Legal Articles Sentence Can Be Suspended In Appeal Only If Convict Has Fair Chances Of Acquittal : SC May 7, 2023 / May 8, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment Preface While leaving no scope for ambiguity of any kind, the Apex Court has in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Omprakash Sahni v. Jai Shankar Chaudhary And Anr Etc in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1331-1332 of 2023 that was pronounced as recently as on May 2, 2023 has been forthright in holding that […] Read more » SC Sentence Can Be Suspended In Appeal Only If Convict Has Fair Chances Of Acquittal :
Legal Articles Judge May Be Subjected To Disciplinary Action For Wrong Judgment Only If There Is “Definite Evidence” Of Extraneous Considerations : Patna HC May 4, 2023 / May 4, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While commendably granting relief to a woman judicial officer facing charges of ‘recklessness’ in passing a judgment of acquittal, the Patna High Court in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Sangeeta Rani vs The State of Bihar and Ors in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 5617 […] Read more » Judge May Be Subjected To Disciplinary Action For Wrong Judgment Only If There Is “Definite Evidence” Of Extraneous Considerations Patna High Court
Legal Articles BSP MP Afzal Ansari Disqualified from Lok Sabha May 3, 2023 / May 3, 2023 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment The sentence was pronounced by Ghazipur MP/MLA Court moments after he was convicted in the case along with his brother Mukhtar Ansari. He is the third MP to be disqualified this year. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Afzal Ansari, brother of jailed politician Mukhtar Ansari, was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Monday, May 1, […] Read more » mukhtar ansari and his brother
Legal Articles Why Supreme Court’s ‘Eye-Opener’ Tip to the Prosecution Is an Embarrassment May 3, 2023 / May 3, 2023 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court ended up giving ideas to the prosecution on how to prevent the accused from using the default bail law in their favour. In a judgment delivered on May 1, the Supreme Court not only denied the right to default bail to the accused on the ground that a […] Read more »
Legal Articles SC Upholds Companies Act Provision That Overrides Payment of Workers’ Dues During IBC Liquidation May 3, 2023 / May 3, 2023 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment The apex court quashed a plea filed by Moser Baer Karamchari Union and others seeking to strike down Section 327(7) of the Companies Act, 2013. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 2 quashed a petition seeking to strike down a provision of the Companies Act which says that workers’ dues would not get preferential […] Read more » Payment of Workers’ Dues During IBC Liquidation
Legal Articles Delhi’s Compulsory Registration of Marriages Has Unintended Consequences for Muslims May 3, 2023 / May 3, 2023 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment A Muslim married couple registering their marriage in Delhi might be in for a rude shock in case they want their marriage and inheritance to be governed by Muslim personal law. The Delhi government’s policy on compulsory registration of marriages is effectively forcing Muslims to relinquish their personal law. The Delhi government is registering marriages […] Read more » Delhi’s Compulsory Registration of Marriages
Legal Articles Home Secretary Cannot Order Further Investigation Or Reinvestigation Of Case By Another Agency : SC May 3, 2023 / May 3, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While making no bones in putting across its point in the most effective manner, the Apex Court in a most learned, laudable, logical, landmark and latest judgment titled Bohatie Devi (Dead) Through LR v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors in Criminal Appeal No. 1294 of 2023 (@SLP (Crl) No. 4394/2021 With […] Read more » Home Secretary Cannot Order Further Investigation
Legal Articles Don’t Seek Extension Of Time For Investigation At Last Moment, Accused Will Get Right To Default Bail: SC May 2, 2023 / May 2, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While taking potshots at the investigating agencies for its increasing tendency to seek extension of time for investigation and that too at the last moment, the Apex Court in a most pragmatic, pertinent, persuasive and […] Read more » Accused Will Get Right To Default Bail Don’t Seek Extension Of Time For Investigation At Last Moment SC
Legal Articles Waiting Period For Mutual Consent Divorce As Per S.13B(2) Of Hindu Marriage Act Can Be Waived Invoking Article 142 : SC May 2, 2023 / May 2, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While ruling on a very significant legal point with far reaching legal consequences, the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Shilpa Sailesh vs Varun Sreenivasan in Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 1118 of 2014 and cited in 2023 LiveLaw(SC) […] Read more » S.13B(2) Of Hindu Marriage Act Can Be Waived Invoking Article 142
Legal Articles ‘Wholesale Domicile Reservation Unconstitutional’ : SC May 1, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While clearly, cogently and convincingly stating that domicile reservation should not become a “wholesale reservation”, the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Veena Vadini Teachers Training Institute (Run By Veena Vadini Samaj Kalyan Vikash Samiti) v. State […] Read more » SC Wholesale Domicile Reservation Unconstitutional
