The Supreme Court cancelled bail granted to two accused in a murder case, finding that the lower courts overlooked material indicating a pre-planned attack.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has held that a plaint cannot be rejected at the threshold when fixed versus ad valorem court fee depends on disputed facts requiring evidence.
Read MoreThe Delhi High Court dismissed a Customs Act appeal and upheld revocation of a Customs Broker licence where credentials were lent for consideration and a Shipping Bill was filed without the named exporter’s authorisation.
Read MoreThe 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.
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