Corporate Lawyers

26/10/2016

The high court has declined to quash the preliminary inquiry ordered by Vigilance Court against former Kerala Vigilance Director Shankar Reddy in bar bribery case.  The Kerala High Court has recently held that where allegations are leveled against a senior superior police officer, the complainant, w...

26/10/2016

Upholding the spirit of Article 21 of the Constitution and the duties of a welfare state towards its citizenry, the Kerala High Court in a recent judgment ruled that a welfare State cannot permit anybody to die for the reason that he/she has no means to afford his treatment expenses. Justice PB Sure...

22/10/2016

Two Lawyers practicing in the Kerala High Court, has written to the Advocate-General seeking consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against the former legislator. It seems that Dr. Sebastian Paul’s comment about advocates and judges of the Kerala High Court will bring more trouble to him,...

22/10/2016

The Supreme Court bench, comprising the Chief Justice T.S.Thakur, and Justices D.Y.Chandrachud and L.Nageswara Rao, on Friday, declined to consider a Public Interest Litigation,  seeking a declaration that any person, in a mental capacity to make decisions, has the right to choose or refuse any kind...

09/10/2016

The classification of “adult male person” clearly subverts the doctrine of equality, by restricting the reach of a social beneficial statute meant to protect women against all forms of domestic violence, the Bench said. Now a complaint of domestic violence can be made against any person who is, or h...

04/10/2016

If the police officer does not register FIR within one week from the date of receipt of the magistrate’s order, the magistrate shall initiate prosecution against him, the Court said. The Madras High Court has recently held that a petition for a direction to register an FIR on the complaint of the pe...

04/10/2016

The Supreme Court was told by the Centre today that forming the Cauvery Water Management Board is the sole prerogative of Parliament and that any court did not have the jurisdiction to issue any direction to government on this. “The constitution of the Cauvery Water Management Board requires the con...

02/10/2016

“There are reports which say minimal consumption…up to some limit is good for the heart..like red wine”, the bench told petitioner who countered it saying there is also another report that even a small quantity affects nearly 20 organs of the body and causes several diseases. The Supreme Court on Fr...

02/10/2016

The panel’s mandate is to check the ground reality after a visit to the site and report back to the apex court on October six when the bench will hear the matter next. The bench warned Karnataka that it was the last chance before the “wrath of law falls on the State”. Expressing serious concern …

02/10/2016

If it is specifically covered, or the language of VRS would show that it covers the claim under the scheme, no forum will have any jurisdiction, the Bench observed. A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in A. Satyanarayana Reddy & ors. vs. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Guntur & ors., has held…

06/08/2016

18/03/2016

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