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Supreme Court upholds eco-sensitive zone notifications for Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Thane Flamingo Creek Sanctuary; Huge relief to developers and flat buyers

Supreme Court: In a writ petition and interlocutory applications filed seeking clarification of the judgment dated 03.06.2022 passed by the

Case Briefs High Courts

[POCSO] Delhi High Court| Unfair to quash FIR only because the accused is child victim’s real father having matrimonial discord with mother

Delhi High Court: In a case filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, by an accused who happens to

Case Briefs High Courts

2008 Assam Serial Blasts Case | Gauhati HC refuses to interfere with the conviction and sentencing of NDFB Founder Ranjan Daimari and 9 others

Gauhati High Court: While deciding the instant appeal preferred by Ranjan Daimari and 9 others regarding their conviction and sentence

Legislation Updates Notifications

SEBI issues Amendment to guidelines for preferential issue and institutional placement of units by a listed InvIT/ REIT

On 28-09-2022, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) has issued circulars modifying the guidelines for preferential issue and

Case Briefs High Courts

“Every major person has a right to live their life with the person of their choice”; Punjab and Haryana High Court directs Police to protect the life and liberty of a ‘Live in Relationship’ couple

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant petition preferred by the petitioners to seek protection from the threats

Case Briefs District Court

[Elgar Parishad Case] Bombay Court refuses to permit activist Varavara Rao to travel to Hyderabad for 3 months to undergo cataract surgery

City Civil and Sessions Court, Bombay: In an application filed by Dr. P V Varavara Rao ‘applicant-accused’ seeking permission to

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court set aside arbitral award as it suffers from patent illegalities, and fraud and conflicts with the Public Policy of India

Delhi High Court: In a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (‘the Act’) for

Case Briefs High Courts

Jharkhand High Court directs police to provide security to a woman facing threat from her family and forcing to marry a 52-year-old man

Jharkhand High Court: While deciding the instant petition preferred by the petitioner seeking the direction of the Court to provide

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court | Writ Petitions against Air India by its employees cease to be maintainable after privatization

Bombay High Court: In total 4 writ petitions were filed against Air India Ltd./AIL (‘respondent’) by the AIL employees (‘petitioners’),

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura High Court| 28-year-old woman to get Rs. 2.5 lakh compensation in custodial torture case

Tripura High Court: In a public interest litigation concerning custodial torture on a 28-year-old woman in the police lockup, the division bench

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Offer of possession of apartments without the amenities promised and arbitrary deduction of earnest money; Read to know whether NCDRC found Mahindra Homes liable for deficient service?

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Bench of S.M. Kanitkar (Presiding Member) and Binoy Kumar (Member) while deliberating upon

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court directs State to pay compensation to the detenue who has been kept in illegal detention for 128 days

Madras High Court: In a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunal is only revived to the extent of the remission ordered

“Apart from the remission ordered, there is no basis on which a party in CKH’s position or the Tribunal itself can seek to re-open or expand the subject matter of the award or arbitration.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Spare religious trusts in the matter of distributing public largesse’; Bombay High Court directs constitution of new Shree Sai Baba Sansthan Management Committee

God is not the fiefdom of ruling party

Case Briefs High Courts

Himachal Pradesh High Court | Question regarding Transfer of Govt Employee is the sole discretion of Administrative Authority; Recommendation by MP held unsustainable

Himachal Pradesh High Court | A division bench comprising of Tarlok Singh Chauhan* and Virendra Singh, JJ., held that a government employee

Case Briefs High Courts

Drug Peddlers must be dealt firmly and sternly; Punjab and Haryana High Court cancels bail granted to the accused

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant appeal, preferred by the appellant against the order of Additional Sessions Judge for

Case Briefs High Courts

Nothing wrong with Government dissolving existing governing body and constituting caretaker governing body, in a case of gross mis-management: Manipur High Court

Manipur High Court: In writ petitions filed to quash certain orders relating to the dissolution of the governing body of Naorem Birahari

Case Briefs High Courts

Death due to attack by wild animal is violative of Article 21; Bombay High Court directs compensation of 10 lakhs to the wife of the deceased

Bombay High Court: In a petition filed by petitioner-wife praying for quashing and setting aside the impugned communication dated 18-03-2019

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“Hospitals are vicariously liable for the acts of negligence committed by their doctors”; NCDRC grants compensation of Rs 1 crore to the parents who lost their only child in a corrective surgery for squint eye

Human life is most precious; therefore, it is extremely difficult to decide on the quantum of compensation in medical negligence cases, it is highly subjective in nature.

Call For Papers Law School News

Call for Papers- GNLU Student Law Review Volume IV

Date: 26th September, 2022 The GNLU Student Law Review (GNLUSLR) is the flagship student journal of Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.