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“The negative covenant post termination of the employment can be granted only to protect the confidential and proprietary information of the employer or to restrain the employee from soliciting the clients of the employer.”
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The Court observed that the deceased felt humiliated after being beaten by her husband and brother-in-law over allegations of infidelity. However, such conduct, though condemnable, is not ordinarily expected to drive a similarly placed person to suicide.
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It is the case of the plaintiff that an unknown person/person, arraigned in the suit as Defendant 2 has started a YouTube channel under the name of ‘@AnajanaomKashya’
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To deny a trans woman the status of a ‘woman’ for the purpose of legal protection under Section 498-A IPC solely on the ground of her reproductive capacity is to perpetuate discrimination and to violate Articles 14, 15, and 21 of the Constitution.
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“In common parlance, for a particular place to be a public place, the members of the public must have an absolute, unqualified and unconditional right of free access thereto of their own free will and volition without any restriction whatsoever.”
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The Court observed that since the jurisdiction of the District Magistrate under Section 14 of the Act, is not ministerial and not adjudicatory, such defects cannot be cured retrospectively or assumed to be merely procedural.
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The Court observed that the transgender identity card of the petitioner shall be taken into account at the time of consideration of the petitioner’s application for passport.
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Section 132 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 protects advocates from being compelled to disclose any communication made in the course and purpose of their professional employment.
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The Court observed that it was explicit that the expressions ‘Government of West Bengal’ and the ‘Government’ meant the State of West Bengal in discharge of its legislative functions.
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The judiciary upholds a strong commitment to justice, fairness, and social equity. In complex cases involving competing rights, courts must sometimes innovate guided not by whim but by enduring principles of equity and good conscience. This ensures a balanced, equitable resolution.
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“Even though the cheque return memo may mention its reason for dishonor as “insufficient funds”, the fact remains that, the petitioners’ account was frozen by the CGST Department, and thus, it could not be said to be “maintained” by them.”
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The deliberate suppression of such a crucial and material fact concerning one’s marital history at the solemnization of marriage, especially when it involved a contentious prior dissolution and criminal proceedings (a 498A IPC case), constitutes profound and inexcusable mental cruelty to the wife.
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“Mere reliance on sales figures, promotional expenditure, or broad assertions of popularity, without cogent documentary substantiation connecting such use exclusively to the mark “ONE FOR ALL”, is insufficient.”
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The Court observed that filing complaints against unauthorized construction by advocates themselves, coupled with writ petitions submitted without the signatures of the purported litigants, amounts to a clear abuse and misuse of the judicial process.
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On 28-05-2024, the complainant while flying from Indore to Delhi alleged that co-passenger stared at her persistently, causing discomfort.
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The Court observed that the report submitted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation lacked crucial particulars and failed to meet the substance and spirit of the earlier inspection order.
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“The ill conduct must be persistent for a lengthy period, where the relationship has deteriorated to an extent that because of the acts and behaviour of a spouse, the wronged party finds it extremely difficult to live with the other party any longer.”
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Calcutta High Court observed that the impugned order appears to have been issued in oversight of the directions issued in the case of Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, (2014) 8 SCC 273.
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Delhi High Court has unveiled the Draft Arbitration Rules, 2023, inviting public feedback until 05-07-2025. The draft aims at streamlining arbitration procedures and enhancing institutional efficiency, laying down comprehensive filing norms, encouraging institutional arbitration, and more.
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Sharmistha Panoli, a law student, was booked for allegedly making blasphemous remarks against Prophet Mohammad on social media.
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