The object of the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Properties Act, 1952 (‘the Act’) was to enable the Union of India (‘Union’) to requisition or acquire immovable property if the competent authority was of the opinion that any property was necessary for a public purpose. Recently, the Supreme Court of India in B.K. Ravichandra v.
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Delhi Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat dismissed the interim bail application of Ishrat Jahan who was in prison in case relating to Delhi riots which broke out in NCT in February this year. Ishrat went to court for bail citing COVID-19 cases in Mandoli prison and her other medical issues. The court while dismissing the
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Earlier, a bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka had extended the life of all interim orders through a notification dated April 16. And further extended till November 29, keeping in a view of the Covid-19 Pandemic situation. Subsequently, the Karnataka High Court has further extended the validity of all interim orders across the state till January 7, 2021
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The COVID Committee of the High Court of Calcutta made certain recommendations, considering which, the Hon’ble Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan passed an order. A notification was issued that the Court will resume normal functioning from December 7th2020. “for information of all concerned that the Hon’ble the Chief Justice, High Court, Calcutta, upon consideration of the recommendations of the Hon’ble Covid Committee of this Hon’bleCourt, has
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On 26th November, the Orissa High Court took on record an affidavit filed by the State Government in respect of the steps it was taking to fast-track long pending criminal trials against former and sitting legislators. Hearing a suo moto petition, a division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Biswanath Rath observed that State’s Affidavit lacked details on the infrastructure such as staff
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The Delhi High Court extends the restrictive hearing till November 15 in the light of growing cases of COVID-19 in the national capital. Each Bench of the court across the three jurisdictions – civil, criminal, and original – periodically sit for physical hearings while also taking up matters through the video conferencing as per the
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Introduction In this article, we will discuss the Job opportunities for law students in the Indian Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General (JAG) Branch. The term ‘Judge Advocate’ is derived from “Judex advocates” meaning Judge called to assist the court without being a constituent of it. In the Indian context, the Charter of 1683 was provided
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Bombay High Court is now all set to take up cases physically from December 1st. Its principle bench of Nagpur and Aurangabad will start from the said date. Earlier the HC was hearing physically only in the matters relating to criminal Appeals. The court issues notice in this regard which states that- “Considering the precautionary
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In public interest” seeking a direction that “Bhagvad Geeta (or Bhagavad Gita) may be taught as one of the subjects to the students of all classes i.e. Basic Education to Higher Education in the overall interest of society”. The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday 25th November dismissed a plea. Justice Pankaj Mithal and Saurabh Lavania
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We are all familiar with the infamous shareholders dispute of Bakshi and Mcdonalds, Tata and Mistry. While such incidents of disputes are not uncommon, it is essential for us to understand as to what could possibly lead to such disputes. To begin with, let us first try to understand what is a Company and who
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