SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE ALONE CANNOT PROVE MURDER

SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE ALONE CANNOT PROVE MURDER I. Brief facts of the case: This Appeal was filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court (hereinafter “Supreme Court”) against the Impugned Order passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Uttarakhand (hereinafter “High Court”) in Criminal Jail Appeal No. 64 of 2010 dated 29.08.2013. The chronology

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Lextalk World Magazine February 2022: Featured Article

February 22, 2022 In Uncategorized Lextalk World Magazine February 2022: Featured Article LexTalk World, a global Magazine has recently published its February-2022 Edition of the LexTalk World Magazine. The Magazine features more than 15+ Articles or Blogs from the leaders of the International Legal Industry. This Magazine features an interesting Article written by Mrs. Sushila

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NCLAT REITERATES THAT COMMERCIAL WISDOM OF COMMITTEE OF CREDITORS TO PREVAIL WHILE EVALUATING RESOLUTION PLANS

NCLAT REITERATES THAT COMMERCIAL WISDOM OF COMMITTEE OF CREDITORS TO PREVAIL WHILE EVALUATING RESOLUTION PLANS A Principal Bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)  comprising of Justice Anant Bijay Singh (Judicial Member) and Ms. Shreesha Merla passed a Judgment dated 14-02-2022 in the case of Noida Special Economic Zone Authority Vs Mr. Manish

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Section 14 – CrPC

Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates.—(1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local limits of the areas within which the Magistrates appointed under section 11 or under section 13 may exercise all or any of the powers with which they may respectively be

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THE KARNATAKA HIJAB ROW: FAITH VS EDUCATION

THE KARNATAKA HIJAB ROW: FAITH VS EDUCATION The entire controversy in the Karnataka Hijab Row began in January 2022, when six Female Muslim Students of a Government Pre-University College (equivalent to a high school) in the Udipi District of State of Karnataka alleged that they were not allowed to attend classes on the sole ground

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Credit Rating Agencies In India: A Critique of SAT’s Ruling Against Care Rating

[Sidharth Pattnaik and Sneha Rath are 4th Year B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and 3rd Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) students respectively at National Law University Odisha] In this post, we focus on the developments around Care Rating Agency’s (CARE) alleged dereliction of its duty to rate Reliance Communications’ (RCom) creditworthiness over a period of four quarters, and the subsequent initiation of

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