Supreme Court in its recent verdict on 31st August 2018 stated that the insurance claims of the Legal Representatives (LRs) of a deceased is not maintainable if the accident happened due to his gross negligence and thus, allowed the petition of the appellant-insurer. Facts of the case On the fateful
After a quarter of a century-long arduous battle, former ISRO Scientist Nambi Narayanan welcomed the Supreme Court verdict where he was exonerated from charges of spying as the Court ruled, “arrested unnecessarily, harassed and subjected to mental cruelty” on Friday, September 14, 2018. The Apex Court ordered the Kerala government
Patna High Court had ruled in favour of the petitioner and stayed an order of the lower court in a defamation suit filed by Mr. Amit Kumar, a resident of Vaishali, Bihar who alleged that the petitioner had published a book defaming the famous Yoga guru and television personality, Baba
Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association has come forward in coordinating rescue and relief efforts to help Kerala flood victims. The state was hit with an unprecedented flood situation with death toll risen up to 357 and 58,506 people being rescued until Saturday, August 20th. In one of the worst floods the
In a 17-year-old case while passing judgment Bombay High Court observed that ill-treatment of wife does not amount to criticising her cooking or scolding her for not doing household chores. The Court held that the prosecution failed to prove their case of ill-treatment of wife by husband and in-laws and
A PIL was lodged with the Delhi High Court on Monday, July 30, 2018, accusing e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart of breaking FDI (foreign direct investment) norms and violating rules in order to make huge revenues and render small sellers uncompetitive by a wide margin. Facts of the case An
A new anti-corruption Bill was proposed by the BJP government in a move to amend the decade-old 1988 anti-graft law to make it possible to punish both bribe givers as well as bribe takers. After the extensive debate at the Lok Sabha, the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill was passed
The Supreme Court Constitution Bench in its judgment has emphatically declared that neither LG nor the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of Delhi can be considered superior over the other. The Bench reiterated that it is necessary for harmonious and peaceful governance that “LG must work harmoniously with the state,
Calcutta High Court in its historic judgment on Monday, June 25, 2018, ordered West Bengal government to compensate a trafficking survivor even though the trial is yet to begin. The Court observed that legal proceedings took months and sometimes years to complete and denying compensation to the victim in the
A 24-year-old fake encounter case in which ex-Deputy Mayor of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and 3 others were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by Additional Sessions Judge Swapna Singh on Friday, June 29, 2018. Two of the other accused mentioned in the charge sheet had died earlier. Facts of the
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