under section 139is a device to ..
Supreme Court observed that under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, a Court has the authority to reject a plaint suo moto. Before exercising this power, the court needs to hear the plaintiff. The court cannot reject the plaint ..
According to the Bombay High Court, the court's power to reject a plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) is a drastic power that must be exercised with caution. In a property dispute, Justice Anuja Prabhudessai was heari ..
According to the Jharkhand High Court, the right to shelter is a fundamental right of every citizen under the Constitution, and any violation of this right by the state must result in judicial intervention to protect the occupants of a dwelling hous ..
Rule of evidence to prove charges in a criminal trial cannot be used while deciding an application under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act held by the supreme court. The two-judge Bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Vikram Nath observed th ..
The Gujarat High Court ruled that a party cannot seek the appointment of an arbitrator over a "dead" cause of action or resurrect a claim barred by the Law of Limitation. The Court was considering an application for the appointment of an ..