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Person with 54% disability pinned to the ground, throttled by neck and consequently killed by strangulation; SC cancels HC order granting bail to the accused

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of M.R. Shah B.V. Nagarathna*, JJ., cancelled the bail order of the High Court against the person

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Can a non-member invoke provisions of Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1964? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of N.V. Ramana, CJ., A.S. Bopanna* and Hima Kohli, JJ., held that non-members of cooperative societies

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Objection with regard to pecuniary jurisdiction shall be taken at the first instance at the earliest possible opportunity in accordance with S. 21 CPC

Rajasthan High Court: Anoop Kumar Dhand J. allowed the appeal and quashed the impugned order dated 17-08-2021 passed by the Court of

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Retaining an employee in service if he lacks in the standard of efficiency required to discharge the duties of the post he presently holds is not in public interest

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of B P Routray and S. Muralidhar JJ. dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The

Case Briefs

Jhar HC | No protest by a delinquent servant for charges being vague doesn’t save the enquiry from being vitiated; HC emphasises on fair play in departmental proceedings

Jharkhand High Court: Deepak Roshan, J., partly allowed the challenge against the order of the Disciplinary Authority whereby the petitioner had been

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Adoption of Virtual Courts in India

by Dr Karnika Seth†

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Taxation of Cryptocurrency in India

by Vaibhav Garg*

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Mistakenly entered wrong digit of Roll No. in OMR sheet? Can one seek to add obtained scores when the sheet is rejected by Scanning Machine? HC answers

Jharkhand High Court: S.N. Pathak, J., rejected the petition filed by a civil services candidate, who was declared unsuccessful in prelims examination

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Amendment to R. 13 of Karnataka Essential Commodities PDS (Control) Order, 2016 challenged; State Government to consider without reference to the ‘age’ and ‘pass in SSLC’ as one time measure

Karnataka High Court: P. S. Dinesh Kumar, J., disposed of the petitions and upheld the State Government’s power and prerogative to impose

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Power under Or. 18 R. 17 CPC cannot be invoked to fill up omission in the evidence already led by a witness

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order dated 17-07-2017. The facts of the case

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Merely because the same caste is recognized as Scheduled Caste in the migrant State, a migrant cannot be recognized as Scheduled Caste of that State: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of M. R. Shah* and A.S. Bopanna, JJ., held that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste

Case Briefs District Court

Bishop Franco Mulakkal; A victim of faction feud in the Church and group fights of nuns? Read why Sessions Court acquitted the Bishop in nun rape case

Court of Session (Kottayam): While hearing a case which had lead nation to one of the most controversial outbreak and had lifted

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Is dismissal from service per se an unfair labour practice for being disproportionate to the misconduct proved? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: While hearing the appeal filed by Maharashtra SRTC, the Division Bench comprising of M. R. Shah* and B. V. Nagarathna,

Case Briefs High Courts

[Right to Maintenance] Jhar HC | What is the effective date of grant of maintenance? Is it the date of judgment or the date of filing of maintenance application?

Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J., held that right to claim maintenance must date back to the date of filing the

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Difficult Areas vis-a-vis Difficult Services, Issues of reservation and incentive marks; HC puts an end to the battle between Doctors and State

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Sujoy Paul and Arun Kumar Sharma, JJ., held that the Demonstrators and Tutors

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | ‘Billionaire’ dream turns into dread-Unauthorsied investment advisory amounted to fraud & misrepresentation

Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, Whole Time Member while affirming an ex-parte interim order of SEBI, was of the

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Are Recordings of Private Conversation between Husband and Wife permissible as evidence under S. 13 of HMA, 1955? HC decides

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Lisa Gill, J., held that to permit a spouse to record conversations with an unsuspecting partner and

Case Briefs High Courts

Courts are not meant to provide police protection to youths who have fled to marry according to their own wishes; Raj HC reiterated

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta J. rejected the petition and disposed off the stay application. The instant petitions were filed by couples

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Dowry Prohibition Act vis-a-vis J&K Dowry Restraint Act; HC blurs the line between the two

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: In a case alleging dowry death, Rajnesh Oswal, J., clarified the scope and applicability of Jammu and

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS: Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate: Yay or Nay– 2 Cases; 2 Scenarios

Supreme Court of The United States: The Full Bench of the SCOTUS on 13th January, 2022 gave its decision on the Vaccine