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Article 39-A of the Constitution of India provides that the State shall secure that the operation of the legal system, promotes justice

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat High Court | Notice for appointment of arbitrator cannot be rejected on ground of vague material particulars

Gujarat High Court: While deciding the instant petition, Aravind Kumar, C.J., said that the prayer for appointment of an arbitrator

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Delhi High Court| Right of default bail is extinguished the moment charge sheet is filed within the period prescribed

Any irregularity or illegality in the remand order is not a statutorily sanctioned reason for grant of default bail

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Madras High Court set aside detention order passed by District Magistrate, due to undue and unexplained delay of 14 days in considering representation

Madras High Court: In a habeas corpus petition filed calling for the records pertaining to the order of detention passed

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Madras High Court| School Teachers cannot be blamed for suicide committed by students, without sufficient evidence

Madras High Court: In a suicide case by a 17-year-old school boy, filed against the headmaster S.M. Subramaniam, J. has held that

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court| Benefit of Exceptions of Defamation cannot only be afforded at the stage of trial

Supreme Court: In an appeal against the judgment passed by the Delhi High Court regarding a defamation case, the division

Case Briefs District Court

Delhi Court| Compelling accused to give his system password to IO/Police violates Article 20(3) and S 161(2) CrPC

Rouse Avenue District Courts, Delhi: In a case filed by Central Bureau of Investigation questioning the power of investigating agency

Case Briefs High Courts

Orissa High Court issues contempt notice to the President of Tangi Bar Association for abusing a Judicial Magistrate

Orissa High Court: The division bench comprising of S. Talapatra and S.K. Panigrahi, JJ. directed for the issue of notice

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Sufficient material for framing charges against Senthil Balaji in cash-for-job scam; Madras High Court upholds trial court’s order

Madras High Court: In a criminal revision petition filed by Tamil Nadu electricity minister V. Senthil Balaji to set aside

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Muslim wife can terminate marriage even without the will of the husband, by invoking ‘Khula’; Kerala High Court upholds

Kerala High Court: In a review petition arising from an appeal filed by the husband challenging a divorce decree granted to a

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Whether Section 73A of the Finance Act, 1994 applicable when service tax has been collected and retained by the Assessee; CESTAT answers

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal: The coram of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) set aside

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Delhi High Court applies ‘doctrine of confirmation by subsequent events’ to convict an accused of murdering a girl in broad daylight

Delhi High Court: In an appeal filed by the accused challenging the order of conviction passed by the Trial Court

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court | Denying similar benefits to similarly situated Government employees working under same employer amounts to discrimination

Supreme Court: In an appeal filed against the judgment of the Delhi High Court, wherein the Court has set aside

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Kerala High Court set aside transfer order of Judge who made ‘sexually provocative dress’ remark; Upholding the same will have a deleterious effect on the morale of the judicial officers in the State

Kerala High Court: In an appeal filed against the judgment of a Single Judge transferring the appellant from the post

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Police station not a ‘prohibited place’ under Official Secrets Act hence, video recording inside police station not an offence under Act; Bombay High Court quashes FIR

Bombay High Court: In the present case wherein, an FIR was registered by the complainant that during certain proceedings being

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Act of mutual affection between young boyfriend and girlfriend cannot equate with ‘Sexual Assault’ under POCSO Act; Meghalaya High quashes FIR

“In a case of rape or sexual assault, the act not only affects the physical well-being of the victim but would also leave a very deep emotional scar which would require prolonged counselling for the experience and the image to be erased from the mind of the victim. Such an act would have a more profound effect on a child.”

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The term ‘FLY HIGH’ used by Vistara is common to aviation; Delhi High Court vacates interim injunction granted in favour of Frankfinn

Delhi High Court: In a suit filed by Frankfinn Aviation Services Private Limited (‘plaintiff’) seeking permanent and mandatory injunction restraining

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[POSH] Delhi High Court | Baffling to see that a law graduate himself demands assistance of person with legal background for enquiry before Internal Complaints Committee

If the Court would allow such an interpretation, then this provision would become redundant, and a floodgate of law graduates, who may not be enrolled with the bar councils to become an ‘advocate’ but are still practicing law, would pour in. The purpose of keeping the proceedings fact-based and free expert legal advisory, would be lost.