Articles for Due Regard

TN Governor refuses to read govt's address in Assembly, says 'It would have amount to Constitutional travesty'
10 months, 4 weeks ago

TN Governor refuses to read govt's address in Assembly, says 'It would have amount to Constitutional travesty'

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu Assembly: Hours after Governor R N Ravi walked out of the Tamil Nadu Assembly ahead of the national anthem being played, Raj Bhavan issued a statement accusing the state government of ignoring his advice on the address. The Raj Bhavan in a statement to Monday alleged that Governor advice to the Tamil Nadu government to show due respect …

Tamil Nadu Constitutional Tamil Speaker House His Office Ravi
Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest Part-3
1 year, 10 months ago

Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest Part-3

Live Law  

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Appeal against High Court order setting aside criminal proceedings on the ground that taking cognizance by magistrate was barred by limitation - Allowed - The High Court made a fundamental error in assuming that the date of taking cognizance i.e., 04.12.2012 is decisive of the matter, while ignoring the …

India Karnataka Kerala Delhi Supreme Court High Court Bihar
Supreme Court Half Yearly Complete Criminal Digest (January – June 2022)
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Half Yearly Complete Criminal Digest (January – June 2022)

Live Law  

Anticipatory Bail - SLP Against Madras HC Judgment dismissing anticipatory bail with some observations about requirement of custodial interrogation- Dismissed - High Court, after having found no case for grant of pre-arrest bail, has otherwise not given any such direction of mandatory nature - Observations are essentially of the reasons assigned by the High Court in declining the prayer of …

India Rajasthan Karnataka Kerala Delhi Supreme Court High Court
Cannot Act As An Appellate Authority Over A Decision Taken At Highest Level In The Government: Delhi High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Cannot Act As An Appellate Authority Over A Decision Taken At Highest Level In The Government: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has on Tuesday observed that it cannot sit as an Appellate Authority over a decision taken at the highest level in the Government. While observing this, the Court refused to interfere with the Delhi government's decision whereby it refused to grant study leave to the petitioner, to pursue Postgrad in Paediatrics from PGI Chandigarh. A single Bench …

Government Delhi Court Public Service Delhi High Court Paediatrics High
Astronaut artifacts on moon – like Apollo landers and Neil Armstrong’s bootprint – now protected by US law
3 years, 11 months ago

Astronaut artifacts on moon – like Apollo landers and Neil Armstrong’s bootprint – now protected by US law

CNN  

The Conversation — It’s hard to care about bootprints sunk in soil 238,900 miles away as humanity suffers the combined burden of an unforgiving virus and a political unease. On December 31, 2020, the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act became law. It requires companies that are working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on …

Law Heritage Space Companies Earth Moon Small
Historic lunar sites, human artefacts on Moon officially protected by US law
3 years, 11 months ago

Historic lunar sites, human artefacts on Moon officially protected by US law

Firstpost  

It is only a matter of decades, perhaps just years, before we see a continuous human presence on the Moon. On Dec. 31, the One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act became law. It requires companies that are working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on lunar missions to agree to be bound by otherwise unenforceable …

Law Heritage Space Companies Earth Moon Landing
Kerala HC Issues General Directions For Investigation And Trial In POCSO Cases [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

Kerala HC Issues General Directions For Investigation And Trial In POCSO Cases [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has issued general directions to be followed by the Investigating authorities and Trial Courts while dealing with POCSO crimes and cases. The State Government shall thereafter establish in a time bound manner as many One-Stop Support Centres needed in the State, so that victims of cases arising under the POCSO Act need not go anywhere else …

Kerala Legal Investigation Court Cases State Government Child
Is Temperament Of The Accused A Factor While Examining Whether There Was 'Grave & Sudden' Provocation?
5 years, 1 month ago

Is Temperament Of The Accused A Factor While Examining Whether There Was 'Grave & Sudden' Provocation?

Live Law  

Adam ate the forbidden apple and he was expelled from Heaven. So the ingredients to attract the exceptions are the deceased must have given provocation to the accused, the provocation must be grave, the provocation must be sudden, the offender, by reason of the said provocation, shall have been deprived of his power of self-control, he should have killed the …

Murder Court Provocation Culpable Homicide Accused Person Grave