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To Constitute Civil Contempt, It Must Be Established That Disobedience Is Wilful, Deliberate And With Full Knowledge Of Consequences : SC
#CivilContempt #JudicialAuthority
Section 2 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 2 (a) of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 states Civil Contempt as wilful disobedience to the Order, Decree, Direction, any Judgment or Writ of the Court by any person or willfully breach of undertakings by a person given to a Court. Since ...
Supreme Court Clears The Air On The Section 13 (2) Of The Consumer Protection Act As Being Mandatory And No Extension Beyond The Said Period
#ConsumerProtection #LegalProcedure
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court recently in the case of ["New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd.", MANU/SC/0272/2020] held that the time period to file the reply within forty five (30 days or such extended period, not exceeding 15 days) under Sect...
JURISDICTION OF CENTRAL Administrative Tribunal For ADJUDICATION OF Service Matters IS Not An 'Alternative', But The 'Only' Forum
#AdministrativeLaw #JudicialReview
In recent decisions, the Single Bench of the J&K High Court & Delhi High Court held that, in service matters the High Court lacks original jurisdiction under Article 226 of Constitution of India to entertain service writ petition or even try and adjudicate the pending service matters. A Bench...
Right of Accused to be Released on Bail if Investigation not Completed within Prescribed period - Supreme Court
#CriminalLaw #BailRights
An indefeasible right accrues in favour of the accused for being released on bail if the police fails to complete the probe and no charge-sheet is filed within the period of 90 days or 60 days as the case may be, under Section 167 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Supreme Court in Crim...
Relationship Between Directive Principles Of State Policy And Fundamental Rights Is Mutually Reciprocal And Not Antagonising
#DirectivePrinciples #FundamentalRights
Nature of the Directive Principles Of State Policy - Contours of the Context and Content Directive Principles of State Policy enjoined in Articles 36 - 51 of Constitution of India are in the nature of 'Social Policy'. The principal object in enacting the Directive Principles of State Policy a...
Living In Adultery A Bar To Seek Maintenance under section 125 (4) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
#MaintenanceLaw #SocialJustice
Man, whether in the role of a son, a father or a husband, has a socially embedded duty to provide for the well-being – physical as well as financial - of his elderly parents, children and wife. This duty cast upon men is a consequence of the entrenched societal belief and mindset which has pr...
‘Golden Hour’; The Importance of Emergency Medical Care In Motor Vehicular Accidents
#EmergencyCare #GoodSamaritan
Road accidents occur due to multiple causes such as rash and negligent driving, the use of mobile phones on the go, drunken driving / consumption of alcohol / drugs, overloaded vehicles, poor light conditions, jumping red light, over speeding, overtaking, negligence of civil bodies characteri...
Net Access Is Constitutionally Protected Right; SC
#RightToInternet #FundamentalRights
Declaring that access to the Internet is a constitutionally protected right under Article 19 (1)(a) of Constitution of India, the Supreme Court ordered the Jammu & Kashmir Administration to review within a week all orders imposing curbs in the newly created Union Territory following nullifica...
Exercise Of Territorial Jurisdiction Of High Court Under Article 226 (2) Of Constitution Can Only Be Invoked Where the Cause Of Action Arises
#JudicialReview #WritJurisdiction
Article 226 of Constitution of India confers a power of judicial review on all the High Courts of India. It enables them to issue to any person or authority, including in appropriate cases any Government, Directions, Orders or Writs, including Writs in the nature of Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, P...
Judicial Adventurism is real manifestation of Judicial Abdication
#HabeasCorpus #JudicialActivism
'Habeas Corpus' is Latin for. you (should) have, the body (person). A Writ of 'Habeas Corpus' [which literally means to "produce the body"] is a Court Order demanding that a Public Official (such as a Warden) deliver an imprisoned individual to the Court and show a valid reason for that perso...
