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Andhra Pradesh High Court |Consensual sex but relationship eventually not working out cannot be a ground to lodge FIR u/S. 376 IPC

Andhra Pradesh High Court: In a case where the complainant alleged offence under Section 376 Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC') and

Case Briefs High Courts

Extracting household work by trained uniformed Police personnel in the residences of the higher Police officials; Madras High Court calls it ‘colonial’ and slap on Constitution and democracy

Madras High Court: S M Subramaniam, J. observing that it is painful to pen down that the colonial slavery system

Case Briefs High Courts

[Benami Property] Madras High Court | Writ shall not be entertained against a mere show cause notice; Upholds order of Deputy Commissioner, IT

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of R. Mahadevan and Sathya Narayana Prasad, JJ. approved the orders of the Deputy

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Bhima Koregaon| Here’s why Supreme Court granted permanent bail to Dr. Varavara Rao on medical grounds

Supreme Court: Adopting a humanitarian approach, the 3-judges Bench comprising Uday Umesh Lalit, Aniruddha Bose, and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., had granted permanent

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura High Court directs TSECL to pay all the cumulative dues to employee who suffered accident while discharging duty

Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J. allowed a writ petition issuing directions to the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited to pay all

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court stays investigation in the matter of artist posting intimate image of Lord Krishna and Radha on Facebook

Calcutta High Court: Shampa Sarkar, J. stayed the investigation in a matter which came up over an artist’s Facebook post containing intimate

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court grants bail to Nigerian national who spent 2 years in jail on NDPS charges due to a typing error in forensic report; asks State to come up with compensation proposal

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. directed to release a Nigerian National on bail who was arrested in 2020 under the Narcotic

Case Briefs High Courts

Rape on the pretext of marriage| Madhya Pradesh High Court astonished by social differentiation still being created on caste-creed basis; denies bail to differently abled person apprehending tampering of witness

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. dismissed a bail application of an applicant who was in custody since 29-06-2022 for the

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat High Court │ Students of Diploma in Pharmacy Course can’t be denied registration as Pharmacists on Council’s failure to approve medical stores for training

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J. allowed the writ petitions filed by D. Pharm students aggrieved by their non-registration as Pharmacist under

New releases News

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana releases SCC Pre 69 Volumes by EBC

SCC Pre 69 Volumes were released by the Chief Justice of India, Justice NV Ramana on August 10, 2022 at The Claridges,

Case Briefs High Courts

Meghalaya High Court quashes POCSO charges against man accused of having ‘Consensual Sex’ with minor wife

“It would be an injustice to separate or to divide a well knitted family unit.”

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Know Thy Judge| Justice J B Pardiwala

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Case Briefs High Courts

Jharkhand High Court | Liability cannot be fastened upon the company for delay in TDS when it had taken steps within time but the same was not credited in the account of the Central Government

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. allowed a criminal miscellaneous petition quashing the entire criminal proceeding including the order

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Kite Flying part of culture and heritage’; Delhi High Court denies complete ban on kite flying but directs to comply directions already in place against use of Chinese Maanjha

Delhi High Court: In a PIL filed seeking to impose a complete ban on flying kites, a Division Bench of

Case Briefs High Courts

Can’t let the roads of Kerala be a killing field; Kerala HC issues directions to NHAI and District Collectors to ensure the roads are craters & potholes free

“The speed limits on most of our roads are in the vicinity of 70 to 90 km. But many of them cannot even handle traffic that moves over 20 or 30 km. This is compounded when it rains and when the potholes are not visible, as in the case of the hapless victim we are dealing with.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat High Court | ‘Occupier’ of the land cannot be denied electricity connection only because land is in dispute

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J. has allowed a writ petition which was filed after the respondent authorities denied to

Case Briefs High Courts

Chhattisgarh High Court declares election null and void for non-disclosure of criminal antecedents, including acquittal in criminal case

Chhattisgarh High Court: In a case where an election was declared null and void on the grounds of non-disclosure of

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court | Chairman of District Primary School Council does not have the authority or jurisdiction to issue transfer order

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Subrata Talukdar and Krishna Rao, JJ. has allowed an appeal filed against the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Strict Actions against illegal beach sand mining and shrimp farming

National Green Tribunal, New Delhi (NGT):The Coram of Justice K. Ramakrishnan (Judicial Member) and Dr Satyagopal Korlapati (Expert Member) directed

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Clearing of prosecution evidence not an absolute bar from re-examining materials/witnesses under Section 311 CrPC: Supreme Court

“The statutory provision goes to emphasise that the court is not a hapless bystander in the derailment of justice. Quite to the contrary, the court has a vital role to discharge in ensuring that the cause of discovering truth as an aid in the realization of justice is manifest.”