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Long custody is an essential factor for granting bail under UAPA; HC grants bail to woman lodged in jail along with her infant in connection with a Facebook post

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Anupinder Singh Grewal, J., granted bail to the woman who was in custody along with her barely

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Right to maintenance of child born out of inter-faith marriage: Is father under obligation to maintain his children even when there’s no statutory stipulation? HC answers

Kerala High Court: In a significant case regarding Right to maintenance of child born out of inter-faith marriage, the Division Bench of

Case Briefs High Courts

Court can neither be a mute spectator to the whims and fancies of the investigating agency nor be a party to it; Ori HC observes in a case where final form was submitted after 15 years

Orissa High Court: Sashikant Mishra J. allowed the criminal petition and quashed the FIR and the criminal proceeding due to inordinate delay

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Galls for missed opportunity as “Judicial Dishonesty” and “Contempt”; Gives opportunity to the Appellant

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): The Coram of Tarun Agarwala, J (Presiding Officer) and M.T. Joshi, J (Judicial Member), in the same matter

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Non-consideration for subsequent preference post after being declared ineligible for first post preference: Is it unjust? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: While addressing the issue as to whether a candidate is entitled to claim appointment on a subsequent post in his

Op Eds OP. ED.

Million Dollar Meme: Non-Fungible Tokens and their Regulation

by Medhansh Kumar*

Op Eds OP. ED.

The Subtle Art of Interfering: Amazon-Future Retail “Anti-Arbitration” Injunction Saga

by Shashank Garg* and Aakanksha Kaul**

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | ”obiter dictum” not legally binding as precedent; jurisdictional commissioner cautioned for filing frivolous applications

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Suvendu Kumar Pati (Judicial Member) dismissed an appeal which was filed in response to

Case Briefs High Courts

[S. 138 NI] Telangana HC | A joint account holder cannot be prosecuted unless and until he/she is a signatory to subject cheque

Telangana High Court: Shameem Akhter J. allowed criminal petition and quashed the proceedings against the petitioner/A.2 on the ground that it is

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | 17 people forced to work as bonded labour; Court orders registration of FIR against two

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vishal Dhagat, J. disposed off a petition directing SHO’s to register cases against respondents in respective police stations.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Police officials prey to Political Victimization? Court assesses

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Full Bench of P. Padman Surasena, E.A.G.R Amarasekara and A.H.M.D Nawaz,

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge | Justice Chudalayil Thevan Ravikumar

by Ritu Singh†

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Aggrieved with the categorisation as ‘unsecured creditor’, Tribunal secures ‘secured creditor’, having relinquished the security interest

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi: The Coram of Ashok Bhushan J, (Chairperson), and Dr Alok Srivastava (Technical Member) while accepting

Case Briefs High Courts

Mother tongue or English as a medium of instruction? Raj HC dealt with the issue when State decided to convert a Hindi medium school to English medium

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta J. allowed the petition and decided that the school will be converted to English medium subject to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Life cannot be breathed into the stillborn charge memorandum; SC holds where prior approval is the rule the defect cannot be cured by post-facto approval

“What is non-existent in the eye of the law cannot be revived retrospectively.”

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCC Times

Long custody is an essential factor for granting bail under UAPA; HC grants bail to woman lodged in jail along with her infant in connection with a Facebook post

Ker HC | Right to maintenance of child born out of inter-faith marriage: Is father under obligation to maintain his children even when there’s no statutory stipulation? HC answers

Court can neither be a mute spectator to the whims and fancies of the investigating agency nor be a party to it; Ori HC observes in a case where final form was submitted after 15 years

SAT | Galls for missed opportunity as “Judicial Dishonesty” and “Contempt”; Gives opportunity to the Appellant

Non-consideration for subsequent preference post after being declared ineligible for first post preference: Is it unjust? Supreme Court answers

Million Dollar Meme: Non-Fungible Tokens and their Regulation

The Subtle Art of Interfering: Amazon-Future Retail “Anti-Arbitration” Injunction Saga

CESTAT | ”obiter dictum” not legally binding as precedent; jurisdictional commissioner cautioned for filing frivolous applications

[S. 138 NI] Telangana HC | A joint account holder cannot be prosecuted unless and until he/she is a signatory to subject cheque

MP HC | 17 people forced to work as bonded labour; Court orders registration of FIR against two

SL SC | Police officials prey to Political Victimization? Court assesses

Know Thy Judge | Justice Chudalayil Thevan Ravikumar

NCLAT | Aggrieved with the categorisation as ‘unsecured creditor’, Tribunal secures ‘secured creditor’, having relinquished the security interest

Mother tongue or English as a medium of instruction? Raj HC dealt with the issue when State decided to convert a Hindi medium school to English medium

Life cannot be breathed into the stillborn charge memorandum; SC holds where prior approval is the rule the defect cannot be cured by post-facto approval

SL CoA | School principal acquitted of bribery allegations; benefit of doubt due to lack of evidence

Ker HC | Guardian of Property v/s Guardian of Person of the minor; HC clarifies jurisdiction of District Court

Guj HC | Court goes beyond the relief sought, helps POCSO victim to become self-sufficient

Tri HC | Compensation amount limited to amount claimed, Insurance Company’s liability reduced

Ker HC | Is confining Selection process of NTPC to CLAT PG-2021 candidates only prima facie discriminatory? HC to decide