Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday (May 3) launched the Advocates Health Insurance Scheme at an event in Ranchi, a first scheme of its kind in the country which gives benefits to lawyers. The scheme will cover nearly 27,000 advocates and their families registered under the Jharkhand Advocates’ Welfare Fund Trustee Committee. It will…
The Telangana High Court has observed that the party’s failure to inform about the short closure of the contract at the relevant time, despite being privy to the same, amounts to disablement of performance as contemplated under section 39 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. The appeal before the High Court was filed under section…
By Col R. Hariharan Pakistani terrorists based in Pakistani-occupied part of Kashmir infiltrating across the Line of Control (LoC) and striking in Jammu and Kashmir is nothing new. According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) database, in Jammu and Kashmir alone in the last 25 years, 22,418 people have been killed in 12,040 such…
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the interim injunction plea filed by IPL team Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in its suit against Uber Moto over allegedly disparaging YouTube advertisement featuring Sunrisers Hyderabad’s cricketer Travis Head. Justice Saurabh Banerjee rejected the interim injunction application filed by RCB, observing that the impugned advertisement does not call…
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) New Delhi bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Judicial Member), Mr. Barun Mitra and Mr. Arun Baroka (Technical Member) has dismissed an appeal filed by the contractor under Section 61 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) against DLF, claiming a debt of Rs. 4.65 crores, was dismissed…
The Supreme Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari, who sought improved safety measures for tourists visiting hilly and remote regions of India in the wake of the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed. A Bench of Justice Surya Kant…
A Hindu organisation based in Kerala has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, on the grounds that threatened the very existence of the Muslim community in India. Filed by Sree Narayana Manava Dharmam Trust, which was established in 2023 to study the dissemination of values and teachings of…
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Police to take strict action against anyone, either lawyer or non-lawyer, who causes obstruction or disturbance in the conduct of Shahdara Bar Association elections which are scheduled to be held on May 09. The order was passed by a full bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh,…
The Bombay High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the issue pertaining to the “waiting period” for potential adoptive parents for adopting children in India, which has risen to 3.5 years. A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Makarand Karnik initiated a suo motu PIL based on a news report published…
