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Megh HC | Cutting of trees/ considerable heritage for expansion of road project; Court constitutes High Powered Committee

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J., took up a Public Intrest Litigation which was

Case Briefs High Courts

[Lakshadweep] Ker HC | Demolition of Traditional Coastal Communities’ dwellings; HC stays impugned notice of Lakshadweep Administration

Kerala High Court: Raja Vihayaraghavan V., J., stayed the Lakshadweep Administration’s notice with regard to demolition of dwellings of Traditional Coastal Communities.

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Persons only in ‘domestic relationship’ as per S. 2 of Domestic Violence Act, 2005 can be made as respondent under S. 12 of DV Act

Karnataka High Court: Sreenivas Harish Kumar, J., allowed the petition and directed that there cannot be any proceedings against the petitioner under

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Does false accusation of unchastity amount to cruelty? Can it be the ground for divorce? HC answers

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, JJ., held that unsubstantiated allegation of unchastity against wife

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Priority vaccination for persons with disabilities; HC issues directives to Arunachal Pradesh Government

Gauhati High Court: Nani Tagia, J., issued directions to the State government to provide priority vaccinations for persons with disabilities. The petitioner,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

ITAT| Validity of the order u/s 143(3) of Income Tax Act, passed by an officer without Jurisdiction & the Limitation of second Statutory notice, discussed

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Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | Grant of bail entirely within the discretion of Judge; Bail denied, directions issued to provide online facilities for gang rape accused to attend classes

Meghalaya High Court: W. Diengdoh, J., dismissed an application filed by the Petitioner with a prayer for grant of bail on behalf

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Re-opening Char Dham Yatra would lead to inviting a calamity, Kumbh 2021 example of poor implementation of SOP; HC directs live streaming of ceremonies carried out at Shrines

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ. and Alok Kumar Verma, J., decided on the series of petitions

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Are expert accountants tortiously liable for negligent professional advice? UK SC holds Grant Thornton liable for causing £26.7m loss to Manchester Building Society

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: The 7-Judges Bench comprising of Lord Reed, President Lord Hodge, Dy. President, Lady Black. Lord Kitchin, Lord

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Treatment of Mucormycosis including administration of Amphotericin injection is free of cost and the entire cost will be borne by the State Government in public hospitals

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Aravind Kumar J. gave a slew of directions regarding

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Judge ought to have seen the sensitivity of the matter; Strict compliance of S. 309 of CrPC directed to Trial Courts

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Subodh Abhyankar, J., dismissed the fourth bail application which was filed by the petitioner under Section 439 of

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | “Is the police taking side by not bringing victim in witness box?” HC comes down heavily on authorities for discrepancies in sexual assault case, warns authorities of contempt proceeding

Jharkhand High Court: Ananda Sen, J., slammed police authorities for tainted investigation and laxity in a sexual assault case. While warning the

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Bail denied to juvenile in Rape Case; Court questions lawmakers conscience, How many more Nirbhayas’ sacrifice would be required?

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Subodh Abhyankar, J., dismissed a Criminal Revision filed by the petitioner under Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Pregnancy which is caused by rape would presume to cause grave injury to mental health of the pregnant woman; Right to make reproductive choices is a dimension of ‘personal liberty’

Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J., allowed the petition and directed termination of pregnancy. The instant petition was filed seeking termination of

Case Briefs High Courts

[Violence against doctors] Ker HC | Read why HC granted pre-arrest bail to the police officer accused of manhandling a doctor

Kerala High Court: K.Haripal, J., granted bail to the Police Officer accused of manhandling a doctor and subjecting him to violence. The

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Franklin Templeton gets interim relief | Gives due consideration to the 2 decades’ reputation

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): A bench of Tarun Agarwala, J. (Presiding officer) and M.T. Joshi, J. (Judicial Member) stayed the impugned order

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Practice of filing a writ petition Art. 226 of the Constitution of India because a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police must be discouraged

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The instant writ petition under Article 226 of

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | GST on petrol and diesel; HC seeks Centre’s take on inclusion of petrol and diesel under the GST regime

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising of S. Manikumar, CJ., and Shaji P. Chaly, J., asked the Union government if petrol

Case Briefs High Courts

[AIAPGET-2017] Kar HC | Students admitted to the academic year 2017-18 permitted to continue and complete their respective Post Graduate courses in Ayurveda

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Aravind Kumar and N. S. Sanjay Gowda, JJ., disposed of the petition and directed the

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Employees of Telco Recreation Club cannot claim parity in pay with employees of Telco Ltd.; HC quashes Labour Court’s order

Jharkhand High Court: S.N.Pathak, J., held that the employees of Telco Recreation Club cannot claim parity in pay and other benefits at