courtrooms https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The Proceedings Held By An Earlier Arbitrator Can Not Be Nullified on Substitution of Arbitrator By The High Court: Supreme Court Section 299 CrPC Preserves Evidence For Absconding Accused And Same Can Be Admitted Without Recall: J&K High Court Liberty Cannot Wait: Supreme Court Flags Bail Pendency, Registrar Generals Directed to Circulate Order Among the Hon’ble Judges of High Courts for Expeditious Disposal Of Pending Bail Matters Home Post-2013 Land Acquisition Awards Governed by New Act; Delay in Appeals Can Be Condoned: Supreme Court Admitted Contractual Dues Cannot Be Withheld on Ground of Post-Facto Codal Objections: J&K High Court Allegation of Forgery of Arbitration Agreement Renders Dispute Non-Arbitrable; Courts Must First Decide Existence of Agreement: Supreme Court Roshni Act Being Declared Void Ab Initio Does Not Per Se Render Criminal Prosecution Unsustainable: J&K&L High Court Client Bound by Lawyer’s Consent; Cannot Challenge Order Passed on Recorded Consent: J&K High Court Unproven Allegations of Adultery Cannot Defeat Interim Maintenance Under the DV Act: Delhi High Court Once Suit Is Returned For Want Of Jurisdiction, Transferee Court Must Proceed De Novo & Not From Earlier Stage: J&K & Ladakh HC Exclusion Of ‘Academic Arrangement’ Employees From Regularisation Under Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act, 2010 Unconstitutional : Supreme Court Affidavits Are Not Routine Forms; Courts Must Verify Authority Administering Oath: J&K&L HC Appointment of Arbitrator By High Court Doesn’t Oust Civil Court’s Power To Extend Time Under Section 29A: Supreme Court Compassionate Appointment Is An Exception Meant To Relieve Immediate Distress, Not A Deferred Mode Of Employment: Supreme Court High Court Cannot Grant An Interim Order In A Second Appeal, Without Framing Substantial Question Of Law As Required To Be Framed Under Section 100 CPC : Supreme Court Activities of An Applicant Shall Form The Basis For Grant or Refusal of Passport & Not The Criminal Antecedents of Family Members Which Don’t Connect The Applicant to Such Activities: JK&L HC Complaint Under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 Not Maintainable Beyond A Period of 3 Months From The Date of Incident: J&K&L HC The Regularisation of An Employee Who has Completed Seven Years of Continuous Service As on Appointed Day in Terms of J&K Civil Services (Special Provisions Act) 2010 Has to Take Effect From The Appointed Day & Not Thereafter : Supreme Court A Person Can be Held Responsible Under Section 7(3) of Control of Building Operations Act, 1988 Only For The Violations Alleged in The Show-Cause Notice Under Section 7(1) of the Act: J&K&L HC Supreme Court Lays Down The Principles Regarding The Permissibility Of Registration Of Second FIR Chief Judicial Magistrate Being Vested With Power Over The Local Limits of Whole District Can Take Cognizance of A Complaint With Reference To An Offence Under Section 138, N.I.Act Within The Entire District: J&K&L HC Magistrate Acting Under Section 14 of SARFAESI Act Is Not Obliged to Give An Opportunity of Being Heard to The Borrower, Even If He Appears on His Own: J&K&L HC Section 124 Of The Air Force Act, 1950 Can Be Invoked Only Upon Completion of The Investigation & The Presentation of Report/Chargesheet : J&K&L HC Supreme Court Directs High Courts To Issue Directions to Their Respective District Judiciary For Ensuring Disposal of Execution Petitions within Six Months A Lessee Cannot be Permitted to Accept only the Conditions of Lease Beneficial to Him and to Deny the ones not Profitable: J&K&L HC Judicial Review Can Neither Expand The Ambit Of The Prescribed Qualifications Nor Decide The Equivalence Of The Prescribed Qualifications With Any Other Given Qualification : SC Seniority issue of Patwaris finally set to rest by Division Bench of J&K High Court Only High Court in Exercise of Extraordinary Jurisdiction under Article 226 Can in Exceptional Circumstances Condone The Delay Occasioned in Filing An Appeal Against The Order Of Adjudicating Authority Under Section 107 of J&K GST ACT : J&K&L HC Reiterates A Criminal Complaint Cannot Be Filed For Settling The Civil Dispute Between The Parties. Doing The Same Amounts To Abuse Of Process of Law: J&K&L HC PIL Challenging The Validity of J&K Public Safety Act, 1978 Held as Non-Maintainable For Avoiding Parallel Litigation on Same Issue: J&K&L HC A Court Trying A Suit Under Order 37 CPC is Within its Powers To Pass A Decree Forthwith On Account Of The Failure Of Defendant To Comply With The Conditions Upon Which The Leave to Defend Is Granted : J&K&L HC 
 For Making Divorce (Talak) Under Muslim Personal Law Valid, Mere Presence of Two Witnesses is Not Sufficient. Active Reconciliatory Effort to Protect The Marital Bond on Part of Such Witnesses must be Proved : J&K&L HC Whether A Letters Patent Appeal is Maintainable Against An Order/Judgment Passed By A Single Judge in Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction?: JK&L HC Refers The Issue to A Larger Bench An Ineligible Party Has No Right to Challenge The Terms & Conditions of a Tender; Contract Cannot be Tailor–made to Suit The Eligibility of an Otherwise Ineligible Party: J&K&L HC Authority Exercising Revisional Jurisdiction Under Section 15 of J&K Land Revenue Act Cannot Summarily Decide The Issues Involved in The Case But The Same Needs To Be Decided After Hearing Both Parties : J&K&L HC Allowing a Habeas Corpus Petition to Suffer Self-Abortion Due To Its Pendency Should Not Be The Approach of a Constitutional Court in its Adjudication: J&K&L HC High Court Takes Cognizance of the Item Published By “The Hindu” Newspaper and Social Media, Directs Listing of Matter  Before the Hon’ble Chief Justice (Acting) for Consideration and  Initiation of Criminal Contempt Against the Publishers For Constituting the Offence of Cheating Under the Indian Penal Code, the Complainant has to Show that the Fraudulent or Dishonest Intention Existed at the Inception of the Transaction: J&K&L HC Subjecting Non-IBPS Banking Associates Having 07 Years Experience to Same Screening Test as Banking Associates Having 03 Years of Experience for Promotion to Next Level Arbitrary and Violative of Article 14: J&K&L HC In Absence of There Being Any Case Registered For Commission of Scheduled Offence, Authorities Under PMLA Have No Jurisdiction to Register ECIR And Launch Prosecution For Offence of Money Laundering Under Sections 3 and 4 of PMLA: J&K&L HC Filing of Proposed Replica is Not A Condition Precedent to Seek Leave of The Court For Filing of Replication Under Order VIII Rule 9 CPC. However, Replication Cannot be Disguised as a Fresh Suit to Alter The Very Basis of The Plaint : J&K&L HC An Insurance Contract is Subservient to The Statutory Provisions of Insurance Act & Must be Interpreted and Constructed Having Regard to Larger Public Policy & Interest : J&K&L HC The Power of Review Can be Exercised For Correction of A Mistake But Not to Substitute A View Already Taken to Conclude The Case: Delhi High Court Court Can Take Cognizance Of The Events/ Happenings After The Institution Of The Suit And Consider Their Impact On The Pending Litigation: J&K&L HC J&K&L HC Sets Out The Distinction in Enforcement of Award Under the Pre and Post Amended Section 36 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 While Making Assessment of Statement Made By A Child Witness, Court Has To Take Into Account The Fact That A Child Witness is Vulnerable & Susceptible Under Imposing Atmosphere Which A Courtroom Presents : J&K&L HC Limitation Period For Institution of A Suit For Specific Performance Will Run From The Date of Default & Not From The Expiry of Contract : Supreme Court Transfer Of Immovable Property In Muslims By Way Of An Oral Gift Is Permissible And Mutation Attested Thereon Is Valid: Division Bench J&K&L HC Magistrate Is Well Within Its Jurisdiction To Pass A Residence Order At The Interim Stage Under Section 23 of The DV Act: J&K&L HC