The Madras High Court has held that where an appeal against a divorce decree stood dismissed for default and no stay operated, a subsequent remarriage was valid under Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
Read MoreThe Telangana High Court has held that an error, lapse or professional negligence does not become a criminal offence unless the conduct crosses the high threshold of gross and reckless negligence.
Read MoreA Calcutta High Court judge has released herself from hearing former minister Sujit Bose’s bail plea after recording an alleged attempt by counsel and the judge’s private secretary to access the case record after judgment was reserved.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has held that referral charges received by an automobile dealer for promoting bank loans and insurance products are taxable as Business Auxiliary Service under the Finance Act, 1994.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has reiterated that motor accident compensation proceedings apply the civil standard of preponderance of probabilities and are not controlled by an acquittal in a criminal case.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has held that the Appropriate Authority, not the police, is the primary investigative body for offences under the PC-PNDT Act, and a Magistrate cannot take cognisance on a police chargesheet for such offences.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has held that merely lodging a false FIR or initiating legal proceedings does not, without the ingredients of instigation or intentional aid, constitute abetment of suicide.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has held that the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, as presently framed, does not create a distinct criminal offence capable of sustaining prosecution by itself.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has quashed SC/ST Act proceedings where alleged caste abuse occurred inside an enclosed room and the material did not show that the words were uttered within public view.
Read MoreA nine-judge Supreme Court Bench has revisited the definition of ‘industry’ under Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, while protecting pending and concluded matters from disruption.
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