Law of Sri Lanka

Catholic Bishops’ Conference In Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act 1983 - Catholic Bishops’ Conference In Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act (No. 17 of 1983) AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE IN SRI LANKA Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Catholic Conference in Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act,…
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Charter of King George establishing the Supreme Courts of Sri Lanka -1801 - Royal Charter of Justice of 1801 of King George the 3rd establishing the Supreme Courts of the Island of Sri Lanka DATE: 18th April 1801. (Repealed by Charter of 1833) GEORGE the third, by the Grace of God, of the…
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Constitution of the Democratic Socialist republic of Sri Lanka-1978 - WE, THE FREELY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA, in pursuance of such Mandate, humbly acknowledging our obligations to our People and gratefully remembering their heroic and unremitting struggle to regain and preserve their rights and privileges so that the Dignity and Freedom of the Individual may be assured, Just, Social, Economic and Cultural Order attained, the Unity of the Country restored and Concord established with other Nations, do hereby adopt and enact, this CONSTITUTION as the SUPREME LAW of the DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA
Legislative Power of Sri Lanka Parliament - The legislative power of the People shall be exercised by Parliament, consisting of elected representatives of the People and by the People at a Referendum.Parliament shall have power to make laws, including laws having retrospective effect and repealing or amending the Constitution.
Sri Lanka Independence Act 1947 - UK Legislation 10 December 1947 The Ceylon Independence Act, 1947 (title changed after Act was passed) (11 Geo. VI, c. 7) An Act to make provision for, and in connexion with, the attainment by Ceylon of fully responsible status within…
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Sri Lankan Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment)Act, No. 14 of 2021 - It shall be the duty of every Magistrate to visit every police station situated within the judicial division in respect of which he is appointed, at least once in every month to ensure that the suspects under the police custody at such police stations are protected to the extent provided for in the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Act, No. 22 of 1994.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Manoj Pratap Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan-24/06/2022

DEATH PENALTY CONFIRMED-Accordingly, these appeals are dismissed; conviction of the appellant of offences under Sections 363, 365, 376(2)(f), 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is confirmed; and the sentences awarded to the appellant, including the death sentence for the offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, are also confirmed.

ZAKIA AHSAN JAFRI VS STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR-24/06/2022

FURTHER INVESTIGATION-No fault can be found with the approach of the SIT in submitting final report , which is backed by firm logic, expositing analytical mind and dealing with all aspects objectively for discarding the allegations regarding larger criminal conspiracy (at the highest level) for causing and precipitating mass violence across the State against the muslim community.

Gopinathan Vs. State of Kerala-24/06/2022

SENTENCE REDUCED- Accused(A1) was charge-sheeted for offence U/S 55(g) and 8(1) read with 8(2) of the Abkari Act and was convicted for the aforestated offences and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 5 years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/each

Krishna Rai (D) through LRS. & Ors. Vs. Banaras Hindu University through Registrar & Ors-16/06/2022

Whether principle of estoppel and acquiescence will prevail over statutory service rules prescribing the procedure for promotion of ClassIV employees to ClassIII working in the Banaras Hindu University(BHU)

Swaminathan Kunchu Acharya Vs. State of Gujarat & Ors-09/06/2022

Habeas corpus – the writ petition seeking writ of habeas corpus for production of corpus – Pranav Acharya aged 5 years

Vallal Rck Vs. M/s. Siva Industries and Holdings Ltd. and Ors-03/06/2022

Apex Court has, time and again, emphasized the need for minimal judicial interference by the NCLAT and NCLT in the framework of IBC

Mahendra Singh and Ors. Vs. State of Madya Pradesh-03/06/2022

It is a sound and well established rule of law that the court is concerned with the quality and not with the quantity of the evidence necessary for proving or disproving a fact.

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Vs. A. Balakrishnan & Anr (30/05/2022)

Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016-the application under Section 7 of the IBC was filed within a period of three years from the date on which the Recovery Certificate was issued. As such, the application under Section 7 of the IBC was within limitation.