Case Briefs Archives

Delhi High Court |Section 17 of Senior Citizens Act, 2007 not to come in way of legal representation before the Maintenance Tribunal

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by the petitioners challenging the vires of Section 17 of the Maintenance and

Court’s power under Section 9 A&C Act, 1996 wider than CPC; Technicalities of CPC cannot prevent it from securing the ends of justice: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Indira Banerjee* and A.S. Bopanna, JJ., contemplated the scope of Section 9 of Arbitration

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court | Arbitration cannot be invoked even by consent of the parties once the claim is found to be time-barred

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by Extramarks Education India Private Limited (petitioner) seeking appointment of an arbitrator to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Difference between Contract of Indemnity and Contract of Guarantee

Supreme Court: In an Insolvency and Bankruptcy case, the bench of Indira Banerjee* and JK Maheshwari, JJ has explained the difference between

Case Briefs High Courts

Patna High Court directs State to ensure guidelines adopted by the State in relation to housing the members of the transgender community in jails must be implemented in letter and spirit

Patna High Court: In a writ petition concerning the transgender community, the division bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ. and S. Kumar, J.

Case Briefs High Courts

Father ravished his own daughter in the most “inhumane manner”; Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds father’s conviction for committing rape on daughter

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant appeal, where the father was accused of raping and committing sexual

Case Briefs Supreme Court

IBC| CIRP proceedings can be initiated against two Corporate Debtors but same amount cannot be realised from both: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Indira Banerjee* and JK Maheshwari, JJ has held that if there are two borrowers or if two

Case Briefs High Courts

FIR registered for non-payment of advocate professional fee; Parties arrived settlement; Delhi High Court directs client to distribute sanitary napkins and advocate to undertake pro bono work

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by Shilpi Chaudhary (‘petitioner’) seeking quashing of FIR, which was registered alleging offences

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court upholds rejection of S. 321 CrPC application filed by Swami Chinmayanand Sarawati, former Union Minister of State

Allahabad High Court: In application by Swami Chinmayanand Sarawati, former Union Minister for State, invoking extraordinary power of the Court

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court permanently injuncts GRAND VIVANTA from using VIVANTA mark; Adopts new name GRAND VIHAN

The permanent injunction passed shall come into effect from 1-11-2022.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court | No need for injunction in favour of Colgate as Custom authorities denied import of infringing goods in India

Delhi High Court: In a suit filed by Colgate Palmolive Company (‘plaintiff’) seeking permanent injunction, restraining infringement of trademark COLGATE,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court reaffirms that NCLT under S. 7(5) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has discretionary power to admit or reject an application

Supreme Court: In a review petition filed by Axis Bank against Supreme Court’s judgment in Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd. v.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Why did ITAT decide to delete the addition of streedhan as ‘unexplained investment’ for the purposes of income assessment? Read to know

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Jaipur: While deciding the instant appeal revolving around the addition of the assessee’s generational streedhan as unexplained

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Militant’s encounter matter of National Security; Exhumation cannot be claimed as a matter of right: Supreme Court asks Centre to make law

The Court has asked the Union of India to consider enacting an appropriate legislation on exhumation so as to tackle the situations like the one on hand.

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court| Instances of ‘undeserved want’ depicted in Section 12(e) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 is not a fixed concept but an evolutionary exercise

Allahabad High Court: In a bail application filed by the applicant for committing offence under Section 302 of Penal Code,

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether conducting a Test Identification Parade after a lapse of a long time, will serve any purpose or not? Karnataka HC answers in negative

Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant petition wherein an order of conducting a Test Identification Parade (TIP) after a

Case Briefs District Court

Delhi Court grants bail to JNU student Sharjeel Imam charged for sedition during Anti CAA protests

Saket Court, Delhi: In an application filed seeking bail for Sharjeel Imam, (‘bail-applicant’) who is a JNU student alleged for

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court No provision in MTP Act, 1971 requires woman to obtain her husband’s permission for terminating the pregnancy; Permits petitioner to undergo Medical termination of pregnancy

Kerala High Court: In a petition filed by a 21-year-old girl, seeking medical termination of her pregnancy, V.G. Arun, J.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa | Minute Scrutiny of Evidence given by Prosecution is not Necessary if the theory of Prosecution is supported by evidence in broad strokes

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa | While deciding an appeal filed with view to challenge the order of

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura High Court| Court can neither direct Central Government to make amendments in Wildlife Act, 1972 to include exotic species nor can direct to change classification of such bailable offence to non-bailable offence

Tripura High Court: In a public interest litigation seeking issuance of show cause to the respondents as to why a writ of