Scandalous allegations against Judges
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Instead of expressing regret or tendering an apology, he persisted with such allegations and even called upon the Court to tender an apology.”

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Deoghar Ring Road Project Financing
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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advised HDFC Bank Limited on ₹455 crore financing of the Deoghar Ring Road Project.

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Section 2(e) of Payment of Gratuity Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The employees fall within the exclusionary clause of Section 2(e) of the PG Act. The result of such exclusion is that Sections 5 and 14 are not attracted in deciding on the applicability of the PG Act to the employees of HWP”

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suspicion cannot substitute legal proof
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The appeal claims the Trial Court wrongly convicted the appellant because the evidence was weak and misapplied. No selection committee members testified, no forged documents were recovered, and no witness confirmed that the appellant misused his position for promotions.

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Section 151 CPC applies to clerical error
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Clerical mistakes are those that occur in the course of typing or writing, while arithmetical mistakes are those that occur during calculation. As to accidental slip or omission, the decisive test is whether it is apparent from the record that the Court intended to do something but failed to do so owing to an accidental or inadvertent omission.”

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GREF Oversees services falls under Armed Forces
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The instant case cannot be termed as a ‘simple accident’ as is understood in common parlance, however, it definitely falls within the definition of ‘accident’ under Rule 3 (1) (ii) of the EOP Rules, which covers within its ambit a mishap due to an act of devotion to duty in an emergency arising otherwise than by violence out of and in the course of service.”

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Via Licensing Alliance Patent Pool
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MS Dhoni IPL betting
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In normal circumstances and in a suit filed by the plaintiff, it is the plaintiff who has to do the above work and file the documents along with his plaint.”

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Additional Subject facility for private candidates
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The petitioners acted in accordance with the existing Bye Laws and the consistent past practice of CBSE and, therefore, had a legitimate expectation that after passing Class XII examination on 13.05.2025 the right to appear as private candidates for the Additional Subject examination, would be available.”

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Remuneration to junior resident doctor counts as salary
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The fact that the remuneration was reflected in the pay slips as ‘gross salary’, subjected to statutory tax deductions and reported through Form-16, fortifies the conclusion that the payment was compensatory in nature and not a scholarship granted solely to defray educational expenses.”

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ex-gratia benefits Covid-19
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In such trying times when the employee contracted Covid, to expect him to be admitted only in a government hospital for claiming an entitlement, is arbitrary and unjust.”

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National Song
Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Govt has issued comprehensive guidelines on singing the National Song, Vande Mataram, mandating the full six-stanza official version at all official events and in schools, and requiring it to be sung before the National Anthem.

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Section 29-A of Arbitration and Conciliation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The impugned interim order has been passed by the High Court on a misinterpretation of the ratio of the decision of this Court in Mohan Lal Fatehpuria (supra).”

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resignation on medical grounds
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The resignation of an employee entails forfeiture of service, and a clear distinction can be drawn between resignation and voluntary retirement, as both are disparate in terms of their operation and consequence, and therefore unlikely to hold an equivalent character.”

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ONGC Mitsui OSK Lines Joint Venture
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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised ONGC on joint ventures with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and related charter and shipbuilding contracts for Very Large Ethane Carriers.

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Kunal Vajani
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After serving as the firm’s youngest and first lateral Joint Managing Partner, Kunal Vajani steps into independent practice with a focus on litigation, trial advocacy, and international arbitration.

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order passed without hearing
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the case at hand, it was alleged that the date of personal hearing and the date of filing a reply are the same.

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guidelines for designation of Senior Advocates
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In a Full Court Meeting held on 10-02-2026, the Chief Justice of India and the Judges of the Supreme Court of India have approved the new Guidelines titled as “Guidelines for Designation of Senior Advocates by the Supreme Court of India, 2026”.

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