PNB Officer with 70% disability
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The bank officer sought reversion when his legitimate request for posting him to Kolkata went in vain and he found himself unable to function at Patna without any family support and with 70% disability.”

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BJP Activist S.K. Sreenivasan murder case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“On 16-04-2022, 5 accused persons came on three two-wheelers, and inflicted grievous injuries on Sreenivasan and killed him by hacking his head and other parts of his body with choppers.”

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Captain R Tamil Selvan
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Once such scrutiny attains finality, then election can only be set aside under Section 100 if it is shown that the result of such election has been materially affected by non-compliance with the provisions of the Constitution or the RP Act.”

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ineligible person appointed as Director of Family Welfare
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Where one ineligible person was ignored at the cost of another ineligible person without reasonable basis or rationale, the ineligible person, who was ignored, could raise his voice and approach the Court to find out the reasons for his exclusion”

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builder's agreement can't modify family settlement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Once, by virtue of the Memorandum of Family Settlement, the respective shares of the family members were identified, the Builders’ Agreement, which is essentially an agreement to construct the building, will not result in its modification or novation.”

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Arvind Dham in bank fraud case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The magnitude of the alleged fraud is staggering and has caused colossal losses to public sector banks. Such offences, if proved, undermine the very foundation of the nation’s financial system.

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Guidelines for police arrest in court premises
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The State Government shall forthwith issue an Office Memorandum highlighting the clarifications noted above for the purpose of informing all the stakeholders of the contents of this order.”

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Abbas Ansari Hate Speech
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“He was a sitting MLA and due to his conviction in the present matter, he has been disqualified. Therefore, on one hand, his conviction deprived his constituency from legitimate representation and on the other hand, it also restrained him to represent his constituency.”

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forum shopping by litigants
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A Judge may recuse himself from a case entrusted to him by the Chief Justice with his own choice but recusal at the asking of a litigating party, unless justified must never to be acceded to. This would give the impression of the Judge being scared out of the case, just by the sheer force of the objection.”

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relief in 21 -year- old dowry case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This prolonged and unexplained inaction by the Trial Court constitutes not only a denial of timely justice, but also a serious erosion of the rule of law and a violation of the wife’s fundamental right to a fair and expeditious trial.”

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Speedy disposal of Trademark application a fundamental right
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court issued a general direction to the Registrar of Trademarks to decide all pending trademark registration applications as early as possible.

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crying of woman does not prove dowry harassment
Case BriefsHigh Courts

It is quite understandable that being the deceased’s father, he would have been highly traumatized due to untimely death of his daughter. However, it is quite evident from his first statement that no details of the alleged harassment of the daughter were mentioned.

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retrospective promotion of ASI held illegal
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If the action of official respondents is not set at naught, it would legalize their action. It would create undue benefit in favour of private respondents as well as encourage officers to follow the same practice. It would be violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India because seniority and promotions are facets of conditions of service.”

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copyright on film title
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Mere registration of title with the film producers’ association does not create any statutory right in favour of the plaintiff to restrain defendants from using the title ‘LOOTERE’ for making of their web series.

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Paternal Uncle acquitted in sexual assault
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Unless the Accused is granted a fair opportunity to defend his interest in a fair trial, an order of conviction would stand vitiated merely on such count.”

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50000 on State for withholding pension
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The valuable time of this Court has been unnecessarily consumed in adjudicating the present avoidable litigation, which the petitioner was constrained to initiate on account of the conduct of the respondents in gross violation of law.”

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vintage car sale taxable
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Capability of a car for personal use would not ipso facto lead to automatic presumption that every car would be personal effects for being excluded from capital assets of the Assessee.”

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ICICI Bank defamation case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Defendant was discharged from service during the probation period itself and upon discharge he published statements and videos disparaging ICICI Bank.

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68 Adjournments
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is surprising that out of the 102 dates fixed in the case, on 68 dates the case was adjourned due to calls for boycott or condolence by the local bar association.”

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HDFC CEO defamation case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

There is a purpose of recording the verification of the complaint, as it gives an opportunity to the Magistrate to ascertain whether to proceed further. When the accused is recognised with a right of audience, they have got every right to insist on the compliance of the procedure regarding verification.

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