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Bidding Adieu to Justice Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy

by Sucheta Sarkar†

Order de hors reasoning cannot result in grant of bail! SC holds informant has a right to assail bail orders bereft of reasons before a higher forum

Supreme Court: The 3-judge Bench comprising of L. Nageswara Rao, B.R. Gavai and B.V. Nagarathna*, JJ., held that though it is not

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Territorial Jurisdictional Constraints of Cheque Bounce Cases

by Baglekar Akash Kumar*

Case Briefs Supreme Court

3-year old raped and strangulated to death; Read why Supreme Court commuted Death Sentence to life imprisonment

Supreme Court: In a case where a 3 year old girl was raped and strangulated to death, the 3-judge Bench of L.

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Merely living together for few days is not live-in-relationship; HC imposes cost of Rs 25000 on runaway couple

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a case where a young couple who had started living in a hotel two days ago

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Non-supply of documents cannot vitiate the enquiry in absence of showing how the alleged non-supply caused prejudice to workman

Jharkhand High Court: Shree Chandrashekhar, J. held that a charged employee has no unfettered right to ask for any document on which

Case Briefs Supreme Court

When 25% of the bid is already paid, whether failure to deposit the remaining 75% empowers the Bank to direct forfeiture of money even when Bank suffered no loss in subsequent auction? SC answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., directed the Indian Bank to refund the 25% auction

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Non-filing of affidavit in Form 25; Is it fatal for maintainability of election petition? Supreme Court decides

“Once there is an affidavit, albeit not in Form 25, the appropriate course would be to permit an affidavit to be filed in Form 25.”

Case Briefs Legal RoundUp Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)Supreme Court Roundups

Yearly Round-up 2021| Supreme Court Constitution Bench

Unlike the year 2020, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench has functioned limitedly in the year 2021, with the number of judgments delivered

Case Briefs High Courts

Can FIR/ complaint in non compoundable offences pertaining to matrimonial disputes be quashed? HP HC lays down under what circumstances

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia J. disposed of the petition and quashed the FIR/complaint. The facts of the case are

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Is it practically impossible to commit Rape without committing Grave Sexual Abuse? Court discusses

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of K Priyantha Fernando and Sampath B Abayakoon,

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC | Divisional Commissioner not empowered to issue orders under S. 144 of CrPC; HC sets aside order declaring Unit dealing with Plastic Scrap a public nuisance

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J., held that the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, or the Deputy Director (E&S), is

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Notification to exempt land from acquisition under LA Act is not a quasi-judicial order; will not confer any vested rights to the landowner: Supreme Court

“It is trite to point out that an order secured by fraud and misrepresentation will not confer any vested right and that, therefore, the land owners cannot pitch their claim either on the basis of vesting or on the basis of Article 300A.”

Case Briefs High Courts

[RTI] Kar HC Bar on grant of information regarding investigation only when the matter is under investigation, contrary to which, no bar applies

Karnataka High Court: N S Sanjay Gowda J dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The respondent 1’s son has ended his

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | “Due Diligence necessary for exemption under Supreme Court Rules, 1990”; appeal rejected

Supreme court of Sri Lanka: The Full Bench of Justice Vijith K. Malalgoda, PC, Justice S. Thurairaja, PC and Justice E. A.

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Aadhaar| When 4:1 majority refused to review the Aadhaar-5 Judges verdict but Justice Chandrachud dissented

Supreme Court: In spite of going through several rounds of litigation and long hours consideration, the Adhaar Controversy had once again popped

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Equitable Apportionment applicable even where the natural flow is “extremely low”; SCOTUS dismisses Mississippi’s absolute ownership claim on its underground water

Supreme Court of the United States: While addressing inter-state water dispute between Mississippi and Tennessee, the Full Bench held that Mississippi’s ownership

Case Briefs High Courts

Manipur HC | Protection Officer and Legal-cum-Probation Officer to be a feeder post of the Deputy Director, Social Welfare

Manipur High Court: The Kh. Nobin Singh, J., directed that the Respondents shall consider the representation dated 2-12-2021 and dispose of the

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Alive or Dead: Why the Concept of Investment in International Commercial Arbitration is the Definitive Thought Experiment in International Investment Arbitrations

by Mikhail Behl*

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Merely mentioning in Discharge book that cause of death was aggravated by military service not sufficient; Tribunal emphasises on need for medical opinion for Special Pension

Armed Forces Tribunal (Lucknow Bench): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava, Member (J) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member