FIRST LAW

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 - S.19 - Authority and competence of a lawyer appointed by a party to conduct a suit on its behalf to settle the suit claim before a Lok Adalat.

Criminal P.C., 1973 -  Ss. 437 & 482 - A bail once granted cannot be cancelled on the off chance or on mere suppositions. [Para 15] Raja Vijayaraghavan V., J.  Jeri Cheriyan v. State of Kerala, 2019 (1) KLT 183 : 2019 (1) KHC 133   http://bit.ly/CrlMC8826of2018  21-12-2018

Aadhaar - Whether the Aadhaar Project creates or has tendency to create surveillance state and is, thus, unconstitutional on this ground - Whether the Aadhaar Act violates right to privacy and is unconstitutional on this ground - Discussed. Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, 2018 (12) Scale 1 W.P. (C) No. 494 of 2012 26-09-2018

Anticipatory Bail - Abetment of Suicide. Bhausaheb v. State of Maharashtra, (2018) 3 SCC 221 : 2018 (2) Scale 341 : 2018 (1) RCR (Criminal) 987 : 2018 (2) SCC (Cri) 24 Crl.A. No. 194 of 2018 30-01-2018

Aadhaar  - Whether the Aadhaar Project creates or has tendency to create surveillance state and is, thus, unconstitutional on this ground - Whether the Aadhaar Act violates right to privacy and is unconstitutional on this ground - Discussed.  Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, 2018 (12) Scale 1   W.P. (C) No. 494 of 2012 26-09-2018 Abkari Act  - Section 55 (1) - Insofar as the jail sentence is concerned, it may vary and extend up to 10 years depending upon the facts of each case, but insofar as the fine amount is concerned, the Court has to impose the minimum amount of Rs. one lakh. However, the Court has discretion to impose fine more than Rs. one lakh depending upon the facts of each case.  Santosh @ Santosh Kumar v. State of Kerala, JT 2018 (11) SC 237 : 2018 (14) Scale 804   Crl.A. No. 1409 of 2018 16-11-2018 Academic Nature  - Key Answer - When there are conflicting views, then the court must bow down to the opinion of the experts. Judges are not and cannot be expe