Case Briefs Archives

Bombay High Court: SEBI consent settlement does not absolve accused of criminal liability in IPO fraud

“Permitting quashing of proceedings, in matters, in which the offence is against society, would be a mockery of the process of law and the criminal justice system.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court interprets ‘Fact Thereby Discovered’ under Section 27 of the Evidence Act

The Court held that FSL Report was not enough in the absence of any proof that the recovered weapon was indeed used in the commission of the offence.

Company buying software for profits not consumer

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Company purchasing automation software to maximise profits and reduce costs not a ‘consumer’: Supreme Court

Identity of the person making the purchase, or the value of the transaction, is not conclusive to determine whether the transaction or activity is for a commercial purpose. Dominant intention or purpose is required to be seen.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

2024 Student Protestors Crackdown: Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death

A Bangladesh Tribunal on 17-11-2025, gave death penalty to the ousted PM as well as former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. Sheikh Hasina also got a life sentence under charges for crimes against humanity.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No ‘Force Majeure’: SC sets aside NCDRC order, directs Bengal Peerless Housing to hand over flats in 2 weeks

The Court directed the Housing Company to handover possession to the respondents within 2 weeks and upheld NCDRC order to award simple interest @6% from 07-09-2015 to the date of offer of possession or date of receipt of valid partial OC, whichever is later.

Case Briefs High Courts

Patna HC grants anticipatory bail to YouTuber Manish Kashyap accused of tarnishing image of railways by uploading video of people tampering with train tracks

Manish Kashyap allegedly uploaded a video on X (formerly known as Twitter) of a railway track showing insertion of stones between the fish plates of railway tracks by some persons.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC grants interim relief to ITC; bars manufacture & sale of counterfeit ‘GOLD FLAKE’ cigarettes

“The proprietary right of the plaintiff in the registered trade mark ‘GOLD FLAKE’ was prima facie demonstrated through the registrations and uninterrupted use since 1905, and its reputation and goodwill were evident from the sales turnover and the leading presence in the cigarette manufacturing industry.”

Case Briefs High Courts

“Employment – a means of livelihood and a tool of dignity”: Orissa High Court reinstates Sanskrit Lecturer ‘prevented’ from service without hearing 2 decades ago

“In these hard days of unemployment, more particularly for women, there has to be a strong case made out that the employee has abandoned the job.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad HC calls State Pond Auction mechanism ‘Quite Devious’; seeks State response on non-grant of fishing leases to auction winners

“The above mechanism is quite devious in nature, wherein it clearly appears that this entire action of not giving the ponds to the different people for carrying out fisheries is causing a huge loss to the public exchequer, wherein unknown people continue to carry out fishing activities illegally.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court rejects man’s plea seeking grandchild maintenance from former daughter-in-law; affirms father’s duty as natural guardian

“The mother has lawfully remarried, is now the mother of two children from her second marriage and has not interfered in the life of her former husband or his family.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court restrains METRO FOOTWEAR from infringing registered trade mark ‘METRO’; To decide if ‘METRO’ a well-known mark

“The registration of the plaintiff’s mark in the year 1972, prima facie, granted an exclusive right to the plaintiff to use it, which was infringed when the defendants used the impugned mark METRO FOOTWEAR.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC restrains unauthorised cricket streams on rogue websites; Protects JioStar’s Exclusive Media Rights

Cricfy and other defendants are mobile applications that allow users to illegally stream copyrighted content available on JioStar, for free or minimal subscription.

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court stays further demolition of Fatehpur’s Noori Jama Masjid

The Managing Committee of Noori Jama Masjid was aggrieved when a part of the mosque was demolished for road widening.

Case Briefs High Courts

Everest Coconut oil’s label and packaging ‘entirely distinct’ from Parachute: Madras High Court reject’s Marico’s Copyright claim

“The use of blue colour in the packaging of hair oils is common in the trade and cannot be claimed exclusively by any single manufacturer.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala HC refuses to entertain State’s plea to defer SIR leaving it open to approach Supreme Court

“The Supreme Court had, by an interim order dated 11-11-2025, requested the jurisdictional High Courts to keep in abeyance the writ proceedings filed with them touching the validity of the SIR of electoral rolls in their respective States.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court permits admission of meritorious NEET candidate after delay in fee payment caused by bank holiday

“With her mother educated only up to 10th standard and her father working abroad as a painter, the petitioner was aspiring to become a doctor and had put all efforts into joining the MBBS course.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Mere pendency of appeal does not excuse non-payment of rent: Supreme Court confirms Willful Default

In the present case, the lessee challenged the fixation of fair rent but did not seek a stay of its operation before the appellate or revisional for a.