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‘Equal pay for equal work’; Himachal Pradesh HC grants similar pay scale to an employee who was given different pay scale for discharging similar work in same cadre

“No tangible explanation has been offered by the respondents to justify the date of appointment becoming relevant for fixing different pay scales for discharging similar work in the same cadre.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Read why Madras High Court set aside bail granted to Bhavninder Singh in cheating case filed by actress Amala Paul

“While deciding to grant or deny bail, there must be indication of the reasons, which should be understood by the parties”

Case Briefs High Courts

Calling a person corrupt per se defamatory ; Himachal Pradesh High Court sets aside the Trial Court order

“Granting the right to abuse and defame a person will not make a democracy healthy and vibrant but will turn it into a mudslinging arena where the opposition and dissent will be crushed by abuses and slurs.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court grants permission to All India Secular Front for Foundation Day meeting, imposes conditions for Peaceful Assembly

Calcutta High Court acknowledged the petitioners’ status as a recognized political party and emphasised the importance of a level playing field for all political outfits.

Case Briefs High Courts

“What the F*** is going on this Court”; Delhi High Court issues contempt notice to woman for hurling abuse at Judge

The plaintiff allegedly expressed dissatisfaction with the sequence of items taken up, questioning why Item No. 11 was addressed before Item No. 10 and used offensive language, denigrating the court’s proceedings.

Case Briefs High Courts

[8 Stray Puppies’ Death] S. 372, CrPC does not give victim a right to appeal to challenge the quantum of punishment: Karnataka HC

In this case the complainant had challenged the “flea bite sentence” passed by the Trial Court against the accused who had pleaded guilty of causing death of 8 stray puppies.

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court sets aside nomination of Waqf Board member under Section 14(1)(d) of Waqf Act, 1995; calls for fresh appointment

Calcutta High Court allowed the writ petition, emphasising the importance of following legal provisions in appointments to public offices and maintaining the integrity of the Waqf Board.

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court dismisses Revisional Application on claim of collusion and fraud; Case to proceed for Trial

The Calcutta High Court clarified that rejection of the plaint is not warranted based on allegations of collusion or lack of cause of action, which are factual issues to be determined during the trial.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

US Court of Appeal upholds ban on sale of Apple watch over patent dispute on blood oxygen level measuring technology

Masimo Corporation and Cercacor Laboratories, Inc., a medical technology company alleged the iPhone giant Apple Inc. of violating Section 337 of the Tariff Act, 1930.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court quashes charges under Prevention of Money Laundering Act against doctor accused of being involved in illegal kidney transplantation racket

“It was also alleged that illegal kidney transplantation was the only occupation of the petitioner, and his entire earnings were from this source only.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court allows live telecast and puja ceremony of Shri Ram Mandir inauguration at Kolkata’s Deshpran Sasmal Park

The Calcutta High Court restricted the number of participants to 60 and directed the police authorities to provide necessary assistance if required.

Case Briefs High Courts

Snatching away a job offends pith and substance of fundamental right to life: Karnataka HC

“In a society like ours, job more often than not, happens to be predominant source of livelihood and therefore snatching away a job, virtually amounts to taking away the means of livelihood of the employee.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court restrains Gujarat-based AAJ TAK WATCH NEWS from using India Today Group’s popular mark AAJ TAK

The defendant was broadcasting on a YouTube Channel, as well as publishing a newspaper in the name of “AAJTAK WATCH”, through the State of Gujarat.

Case Briefs High Courts

Power to transfer ordinary suit to Commercial Court is not available to District and Sessions Judge u/s 24 of CPC: Delhi High Court

“Where the plaint is returned under Order VII Rule 10 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, on its presentation before the appropriate Court of jurisdiction, the suit will be treated as a fresh suit, and will have to start de novo, and all proceedings before the earlier Court will be rendered a nullity.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court affirms Section 148A(d) IT Act order; directs active participation in re-assessment proceedings

Calcutta High Court observed that the assessing officer issued the impugned notice based on the high-value cash deposits during the demonetization period.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court dismisses PIL against ‘Aankh Micholi’ movie being derogatory and discriminatory against persons with disabilities

“In films to address social evils, it is necessary to depict such social evils itself to bring out their consequences and the overall message of the movie and the core storyline is centered around overcoming disability.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court directs formation of SIT amidst allegations of bias and ineffectiveness in Enforcement Directorate officials attack case

Calcutta High Court noted the registration of a counter FIR before an FIR about the attacks on Enforcement Directorate officials, casting doubt on police impartiality.

Case Briefs High Courts

Why Karnataka High Court rejected petition challenging imposition of quality control on plastic imports into India?

If the quality emerges right from the word go till the finished product under the ‘Make in India programme’, it is only then that the country would be able to compete with others.

Case Briefs High Courts

Appeal against claim petition filed prior to enforcement of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 entertainable as per unamended provision: Allahabad HC

“An amending statute cannot be read in a manner to take away, alter, abrogate, impair or extinguish vested rights acquired under existing laws, or create a new obligation, impose a new duty or attach a new disability, in respect of transactions already past”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Case of twin promise of marriage’; Delhi HC directs Sessions Court to frame rape charges against a man for allegedly making false promise of marriage to a woman

“The cases involving emotional situations where the parties of the story have taken decisions and acted upon them on the basis of peculiar circumstances of their lives, have to be adjudged and adjudicated according to their own peculiarity and situational dissection of facts.”