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Calcutta High Court | Only Green Crackers with QR code to be bursted on Diwali in the State of West Bengal

“We hope and trust that the festival of lights does not become a cause for concern where the demon of pollution poisons our air and leads to irreparable damage to the health of the population at large.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court dismisses Umar Khalid’s bail plea in 2020 riots case

Delhi High Court: In an appeal under Section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (‘NIA Act’) read with Section 43-D(5)

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC |A bonafide train passenger being forced to walk on the railway tracks due to absence of overbridge cannot be said as ‘negligent’

A person who comes from a village looking for a job, boards a passenger train holding a valid journey ticket, alights from the train and is trying to exit the Railway Station in the absence of overbridge being forced to walk along the tracks and gets hit by another train and dies, cannot be said to be intentionally careless or negligent.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court| Directors cannot escape criminal liability on the ground that they are not directly involved in the production of sub-standard Pharma products

Madras High Court: In a petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to quash the criminal complaint filed

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court quashes proceedings against CM Pinarayi Vijayan and 11 other CPI(M) leaders protesting for withdrawal from free trade agreement between India and the ASEAN

Kerala High Court: In a case relating to a complaint for offences under Sections 143, 147, 149 and 283 of

Case Briefs International Courts

CJEU | Internal rule of a company barring any religious manifestation in the workplace through clothing or words, is not direct discrimination if the rule is applied in a general way

Court of Justice of the European Union (Second Chamber): In the instant dispute before the CJEU wherein the applicant's internship

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2022 SCC Vol. 8 Part 5

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 23 R. 3 — Consent order: All the parties to the consent terms are

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court confirms pre-arrest bail order to Civic Chandran; Expunged ‘provocative dress’ remark of Kozhikode Sessions Court

Kerala High Court: In a criminal miscellaneous petition filed to set aside the order granting pre-arrest bail by the Sessions

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Not planned but committed in sudden spur of the moment’; Bombay High Court reduces father-brother’s LI to 10 years RI for killing girl’s lover

Bombay High Court : In an appeal filed questioning the legality of Judgment and convicting both Appellants i.e. a father

Case Briefs High Courts

Telangana High Court | No basis for Look Out Circular to continue once the chargesheet is filed and notice is issued under S. 41 of CrPC

Telangana High Court: While allowing the instant petition preferred by the petitioner against the Look Out Circular (‘LOC') issued by

Case Briefs High Courts

Infirmities pointed out by the convict need reconsideration ; Delhi High Court grants bail to accused convicted of rape of woman he met on Tinder

Delhi High Court: In an application under Section 389 read with Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)

Case Briefs High Courts

Karnataka HC declines to indulge into the alleged mismanagement in FKCCI; says that the Federation is not an “instrumentality of the State” under Art. 12

Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant writ petition wherein an elected member of Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court| Transgender persons seeking admissions to be placed in special category; Minimal number of Transgender persons in State not a valid excuse

Madras High Court directed the State to treat a transgender person seeking admission in Nursing College as a special candidate in light of Supreme Court’s 2014 NALSA verdict

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

High Court of the Republic of Singapore | Amount paid as personal commission liable to be returned if transaction is called off because of fraud

High Court of the Republic of Singapore | The bench comprising of Belinda Ang Saw Ean*, Woo Bih Li and

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court grants bail to accused in a POCSO case, as prosecutrix has delivered his child and was willing to marry him

Allahabad High Court: In a bail application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) filed by the

Know thy Judge

Justice Hemant Gupta Retires: A Look at His Trajectory, Tenure and Decisions

by Sucheta Sarkar†

Legislation Updates Notifications

SEBI issues circular on Suspension, Cancellation or Surrender of Certificate of Registration of a Credit rating Agency

On 13-10-2022, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) has issued a circular on Suspension, Cancellation or Surrender of Certificate of

Advance Rulings Case Briefs

Gujarat Authority for Advance Ruling| ‘Combined Wire Rope’ not a part of the fishing vessel, thus, not eligible for GST at 5 percent

Gujarat Authority for Advance Ruling: In an application sought for advance ruling on the question that whether Goods and Services

Case Briefs High Courts

[T-series v Tata] Delhi High Court record settlement between TATA motors and T-series for not using ‘T-series’ marks on Tata automobiles

Delhi High Court: In a suit filed by Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited, seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement, passing off,

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court quashes confiscation proceedings against Satyender Jain under Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988

Delhi High Court: In a batch of petitions filed assailing proceedings initiated by the respondent- State under the Prohibition of