Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

Denial of breath sample especially on occurrence of accident causing death amounts to criminal offence: SC of Canada

‘Sentence must be proportionate to the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender’ Supreme Court of Canada:

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Acid attacker’s sentence reduced in light of him marrying the victim

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of B.R. Gavai and Sarang V. Kotwal, JJ. decided a criminal appeal wherein the sentence

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Notice served to BSNL officials in light of improvement in connectivity in the tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh: HP High Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Dharam Chand Chaudhary and Ajay Mohan Goel, JJ., addressed a writ petition concerning

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Injunction against Apple Inc. denied in absence of elements of irreparable injury and balance of convenience

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J. rejected plaintiff’s interlocutory application in the suit seeking to

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Allowing provisional admissions subject to outcome of a writ might result in tremendous hardship for students: SC

Supreme Court: Uday U. Lalit, J. delivering the judgment for himself and Deepak Gupta, J. set aside the order of Punjab and

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Mandatory Death Penalty in Barbados held Unconstitutional: CCJ

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ): In the court of Sir Dennis Byron, President and Honourable Justice Saunders, Wit, Hayton, Anderson, Rajnauth-Lee and Barrow

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Sentence has to be proportionate with the offence committed; convicts in ‘Naroda Patiya Riot case’ awarded 10 years RI

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Harsha Devani and A.S. Supehia, JJ. pronounced the order on quantum of sentence in

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Wife convicted for murder given benefit of Exception 1 to Section 300 IPC in light of grave and sudden provocation by the husband

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Suman Shyam and Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, JJ., decided a criminal appeal wherein the

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LG is bound by “aid and advice” of the Council of Ministers of the Delhi Government: SC

“Lieutenant Governor and the Council of Ministers must attempt to settle any point of difference by way of discussion and dialogue.” Supreme

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Payment of ‘maritime lien’ allowed on reading International Convention on Maritime Lien with Admiralty Act

Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K.R. Shriram, J. decided an admiralty suit wherein it was held that the

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Breaking| NCT of Delhi not a State, Lt. Governor of Delhi not an administrator: SC

Supreme Court: The five-Judge Constitution Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra, A.K Sikri, A.M Khanwilkar, Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan JJ.,

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Assistant Government Advocate held not to be ‘in service’ of the State Government

Supreme Court: In a Judgment pronounced by Dipak Mishra, CJ for the Full Court comprising of himself and A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr

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Members of JNU Students Union held in contempt of Court for staging protests inside Administrative building

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of V. Kameswar Rao, J. decided a contempt petition filed by Jawaharlal Nehru University

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WIPO Translate: Republic of Korea is First to Adopt WIPO’s “Artificial Intelligence” – Powered Patent Translation Tool

The Republic of Korea is adopting WIPO’s ground-breaking “artificial intelligence”-based translation tool for patent documents, making it the first member state to

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Murder convict acquitted on grounds of insanity at the time of commission of the act

Supreme Court: Navin Sinha, J. speaking for himself and A.M. Khanwilkar, J. delivered a decision in a criminal appeal wherein the appellant,

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A mother’s writ of habeas corpus denied as custody of child with the father is not illegal

Uttaranchal High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. dismissed a writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioner-mother

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Prior sanction of Magistrate not required for taking fingerprints of accused or a suspect

Supreme Court: Ashok Bhushan, J. discussed the validity of procedure of taking fingerprints under Identification of Prisoners Act 1920, while delivering a

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Petition challenging appointments of CVC and VC dismissed by SC

Supreme Court: Appointments of Chief Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioner, which were assailed by the petitioner Common Cause and others, were