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The Delhi High Court bench comprising Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has asked Tejaswhi Yadav who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar To Appear before CBI in Delhi on March 25. This comes in response to the petition filed by Yadav against the summons issued by CBI as he cited that he cannot be questioned in Delhi.
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The Allahabad High Court bench comprising Justice Ajay Bhanot recently granted bail to Sujeet Sharma in a case of making a video hurling abuses at the Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath. He has been charged under sections 504, 506, 386 of Indian Penal Code and Section 66 of Information Technology Act as well as Section 3/25 Arms Act. The bail applicant had been in jail since October 21, 2022.
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The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Hima Kohli observed that wills cannot be proved only on the basis of their age and the presumption under Section 90 as to the regularity of documents more than 30 years of age is inapplicable when it comes to proof of wills, which have to be proved in terms of Section 63(c) of the Succession Act 1925 and Section 68 of the Evidence Act,1872.
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The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta recently gave a test to check if a cause of action has arisen within the jurisdiction of a particular High Court.
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Plato famously wrote in the Socratic dialogue ‘Republic’ that “our need will be the real creator” and this passed through the crevices of time, eventually turning into the English proverb ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’. This stands true when the increased digitisation of Indian Judiciary is observed as its rapid pace can be traced back to the helplessness faced during the Covid- 19 pandemic.
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Supreme Court Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain of Delhi High Court gave their insights on the advantages of mediation and its role in helping people in creative and convenient manners. Mediation being an alternate dispute resolution mecahnisam has multifaceted advantages such as saving time, expeditious remedy, creative solutions, lessening the burden on courts and several others.
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The Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala observed on Monday that the Petitions seeking the recognition of Same- sex marriages should be transferred to a constitutional bench of five judges as per Article 145 (3) of the Constitution.
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Justice Prathiba M. Singh was recently speaking as a keynote speaker in a seminar titled “IP In Metaverse & Publicity Rights - Protecting Buildings and Sculptures” where she took the audience through the entire journey India as a country has gone through to come at par with the world in terms of Intellectual Property Rights.
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Intellectual Property rights have spanned as far as the human imagination can go and while we may reduce them to the traditional approach of logos, trademarks on commodities and colours and shapes, they can go as far as the designs of buildings, personality traits such as the voice of a celebrity and even find a place in our virtual avatars in the metaverse. In an interesting seminar conducted on behalf of ‘Anand and Anand’ all these figments of desires with regards to IP laws came alive on Monday.
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The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court bench comprising Justice Rahul Bharti recently ordered the engagement of a below poverty line woman in anaganwadi as she had been duped of her right to be engaged by the government officials.
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