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The Court stated that when the case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 was already filed by the petitioners, Respondent 2 had all the opportunity to defend in that pending complaint case, and without doing so, present complaint case was filed implicating the petitioners.
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In a retrospective application of Sections 50 and 52 of Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, the Income Tax Dept. had fastened criminal liability on the petitioners for non-disclosure of tax return assessment for 2007-08 and 2009-10.
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On 03-06-2024, the petitioner, North East Eco Development Society raised a serious issue regarding water logging in the city of Guwahati, which has persisted for a long time.
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In cases where a search is conducted after 31-03-2021, the first proviso to Section 153C (1) would have to be construed and tested as regards the date when the Assessing Officer decides to initiate action against the non-searched entity.
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The Court opined that the allegation that money is obtained to bribe the judges of this Court casts a serious doubt on the independence of judiciary and implies that justice is up for sale and such serious allegations need to be investigated.
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The petitioner is an Indian businessman and erstwhile billionaire with Fortis Healthcare, Religare, and Ranbaxy Laboratories, seeking permission to go abroad to attend the graduation ceremony of his two sons one on 01-07-2024 at Durham University and the other on 02-09-2024 at University College London.
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“Many LGBTIQA+ youth face familial rejection, often from an early age. This rejection can take a devastating toll on individuals and isolate them from physical, emotional and economic resources that are essential to their well-being. In such cases, it is important to recognise the family as a site of violence and control for many queer women, who they need protection from rather than any “guardianship”.
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The Delhi High Court said that a huge pressure cannot be the only reason to deny Aam Aadmi Party its right to be allotted an accommodation for setting up its party office.
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“A Writ of Mandamus can be issued only if the applicant can show the existence of a legal right.”
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“SRM Hotels should have been given an opportunity to demonstrate that they and not TTDC are better equipped to run the hotel.”
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“In the post of Typist where there are vacancies at any given time, the petitioner can be accommodated in any subsequent vacancy without the challenge being made to the selection and appointment of the next candidate and without dislodging the candidate who is selected in his place.”
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The Court held that the trial court should not indulge in a detailed inquiry at the stage of charge framing but should only ascertain whether there are sufficient grounds to proceed based on the police report and prosecution documents.
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A show cause notice was issued to the appellant, to recover Central Excise Duty payable on the impugned product, during the period of April 2011 to August 2012, on the grounds that the appellant had misclassified the product as fruit pulp or fruit drink, instead of lemonade.
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The Court stated that the petitioner is needed to be treated as a class apart, for which provisions are made for the admissions in the academic courses and in the Government Departments for public appointments by keeping seats reserved under Sports Category.
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The Court opined that given the serious nature of allegations, petitioner(s) did not deserve the privilege of pre-arrest bail.
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Setting aside the decision of the Railway Claims Tribunal and awarding compensation to legal representatives of the deceased the Court stated that a rash and negligent act cannot be equated with a criminal act resulting in self-inflicted injury and held that the injury sustained by the deceased was an ‘untoward incident’ as under Section 123(c)(2) of the 1989 Act.
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“Section 102(3) was inserted by way of an amendment only in the year 1978, which reintroduced the reporting obligations of police officer to the Magistrate, as it originally existed in the 1882 Code. It also empowered the seizing officer to give custody of the seized property to any person, on such person executing a bond undertaking to produce the property before the Court as and when required.”
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Madras High Court has observed that by entering such a relationship, the appellant has committed an intentional tort, namely interference in the marital relationship with intentionally alienating him from his wife and children
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The writ petitions were filed by Associated Broadcasting Company Private Limited, who broadcasts the TV9 Telugu channel, against a Multi System Operator (MSO) and service provider under TRAI Act, 1997 alleging that the operator disconnected its channel without issuing the required disconnection notice.
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“The expression ‘competency of witness’ refers to the capacity, ability or qualification to give evidence in the Court of Law.”
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