Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CIC directs BCCI to explain the grounds for not declaring it a ‘Public Authority’

Central Information Commission (CIC): The Commission recently dealt with an appeal seeking information on the provisions/guidelines under which BCCI represents INDIA also

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No exclusive right in the label mark ‘MALABAR’ for selling biryani rice: SC

Supreme Court: R. Banumathi, J. while delivering the Judgment for herself and Ranjan Gogoi, J. dismissed an appeal filed against the Judgment

Case Briefs High Courts

Judicial time consumed set at naught, YouTube to pay Rs 50,000 per hearing as costs

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Nazmi Waziri, J. while dismissing an appeal as withdrawn, directed YouTube LLC to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

[Day 3] Section 377 | Constitution Bench heading towards the end of social stigma against LGBTQ?

Supreme Court: The 5-Judge Constitution Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra, Rohinton Nariman, A.M Khanwillkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, JJ. continue

Case Briefs High Courts

Murder convict acquitted in light of his suffering from ‘Paranoid Schizophrenia’

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of B.R. Gavai and Sarang V. Kotwal, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the order

Case Briefs High Courts

Estimation of husband’s income is permissible while granting maintenance pendente lite under Section 24 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench comprising of M.M.S. Bedi and Anupinder Singh Grewal, JJ. allowed an application filed by

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Second complaint based on discovery of new facts in the same matter is maintainable: SC

Supreme Court: M.M. Shantanagoudar, J speaking for himself and N.V. Ramana, J. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Patna

Case Briefs Supreme Court

[Day 2]: Section 377| Supreme Court on the road to end Victorian morality?

Supreme Court: The 5-Judge Constitution Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra, Rohinton Nariman, A.M Khanwillkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, JJ. without

Case Briefs High Courts

NEET UG 2018 | Merit cannot be defeated on technical grounds: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Siddharth Mridul J., addressed a petition concerning a NEET UG, 2018 candidate, aggrieved

Case Briefs High Courts

Penalty under Section 271(1)(c) of Income Tax Act is not automatic, intentional wrongdoing by the assessee has to be established

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ravindra Bhat and A.K. Chawla, JJ. dismissed Revenue’s appeal holding that Income Tax Appellate

Case Briefs High Courts

Condonation of delay rejected due to ‘lackadaisical approach’ of the applicant

Sikkim High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Meenakshi Madan Rai, Acting CJ. dismissed an application for condonation of 115 days’

Case Briefs High Courts

Clear mens rea to commit the offence is a sine qua non for conviction under Section 306 IPC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of P.N. Deshmukh and M.G. Giratkar, JJ. allowed an application for quashing an FIR lodged

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Evidence of a related witness cannot be discarded; FIR is not an encyclopedia: SC

Supreme Court: R. Banumathi, J. speaking for herself and Ranjan Gogoi, J. dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

[Day 1]: Revisiting the re-criminalisation of Section 377 IPC: Homosexuality an offence?

Supreme Court: The 5-Judge Constitution Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra, Rohinton Nariman, A.M Khanwillkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, JJ. addressed

Case Briefs High Courts

Presumption of innocence is a fundamental postulate of criminal jurisprudence

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sandeep Sharma, J. allowed a petition filed under Section 438 CrPC holding

Case Briefs High Courts

A private person has no locus to pursue an application under Section 311 CrPC

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Ashwini Kumar Singh, J. dismissed an application filed under Section 482 CrPC against

Case Briefs High Courts

Payment of entire amount of maintenance awarded before filing an appeal thereagainst is not mandatory

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and P.S. Teji, JJ. dismissed the petition filed by the wife against

Case Briefs High Courts

Ocular evidence is to be disbelieved where the medical evidence rules out possibility of it being true

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Rajendra Kumar Srivastava and S.K. Gangele, JJ. allowed the appeal and acquitted the

Appointments & Transfers News

Brett Kavanaugh to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy as United States Supreme Court Judge

As reported by media, Justice Brett Kavanaugh was announced as the second Supreme Court of the United States judge by Donald Trump.

Hot Off The Press News

Hot off the Press: Reconsideration of the ‘Naz Foundation’ case challenging re-criminalisation of Section 377 IPC

Supreme Court with its 5-judge Constitution bench comprising of CJI Dipak Misra, RF Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra JJ., would start