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The court wondered why, in a normal corruption case, a First Information Report would be filed, the case investigated, a charge sheet would be made and a court would decide whether to give bail to the accused or not. In this case, the FIR was filed at night and arrests were made at midnight.
Arun Kumar & Anr. versus Inspector General of Registration & Ors. (2019) is a decision of the Madras High Court which recognised trans woman as a "bride" within the meaning of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and prohibited genital-normalizing surgery (referred to as sex reassignment surgery in the case) for intersex infants and children except on life-threatening situations.
The following types of cases can be admitted in Lok Adalat. 1. Any dispute or case pending in any court of law in India. Criminal offences which are compoundable. Cases under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. Issues relating to recovery of money. Issues under Indian Motor Vehicles Act,1988. [14] Issues relating to labour disputes.
On 29 September 2014, J Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was convicted of disproportionate assets and was sentenced to jail for four years. [4] This made Jayalalithaa the first sitting chief minister in India to be removed from office due to corruption charges. [5] She was later acquitted on 11 May 2015 by the Karnataka High Court. [6]
Nani Palkhivala was invited to Bar Association in 1946 and served in the chambers of the legendary Sir Jamshedji Behramji Kanga in Bombay. He garnered the reputation of being an eloquent barrister. and was often the center of attention in the courts, where students of law and younger members of the bar association would arrive to watch him.
The case is also significant for having introduced electronic evidence under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act for the first time in a Court, where a certified copy of the electronic document present on Yahoo server was produced by a private techno legal consultant, not being part of a Government forensic lab, and was accepted as the prime ...
Established in 2004, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court handles cases in the fourteen southern districts of Tamil Nadu, as the court is located in the far-northern capital. The bench is located in Madurai , and has the Kanyakumari , Tirunelveli , Thoothukudi , Tenkasi , Madurai , Dindigul , Ramanathapuram , Virudhunagar , Theni ...
In India, landmark court decisions come most frequently from the Supreme Court of India, which is the highest judicial body in India. High courts of India may also make such decisions, particularly if the Supreme Court chooses not to review the case or if it adopts the holding of the lower court.