Case Briefs Archives

If removal of husband from home is the only way to ensure domestic peace, the Courts need to pass such orders; Madras High Court directs husband to leave the house

Madras High Court: In a case of marital discord and petitioner-wife, a practicing advocate was seeking removal of respondent-husband from

Case Briefs High Courts

Andhra Pradesh High Court |Consensual sex but relationship eventually not working out cannot be a ground to lodge FIR u/S. 376 IPC

Andhra Pradesh High Court: In a case where the complainant alleged offence under Section 376 Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC') and

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Judgment Debtor’s right under Rule 60 of Second Schedule of Income Tax Act a valuable right to save his property; cannot be taken away on technical ground or bona fide mistake for which he is not at fault: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has held that the right available to the judgment debtor under

Case Briefs High Courts

Extracting household work by trained uniformed Police personnel in the residences of the higher Police officials; Madras High Court calls it ‘colonial’ and slap on Constitution and democracy

Madras High Court: S M Subramaniam, J. observing that it is painful to pen down that the colonial slavery system

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Can accused be tried under NI Act as well as under IPC on similar set of allegations or will it amount to double jeopardy? Larger SC bench to decide

Supreme Court: The bench of SA Nazeer and JK Maheshwari*, JJ has called upon a larger bench to decide if on similar

Case Briefs High Courts

[Benami Property] Madras High Court | Writ shall not be entertained against a mere show cause notice; Upholds order of Deputy Commissioner, IT

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of R. Mahadevan and Sathya Narayana Prasad, JJ. approved the orders of the Deputy

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Bhima Koregaon| Here’s why Supreme Court granted permanent bail to Dr. Varavara Rao on medical grounds

Supreme Court: Adopting a humanitarian approach, the 3-judges Bench comprising Uday Umesh Lalit, Aniruddha Bose, and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ., had granted permanent

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura High Court directs TSECL to pay all the cumulative dues to employee who suffered accident while discharging duty

Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J. allowed a writ petition issuing directions to the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited to pay all

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court stays investigation in the matter of artist posting intimate image of Lord Krishna and Radha on Facebook

Calcutta High Court: Shampa Sarkar, J. stayed the investigation in a matter which came up over an artist’s Facebook post containing intimate

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Whether the interest paid on late payment of TDS after deduction can be claimed as expenditure for determining the taxable income? ITAT examines and elucidates

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT): While deciding the instant appeal wherein the relevant question arose that whether the interest paid on late

Case Briefs High Courts

[POCSO]Pulling down pants of kid forcefully as a punishment measure; Karnataka High Court denies relief u/s 482 CrPC to the female teacher

“Spare the rod and spoil the child” has metamorphosed into “spare the rod and teach the child”

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court grants bail to Nigerian national who spent 2 years in jail on NDPS charges due to a typing error in forensic report; asks State to come up with compensation proposal

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. directed to release a Nigerian National on bail who was arrested in 2020 under the Narcotic

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court quashes Family Court’s direction for medical examination to ascertain female impotency due to hormonal imbalance and irregular periods; says, it damages self esteem

Madras High Court: In a case where husband (‘respondent’) filed for annulment of marriage alleging suppression by wife regarding her hormonal imbalance

Case Briefs High Courts

Rape on the pretext of marriage| Madhya Pradesh High Court astonished by social differentiation still being created on caste-creed basis; denies bail to differently abled person apprehending tampering of witness

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. dismissed a bail application of an applicant who was in custody since 29-06-2022 for the

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat High Court │ Students of Diploma in Pharmacy Course can’t be denied registration as Pharmacists on Council’s failure to approve medical stores for training

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J. allowed the writ petitions filed by D. Pharm students aggrieved by their non-registration as Pharmacist under

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Prophet Remark Row| All FIRs against Nupur Sharma clubbed; Read why Supreme Court refused to form SIT

Supreme Court: The bench of Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala, JJ has, in a relief to politician and lawyer Nupur Sharma, has

Case Briefs High Courts

Meghalaya High Court quashes POCSO charges against man accused of having ‘Consensual Sex’ with minor wife

“It would be an injustice to separate or to divide a well knitted family unit.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Jharkhand High Court | Liability cannot be fastened upon the company for delay in TDS when it had taken steps within time but the same was not credited in the account of the Central Government

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. allowed a criminal miscellaneous petition quashing the entire criminal proceeding including the order

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Kite Flying part of culture and heritage’; Delhi High Court denies complete ban on kite flying but directs to comply directions already in place against use of Chinese Maanjha

Delhi High Court: In a PIL filed seeking to impose a complete ban on flying kites, a Division Bench of

Case Briefs High Courts

Can’t let the roads of Kerala be a killing field; Kerala HC issues directions to NHAI and District Collectors to ensure the roads are craters & potholes free

“The speed limits on most of our roads are in the vicinity of 70 to 90 km. But many of them cannot even handle traffic that moves over 20 or 30 km. This is compounded when it rains and when the potholes are not visible, as in the case of the hapless victim we are dealing with.”