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Manipulated laboratory report, broken links of evidence; Supreme Court reverses concurrent findings of Courts below to acquit a murder accused

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath*, JJ., reversed the impugned judgments of the Punjab and Haryana High

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court | Social, Legal and Moral Responsibility of a man to maintain his wife; Appeal dismissed

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Sunita Agarwal and Om Prakash Shukla, JJ. dismissed and appeal on the admission stage itself

Know thy Judge

Justice N.V. Ramana – From the Hinterlands of Andhra to being the Head of Indian Judiciary

†by Sucheta Sarkar

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court injuncts myshoeshop from violating trademark rights by selling first copy shoes of NB Device mark as well as Adidas, Nike, Louis Vuitton etc

Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla, J. restrained a website myshoeshop (‘defendant 1') from selling shoes having NB Device mark (‘plaintiff').

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Madras High Court | Appointment of Archaka to be done as per Agamas

Madras High Court: The Division bench of Munishwar Nath Bhandari, CJ. and N. Mala, J. has held that the temple

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Orissa High Court | Witnesses related to the deceased would not result in their testimonies being discarded if otherwise truthful and consistent

Orissa High Court: In an appeal filed challenging the Trial court ruling, convicting the accused under Section 302 of Penal

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“PIL in service-related matters ought not to be entertained”; Allahabad High Court dismisses PIL seeking increase in retirement age of PwD

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Rajnish Kumar, JJ. dismissed a PIL which was filed by the

Case Briefs High Courts

Family Courts cannot restrain a Muslim man from pronouncing talaq or entering into second marriage as per personal law: Kerala High Court

Kerala High Court: In a case relating to talaq as per Muslim personal law and bigamy, A. Muhamed Mustaque, J.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

One cannot seek transfer of execution proceeding under Section 125(3) CrPC to another Court once the order fixing maintenance attains finality: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a complex case where both the parties claimed to be disabled to get the matrimonial case transferred to the

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Calcutta High Court | Conduct of Parties – not a substitute for an arbitration agreement

Calcutta High Court: While deciding a review petition, Debangsu Basak, J. held that the court while exercising powers under Section

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‘A’ diary of civil & criminal proceedings cannot be obtained by filing RTI; Kerala HC upholds constitutional validity of Rule 12 of RTI (Subordinate Courts and Tribunals) Rules, 2006

Kerala High Court: In a case challenging the validity of Rule 12 of the Right to Information (Subordinate Courts and

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Punjab & Haryana High Court allows accused in matrimonial dispute to travel to Australia for employment purpose

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Suvir Sehgal, J. while dismissing the petition filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code against the

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Gujarat High Court | Acquittal cannot be upset unless reasoning by the trial court is found to be perverse; Acquittal of POCSO accused upheld

Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of S.H. Vora and Rajendra M. Sareen, JJ. dismissed a criminal appeal which was

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Call for Papers | Journal of Intellectual Property Studies, NLUJ

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Unfortunate death of 7-year-old girl by collapse of newly constructed kitchen wall in school; Orissa High Court directs compensation to the family of the deceased

Orissa High Court: In a case where a father (‘petitioner') is seeking compensation on the death of his seven-year-old daughter,

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Contents of Azan/Adhan does not infringe fundamental rights of other faith; Karnataka High Court directs State to ensure loudspeaker only in permissible decibel in the morning

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Aradhe CJ., and S. Viswajith Shetty, J., held that azan or the

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Delhi High Court | NTA to reschedule CUET (UG) 2022 due to conflict in dates with CBSE Improvement exams; New dates to be issued by public notice

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by a student of class XIIth who is under a dilemma of whether

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants ad-interim injunction against Bikaner’s Madhav Namkeens having deceptively similar logo as of Pepsico’s Lays

Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla, J. passed an ad interim injunction against Bikaner's Madhav Namkeens (‘defendant') restraining them from using

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‘Orderly system’ unconstitutional: Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu government to eradicate it completely in four months

Madras High Court: S.M. Subramaniam, J. has directed to ensure that the practice of orderly system stands eradicated in entirety

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Whether Cenvat credit of Service Tax be availed on debit notes under the scheme of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004? CESTAT answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): P.K. Choudhary (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal holding that Cenvat Credit of Service Tax