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Sikk HC | Or. VIII R. 1A (3) which confers discretion on Court is not an unfettered discretion on Court; HC allows petitions

Sikkim High Court: Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, CJ, allowed the writ petitions which were arising out of the Order passed on 12-11-2019 in

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Not in interest of the child; HC stays Sessions Court’s order granting custody of teenage rape victim to relatives of accused

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ., and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., addressed a suo motu PIL concerning the

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Great influx of tourists, social distancing not being maintained, SOP not complied with; Court directs State to review decision of relaxing lockdown, control the inflow of tourists

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and Alok Kumar Verma, J., heard and issued directions in relation

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“If this is how proceedings will go on …”: SC accentuates importance of succinctly framed written synopsis; time-bound oral arguments; crisp, clear and precise judgments

“After all, it is for ‘the common man’ that the judicial system exists.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Objective of Milk Federations is not to give employment but increase milk production”; SC reverses HC order favouring employees in a revised pay scale dispute

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta*, JJ., overruled the decision of Punjab & Haryana High

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC puts fetter on exercise undertaken by Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Committee enquiring into Facebook’s role in aggravating Delhi Riots last year; Says FB representatives will have to appear

Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench comprising of Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. has held that representatives of Facebook

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Experts Corner

What about the Intermediary? Demystifying the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

by Ankoosh K. Mehta†, Srinivas Chatti†† and Rupal Jaiswal†††
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Re-exploring the scope of “skill” in fantasy games: Precedential limitations and jurisprudential inconsistency

by Adarsh Kumar† and Vaibhav Yadav††

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FIFA Scandal: A Tale of Corporate Crimes associated with Football Market

by Karan Arora*

Case Briefs District Court

[Red Fort Violence] Is carrying a Pharsa or Talwar by Sikhs and Nihangs prohibited? Is presence at the Red Fort a very grave offence and non-bailable? Tis Hazari Courts ask IO

Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi: Kamini Lau PO (MACT)-01, granted bail to the applicant Maninder Singh, accused of severely attacking and assaulting policemen on

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Bail granted to a man who portrayed former CJI as Naxalite and Christian Terrorist as he refused permission for Rath Yatra last year

Orissa High Court: S. K. Panigrahi J. allowed the bail application. by imposing some stricter terms and conditions and made clear that

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The Real and Present Danger of Arbitrary Seizures by the Directorate of Enforcement

by Jai Anant Dehadrai* and Md. Tasnimul Hassan**

Case Briefs District Court

[Farmer’s Protest] Is presence of accused at the Red Fort a very grave offence and non-bailable? Tis Hazari Courts grants bail to the person accused of Red Fort violence

Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi: Kamini Lau PO (MACT)-01, granted bail to the applicant Boota Singh, accused of inciting violence and disturbing law and order

Case Briefs High Courts

[Preventive Detention] Kar HC | Non-consideration of representation at the earliest opportunity could lead to release of detenu; Guidelines/Directions issued

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of B V Nagarathna and Hanchate Sanjeev Kumar, JJ. allowed the petition and directed the release

Case Briefs High Courts

[Farmer’s Protest] P&H HC | Person terminated from service due to alleged participation in farmer’s protest in New Delhi; HC directs State to maintain status quo

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J., had directed to maintain status quo and not to appoint anyone on the post

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Is the law laid down by the Supreme Court applicable prospectively? Will adultery committed prior to Joseph Shine decision attract conviction when the offence has been declared unconstitutional pre-conviction?

Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J., acquitted a person convicted under Section 497 of IPC contrary to the law laid down

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | “Convenience fee” charged by PVR for online booking of movie tickets under OIDAR category under S. 65(105) (zh) of Finance Act taxable or not? Tribunal explains

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of Dilip Gupta (President) and PV Subba Rao (Technical Member) allowed the

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Can Award of the Lok Adalat be assailed by way of a petition under Arts. 226 and/or 227 of Constitution? Court answers

Sikkim High Court: Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, CJ. allowed a writ petition which was filed assailing the updated Award passed by the Lok

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Spreading strains of SARS-CoV-2: The need to rethink utility patents

by Shruti Prasad Dhonde

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Does merely residing in the same house make in-laws accomplice in a dowry death case? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court of India: In an appeal regarding dowry death case the Division Bench of Navin Sinha and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ.,