Facts Justice Sanjay Misra was appointed as the Uttar Pradesh State Lokayukta under section 3 of the Act, 1975 vide order dated 29.01.2016 and on his joining on the said post on 31.01.2016 he was allotted House No.22 in the Government Colony, Gautam Palli at Lucknow, which on his request,
The Consumer Protection Bill 2018, which was recently passed by the Lok Sabha, is slated to replace the existing act of Consumer Protection Act 1986. The Consumer protection Bill of 2018 has certain new features which were missing in the prevailing Consumer Protection Act 1986. The highlights of the new
Case Shri. Dasuklang Kharjana Vs. State of Meghalaya & Ors Brief Facts The petitioner was appointed as Assistant Teacher at Kynshi Presbyterian Upper Primary School, Kynshi. In 2015 and since then the petitioner has been discharging his duties to the satisfaction of all concerned. However, suddenly in the month of
Brief Facts Nirupam, a former Congress MP, had filed the complaint against Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani, alleging that on December 20, 2012, when the Gujarat Assembly poll result were announced, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader had made “defamatory and scurrilous comments” against him during the debate on ABP
India finally got a proper law for dealing with bankruptcy and insolvency in 2016 when Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (I&B Code) was passed. However, there is plenty of confusion with regard to the interpretation of the new law. Legislature and judges are slowly clearing these doubts with the help
Brief Facts: The appellant Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik is a cousin of complaint Mahendra Namdeorao Wasnik who lives with his wife Kanta and daughter Vandana who is 3 years of age at time of incident. The appellant visit complainant house to meet complaint’s father Namderao, who was ailing ,after having a
Case Name: Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Competition Commission of India & Ors. Delhi High Court gave a new set of teeth to Competition Commission of India. This will allow it to investigate the Directors and Executives of a company for their involvement in any anti-competitive conduct. Facts of
Case – Jaswant Singh v Union of India Facts The plaintiff was enrolled as a Sepoy on January 1, 2003 in the Indian army. A summary court-martial was organised on him on two charges. First one was for assaulting a superior officer while second was for using abusive language against
Case – Maharashtra State Public Prosecutors Association v. State of Maharashtra Citation: WP NO. 8117/2017 Reserved On: 10th July 2018-12-18 Pronounced On: 24th August 2018 Brief Facts: In the present Judgement, Bombay High Court with its Division Bench comprises of Justice Sh. Gangapurwala and Justice S K Kotwal held at
Case: Sukhlal v State of Madhya Pradesh Judge: Justice AK Sikri, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice S Abdul Nazeer “Life imprisonment is the rule and death penalty is the exception” The Supreme Court when passing a judgement on capital punishments follows the principle of life imprisonment is the rule and
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