Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

Justice Alok Kumar Verma appointed as Permanent Judge of Uttaranchal High Court

Appointment of Permanent Judge President appoints Justice Alok Kumar Verma, Additional Judge of Uttaranchal High Court to be Judge of Uttaranchal High

Appointments & Transfers News

Vikas Bahl to be an Additional Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court

Appointment of Additional Judge Vikas Bahl to be an Additional Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, for a period of

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | If a minor girl enters into an “agreement of marriage”, what would be the legality of such agreement? Option to ratify or rescind would be available? HC throws light in view of Ss. 11 and 23 of Contract Act

Allahabad High Court: Vikas Kunvar Srivastav, J., addresses whether a minor girl on attaining majority can ratify the agreement of marriage that

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

United Kingdom| ICO imposes £90,000 fine on American Express for sending marketing emails without consent

The Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) issued a monetary penalty notice in which it imposed a £90,000 fine on American Express Services Europe

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Any judicial system which does not provide finality to disputes, can never earn the trust, confidence and goodwill of the society: HC highlights ‘Consent Decree’ and ‘Lawful Compromise’

Litigants think that they can ‘hop on and hop off the case’ at any stage without any consequence using the slogan ‘pure justice’.

Interviews

Shubhangi Agarwalla on working with the International Law Commission

Interviewed by Sarthak Yadav

Case Briefs High Courts

AP HC | Right to contest election is fundamental, subject to qualifications: No relief to petitioners attaining min. age after elections notified

Andhra Pradesh High Court: M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J., reiterated that, Right to vote and right to elect a representative of their own

Case Briefs High Courts

[Name-Logo Dispute] Telangana HC | ‘GSK’ being widely known mark: GSK Life Sciences (P) Ltd. ordered to suitably delete word ‘GSK’; No violation of S. 35, TM Act found

Telangana High Court: Abhinand Kumar Shavili, J., addressed a matter wherein the name and logo of a company were in dispute. Instant

Hot Off The Press News

Supreme Court’s E-Committee releases Manual for its free “e-Courts Services Mobile App” in 14 languages

E-Committee, Supreme Court of India has released Manual for its top citizen-centric service- free “e-Courts Services Mobile app” in 14 languages (English,

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Domino’s India suffers data breach: Leaked data available online

Dominos have suffered from a data leak as reported by cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia. Domino’s India data breach has exposed credit card

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Can a Court Order be removed from Online Platforms? HC to examine Right to Privacy and Right to Information of the Public and Maintenance of Transparency

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., while citing the scope of Right to Privacy and Right to be Forgotten granted interim

OP. ED.SCC Journal Section Archives

Truth Behind Truth Machines: A Psycho-Legal Enigma

by Dr. G.K. Goswami† and Siddhartha Goswami††

Conference/Seminars/Lectures Law School News

HNLU | Webinar on ‘Understanding Workplace Laws for Women in India: Special reference to Maternity and Parental leave, Workplace Safety and Equal Remuneration’ [May 26, 2021]

Reported by Masooma Rizvi

Appointments & Transfers News

President appoints Martha Koome as first Kenya woman Chief Justice

On May 19, 2021, Kenyan President in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 166 (1) (a) of the Constitution, has appointed

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

KSCDRC | Charging money for 3D Glasses for viewing a 3D Movie by theatre owners would amount to violation of ‘Consumer Rights’? Commission answers

Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (KSCDRC): The Coram of Justice Sri K. Surendra Mohan (President) and T.S.P Moosath (Judicial Member), Ranjit.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

DSCDRC | If a car is purchased for company’s Vice-President’s personal use, would VP come under the umbrella of Consumer Protection Act? Read on

Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DSCDRC): Coram of Dr Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal (President) and Anil Srivastava (Member) decided on the

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SCC Online Weekly Rewind Vol. 1 Episode 10

10th Episode of SCC Online Weekly Rewind featuring Bhumika Indulia, Associate Editor bringing you the most important and interesting stories from the field

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | 25 long years of separation, but no decree of divorce granted – Why? Read whether HC dissolves the marriage or not

Madras High Court: T. Raja, J., in the present matter while considering the long separation of parties for almost a quarter-century, granted

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC issues notices to Centre and States over alleged denial of benefits during Covid pandemic under PMGKAY and IMPDS due to non completion of bio metric authentication of beneficiaries

The National Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of a complaint alleging denial of benefits to the people during Covid pandenic under

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Can SAT function without a Technical Member? Read the controversy raised by SEBI

Today, SEBI has raised an objection. Tomorrow a private litigant would raise a similar objection. It would be a never-ending process. This issue needs to be resolved on the judicial side as well.