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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.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Rajasthan High Court | No appeal can be preferred challenging the issuance of an arms license in favour of any person under S. 18 Arms Act, 1959

Rajasthan High Court: Vijay Bishnoi, J. held the appeal filed by District Magistrate before Divisional Commissioner under Section 18 of Arms Act,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) directs State to come out with clear policy regarding provision of the job posts for other genders

Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai: The coram of Mridula Bhatkar (Chairperson) and Medha Gadgil (Member) (A) while dealing with an application

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Employee or Independent Contractor? Supreme Court of New Jersey decides the issue for East Bay Drywall, LLC; holds that workers were misclassified

“A business practice that requires workers to assume the appearance of an independent business entity — a company in name only — could give rise to an inference that such a practice was intended to obscure the employer’s responsibility to remit its fund contributions as mandated by the State’s employee protections statutes”

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court alarmed by long pendency of POCSO cases; Principal judge to submit causes for delay and unequal distribution of cases

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. while hearing a bail application of a man accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old in

Case Briefs High Courts

Unable to justify reasons for cancellation of NOC by College Commissionerate twice before Court; Rajasthan High Court quashes order being violative of principles of natural justice

Rajasthan High Court: In a case where NOC was cancelled by Commissioner, Commissionerate College Education and Technical Education Department, (‘Respondent 2′) granted

Case Briefs Supreme Court

CPC Order XV Rule 5| Mere denial of landlord-tenant relationship doesn’t grant tenant a holiday from duty to pay rent/damages: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Dinesh Maheshwari* and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., held that in cases disclosing deliberate defiance and elective non-performance

Case Briefs District Court

Alleged leak of FIR details in Hindustan Times containing sensitive information regarding high profile individual; Delhi Court issues notice to SHO seeking explanation

Saket Court (South), Delhi: In a case of alleged leak of details of FIR containing sensitive information, Shilpi Singh J., issued notice

Case Briefs High Courts

“Digitalisation is bridging the gap between the courts and the litigant”; Allahabad High Court rejects transfer application citing alternative of video conference facility

Allahabad High Court: Vikram D. Chauhan, J. took cognizance of transfer application which was filed for the transfer of the case under

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Case Briefs District Court

Conviction established under Section 2 of Prevention of Insults to National Honours Act, 1971; Delhi Court fines Rs 2000 and directs distribution of 20 national flags

Patiala House Courts, Delhi: Nabeela Wali, J. took lenient view and sentenced a convict under Section 2 of Prevention of Insults to

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana High Court | Order refusing appointment of Local Commissioner under Order XXVI Rule 9 of CPC, 1908 does not affect rights of parties; No revision available

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Alka Sarin, J., dismissed the revision petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution to set aside

Case Briefs High Courts

Andhra Pradesh High Court | Mere allegations of pressure or harassment at workplace will not suffice to attract ingredients of S. 306 IPC; Proof of instigation and abetment is necessary

Andhra Pradesh High Court: Subba Reddy Satti J. granted anticipatory bail to the Chief Executing Officer (applicant-accused) as on perusal

Case Briefs High Courts

Madhya Pradesh High Court directs State to pay 3 lacs as compensation for illegal detention; Registrar to conduct an inquiry

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, J. allowed a petition which was filed seeking direction to the respondents to pay him

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC| Compassionate Appointments are not for conferring status on a family

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the instant appeal vis-a-vis compassionate appointment, the Division Bench of Tashi Rabstan and

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court | [Article 21] Right of dignified life not only available to a living person but also to the ‘dead’; State directed to publicize Scheme/Standard Operating Procedure for cremation

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Rajan Roy and Jaspreet Singh, JJ. took suo motu cognizance of a PIL which was

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court takes suo motu cognizance on a bail application facilitating admission of an 8-year-old child whose parents are in judicial custody

It is not only in cases dealing with family disputes that the rights and welfare of the child should be considered but also in the cases as the present one, the courts can become and act as the parent of the child and ensure that the child is not deprived of its Fundamental Right to Education.

Case Briefs High Courts

Possession of joint land by one co-owner valid in absence of proof showing disagreement between other co-owners; Punjab & Haryana High Court reiterates

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Manjari Nehru Kaul, J., while dealing with a revision petition for setting aside the order passed by

Case Briefs High Courts

“Offence occurred at the spur of the moment”; Tripura High Court modifies sentence

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of T. Amarnath Goud and Arindam Lodh, JJ. partly allowed an appeal holding that there was