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Rigour under S. 33(5) POCSO Act gets diluted once the child attains majority; Kar HC allowed cross-examination under S. 311 CrPC

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J. allowed the petition filed seeking further cross examination of the child victim as the victim has

Case Briefs High Courts

Gauhati High Court| Only Food Inspectors can investigate offences under the FSS Act; Rs 2 Lakhs cost imposed on Maharashtra Police for seizing goods from Gauhati factory

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phookan J. held that Maharashtra Police neither had the jurisdiction nor the authority to investigate offences under

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

CBDT inserts new TDS forms 16E and 26QE under Income Tax Rules, 1962

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has notified the Income Tax (19th Amendment Rules) 2022 in order to amend Income Tax Rules,

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court| State Legal Service Authority can’t run away from compensating victims by citing insufficient funds; directions issued

Calcutta High Court: Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. heard a petition and issued directions relating to a matter of non- payment of victim compensation

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court | Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, 2021 cannot be invoked to stultify right of a couple to use their own embryo for developing it into a fetus

“Life inside a human embryo remains frozen, awaiting its opportunity to be born as a child to its parents”

Case Briefs High Courts

Himachal Pradesh High Court | Lack of immediate remedy under Arbitration Act not a ground to challenge an arbitral order passed on miscellaneous application before High Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court: In the case where it was argued before the Court that the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court| Unmarried major Daughter entitled for maintenance from her father; Glossy life on Instagram does not prove independent and sufficient income

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. rejected a writ petition which was filed by the husband, being aggrieved of the order passed

Case Briefs High Courts

Orissa High Court | Notification exempting Orissa Vigilance Department from the purview of RTI is ultra vires of RTI Act, 2005

Disclosure is the norm and refusal to information, an exception

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court grants anticipatory bail to cine artist & producer Vijay Babu in a rape case

Kerala High Court: In a high-profile rape case that ignited controversy in the cine industry, Bechu Kurian Thomas, J., granted anticipatory bail

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC| Government accommodations are meant for serving officers and not retirees; Union of India v. Omkar Nath Dhar, (2022) 1 SCC 40, reiterated

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the instant petition filed by 3 retired State Bank of India employees, who

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Should Resolution Professional include delayed claims of homebuyers under memorandum of information? NCLAT decides

National Company Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi: The Coram of Ashok Bhushan, J (Chairperson), Shreesha Merla (Technical member), and Naresh Salecha (Technical member)

New releases News

Snippets from Panel Discussion & Book Launch of Prof BB Pande’s Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

The spirit of Rule of Law is that the law must prevail and not the power centers.” – Prof. B.B. Pande Eastern

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Maharashtra AAR| No GST on ‘stipend’ paid to trainees

Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling: Rajiv Mangoo, Additional Commissioner of Central Tax & T.R. Ramani, Joint Commissioner of State Tax held that

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court directs removal of infringing links of film ‘Janhit mein Jaari’ from online platforms; Ad-interim injunction granted in favour of Bhanushali Studios Ltd

Bombay High Court: RI Chagla J. granted an ad-interim injunction in favour of the producers of the film “Janhit Mein Jaari” and

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court │ Mere visiting the house of sex worker as ‘customer’ cannot be presumed to be living on earnings of sex workers; proceedings quashed

Calcutta High Court: Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J. allowed a revisional application which was filed for quashing of the proceeding under Sections 3,

Case Briefs High Courts

Madhya Pradesh High Court to examine Arya Samaj Vivah Mandir Trust’s authority to solemnize marriage between a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Rohit Arya and Milind Ramesh Phadke, JJ., admitted a petition which was filed to

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court upholds denial of admission where AIIMS declared a foreign national successful in exam, but PGIMER denied admission for lack of seats

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J. upheld the denial of admission by AIIMS and PGIMER as mere mentioning of eligibility criteria for

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

When can loss due to embezzlement be allowed as a deduction in computation of income tax? ITAT elucidates

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Bangalore: The coram of N.V. Vasudevan (Vice President) and Padmavathy S. (Accountant Member), considered the instant appeal,

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC| Violation of mandatory provision of Section 42 of the NDPS Act entitles accused to bail even if the recovery is of commercial quantity of contraband

Punajb and Haryana High Court: In a petition filed under section 439 CrPC for grant of regular bail under Sections 22, 25,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court reinstates All India Chess Federation secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan till August 15 to ensure smooth holding of the prestigious Chess Olympiad-2022

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising M.R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., reinstated All India Chess Federation (AICF) secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan