Category Archives: Current Affairs

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to quash a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against a former CEO, Director, and member of the Audit Committee of Shilpi Cable Technologies due to an ongoing investigation with serious allegations of fraud for siphoning off money through foreign companies. [Ghanshyam Pandey versus Union of India & Anr.] Facts […]

The Delhi Court on Thursday quashed the order passed by the Trial Court on 28th October 2021 wherein the city police were asked to register a First Information Report (FIR) against a pediatric surgeon on whom medical negligence allegations were placed for the removal of a minor’s kidney. [Dr YK Sarin vs Ravinder Nath Pandey]. […]

The Kerala High Court recently directed the State Authorities to take up necessary steps to ensure the safety of the pedestrian while crossing the road using the ‘Zebra crossing’. Further, the High Court was disappointed by the argument put forth by State Insurance Department stating that person using the zebra crossing ought to be extra […]

In ITC Limited vs Aashna Roy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to set aside the compensation of Rs. 2,00,00,000/- (Rupees Two Crore Only) awarded by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to Ms. Aashna Roy for a bad haircut and hair treatment that she underwent at ITC Maurya Hotel in Delhi in the […]

  Recently, the Kerala High Court in Bijy Paul & Anr. v The Marriage Officer & Ors. gave its opinion on whether the 30-day mandatory waiting period under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 is called for in today’s era. Facts of the Case The first petitioner is employed in Oman and was on leave when […]

Supreme Court: Temporary acquisition cannot be continued for approximately 20 to 25 years. In the previous week, the Apex Court in Manubhai Sendabhai Bharwad and anr vs Oil & Natural Gas Corporation and ors held that the temporary acquisition for a longer period can be said to be unreasonable and infringes the rights of the […]

The Aurangabad Division Bench of the Bombay High Court comprised of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Abhay Waghwase who ordered the State government on Wednesday to pay a compensation amounting to more than Rs. 15 Lakhs to the kin of a man who died in police custody.  [Sunita Kalyan Kute v. State of Maharashtra] Facts of […]

Supreme Court on Nursing Allowance entitled to Assistant Nurses. The Supreme Court on Monday restated that the academic or educational qualifications or experience of the employees are valid criteria and effects in the paying structure even though the work undertaken by the said employees is similar in nature more or less. [Union of India and […]

The Kerala High Court on Friday stated that children helping their parents in selling small articles on the streets do not amount to child labour and neither the Police nor the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) can take the children away from their parent’s custody and send them to a shelter home. [Pappu Bawariya and Another […]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) in Mahendra Tripathi vs State of Madhya Pradesh. The petition was filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code of India and was brought before the Single-judge Justice Satyendra Kumar Singh. On 10th October 2018, the complainant Mr. Ajay had made a […]