Case Briefs

Swami Ramdev Personality Rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The plaintiff, Swami Ramdev is a known and renowned personality in the fields of yoga and ayurvedic medicine, in India and abroad. Through several institutes, he is advancing yoga education, healthcare and Ayurvedic treatment and is also engaged in various philanthropic endeavours. Owing to his contributions in these fields, Swami Ramdev has earned a formidable goodwill and reputation and has received several awards, honours and accolades.”

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Married man false marriage promise
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The accused while entering into sexual intercourse with the victim knew that he is a married man and his false promise of marriage to the victim will be broken.”

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prove criminal trespass
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The entry must be accompanied by the requisite criminal intent as defined under Section 441 IPC and, in the case of Section 450 IPC, such intent must be to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment for life”.

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NCERT Class-8 textbook
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Observing that decontextualised criticism in a school curriculum may undermine institutional dignity and influence impressionable minds, the Supreme Court ordered seizure of all copies of the NCERT Grade-8 textbook and issued show-cause notices for criminal contempt.

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no inducement of prostitution
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Section 3, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 deals with the punishment for keeping a brothel or allowing premises to be used as a brothel, and the said provision has no application to the petitioner who is alleged to be merely a customer.”

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Swadeshi Mills liquidation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The shareholders upon the order of winding up being passed is entitled to a share in the distribution of the company’s assets after liabilities have been discharged.”

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interest on delayed salary
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Petitioner did not sign the pre-receipts, mandatory for drawing salary, and also did not submit his bank details. The petitioner’s own conduct and non-cooperative attitude contributed to the delay in release of payments.”

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Free speech not a licence to vilify communities
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court emphasised that freedom of speech does not extend to vilifying communities, with Justice Ujjal Bhuyan underscoring fraternity as a constitutional value. The Court’s observations came while examining objections to the ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ movie title.

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right to live with dignity in hygienic environment
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“One of the integral aspects of a healthy life is hygienic environment. Absence of a healthy environment would frustrate the right of the petitioner to live with dignity.”

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National Honour Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Neither the statement of the watchman nor any material collected by the prosecution on record indicated that the applicant hoisted or displayed the Indian National Flag, or was involved in its display, on 26 January 2017.”

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Chacha trade mark infringement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“CHACHA, though otherwise a word of common usage, has clearly no connection with sarees or garments. There is no basis, therefore, for a Court to hold that, when used in connection with the sarees or garments, the word CHACHA is not distinctive.”

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set aside arbitral award findings not alive and final
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is trite law that if the Arbitrator fails to decide the counter claim in accordance with law, it will vitiate the award and that it is within the Arbitrator’s jurisdiction to decide both the claim and counter claim.”

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Jubin Nautiyal personality rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Jubin Nautiyal is a well-known, popular and well-accepted personality and if the ex-parte ad-interim injunction and other directions, as sought, are not passed, irreparable loss and injury which may not be compensated in monetary terms.”

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compensation rights for casual drivers
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Merely because the period for which the driver was recruited or employed is not mentioned, that cannot be a ground to reject the claim.”

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disclosure of employer-employee matter
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the case at hand, information regarding copies of the pay slips/details of the salary paid to an employee was sought.

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interfaith live-in couples
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The right to human life is to be treated on a much higher pedestal, regardless of a citizen’s religious belief. The mere fact that the petitioners are living in an interfaith relationship would not deprive them of their fundamental right as envisaged in the Constitution, being citizens of India.”

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homemaker unpaid contribution
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The capacity to earn and actual earning are distinct concepts, and as per settled law, mere capacity to earn cannot be a ground to deny maintenance. The real test is whether the wife is actually earning.”

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audit of court facilities
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The present writ petition was filed by an advocate seeking provision of amenities for specially abled persons to access the Court premises.

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EdTech platform's right
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The respondent has neither challenged the rankings made by the ranking agencies, nor has it exercised its right to be forgotten by making a request to Google to efface its existence from the Google search results.”

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property usage essential to determine commercial dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The appellants have admitted in the plaint that they have been using the suit premises for the purposes of their trade and commerce for the last more than 10 years. When the parties entered into the said agreement to sell in respect of the suit premises, appellants were in possession of the shops as tenants and were using the same even then for their trade and commerce.”

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