The Central Information Commission has confirmed in a substantial order that a husband is not entitled to request information on bank records and revenue. His wife’s tax returns under the Act on the Right to Records, 2005. Neeraj Kumar Gupta, the Information Commissioner, noted that the filing of income tax returns by a person with
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Applications are invited for the Supreme Court Law Clerk-cum-Research Assistant purely on contractual basis on a fixed consolidated stipend of Rs. 65,000/- per month. Engagement of Law Clerk-cum-Research Assistant Online applications are invited from Indian citizens who fulfill the following Essential Qualifications and other eligibility conditions, as on 28.02.2021, for preparation of a panel of
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Case: Bajranga (Dead) By Lrs Vs. State Of Madhya Pradesh Citation: [Civil Appeal No.6209 of 2010] Coram: Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Hrishikesh Roy Deprivation of property right can only be in accordance with the procedure established by law, Supreme Court stated this in a case which involved proceedings under Madhya
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On Friday, the Allahabad High Court demanded answers from the various state authorities in UP about the security of the Ganga River and the measures taken to guarantee that the river’s water quality does not deteriorate. The High Court’s Full Bench, consisting of Justices Manoj Kumar Gupta, Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar, ordered the authorities
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In order to provide transparent and categorical information to an RTI applicant seeking copies of records/data relating to illegal/legal migrants, the Central Information Commission directed the Home Ministry Chief Information Commissioner Y. K. Sinha also ‘advised’ the Ministry to preserve, in the national interest, a consolidated record/database of identified legal/illegal migrants. The Commission considered that
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Lalan Gupta (l), Amruta Kelkar join SAM Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai has hired dispute resolution partner Lalan Gupta and corporate partner Amruta Kelkar. Gupta joins from Dhruve Liladhar & Co, where he was a partner since 2018 and had worked since 2013. He specialises in original and appellate litigation, as well as arbitration, mediation and
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CASE: Madhavendra L Bhatnagar v. Bhavna Lall CORAM: Hon’ble Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Hon’ble Justice B.R. Gavai and Hon’ble Justice Krishna Murari The SC has pulled up a lawyer who, in his advice to his client, allegedly speculated about the outcome of a pending appeal before it. In our view, prima facie, this is bordering on
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A Special Court in Delhi has recently sentenced AAP Leader Somnath Bharti for two years for the AIIMS assault case of 2016 (State vs Somnath Bharti). In this case, Mr. Bharathi is alleged to have been part of the mob that tore down a boundary wall of an AIIMS with a JCB. Four others were
... Continue Reading.[Abhishek Mishra is an alumnus of Symbiosis Law School, Pune and practices at the Delhi High Court] By way of its judgment dated January 11, 2021 in N.N. Global Mercantile Pvt. Ltd. v. Indo Unique Flame Ltd., the Supreme Court reopened the seemingly settled issue of whether non-payment of stamp duty on a contract will
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The Delhi high court’s division bench has uploaded its order in the dispute between L&L Partners co-founders Mohit Saraf and Rajiv Luthra. In a nutshell, the order by justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Sanjeev Narula said: Saraf will get access to his main email address from home, and Luthra is not allowed to restrict Saraf’s
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