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Pat HC | Daughter, solely dependent on her deceased father, granted job on compassionate grounds

Patna High Court: Ashutosh Kumar, J. directed the petitioner to make a representation before the municipal corporation to be considered for appointment

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Utt HC | Voluntarily depriving husband of wife’s company and comfort of matrimonial life amounts to cruelty; Divorce granted

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Narayan Singh Dhanik, JJ. contemplated the special appeals preferred against the judgment

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Ker HC | Chargesheet cannot be quashed prior to the conclusion of departmental enquiry, merely on the ground that facts stated in the charge are erroneous

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of C.T. Ravikumar and V.G. Arun, JJ. dismissed a petition seeking quashing of disciplinary proceedings on

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Guj HC | PIL against slum rehabilitation scheme rejected as it was creating undue hurdle for slum-dwellers

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of S.R. Brahmbhatt and A.P. Thaker, JJ. dismissed a PIL filed by the petitioner. The applicant

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Maintain ‘Aadhaar-like’ secrecy for Assam NRC Data: SC to Centre

Supreme Court: The bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and RF Nariman, J has refused to re-open the National Register of Citizens (NRC)

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All HC | Conviction for child labour reversed as age of alleged child labourers could not be proved as required by Child Labour Rules

Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Misra, J. while allowing the criminal revision set aside the conviction and sentence awarded to the revisionist passed

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SAT | Director can only be prosecuted on sufficient evidence of his active role or where statutory regime attracts vicarious liability

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), and Justice M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member), quashed an

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Utt HC | Precondition of appeal under CGST Act must be payment of the demanded tax and 10% of the disputed amount

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and Alok Kumar Verma, J. entertained a special appeal filed against the

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Jhar HC | Recasting of issue after conclusion of trial denied, held it is being done to delay proceedings

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., dismissed the present petition filed by the petitioner and denied the recasting of issues at

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Guj HC | Division Bench upholds Single Bench’s order to allow a student to convert from full-time M.Tech course to part-time course

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of S.R. Brahmbhatt and Dr A.P. Thaker, JJ. did not interfere with the order passed by

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Raj HC | Merely on account of widowhood a candidate cannot be granted benefits for appointment at Elementary Education

Rajasthan High Court: Arun Bhansali, J. disposed of a petition challenging the order of rejection of her candidature for Elementary School. In

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SAT | Penalty imposed on appellants for violation of SCRA waived off by BSE; matter remanded for fresh adjudication

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Mumbai: Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala, (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), and Justice M.T. Joshi, (Judicial Member) directed

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Pat HC | Court reiterates that it has no role to play while investigation by police is still underway

Patna High Court: Ashwani Kumar Singh, J. dismissed an application for the quashing of FIR by the petitioner under Articles 226 and

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P&H HC | Discrimination with regard to pay held is in violation of Arts. 14 & 16; salary & allowances for period of vacations allowed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga J., allowed the application for the payment of the pay and allowances when petitioner was

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Big relief for homebuyers as SC upholds the validity of the 2018 Amendments to IBC

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant, JJ has held the Amendment Act to Insolvency and

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Ori HC | Delay in lodging FIR in rape cases cannot be used as a ground against prosecution’s case

Orissa High Court: S.K. Sahoo, J. dismissed a criminal appeal for the acquittal of the appellant under Section 376 of the Penal

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SAT | Additional affidavit filed after disposal of appeal cannot form part of the memo of appeal

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer) and Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member) dismissed an appeal by the appellant as it

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Guj HC | Unabsorbed depreciation could be carried forward up to maximum period of 8 years from the year in which it was first computed

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and A.C. Rao, JJ. dismissed a tax appeal filed under Section 260-A of

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P&H HC | Reservations to be applied at final stage of selection

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Amit Rawal. J. dismissed the writ petition where the language of the advertisement clearly indicated the instruction

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Jhar HC | Maintenance suit dismissed on petitioner’s failure to produce ‘Nikahnama’; directed to file an application under Domestic Violence Act

Jharkhand High Court: Deepak Roshan, J. disposed of an application made by the petitioner for maintenance under Section 125 CrPC. The petitioners

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Pat HC | Daughter, solely dependent on her deceased father, granted job on compassionate grounds

Utt HC | Voluntarily depriving husband of wife’s company and comfort of matrimonial life amounts to cruelty; Divorce granted

Ker HC | Chargesheet cannot be quashed prior to the conclusion of departmental enquiry, merely on the ground that facts stated in the charge are erroneous

Guj HC | PIL against slum rehabilitation scheme rejected as it was creating undue hurdle for slum-dwellers

Maintain ‘Aadhaar-like’ secrecy for Assam NRC Data: SC to Centre

All HC | Conviction for child labour reversed as age of alleged child labourers could not be proved as required by Child Labour Rules

SAT | Director can only be prosecuted on sufficient evidence of his active role or where statutory regime attracts vicarious liability

Utt HC | Precondition of appeal under CGST Act must be payment of the demanded tax and 10% of the disputed amount

Jhar HC | Recasting of issue after conclusion of trial denied, held it is being done to delay proceedings

Guj HC | Division Bench upholds Single Bench’s order to allow a student to convert from full-time M.Tech course to part-time course

Raj HC | Merely on account of widowhood a candidate cannot be granted benefits for appointment at Elementary Education

SAT | Penalty imposed on appellants for violation of SCRA waived off by BSE; matter remanded for fresh adjudication

Pat HC | Court reiterates that it has no role to play while investigation by police is still underway

P&H HC | Discrimination with regard to pay held is in violation of Arts. 14 & 16; salary & allowances for period of vacations allowed

Big relief for homebuyers as SC upholds the validity of the 2018 Amendments to IBC

Ori HC | Delay in lodging FIR in rape cases cannot be used as a ground against prosecution’s case

SAT | Additional affidavit filed after disposal of appeal cannot form part of the memo of appeal

Guj HC | Unabsorbed depreciation could be carried forward up to maximum period of 8 years from the year in which it was first computed

P&H HC | Reservations to be applied at final stage of selection

Jhar HC | Maintenance suit dismissed on petitioner’s failure to produce ‘Nikahnama’; directed to file an application under Domestic Violence Act

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