Legal Articles “Sentencing Is Inexplicable” : SC On HC Decision To Award Different Jail Terms To Convicts For Same Offence July 6, 2023 / July 6, 2023 | Leave a Comment While being terribly astonished at the incongruous manner in which the High Court delivered different jail terms to convicts for the same offence, the Apex Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Uggarsain vs The State of Haryana & […] Read more »
Legal Articles SC Deprecates Practice Of Imposing Pre-Condition Of Paying Alleged Cheated Amount To Get Anticipatory Bail July 6, 2023 / July 6, 2023 | Leave a Comment It is most significant to observe right at the outset that the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Ramesh Kumar v. The State of NCT of Delhi in Criminal Appeal No. of 2023 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 2358 of 2023) that was […] Read more »
Legal Articles Petitions U/S 482 CrPC Not Maintainable For Challenging Proceedings U/S 12 Domestic Violence Act : HP HC July 4, 2023 / July 4, 2023 | Leave a Comment While clearly reiterating that petitions under Section 482 CrPC are not maintainable for challenging the proceedings under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act, the Himachal Pradesh High Court in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Sanjeev Kumar & Ors Vs Sushma Devi in Criminal Revision […] Read more »
Legal Articles Police Harassment Of Advocate And Husband : Maharashtra Human Rights Body Orders Rs 2.5 Lakh Compensation July 4, 2023 / July 4, 2023 | Leave a Comment “Harass – ‘Injure’ and ‘injury’ are words having numerous and comprehensive popular meanings, as well as having a legal import. A line may be drawn between these words and the word ‘harass’, excluding the latter from being comprehended within the word ‘injure’ or ‘injury’. The synonyms of ‘harass’ are: to weary, tire, perplex, distress, tease, […] Read more »
Legal Articles Injustice With Adolescent Boys : MP HC Requests Centre To Consider Reducing Consent Age Of Victim From 18 To 16 Years In Rape Cases July 1, 2023 / July 1, 2023 | Leave a Comment In a very significant development, we witnessed how just recently the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court in a learned, logical, landmark, laudable and latest judgment titled Rahul Chandel Jatav v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr in Misc. Criminal Case No. 24691 of […] Read more »
Legal Articles Karnataka HC Dismisses Twitter’s Plea Against Centre’s Account Blocking Orders With Rs 50 Lakh Cost July 1, 2023 / July 1, 2023 | Leave a Comment In a most powerful, peculiar, path breaking and progressive judgment titled Twitter Inc v Union of India in Writ Petition No. 13710 of 2022 (GM-RES) that was pronounced as recently as on June 30, 2023, the Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition that was filed by Twitter Inc, challenging the blocking […] Read more »
Legal Articles Advocates Office Run From Residence Not Subject To Property Tax As Business Building : Delhi HC June 30, 2023 / June 30, 2023 | Leave a Comment While taking a clear, categorical, composed and convincing stand and holding that the “professional activity” of lawyers cannot be seen as “commercial activity”, the Delhi High Court in a most learned, laudable and landmark oral judgment titled South Delhi Municipal Corporation vs BN Magon in LPA 564/2015 that was pronounced […] Read more » Delhi HC
Legal Articles Wife As Homemaker Contributes To Husband’s Acquisition Of Assets; Entitled To Equal Share In Properties: Madras HC June 30, 2023 / June 30, 2023 | Leave a Comment It is really most reassuring, most refreshing and most remarkable to learn that in a most significant step taken in the laudable direction of truly heralding gender equality, we see that it is […] Read more » Madras HC
Legal Articles Section 498A IPC Being Rampantly Misused To Harass Family Members : Gujarat HC June 28, 2023 / June 28, 2023 | Leave a Comment In the fitness of things, the Gujarat High Court in a most commendable, courageous, cogent and convincing oral judgment titled Jyantilal Vadilal Shah & 1 other(s) vs State of Gujarat & 1 other(s) in R/Criminal Misc. Application No. 7061 of 2017 that was pronounced as […] Read more »
Legal Articles Imprisonment At Trial Stage Cannot Be Prolonged Only For Teaching Accused A Lesson : Delhi HC June 27, 2023 / June 27, 2023 | Leave a Comment While granting bail to an accused in a case of kidnapping for ransom after a custody of almost two years and nine months, the Delhi High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Shah Alam vs State Govt of NCT of Delhi in […] Read more » Delhi HC
