Author: Lavanya Gupta

National Lok Adalat is celebrated in Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa, Andaman & Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana on the 25-26 June under the auspices of Judge UU Lalit. NALSA and other legal services organizations operate Lok Adalats. Lok Adalat is one of the alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, it is a forum where disputes/cases pending in court or at the pre-litigation stage are resolved/compromised amicably benevolent. Lok Adalats was granted legal status under the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987. As per the said law, the judgment (decision) rendered by Lok Adalats shall be deemed to be a…

The court said there were only discussions about what was happening in India and around the world and the suggestion that people should work for Islam could not be seen as an offense and the accused of UAPA were granted bail by the Bombay High Court. Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to Mohammad Raisuddin, a man arrested under the Prevention of Illegal Activities  Act (UAPA) in 2016 for alleged links to the Islamic State. (ISIS). [Mohammad Raisuddin c. NIA & Ors] According to judges Revati Mohite Dere and VG Bisht, an oath allegedly signed by the petitioner, which…

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the provision of preventive detention cannot be invoked when there are concerns about public order and said a person can only be arrested. detention in cases where public order is directly affected. Distinguishing between the two, the Supreme Court held that “law and order” included less serious disturbances than those affecting “public order”, affecting the public, causing harm, danger or alarm, or feelings of insecurity. “There is no doubt that for ‘public order’ to be disturbed, there must be public order. Saying it affects public order, it must affect the…

South Korea says it has carried out its first successful homegrown rocket satellite launch using a domestically developed rocket. SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea performed its first successful homegrown rocket satellite launch Tuesday using a domestically- developed rocket, officers said, bolstering growing aerospace intentions and demonstrating it has the crucial technologies demanded to launch asset satellites and make larger dumdums amid pressures from rivals North Korea and South Korea. The three-stage Nuri rocket placed a functional” performance test” satellite at a target altitude of 700 km( 435 mi) after 4 pm. The airplane took off from South Korea’s space…

The Nagpur Trial panel of the Bombay High Court recently ruled that the media has the right to report on the registration of first information reports (FIRs) and cases filed with the court judgment. The defamation action cannot be based on such reports [Vijay Darda & Anr. compared to Ravindra Gupta]. Judge Vinay Joshi emphasized press freedom and the importance of the news media while quashing a defamation case against the owner of a daily newspaper.  “In the current events, it is commonly known that the daily newspaper news related to the court filing, criminal registration, arrest, etc. have at…

The Vice-Chair of the SIT, Justice Arijit Pasayat on black coins availed himself of the VSV scheme of the enhancement of revenue for the selection disputes once the Cuttack I-T department situated that he had “misrepresented his financial gain to the number of Rs 1.06 crore” in 2017-18, Indian categorical reports. The Deputy Chairman of a very distinctive studies team (SIT) identified by the former Supreme Court on the black coins and then Justice Arijit Pasayat availed himself of a government amnesty scheme for the choice of taxation disputes in 2020, Indian categorical has reported. The black coins are chaired…

A victim can seek enhancement of her/ his offender’s jail time (sentence) only through a revision application and not by filing an appeal against the trial court’s judgment, the Bombay High Court has held.  The division bench of Justices Sadhana S. Jadhav and Milind N. Jadhav noted that the victim could prefer an appeal because of the proviso under section 372 of the CrPC, only under three circumstances.  Against the acquittal of an accused. The conviction of the accused is for a lesser offense.   Inadequate compensation is awarded to the victim.  And while the victim’s appeal against the sentence may…

The argument alleged by the applicant is the husband that since the in-laws and other relatives are not residing with the couple so the allegations raised by the respondent regarding cruelty and harassment of her can not be considered true but the High Court refused to accept it.  Also, the court gave a wider description of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.  And this section talks about the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such women to cruelty shall be pun­ished with imprisonment for a term which is liable for a fine and may…

The recent order passed by the Delhi High Court regarding the Adjudicatory Authority (AA) for the replacement of empty jobs of Member of Administration, Members of Law, and Member of Finance or Accountancy within four months under the Preservation of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Alok Industries vs. Assistant Director, ED.  Justice Pratibha M Singh, a single judge stated that steps should be done to quickly fill the administrative officer and registrar positions. “…it is directed that all empty jobs, particularly Member (Administration), Member (Law), and Member (Finance or Accountancy), be filled as soon as possible and, in any case,…

The changed point of view of Fitch’s Appraisals today towards the sovereign of India’s rating to stable from Negative in the economy as downside dangers to medium-term development have lessened on fast monetary recuperation.  Fitch Evaluations whole the rating unaltered at ‘BBB-‘. “The Viewpoint correction mirrors our read that disadvantage dangers to medium-term development have decreased thanks to India’s quick financial recuperation and some areas facilitating cash shortcomings rather closing terms headwinds all over the ancient rarity with esteem shock,” it said.  It, in any case, slices the financial cycle figure to 7.8 percent for the current business undertaking (April…