Sucheta, Author at SCC Times

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Ministers in the Union Government and all State Governments as “public authorities” under RTI Act

Central Information Commission: While observing that the Ministers in the Union Government and all State Governments are “public authorities” under Section 2(h)

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Notaries owe an explanation for unavailability of documents due to termite attack

Central Information Commission (CIC): While coming down heavily upon a woman notary who failed to provide some notarial records on pretext that they

Case Briefs Supreme Court

All the States and Union Territories except Bihar, Maharashtra and J&K to pay Rs. 25,000 for failure to submit responses in relation to prison reforms

Supreme Court: In a matter where responses were sought from all the States and Union Territories in respect of unnatural deaths in

Case Briefs High Courts

Subsequent purchaser can be allowed to be impleaded as a party

Patna High Court:Challenging the order of the lower court rejecting the impleadment of the petitioner as a party in terms of Order

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Legislative Department of Ministry of Law & Justice directed to place amended enactments on its website

Central Information Commission (CIC): CIC has directed the Legislative Department of Ministry of Law and Justice to place the amended copies of Representation

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi State Government directed to grant admission to children of HIV affected couple in government school

Delhi High Court: While dealing with a matter related to a writ petition filed by a couple suffering from HIV positive, the

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Cipla Vet (Pty) Ltd ordered to deliver all infringing Fiprotec products in its possession or under its control

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa: Deciding on an appeal which concerns infringement of a patent entitled ‘Anti-parasitic composition for the treatment

Law School News Live Blogging

LIVE: 6th Dr. Paras Diwan International ‘Energy Law’ Moot Court Competition, 7th April – 10th April, 2016

A warm welcome to all of you to the 6th Dr. Paras Diwan International ‘Energy Law’ Moot Court Competition, 2016. Participants from

Case Briefs High Courts

Prescribing dress code for devotees is akin to imposition of personal values over the society by way of judgments, therefore impermissible

Madras High Court: Dismissing and disapproving the order laid down by the Single Judge Bench in Rasu v. The Superintendent of Police,

Case Briefs High Courts

Resort to strong arm tactics to recover loans strongly deprecated as unethical & opposed to public policy

Kerala High Court: While considering an appeal filed by a recovery agent against a nationalised bank for payment of commission towards a

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Disaster management plans as per Ss. 11, 23 and 31 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 need to be made to tackle the post disaster situations

Supreme Court: Looking into the poor state of Disaster management in a country that has faced many natural disasters since the Disaster

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Interlocutory Committee to entertain complaints relating to dog bite constituted in the State of Kerala

Supreme Court: In a case where the applicant’s wife had succumbed to the injuries caused by dog bite, the bench of Dipak

Legislation Updates Statutes/Bills/Ordinances

Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 introduced in Lok Sabha

The Government of India introduced the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Lok Sabha on 16th March, 2016, which proposes to make

Case Briefs High Courts

Selection of candidate does not clothe with him the right to public employment

Delhi High Court: While disposing of an appeal relating to faults in the recruitment process the Court held that, the selection of

Conference/Seminars/Lectures Law School News

National Seminar on Democracy, Tolerance and Human Rights organised by Kerala Law Academy

Reported by Girish Kumar

Case Briefs High Courts

Ban on events conducted in Jung Hall against the Government does not violate right to freedom of speech and expression

Gujarat High Court– Dismissing a PIL against the office of the Governor seeking directions so as not to impose any conditions which

Case Briefs High Courts

Retrospective Operation of Criminal Procedure Code (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2007, upheld

Madhya Pradesh High Court: While ruling through its power under Sec. 482 CrPC, the Court has held that, the Criminal Procedure Code

Case Briefs High Courts

Directed for Constitution of Confidentiality Club for obtaining Patent Licensing Agreements

Delhi High Court: In a matter arising out of a suit for permanent injunction to restrain violation and infringement of the plaintiff’s

Op Eds OP. ED.

Real Estate Act: Scrutinising Regulation Plans for Reality

by Saranya Mishra

Case Briefs High Courts

Rubber Plantations in Kanyakumari are Private Forest

Madras High Court: Hearing writ petitions filed by Kanyakumari District Planters Association & other plantation owners wherein the common issue raised was