PPL Pass Code Hospitality copyright dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The ad hoc arrangement was directed purely as an interim arrangement so that Defendant 1 can continue to use the sound recordings of the plaintiff’s repertoire and, at the same time, the plaintiff is protected by way of deposit of ad hoc license fees, out of which certain amount was permitted to be withdrawn by the plaintiff”

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TDS not deposited by employer
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioner’s employer, Kingfisher Airlines, had deducted the Tax Deducted at Source from the petitioner’s salary but had not deposited the same in the Central Government Account

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impeachment proceeding against High Court Judge
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Constitutional safeguards for Judges cannot come at the cost of paralysing the removal process itself. The first proviso must, therefore, be construed to balance prescribed protection with the effective functioning of the mechanism for removal of a Judge from office triggered by the peoples’ representatives, and not to frustrate it altogether.”

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HUF debts liability
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Karta’s liability for unsatisfied debts or dues of the HUF is personal and unlimited. The Karta’s contention that HUF was a separate entity or akin to a body corporate was rejected and it was clarified that this was only for limited purposes like taxation or at most where liability beyond even the Karta.”

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Custody of One Child
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“At the stage of consideration of interim maintenance, this Court is neither expected nor required to embark upon a detailed inquiry or conduct a mini trial to resolve such disputes conclusively.”

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Family pension to second wife
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Hindu Marriage Act does not recognise childlessness as a justifiable circumstance for entering into wedlock with a person who is already in the subsisting wedlock with another.”

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Misuse of Police Powers under Gangsters Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Such an approach seemingly proceeds on the erroneous assumption that the power to issue notifications, being vested in the executive branches, may be exercised without due application of mind, by resorting to unfettered discretion and without examining the consequential effects thereof.”

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Tiger Global Flipkart Share Sale
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Tax extractions by Sovereign states across the globe is broadly in the nature of an income tax called as the direct tax which includes international taxation and corporate taxation and the indirect tax which is a tax on goods and services which is termed as GST in India and VAT by the European Union and a resale tax in USA.”

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Student suicides in higher educational institutions
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Irrespective of upon whom the culpability may lie from a strict penal perspective, HEIs cannot shirk away from their fundamental duty to ensure that their institutions as a whole are safe, equitable, inclusive and conducive spaces of learning.”

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Bail to husband to support wife after child birth
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the case at hand, the petitioner’s wife had just given birth to a female child, thus, he approached the Court for bail to look after their well-being.

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women's sacrifice of employment
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The statutory right of the wife to maintenance cannot be permitted to be parted away and infringed by setting up a case that she had the capacity to earn.”

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abduction & rape of 14-year-old girl in Kanpur
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

The NHRC sought detailed reports from the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, on the matter within two weeks.

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Siyaram trademark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Plaintiff’s reputation and goodwill was such that the plaintiff’s tagline, ‘Come home to Siyaram’ was indelibly etched in public memory.”

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IFS probationers
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Statutory amendments regulating probation and training apply prospectively to an ongoing probationary relationship, and the re-introduction of a prohibition on appearing in open competitive examinations during training does not amount to retrospective deprivation of rights.

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Forced marriage not conducive to healthy society
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When a girl is not ready for marriage, giving her in marriage by using extraneous force is not conducive for a healthy society”

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compassionate appointment if family member earns
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Sympathy or hardship, howsoever genuine, cannot be a ground to direct compassionate appointment in contravention of the governing circular.”

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Summoning Order based solely on S. 161 CrPC Statements
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court opined that the issue requires detailed deliberations and stayed the impugned order till next date of hearing.

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Right to higher education
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The State has obligation to protect Student’s Right to Pursue Higher and Professional Education.

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Hindu wife can claim maintenance from husband's immovable property beyond HAMA: Kerala High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A Hindu wife’s right to have maintenance from her husband’s properties originated the moment she got married to him. Her right remained dormant until denial of maintenance or initiation of legal proceedings, at which point it transformed into an inchoate right and later crystallised into a charge upon judicial declaration.”

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using chinese manjha
Case BriefsHigh Courts

On 08-12-2025, the Court took suo motu cognizance of the illegal sale and use of Chinese Nylon Thread (Manjha), which was causing injuries and casualties.

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