Case Briefs Archives

Bombay HC stays Rs 1.5 crore costs imposed on AAI over unpaid airport charges dispute with Irish Company, Aer Lingus Ltd.

“The officials of the applicant, i.e., the Airport Authority of India, may have been over cautious in protecting its interest and hence impleaded Respondent 1 which is the owner of the aircrafts”.

Case Briefs High Courts

Emotional/mental vulnerability due to depression, & other psychiatric problems to be considered in abetment of suicide cases; higher proof of instigation required: Delhi HC

“Every case of suicide does not amount to abetment and therefore, the Court has to see whether the conduct of the accused was such that a normal person, not merely a hypersensitive one, would have been driven to suicide.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Legislators can’t claim absolute bar of interference by Constitutional Courts; Criminal acts inside the House not immune from prosecution: Karnataka HC

“The legislature is not a sanctuary for defamation or gendered invective, rather an institution where robust debate must be tempered with decorum and respect”.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Why no action taken against anti-social elements who vandalised Dr. Ambedkar’s Statue”; MP High Court seeks explanation from Police Authorities

The State accepted notice and sought time to obtain instructions as to “why action has not been taken against the anti-social elements who have broken the statue of Dr. Ambedkar on the night of 10-02-2025.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Allegations of past harassment insufficient without proximate mens rea for abetment of suicide: Supreme Court quashes case against Husband’s in-laws

“The Court would not hesitate to exercise its extraordinary powers which are inherent to quash such proceedings when it comes to fore, and the court is satisfied that allowing the proceedings to continue would be an abuse of process of Court or that the ends of the justice require that the proceedings ought to be quashed.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Suspension from exams too harsh & disproportionate to alleged act of indiscipline’; Telangana HC directs NMIMS, Hyderabad to allow final year law student to sit for exams

The petitioner-student herein had allegedly exposed the incident of food poisoning that took place at NMIMS earlier this year.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Penetrative act by one is sufficient to convict all in the gang if there is common intention’; SC upholds conviction in 21-years-old gang rape case

“Common intention is implicit in the charge of gang rape itself and all that is needed is evidence to show the existence of common intention”

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC dismisses petition to quash FIR against man accused of repeated rape, unnatural sex, forcing abortion and threatening to circulate nude photographs and videos

“If the complaint lodged by the prosecutrix is truthful, instead of extending premium to a rapist and a molester by pushing the helpless rape victim into his matrimony, it would be the duty of the State to ensure her a dignified life by providing her food, shelter and clothing.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Not common for rustic persons to be aware of mental illness’; SC converts mother’s conviction from under S. 302 to S. 304 Part II IPC for killing two minor daughters

“It was inexplicable and incomprehensible how a mother who loved her children and who had a cordial relation with her husband could resort to such a violent act and be attributed with the “intention to cause death” of her beloved children, except for coming under some influence or forces beyond her control as claimed by her.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court directs State to consider separate registration facility for patients who will need organ transplant in future

When the health and life of the patient itself is rendered delicate and worrisome, any procedure for the basic requirement of registration needs to be of absolute ease and comfort.

Ss 34 47 and 58 Consumer Protection Act 2019

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Sections 34, 47 and 58 of Consumer Protection Act, 2019 neither violative of Art. 14 nor manifestly arbitrary: SC

“Central Consumer Protection Council and the Central Consumer Protection Authority shall in exercise of their statutory duties take such measures as may be necessary for survey, review and advise the government about such measures necessary for effective and efficient redressal and working of the statute”.

Case Briefs High Courts

SC/ST Act protection ceases to apply post conversion to Christianity; Andhra Pradesh HC quashes complaint by a pastor

Mere non-cancellation of the caste certificate by the authority to a person who has converted into Christianity cannot instill the protection granted under the Protective Legislation.

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Breakdown of SC’s 4:1 Verdict on Court’s limited power to modify Arbitral Awards under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act

The present controversy arose because the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, does not expressly empower courts to modify or vary an arbitral award, and Section 34 of the 1996 Act only confers upon courts the power to set aside an award.

Case Briefs High Courts

Compassionate appointment is one-time benefit, no betterment of position allowed; Chhattisgarh HC reiterates while rejecting post upgradation plea

“Acceptance of appointment, even under protest, amounts to exhaustion of the one-time benefit. There cannot be endless negotiation or choice in such appointments, which are an exception to the general rule of recruitment.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court stays Bombay HC’s decision sentencing woman to one week imprisonment for ‘dog mafia’ remark against Judges

The contemnor circulated a circular in the residential colony making serious insinuations against the High Court and the Supreme Court Judges.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC restrains Innovation Coatings (P) Ltd. from using “INOVA 1K PUR” mark; grants interim injunction to Pidilite for mark “1K PUR” for adhesive products

The defendant’s contention that the expression “1K PUR” is common to trade or publici juris, was rejected and the Court opined that a party asserting that a word/expression has become common to trade must satisfy the test of extensive, actual, and continuous use of such an expression in the market.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court reverses Kerala HC order granting children’s custody to father, citing lack of home-cooked food and companionship

“We could even have considered giving an opportunity to the father to make suitable arrangements for providing home cooked food to the child but the fact that the child gets no company whatsoever except for that of the father during the interim custody period of 15 days is an additional factor which weighs heavily against his claim for the child’s custody.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Crucial for Courts to be conscious of accused’s right to speedy trial, rather than waking up too late and lament that such right is defeated: Delhi HC

In the present case seeking regular bail by the accused, the charge-sheet comprising about 10,000 pages was filed over 1 year ago citing 49 prosecution witnesses, but charges are yet to be framed. Therefore, the Court stated that it is obvious that trial will take a long time to conclude.

Case Briefs High Courts

Gold Ornaments given to bride constitute ‘stridhan’; Rigid legal proof not required in claims for its return: Kerala High Court

“The gold given to a bride at the time of marriage is often kept by the husband or his family under the guise of safekeeping of family customs. The woman rarely gets a written record or receipt for such transfers and the woman’s access to her own ornaments can be restricted”.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

High Court’s supervisory power under Art. 227 can’t be invoked to usurp original jurisdiction of the court which it seeks to supervise: SC

“Short-circuiting of procedure to reach hasty outcomes is an undesirable propensity of an overburdened judiciary. Such impulses rendering procedural safeguards and substantive rights subvert certainty and consistency in law and need to be discouraged”.