Offence u/s 63 of the Copyright Act provides punishment of imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to three years and with fine. Accordingly, Part II of the First Schedule of the Cr.P.C., if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for three years and onwards but not more than seven years th...

Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal Vs Vasant D. Salunkhe & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) SC held that Mere issuance of the Circular and/or sending the intimation is not enough. The Bar Council of India is required to see that the directions issued by this Court are truly and fully complied with by the Bar Council of […]...

Nazma Naz Vs Rukhsana Bano (Supreme Court of India) Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State, and having perused the material placed on record, we are clearly of the view that the impugned order dated 19.12.2018 as passed by the High Court, transferring the proceedings in Sessions Trial No. [&hell...

It is a settled position of law that in case of a conflict between public interest and personal interest, public interest will outweigh the personal interest....

Supreme Court in National Insurance Company Ltd. vs. M/s. Hareshwar Enterprises (P) Ltd. & Ors. held that In settlement of insurance claims the surveyors report is not final and conclusive....

The provisions of Section 18 of the Limitation Act are not alien to and are applicable to proceedings under the IBC...

Coverage of 'Flood & Inundation' insurance includes damage caused by heavy rains and not just overflowing of river....

It is brought to the notice of this Court that Aadhar Cards are not being issued to sex workers as they were unable to produce proof of their residence. We had issued notice to UIDAI and sought its suggestions in respect of waiving the requirement of proof of residence for the sex workers, to enable them to get an identity by the issuance...

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited Vs A. Balakrishnan (Supreme Court) Facts- The present appeal challenges the judgment and order passed by NCLAT, thereby allowing the appeal filed by the respondent no. 1 – Director and reversing the order passed by NCLT, whereby the application filed by the appellant under Section 7 of the Insolvency and B...

SC held that Parties cannot rely upon the definitions of ‘terrorism’ in penal statutes since the Exclusion Clause contains an exhaustive definition....