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Ori HC | An economic offence is committed with cool calculation and deliberate design with an eye on personal profit regardless of the consequence to the Community; Bail rejected

Orissa High Court: S. K. Sahoo, J. rejected bail being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such that one

[Will] HP HC | Where the document is written by one person and signed by another, the handwriting of the former and the signature of the later have both to be proved in view of S. 67 of the Evidence Act

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. dismissed the appeal being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Mini Trial not permissible at the stage of framing of charge”; Supreme Court explains the yardsticks of revisional jurisdiction of High Courts

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah*, JJ., recently held in an interesting case that evaluation

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Remembering the humble and humorous Professor Mallar

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Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Death by consumption of spurious cough syrup; is government vicariously liable? HC backs up NHRC’s order directing State to pay 3 lakh compensation

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal, CJ. and Sindhu Sharma, J., upheld National Human Rights Commission’s order

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Protection of heaviest flying bird, the Great Indian Bustard: SC emphasizes on need to adopt ecocentric approach; issues directions

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of S. A. Bobde, CJ., A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ., addressed the instant PIL addressing

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

ITAT| Assessment Officer can’t “mechanically” act on incomplete and incorrect facts and reopen a case without consulting the assessment records

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Chief Justice SA Bobde retires: A look at his legacy and justice in the time of COVID-19

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Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | “Right to consideration for promotion is a fundamental right”; HC directs government to obviate stagnation in service

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Tashi Rabstan and Ali Mohammad Magrey, JJ., addressed the instant petition seeking for

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | [Assam NRC] Citizenship is one of the most important rights of a person which shall not be taken away by an ex-parte order; HC remands the matter to the Tribunal for reconsideration

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench comprising of N. Kotiswar Singh and Somitra Saikia, JJ., heard the instant petition against the ex-parte

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Society cannot determine how individuals live their lives, especially when they are major, even if the relationship seems unsocial; Court issues directions safeguarding life and liberty

Rajasthan High Court: Mahendar Kumar Goyal, J., decided upon a petition which was filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | “Favouritism, nepotism and lack of integrity”; HC dismisses former Minister K. T. Jaleel’s plea against Lok Ayukta’s order

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising of P.B.Suresh Kumar and K. Babu, JJ., addressed the instant petition against the report submitted

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Court rejects bail of accused of offences under S. 354 IPC, S. 8 POCSO and S. 25 Juvenile Justice Act

Sikkim High Court: Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., rejected a bail application wherein the Petitioner, Principal of a School, aged about 58 years,

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Whether ‘bank account’ can be held to be `property’ within the meaning of S. 102(1) CrPC? HC explains

Chhattisgarh High Court: Rajendra Singh Samant, J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such that

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Red-Tapism prevalent in Rajasthan Nursing Council has resulted in rejection of candidature; Court found fundamental rights guaranteed by Arts. 14, 16 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India violated

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J., allowed and disposed off a writ petition which was filed aggrieved of the respondent’s action of

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | [NRC] Citizenship cannot be denied merely because linkage with relatives was not shown; HC sets aside order of Tribunal declaring man a foreigner

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench of N. Kotiswar Singh and Manish Chaudhury, JJ., set aside the impugned order of the Foreign

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Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Suo Moto matter taken regarding death of sanitation workers in two incidents; Directions laid down regarding abolition of manual scavenging

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar, CJ and B.P Routray, J., directed 10 lakh compensation to be paid to

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

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Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | The term ‘compromise’ and ‘conciliation’ differentiated; In case mandate under S. 18(2) of MSME Development Act, 2006 is not followed strictly, proceeding under S. 18(3) of the Act is illegal

Chhattisgarh High Court: Rajendra Singh Samant J. allowed the appeal and directed to take up the proceeding for conciliation under Section 18