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Justice Lahoti : Tributes Pour in on the Passing Away of a Distinguished Jurist

Former Judge Ramesh Chandra Lahoti took his last breath on March 23, 2022. He was the 35th Chief Justice of India, and

Whether victim under POCSO Act can be permitted to be cross-examined once she turns hostile? Kar HC answers

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order and remitted the matter back to Sessions Judge

Case Briefs High Courts

fraus et jus nunquam cohabitant; Ori HC analyses how does prohibition under S. 362 CrPC operate viz-a- viz the inherent power of the High Court

It is the oft-repeated and a salutary principle of law that fraud and justice never dwell together (fraus et jus nunquam cohabitant)

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Suppression of a ‘material fact’ of non-disclosure of pendency of bail application considered, subservient to the right of liberty granted to the petitioners; Guidelines issued

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Three petitions are clubbed together where the petitioners intended to withdraw their bail applications as bail was

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Is amount spent by pharmaceutical companies in gifting freebies to the doctors “business expenditure” under IT Act when act of accepting freebies by doctors is an offence? SC answers

“…the statutory regime requiring that a thing be done in a certain manner, also implies (even in the absence of any express terms), that the other forms of doing it are impermissible.”

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Cancellation of candidature on the ground of typographical error arbitrary and grossly disproportionate; Court allows petition

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Pranay Verma, J., allowed a petition which was filed praying for a direction to consider petitioner’s candidature for

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Detention order quashed due to lack of opportunity of hearing in the matter of S. 129 of the West Bengal Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017

Calcutta High Court: Md. Nizamuddin, J. disposed of a petition which was filed challenging the impugned order passed by the Deputy Commissioner

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Clarification vis-à-vis substantial alteration of commercial agreement; SC considers legality of retrospective application of modifications in agreement

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Ajay Rastogi* and Abhay S. Oka, JJ., held that a modification changing tariff for inadvertent

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC │ Whether Court can issue directions for filling up the vacant seat for the MBBS Course? Courts answers

Meghalaya High Court: H. S. Thangkhiew, J. allowed a petition in which he had to consider whether this Court can direct the

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC │ When authorities take a view in a particular manner then scope of discretion is limited; appeal dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Anand Pathak and Satish Kumar Sharma, JJ., dismissed a writ appeal under Section 2(1)

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Laws governing ‘Live-in-relationships’ is need of the hour; Court directs State to file response on the social predicament

Punjab and Haryana High Court: ‘Live-in-relationships’ has always been a debatable issue because of the absence of any law on the said

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Unilateral Appointment of Arbitrators: A Discussion

by Shamik Sanjanwala*

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Murder convict seeks remission of sentence on the ground of being 100% visually impaired. Can disability be a ground for remission? SC answers

Supreme Court: While addressing the plea of a murder convict seeking remission on the ground of blindness, the Division Bench comprising of

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Amount deposited during the investigation, ipso facto, becomes pre-deposit when the assessee carries the dispute before the Appellate Forum

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal: Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) dismissed applications filed by the Revenue pertaining to rectification of mistakes.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | It is the nature and gravity of the crime and not the criminal which are germane for consideration of appropriate punishment in a criminal case

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of P. Kumararatnam and Sampath B Abayakoon, JJ.,

Case Briefs High Courts

The uniform can exclude any other apparel like bhagwa or blue shawl that may have the visible religious overtones ; Kar HC upholds Hijab Ban

“The Holy Quran does not mandate wearing of hijab or headgear for Muslim women rather it was traditionally worn as a measure

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC dealt with whether husband can be absolved from his duty to pay interim maintenance if there is delay of 30+ years in filing application

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J., dismissed the petition. The facts of the case are such that the petitioner and the respondent,

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Right to freedom, as granted under the Constitution is not an absolute right; Court rejects bail in Hate Speech matter

Uttaranchal High Court: Ravindra Maithani, J., rejected a bail application which was filed by the applicant who was in judicial custody under

Case Briefs

Raj HC | No place other than the place earmarked for bus-stand is allowed for standing buses and picking /dropping passengers; Buses to be seized under MV Act

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Manindra Mohan Srivastava, CJ and Madan Gopal Vyas, J., dismissed the petition and directed the

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | There have to be very substantial and compelling reasons for setting aside a judgment of acquittal; petition dismissed

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of S.K. Mishra and A.K. Verma, JJ., dismissed the appeal for acquittal considering it to be