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Pat HC | Is the State obligated to pay compensation to the families of the patients suffering from Thalassemia who died due to the non availability of adequate medical facilities? Court constitutes committee

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ. and P.B. Bajanthri, J., took up a petition which following issues were

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Mere facility of food and refreshment in a Non-residential Club will not make it fall within the purview of M.P. Shops and Establishments Act: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of K.M Joseph* and Pamidighantam Sri Barasimha, JJ., held that mere fact that food, refreshment and even

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Forced Conversion Therapy of LGBTQA+ community; HC directs State to constitute an expert committee for forming guidelines against such therapies

Kerala High Court: V.Kunhikrishnan, J., directed the Kerala government to take strict action against forced conversion therapy of LGBTQA+ community in the

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Madam if you want leave, come and meet me alone’; Chh HC held it not to be a sexually coloured remark; Offence under IPC and SC ST Act not made out

Chhattisgarh High Court: Narendra Kumar Vyas, J., quashed the FIR registered against the petitioner by Respondent 4 at Women Police Station, Bilaspur

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC terminates 24 + week pregnancy of a rape surviving major who was a minor at the time of crime, on the opinion of Medical Board

Karnataka High Court: N S Sanjay Gowda, J., directed the Medical Practitioners to terminate the pregnancy in accordance with the provisions of

Case Briefs High Courts

[Elgar Parishad Case] Bombay High Court grants default bail to activist Sudha Bhardwaj

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and N. J. Jamadar, JJ., granted bail to activist Sudha Bhardwaj after three

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Excepted/excluded matters in arbitration agreement cannot be referred to resolution by way of arbitration

Karnataka High Court: SR Krishna Kumar, J., disposed of the petition and directed the petitioner-company to avail such remedies as available in

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Compulsory ADR and Mediation in a Post-Pandemic World

by Muthupandi Ganesan*

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Anticipatory bail granted for carrying ‘ambergris’ also known as the “floating gold” prohibited under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Karnataka High Court: K. Natarajan J. allowed the criminal petition and directed the respondent IO to release the petitioner-accused 1 on bail.

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Not providing sufficient time to produce acquittal orders, violation of natural justice; Court allows petition quashing Externment order

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Subodh Abhyankar, J., allowed a writ petition which was filed against the order of externment wherein the respondent

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Husband harasses wife, portrays her as a psychiatric patient; HC slams Child Right Commission for directing psychiatric treatment of wife without any medical assessment

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of K.Vinod Chandran and C.Jayachandran, JJ., slammed the Kerala State Commission for Child Rights for directing

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[Non-Veg Food Ban] Guj HC | How can you decide what people should eat outside? Court takes AMC to task against its drive to ban non-veg food on streets

Gujarat High Court: Biren A. Vaishnav, J., while dealing with the plea filed by street vendors who had been prohibited from selling

Legislation Updates Notifications

Ministry extends the public utility service status on uranium industry for 6 months with effect from December 19, 2021

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has extended the public utility service status to services engaged in the uranium industry which is

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Determination of Pension to be governed by the rule as it existed at the time of joining or the rule in force at the time of retirement? SC answers

“Discrimination, which is not based on any reasonable classification, is violative of all canons of equality enshrined in the Constitution of India.”

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC | Mandatory Vehicle Location Tracker and insertion of Panic button; HC directs government to ensure effective implementation of Rule 125-H of MV Rules

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Mohan Lal, JJ., directed the Union

Legislation Updates Notifications

RBI publishes the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies

The Reserve Bank of India has published a Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies vide press release dated December 8, 2021. The

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Right to promotion is not considered to be a fundamental right but consideration for promotion has now been evolved as a fundamental right: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The 3-Judges Bench comprising of D.Y. Chandrachud, Vikram Nath* and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., set aside the seniority list prepared by

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court affirms HC’s order upholding appointment of Mr. Dinkar Gupta as Punjab DSP

“When a person takes a chance and participates, thereafter he cannot, because the result is unpalatable, turn around to contend that the process was unfair or the selection committee was not properly constituted.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Woman who is serving in a force can’t be expected to take care of the child alone, as is expected from housewife; Court dismisses petition for dissolution of marriage

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of S. Talapatra and S.G. Chattopadhyay, JJ., dismissed an appeal which was filed aggrieved by the

Case Briefs International Courts

Ferrari wins Unregistered Community Design claim; EJC holds no separate discloser of parts of a product require where images of product as a whole already made available to public

European Court of Justice: The Bench comprising of E. Regan, President of the Chamber, C. Lycourgos, President of the Fourth Chamber, and