In the High Court of judicature at Patna under civil writ jurisdiction, a petition filed challenging the an order passed by the Bihar Tax Authority for rejecting the petitioner’s desire to settle the tax amount. The bench comprising of the Chief Justice of Patna High Court Sanjay Karol and Justice S Kumar set aside a
Author : Darshi Sanghvi EQUIVALENT CITATIONS: AIR 1951 Mad 888, (1951) IMLJ 694 BENCH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE P. AYYAR INTRODUCTION “Bigamy is the act of marrying one person while legally married to another” While monogamy is regarded as the rule since Vedic times, polygamy has continued to exist side by side. Mrs A. Marathamma v.
Author : AKASH KRISHNAN Citation: WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.128 OF 2014 Bench: Dipak Misra, Rohinton Fali Nariman, Uday Umesh Lalit INTRODUCTION The word commutation can be defined as reducing the magnitude of the punishment given to an individual from the one that is served upon him on conviction. The form of the punishment may be
Author : AKASH KRISHNAN Citation: AIR 1932 Cal 511 Bench: Mallik, J. INTRODUCTION Extortion can be defined as the practice of obtaining money or other things by the use of coercive measures. The punishment for the same has been laid out under Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code as imprisonment for three years or
Author : AKASH KRISHNAN Citation: Writ Petition (civil) 384 of 2005 Bench: Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan, Tarun Chatterjee INTRODUCTION This case deals with protection of minors from the press. Sexually exploitative content is one of the hall marks of the press over the years. The effects of the same on minors was unaccounted for. The petition
Bhima Koregaon case activists accused made the plea for bail application before the High Court of Bombay. The bail application is on the ground that Vernon Gonsalves and Anand Teltumbde, are activists who were in close contact with another activist Varavara Rao who has been tested positive for Covid-19. The plea was made on the
Author : AKASH KRISHNAN Citation: 1976 CriLJ 315 Bench: P Chandra, S Basu INTRODUCTION Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code defines murder as an act which is done with the intention to cause death with adequate amount of force which would cause the death of an individual and the person committing the offence knows
Author : AKASH KRISHNAN Citation: 1993 AIR 1637, 1993 SCR (3) 543 Bench: Ramaswamy, K. INTRODUCTION Section 120 of the Indian Penal Code deals with Criminal Conspiracy. It can be defined as an illegal act committed by two or more persons in furtherance of an agreement to commit an offence or when an illegal act
About the competition E- Justice India is pleased to announce, 1st NATIONAL MEMORIAL WRITING AND DRAFTING COMPETITION 2020 that aims at developing and honing the overall skills necessary for the advancement of law students, their career and growth. We cordially invite you for the same. Note– There are limited seats for participation, on a first come
The youth wing party Yuvasena of Shiv Sena has made an application at Supreme Court of India challenging the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) the decision to conduct the final-year exam till September 2020. In past, the party had issued written letters on 9th May 2020 and 7th July 2020 to University Grant Commission (UGC) and
