Brand Ambassador Liability under Consumer Protection Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

A brand ambassador/endorser cannot be proceeded against in consumer dispute proceedings for unfair trade practice or deficiency of service unless a direct link is established between the endorser and the transaction.

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judgments on Crimes Against Women and Children in 2025
Legal RoundUpTopic-wise Roundup

Covering major criminal law updates from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this roundup offers a quick look at 2025 rulings on crimes against women and children, POCSO, POSH, JJ Act in terms of bail, criminal trial and Sentence.

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tenant cannot dispute landlord-tenant relationship by oral sale
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Landlord’s bona fide requirement for himself or for his dependent family members, founded on age, medical condition and need for financial independence of his children, constitutes a genuine and valid ground for eviction.

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Patients & kin Sleep Outside Hospitals
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court said that “to our mind, this issue calls for urgent executive and/or judicial intervention.”

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Landowners in Joint Development Agreement Not Consumers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court granted liberty to the appellants to institute a civil suit with entitlement to claim exemption from limitation under Order VII Rule 6 CPC read with the Limitation Act, 1963.

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Restraining entry in discharge of duty
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Petitioners being Security Guards, had the bounden duty to ensure that no unauthorised person enters the office premises… act of restraining the Complainant for entering the Office for which she had no right, cannot be termed as an act of wrongful restraint.”

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Magistrate's power to discharge at Section 251 stage
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Magistrate erred in discharging the respondents of the offence under Section 452 of the Companies Act at the stage of consideration on the aspect of service of notice of accusation under Section 251 of the CrPC.”

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refund to Microsoft
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Income Tax Department officers’ “utterly negligent attitude” compelled the petitioner to approach the Court.

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criminal law judgments 2025
Legal RoundUpTopic-wise Roundup

Covering major criminal law updates from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this roundup offers a quick look at 2025 rulings on arrest, bail, terrorism and national Security, Hate speech, privacy, defamation, etc., and trial procedures.

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Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Contract Dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court accepted the contention that encashment of insurance surety bonds aggregating to nearly ₹100 crores, prior to final adjudication, would result in grave and irreversible loss and injury.

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Making minor touch private parts
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Minor inconsistencies arising from age, vocabulary or manner of narration do not erode the credibility of the prosecution, particularly where the allegation relates to commission of sexual assault with sexual intent.

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Advocates' Electoral Roll dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

For exclusion of provisionally enrolled Advocates from Bar Council Electoral Roll, remedy lies before Bar Council Election Committee, not writ court

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Partition suit cannot be rejected
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The cause of action in a suit for partition is of a recurring nature and continues so long as the joint status subsists, crystallising only upon refusal of a demand for partition.”

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Customs Duty on Electricity
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The discipline of precedent is not a matter of personal predilection; it is an institutional necessity. Stare decisis et non quieta movere… is a working rule which secures stability, predictability and respect for judicial outcomes. The law cannot change with the change of the Bench.”

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NEET UG 2019 scorecard
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The affidavit discloses the total marks obtained, the corresponding percentile, as well as the NEET-UG 2019 rank of the petitioner.”

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Tirupati Laddu Adulteration
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In my prima facie view, it would only be reasonable to give an opportunity to the defendants to present their defence in respect of their publications/posts/articles.”

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Anti-Arbitration Injunctions
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The core controversy centres on the effect of deliberate non-disclosure by a nominee arbitrator, the determination of the juridical seat of arbitration, and the extent of supervisory jurisdiction of Indian courts notwithstanding the fixation of a foreign venue by an arbitral institution.

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Pawan Kalyan's Personality Rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The grievance of the plaintiff arose from the manufacture, sale, promotion, and distribution of merchandise such as T-shirts, posters, mugs, keychains, and other products bearing his name, photographs, likeness, and persona, without authorisation.

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Father has Duty to provide Maintenance
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Maintenance of children is not confined to bare subsistence; it encompasses their overall upbringing, education, health, and standard of living, consistent with the means and status of the parents.”

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Yamuna flood plains encroachment
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the flood plains, people cannot be allowed to make their houses, tenements, sheds, etc., under the pretext of graveyard or for any other purpose.

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