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Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

High Time to formulate a sound solar waste management policy: NGT takes suo motu cognizance

National Green Tribunal, New Delhi (NGT): The Bench of Adarsh Kumar Goel, J(Chairperson) and Sudhir Agarwal, J (Judicial Member) and

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT Mumbai |Interest on Delayed Payments is a part of Operational Debt under S. 3(11) of IBC

National Company Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai: The Bench of Ashok Bhushan, J., Chairperson, M. Satyanarayana Murthy, Judicial Member, and Naresh Salecha, Technical member

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court | Constitution of India does not permit to issue mandamus when there is no threat perception alleged or transpired; Petition dismissed for filing with a purpose of obtaining seal of this Court on illegal relationship

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ajai Tyagi, JJ. dismissed a writ petition with costs which was

Case Briefs High Courts

Jharkhand High Court | Upheld the decision of trial court; Accused convicted for dowry death

Jharkhand High Court: Navneet Kumar, J., upheld the conviction of the appellant- accused guilty of killing his wife within a few years

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Unless there is forfeiture of performance guarantee, Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum cannot be deemed to be de-recognised: SC

Supreme Court: While reversing the impugned decision of the Bombay High Court, the Division Bench of Hemant Gupta* and V.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Can the OTS proposal be an ‘acknowledgment of debt’ under S. 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963?

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Delhi: The Bench of Anant Bijay Singh, J., Judicial Member, and Shreesha Merla, Technical Member,

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court | ACP, Traffic Department does not have the power to suspend the licence; directions issued to release driving licence

Calcutta High Court: Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. took cognizance of a petition which was filed praying for quashing an order passed by the

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court stays CCPA ruling on levying service charges in hotels and restaurants as an unfair trade practice

Delhi High Court: Yashwant Varma, J. stayed the ruling passed in the form of guidelines by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (‘CCPA’)

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court’s ruling that led to Supreme Court recognizing unmarried women’s right to a safe abortion

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Sathish Chandra Sharma, CJ and Subramonium Prasad, J refused termination of pregnancy to an unmarried

Case Briefs District Court

No straitjacket formula for determining whether the consent was given under a misconception of fact or not; Tis Hazari Court grants anticipatory bail

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: While deciding a bail application, Kamini Lau, J. granted anticipatory in a case where the complainant-girl was a

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC| Classification on the basis of educational qualification for the purposes of promotion, is permissible in law and does not offend the Constitution

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the question raised in the instant petition that, whether the classification

Case Briefs High Courts

Chhattisgarh High Court entitles father-in-law to pay maintenance; “Estate of the husband can be preferred to claim over the estate of father or mother of daughter in law”

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Goutam Bhaduri and Deepak Kumar Tiwari JJ. entitled father-in-law to pay maintenance to widowed daughter-in-law

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court pained to see minors getting involved in age- inappropriate relations; Grants bail in the interest of infant and minor wife

Allahabad High Court: Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J. allowed a bail application in a case registered under sections 376, 506 Penal Code, 1860

Legislation Updates Notifications

SEBI issues circular permitting 155 entities to use e-KYC Aadhaar Authentication services as sub-KYC User Agency

On 20-02-2022, Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI') has issued guidelines on entities allowed to use e-KYC Aadhaar Authentication

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court: Mere allocation of coal does not amount to ‘proceeds of crime’ u/S 2(1) (u) of PMLA, 2002; Proof of monetary gains wrongfully obtained from such allocation is mandatory

Delhi High Court: Yashwant Varma J. categorically held that an allocation of coal cannot possibly be viewed as amounting to ‘proceeds of

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge | Justice M.M. Sundresh – An Ardent Supporter of Environment Preservation

by Ritu Singh†

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Tihar Jail Crime Syndicate| Supreme Court directs conman Sukash Chandra to reveal names of persons involved in Rs. 200 crores extortion case

Supreme Court: In a highly controversial extortion case of about Rs. 200 crores in Delhi’s Tihar jail, the 3-judge Bench of Uday

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Use of biodegradable plastic, introduced vide Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022

On 6-07-2022 the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change further amended the Plastics Waste Management Rules, 2016 by adding a second

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court | Courts cannot be hyper technical in their approach when it comes to petitions under S. 125, CrPC ; son liable to maintain father

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J. partly allowed a writ petition setting aside the judgment and order of Additional Sessions Judge and

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court transfers Matrimonial suit showing leniency towards wife

Calcutta High Court: Ananda Kumar Mukherjee, J. took cognizance of a petition which was preferred by the petitioner -wife praying for transfer