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In the absence of the trial court’s records, a conviction cannot be upheld, according to the Supreme Court
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-Report by Utkarsh Kamal In the present case supreme court discusses the conviction when the trails court records are absent and can not be obtained. White discussing the present case by the division bench of Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Sanjay Karol observed that the job of the Court of Appeal is not to depend onRead More

WHETHER A PERSON CAN GET ABSORBED IN THE DEPARTMENT TO WHICH HE HAD GONE ON DEPUTATION?
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-Report Himanshi Chauhan The recent judgement of P.V. Satheesan v. UOI & Ors deals with the question that whether a person can get absorbed in the department to which he had gone on deputation. Herein, the original application of the person was rejected by the Tribunal. Therefore, a writ petition was filed in the DelhiRead More

THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI SHOULD THE SENTENCE OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT BE REDUCED THROUGH LEGAL REMISSIONS IN THE RAREST OF RARE CASES? : DELHI HC
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-Report by Arunima Jain Adjudicating the matter of life imprisonment on a rarest of rare cases of a man raping his 9-year-old daughter, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that the term ‘life imprisonment’ is synonymous with a convict spending the rest of their life imprisoned for whatever they have been convicted for. LiberalRead More

APPLICATION FOR RESTORATION OF APPEAL IS NOT TENABLE IF POWER OF ATTORNEY STOOD CANCELLED: SC
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-Report by Himanshi Chauhan In the recent judgement of YOGESH NAVINCHANDRA RAVANI v. NANJIBHAI SAGRAMBHAI CHAUDHARY & ORS, an appeal is filed by the appellant challenging the final judgement of the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad whereby the High Court passed strictures against the appellant and restored the second appeal to its original number and status.Read More

BAIL GRANTED TO THE PERSON ACCUSED OF THREATENING NATIONAL SECURITY
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-Report by Sakshi Tanwar This is the second application under Section 439 read with Section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking regular bail in case FIR No. 166/2015, dated 16.11.2015, recorded at P.S. Crime Branch under Sections 3 and 9 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923. The initial application filed on behalfRead More

NO MANDAMUS CAN BE ISSUED DIRECTING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO ACT CONTRARY TO THEIR OWN PROCEDURE: DELHI HC
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-Report by Himanshi Chauhan In the recent case of Ruksana v. Jawahar Lal Nehru University, a writ petition was filed, in the Hon’ble Court for the violation of Articles 14 & 15 of the Indian Constitution, by the petitioner i.e. Ruksana.  FACTS: The petitioner i.e. Ruksana belongs to the OBC category. She applied for admission to the Ph.D course of “Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy” atRead More

WHETHER PAST SERVICE AS A CIVIL JUDGE CAN BE USED FOR APPOINTMENT TO DELHI HIGH COURT JUDICIAL SERVICE?
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-Report by Sakshi Tanwar The question in the present writ petition is whether the past service rendered by the petitioner as a Civil Judge can be counted for the purpose of calculating the qualifying service viz. ten years as Civil Judge, for appointment to the Delhi Higher Judicial Serviceby promotion on the basis of merit through Limited DepartmentalRead More

When actions of a cabinet committee are approved by the council of ministers, business regulations are not broken by the state
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-Report by Utkarsh Kamal In this case, according to the Supreme Court, the State Government cannot argue that Rules of Business were not followed throughout its decision-making process when the Cabinet establishes a committee and the latter’s acts are approved by the Minister and the rest of the Council. The Rajasthan Industrial Development and InvestmentRead More

THERE IS NO PREJUDICE TO THE RIGHTS AND CONTENTIONS OF ALL THE PARTIES, TO BE TAKEN AT AN APPROPRIATE PROCEEDING: DELHI HC
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-Report by Mehul Jain It was held by the Delhi High Court in the case of Alliance of Digital India Foundation Vs Competition Commission of India & Ors that on April 24, It is made clear that the observations made herein are only to the extent of deciding the present law before this Court and shall not tantamount to any expression on the merits ofRead More

NO ONE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT EVEN THE COMPLAINANT’S NEIGHBOURS, HAD BACKED UP OR GIVEN EVIDENCE REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF ANY INCIDENT
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-Report by Sejal Jethva RITU TOMAR VS. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS, in this case, the petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short “the Cr.P.C.”) for the quashing of the FIR for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 452, 324, 307, 342 and 506 of the Indian Penal CodeRead More