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Madras High Court issues directions for making High Court and City Civil Court premises plastic free zone

Madras High Court: In a review application seeking compliance for disposal of plastic wastes and other items that are likely

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants ad interim injunction against Nine Network website for posting defamatory content regarding Oyo Rooms

Delhi High Court: In a suit filed by Oravel Stays Limited doing business as OYO Rooms (plaintiff) is seeking damages

Legislation Updates Notifications

SEBI issues circular to standardize rating scales used by Credit Rating agencies

On 31-10-2022, Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) issued circular regarding standardization of rating scales used by Credit Rating

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI bans Mehul Choksi from securities market for 10 years and imposes a penalty of Rs. 5 crores for indulging in fraudulent and unfair trade practices

Securities and Exchange Board of India: Mehul C. Choksi has been restrained from buying, selling or dealing in securities and

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Constitutional Court of South Africa | Child apprehended for possession and/or use of cannabis, may be referred to civil process; Parliament to bring necessary legislative reforms

“Children are precious members of our society and any law that affects them must have due regard to their vulnerability

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

[High Court Monthly Round Up] October 2022 | 100 + Legal Stories including Right to choose a life partner, Transit anticipatory bail, Kolkata Communal Violence, Green crackers, Hearsay evidence, Irretrievable breakdown of marriage and more

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts in October 2022 Allahabad High Court “Juvenile can be denied

Case Briefs High Courts

Uttaranchal High Court | Commercial Court cannot modify arbitral award in absence of manifest and patent error/illegality

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, JJ. allowed appeals filed by the

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court grants interim bail to Srilankan refugees accused of illegally immigrating to Canada via Sea

Kerala High Court: In bail applications filed by the accused persons for offences under Sections 511 and 370 read with

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court rules on the application of S. 124 Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the standards of pleadings required to satisfy the ingredients of the provision

Delhi High Court: In an application filed by the plaintiff seeking permission to file rectification/cancellation petition against registrations of Defendant’s

Case Briefs High Courts

[Special Legislations] | Karnataka HC | POCSO Act is a Special Law which can override any Personal Law

Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant application seeking regular bail for offences under the provisions of Prohibition of Child

Legal RoundUp Tribunals/Regulatory Bodies/Commissions Monthly Roundup

[Top 15 Rulings from Tribunals and Commissions] GST; MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, OYO and Google penalized by CCI; Violation of Code of Ethics & Broadcasting Standards by News18; Bombay Dyeing and Wadia Group penalized by SEBI etc.

Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) Gujarat Authority for Advance Ruling| ‘Combined Wire Rope’ not a part of the fishing vessel, thus, not

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Triple method of plea bargaining, compounding of offences and the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958: Supreme Court’s suggestions on disposal of criminal cases

Supreme Court: In a suo motu writ petition, the division bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka, JJ

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Central Information Commission directs All India Chess Federation to furnish its expenditure in case against Competition Commission of India

Central Information Commission: In the second appeal filed by the appellant under Section 19 of the Right to Information Act,

Case Briefs High Courts

Uttaranchal High Court| Appointee cannot claim right to continue to the next phase of project when appointment was purely on temporary and co-terminus basis

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi, C.J. and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, J. dismissed a petition wherein the

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court| Higher standards of probity expected from IPR lawyers to not imitate logo which is already in existence

Delhi High Court: In a suit filed seeking permanent injunction restraining trademark infringement, copyright infringement and passing off against Ms.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Central Information Commission| No information of the third parties can be sought via the RTI Act without their consent

Central Information Commission: In a second appeal filed by the appellant under Section 19 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 on

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court directs Police officers to act with self-control and tolerance and warns against derogatory behavior towards citizens

Kerala High Court: In a writ petition filed seeking remedy for police harassment, Devan Ramachandran, J. has issued directions to

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2022 SCC Vol. 9 Part 2

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 31(7) and Ss. 17, 21, 23(3), 24(1), 25, 26, 29 and 85(2)(a) —

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Meritorious students don’t need backdoor entry”; Supreme Court quashes illegal admissions to Chhattisgarh PG Dental Colleges

Supreme Court: In an appeal filed by the Dental Council of India (‘DCI’) against the order of Chhattisgarh High Court, wherein the

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Justice BV Nagarathna: Igniting hope for the first ever woman Chief Justice of India

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