Divorced Muslim Women Rights
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The object of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act is to secure the dignity and financial protection of a Muslim women post her divorce which aligns with the rights of a women under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

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WeWork India
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A party who approaches the court with unclean hands or by withholding material documents and/or information is disentitled to any reliefs from the court.”

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Visa Forgery by Chinese national
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Chinese national by committing forgery in his visa extended its validity from 2020 to 2022 though it had expired in the year 2020.”

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international cricket betting racket
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioners were engaged in large scale hawala transactions and illegal international cricket betting that were conducted through a Super Master Login Id and by creating subordinate Ids for individual bettors and earning commission.

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family unit cap delhi race club
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There is huge amount of betting on each of the horse races and therefore, a monopoly of any race by any owner/ ‘family unit’ would have the potential of rigging of horse races.”

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Kunbi caste claim
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There was no reason for the Revenue Officer to give false opinion or fabricate a certified copy of the document, and hence the submission of fraud deserves to be rejected on this count alone.”

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insurance policy with arbitration clause
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The respondent submitted that no arbitration clause existed in light of the IRDAI Circular dated 27-10-2023 and Gazette Notification dated 23-1-2024, which had de-notified and superseded arbitration clauses in fire insurance policies.

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Bail on parity
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court explained that when weighing an application on parity, it is ‘position’ of the accused in crime, i.e., his role, that is the clincher.

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grievance system of banks
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Increased use of various instruments for undertaking monetary transactions, such as — credit cards, debit cards and digital payment platforms also raises the possibility of misuse and resultant frauds.”

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Railways Act circumstantial evidence
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Railways Act is a beneficial legislation, and even in criminal matters, circumstantial evidence is taken into consideration for deciding whether the offence was committed or not.”

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Family Court power to execute warrants
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Division Bench refused to interfere with the single judge’s order.

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Tribunal's order is not optional
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Their failure to implement the order coupled with their attempt to raise a belated, untenable, and legally unsound plea before this Court without first invoking any statutory remedy exhibits a contumacious disregard for the rule of law.”

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import of body massagers Keyphrase
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Massagers …do not require any approval under the Medical Device Rules, 2017 as they are not being used for therapeutic or alleviation of disease.”

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MLAs influence teacher transfers
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Political interference or affinity in the campus is not desirable in general and in the matters of transfer of teachers, in particular.”

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termination of teachers over requisite qualification
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“It is well-settled that the reinstatement should be the rule when the order of wrongful dismissal of termination of service was set aside, and the compensation should be an exception.”

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amendment made in consumer complaint
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

In a case concerning a builder-buyer dispute, the complaints were filed in 2016-2017 and the amendment application was prepared on 17-12-2023 and was registered in 2024. The amendment application had essentially introduced averments regarding cash payments.

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Ilaiyaraaja personality rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Ilaiyaraaj’s identity, name, image, and work are being exploited deliberately disregarding the celebrity’s personality rights, on digital platforms, to gain traction and generate revenue without authorisation.”

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jail food quality inspection
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“So far as providing food to the inmates in the different jails is concerned, the Court directed the Chairman, DLSA to visit along with the Secretary on any non-working day to conduct a surprise inspection.”

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ban on harming trees extended to entire MP
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court directed that no tree shall be cut, pruned or transplanted in any manner in Madhya Pradesh except with the prior permission of the Committee constituted by the NGT and the Tree Officer concerned till the next date of hearing.

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