Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

Application for filing additional documents in criminal cases: A power not to be used by the courts to fill up the gap(s)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J., dismissed a criminal revision petition filed against the

Law School News Moot Court Announcements

2nd edition of the CCI-NLUD Competition Law Moot, 2019

Reported by Shruti Srivastava

Case Briefs High Courts

Court not to be bystander to disobedience of its orders; contemnor sentenced imprisonment and fine: Calcutta HC

Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Dr Sambuddha Chakrabarti, J. held an alleged contemnor guilty for not complying with its order.

Case Briefs High Courts

Amendments that are consequential and do not change the nature of suit, can be allowed at any stage of the suit before the delivery of judgment

Patna High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Prabhat Kumar Jha, J. while hearing a civil miscellaneous petition held that when

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Mens rea immaterial in determining liability for the offence of “scandalizing contempt” under the provisions of Administration of Justice (Protection) Act, 2016

Supreme Court of Singapore: A Single Judge Bench of Woo Bih Li, J., allowed the summons filed by the petitioner, whereby petitioner

Case Briefs High Courts

Section 106 Evidence Act not a substitute for the burden of proof which rests on prosecution; murder accused acquitted holding prosecution case based on presumption: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of S.S. Shinde and A.S. Gadkari, JJ., allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CIC imposes penalty on Bar Council of Delhi for “utter disregard for law”

Central Information Commission (CIC): The Bench comprising of Mr. Radha Krishna Mathur (Chief Information Commissioner), while hearing the second appeal with respect

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

High Court acted incorrectly by misconceiving the nature of case and cause of action: SC of Sri Lanka

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka: A 3-Judge Bench comprising of S. Eva Wanasundera, Vijith K. Malalgoda, PCJ. and H.N.J. Perera, J., upheld

Case Briefs High Courts

“Open, mutual and current account” exists only when there are shifting balances; cash payment simpliciter held not to extend limitation under Section 18, 19 limitation Act: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Valmiki Mehta, J., dismissed a regular first appeal filed under Section 96 of

Case Briefs High Courts

Successor-in-title held not to get supervening testamentary rights; person signing as witness not a signatory to document: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of G.S. Patel, J. held a testamentary petition seeking Letters of Administration as entirely

Case Briefs High Courts

Improvisation of story by witnesses raises serious doubt on prosecution case; conviction of rape modified; sentence reduced for young first time offender: Tripura HC

Tripura High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Arindam Lodh, J. partly allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Report filed under Order 7, Rule 14 of Civil Procedure Code, accepted as evidence; impugned order affirmed

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sureshwar Thakur, J., dismissed this petition where an application for production of

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

‘Duty to care’ covers the duty to not provide misleading information which may foreseeably cause physical injury

United Kingdom Supreme Court: A five-judge bench comprising of Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Kerr, Lord Hodge, and Lord Lloyd-Jones while hearing

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Conviction under Section 376 IPC upheld in light of act being ‘forcible’ and ‘non-consensual’: SC

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of CJ Ranjan Gogoi and Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed

Case Briefs High Courts

Change of ‘venue’ different from change of ‘seat’ of Arbitration; exercise of jurisdiction under Section 34 A&C Act declined for ‘seat’ being at London: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Navin Chawla, J., declined to exercise jurisdiction in entertaining a petition filed under Section

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI dismisses the allegations of abuse of dominance and cartelisation in light of competitive forces prevailing

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The 3-Member Bench comprising of Sudhir Mital (Chairperson), Augustine Peter and U.C. Nahta (Members), while pronouncing an

Case Briefs High Courts

Live-in relationship of a lesbian couple is not violative of any law and is not a crime

Kerala High Court: A Division bench comprising of C.K. Abdul Rehim and R. Narayana Pisharadi, JJ. while hearing a habeas corpus petition

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Satyam Case |SEBI reduces period of restraint order from accessing in securities market

Securities Exchange Board of India, Mumbai: The present case was remanded to SEBI from the order of Securities Appellant Tribunal before G.

Case Briefs High Courts

State policy appointing government school teachers on the basis of merit upheld; Students have a right to be taught by meritorious teachers under RTE Act

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of CJ Hemant Gupta and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J. while hearing a batch of

Case Briefs High Courts

Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court under Article 227 confined to examining if the lower court has proceeded within its jurisdiction

Karnataka High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of H.G. Ramesh, J. while hearing a civil writ petition against an interlocutory order