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Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Admissibility of the Cenvat Credit in respect of outward GTA; Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical member) allowed an appeal

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | A Mangalore University professor being accused of sexual harassment by a student; Court observes “He that takes the procedural sword shall perish with that sword”

Karnataka High Court: M Nagprasanna, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned second show cause notice holding The University is at

Case Briefs Supreme Court

To give in to pressure groups, leaving the citizenry of India bare to the pandemic discloses a sorry state of affairs; SC condemns Kerala government’s decision to ease lockdown for Bakrid celebrations

Supreme Court: While addressing the Kerala government’s decision to relax lockdown in containment zones due to Bakrid celebrations, which was apparently due

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Kar HC | Karnataka becomes the first state in India to reserve jobs in public employment in favour of transgender persons

Karnataka Government on Wednesday decided in favour of 1% horizontal reservations to be given to the transgender community in government jobs, after

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | “Not based on intelligible differentia”; HC stays Arunachal Pradesh’s order discriminating between vaccinated and non-vaccinated persons

Gauhati High Court: Nani Tagia, J., stayed the order of the State Executive Committee of Arunachal Pradesh whereby non-vaccinated persons for Covid-19

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Disproportionate distribution of increased PG Medical seats in Clinical and Non-Clinical subjects; Court examines

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Yadav and Rajendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ., dismissed a writ petition which was raised

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Part IX-B of Constitution relating to cooperative societies unconstitutional for want of ratification by half of the States; Provisions relating to multi-State cooperative societies severable and valid: SC

Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench has held that the Constitution (97th Amendment) Act, 2011 which inter alia inserted Part IX-B is ultra

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Harassment, abuse and torture of wife within seven months of marriage; HC denies anticipatory bail to doctor

Kerala High Court: Shircy V., J., rejected the bail application of a doctor and his family accused of dowry demand and cruelty

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Right of default bail under S. 167(2) CrPC cannot be defeated by subsequent filing of charge-sheet on same day

Chhattisgarh High Court: Narendra Kumar Vyas J. allowed the petition and set aside the impugned order. The facts of the case are

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | “Nightmarish and traumatic”; HC denies bail in a case of sodomy committed to an 8-year-old child

Punjab and Haryana High Court: H.S. Madaan, J., rejected the bail application of the applicant accused of committing an act of sodomy

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Petitioner who is a pimp cannot claim bail on ground of parity citing judgments where bail was granted subject to its peculiar facts

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J., dismissed the bail petition with the liberty to file a new bail application more particularly

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | “What sauce is good for the goose is good for the gander”; State under mandatory obligation for immediate consideration of compassionate appointment applications

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned endorsement. The petitioners in the instant writ petition challenge

Case Briefs International Courts

Prohibiting Islamic headscarf and other religious signs at workplace isn’t discriminatory; ECJ backs up political, ideological and religious neutrality policy

European Court of Justice: In a landmark ruling the Grand Chamber comprising of composed of K. Lenaerts, President, R. Silva de Lapuerta,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

[Kanwar Yatra] Supreme Court closes suo motu case as U.P. government expresses its decision to postpone Kanwar Yatra to next year

Supreme Court of India: While closing the suo motu case regarding “Kanwar Yatra during pandemic”; the Division Bench comprising of Rohinton Fali

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Relief for doctor who was denied study leave due to COVID-19: SC directs PGI, Chandigarh to reallot post graduation seat on basis of INICET-2020

“[N]othing rankles the heart more than a brooding sense of injustice.”

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Maintaining elderly parents is not only a value based principle but a bounden duty under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents Act

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Division Bench of Augustine George Masih and Ashok Kumar Verma, JJ., addressed the plight of a

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | “Reopen Anganwadi centers”; HC directs Nagaland government to ensure availability of essential services to the lactating mothers and children

Gauhati High Court: While addressing a PIL espousing the cause of lactating mothers and children, the Division Bench of Songkhupchung Serto and

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | SIT probe ordered in Abetment of suicide circumstances; Court takes suo motu cognizance

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ. and S. Talapatra, J., suo motu took cognizance of untimely death of

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

[Custodial death] SL SC | Violation of Constitution provisions; lawful heirs/ dependents entitled to institute proceedings for the infringement of rights

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Full Bench of P. Padman Surasena, Janak De Silva and M.A. Samayawardhena,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Consent by majority of unit holders necessary when trustees decide to wind up Mutual Fund Scheme; SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations not arbitrary; Reg. 53 is ‘grey area’: SC in sequel to Franklin Templeton matter

Supreme Court: In a sequel to its earlier order directing winding up of six mutual fund schemes of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund,