The court held that beneficial provision of S.479(1) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, which corresponds with S.36A of CrPC, will apply to prosecution under PMLARead More

In Pedapudi Alfred Johnson Jeyakaran Jesudasan V. The State of AP, Justice U. Durga Prasad Rao, under Section 18 of the Indian Stamp Act of 1899, ruled that if a General Power of Attorney (GPA) is executed outsideRead More

According to the latest judgement of Hon’ble  Supreme Court, the minor can become the transferee/owner by way of a sale deed and the conditions stipulated under Section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872Read More

The Kerala High Court held that tax/ penalty under Section 129(1)(a) or 129(1)(b) of the CGST/ SCGST can be imposed only for violations which may lead to evasion of taxRead More

While holding so, the bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kostiswar Singh acquitted the accused in a murder case who had filed a plea for juvenility after the order of conviction and sentence was passed against him.Read More

Recently while hearing the S Vijikumari vs. Mowneshwarachari C case, the Supreme Court (SC) bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice N Kotiswar Singh observed that the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is applicableRead More

he Allahabad High Court recently ruled that the property purchased by a Hindu husband in the name of his spouse, who is a homemaker and does not have an independent source of incomeRead More

In terms of a judgment by the Manipur High Court, a bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia and SVN Bhatti ordered for a revised select list of candidates to be drawn in 4 weeks, based on merit, which shall include all similarly situated personsRead More

In a recent consumer case, the Supreme Court permitted the opposite party to file a written statement in the consumer complaint after the expiry of the statutory time limitRead More

The anti-corruption body headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice AM Khanwilkar said that the Lokpal cannot act solely based on the Hindenburg research report which raised allegations of quid pro quo against the SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri BuchRead More