M J Antony

A selection of key court orders

Since the lockdown in March last year, a large section of the legal profession and litigants has found that virtual courts (VCs) are a beneficial innovation and should be institutionalised

Several courts have been found to omit the 'future prospects' in income of youth who die in road accidents while calculating compensation

In 2019, the SC passed about 1,300 judgments, filling 17 volumes of law journals. In 2020, the output was about 800, though the noise the court created for wrong reasons was far above its performance

Since the Budget season is coming soon, the central and state governments must consider the new costs of virtual courts

A selection of key court orders

Disputes over delays in the performance of work contracts due to the current pandemic have started surfacing in courts

The Supreme Court ruled last week that the police cannot file FIR or investigate a case of violation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act

Though the SC is supposed to be a constitutional court, cases involving the Constitution are fewer in number compared to those involving mundane matters

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the tax authorities observing the two-men unit in Mumbai was only auxiliary office doing no core business

Litigants will gain in the long run as digital justice will be faster and cheaper

If a party joins arbitration proceedings without raising objections regarding jurisdiction of the court, it cannot raise the issue at a later stage, especially after the pronouncement of the award

A tiny virus has forced judiciary to shake off its digital inertia

A farmer who is offered seeds by a company with a promise to buy back the harvest at a higher rate is a "consumer", according to Consumer Protection Act

An arbitration which was caught in legal knots for 12 years will start now after the Division Bench of the Bombay high court set aside the order of the single judge bench.

SC has reiterated that once the issuance of a cheque and the signature on it have been admitted, there's always a presumption that it was issued to satisfy a legally enforceable debt or liability.

In motor accident claims, even employed sons and married daughters can apply for compensation for the death of their working mother, the Supreme Court ruled in its judgment

Judges are compelled to decide cases applying laws whose validity is under challenge

Gujarat HC has laid down 16 guidelines in the matter of Integrated GST applicable to importers and distributors and also asked the government to amend two provisions in the GST Act

Since the judiciary is still slow to adopt AI, it is natural that the legal profession is also sluggish in this field