Case Briefs Archives

Delhi High Court | Theo recognizes Theobroma as owner and proprietor of mark “THEOBROMA”; Settlement terms agreed between parties

Delhi High Court: In a case relating to two marks being ‘Theobroma’ (‘defendant’) and Theos (‘plaintiff’), based out of Bombay and Delhi

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“If one does not come before the Court or Tribunal with clean hands his claim deserves to be rejected”, says NCLAT; imposes a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the Appellant for appearing through counsel personifying to be an advocate

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi: The Bench of Rakesh Kumar, J., Judicial Member, and Dr. Ashok Kumar Mishra,

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether proceedings be entertained for recovery of money realized by sale of assets of company against which winding up proceedings are pending? Rajasthan High Court analyses

Rajasthan High Court: In a case where the secured creditors like Unit Trust of India (‘UTI’) and a workman have preferred their

Case Briefs High Courts

Jharkhand High Court | Judicial review seeks to ensure fairness in treatment and not the fairness of conclusion; petition dismissed

Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J., while dismissing the writ petition dealing with a service matter preferred by the

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court points out trend of compromise after receiving the compensation from the State; Suggests disbursement only after conviction

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. in the present case took opportunity to point out a trend that in large number

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court | DLSA’s to conduct surprise inspections in Government schools over unclean and unhygienic sanitary conditions

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ. and M.S. Karnik, J. took cognizance of a PIL which was filed

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT| Shareholders can ratify Director’s Breach of Duty through a special resolution

Securities Appellant Tribunal, Mumbai: The Bench of Tarun Agarwala, J., Presiding Officer, and Meera Swarup, Technical Member, while allowing the appeals held

Case Briefs High Courts

Trial not likely to conclude soon; lack of evidence to prove corruption: Read why Punjab and Haryana High granted bail to Vijay Singla

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While dealing with a corruption case, Lisa Gill, J., allowed the bail petition preferred by the petitioner

Case Briefs High Courts

Charge-sheet and documents adduced prima facie point towards guilt; Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan [Hathras gang-rape row]

Allahabad High Court: Krishan Pahal, J. dismissed the bail application of Siddique Kappan, the journalist who was arrested along with three others

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT sets aside penalty on Umed Bhawan Palace for delay in service tax; Situation found revenue neutral

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed involving the question of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Rejecting counter-claim or set-off may lead to parallel proceedings before various fora and offend the very purpose S. 23 of Arbitration Act: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of M.R. Shah* and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ., reversed concurrent findings of the Arbitral Tribunal and the Delhi

Case Briefs High Courts

Uttaranchal High Court | Non-communication of all the Service Rules does not indicate that there are no Rules

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division bench of Vipin Sanghi, C.J., and R.C. Khulbe, J., had held that merely because the

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court applies doctrine of ‘substantial compliance’ to determine implications of limitation period in the Customs Act, 1962

Madras High Court: In a case where show cause notices were sent by Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Respondent 4) for short collection

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court upholds order by Trade Tax Tribunal holding insulated glass as taxable unclassified commodity @ 10%

Allahabad High Court: Saumitra Dayal Singh, J. dismissed a revision which was filed for revenue against the order passed by the Trade

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Right to cross-examination cannot be denied as a punishment for failure to deposit interim compensation under Section 143A NI Act: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case where an offender under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act) was denied the

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Allowed to die as an orphan without any efforts taken for identifying his name, address, wife and children’; Madras High Court directs compensation to the family

Madras High Court– G Chandrasekharan, J. ordered further investigation into the case where a man died under suspicious circumstances and alleged negligence

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Kulda coal mine environment and health hazards: Construct road; fix liability for past violations and protect villagers from further damage, holds NGT

National Green Tribunal, New Delhi (NGT): The Bench of Adarsh Kumar Goel, J (Chairperson) and Sudhir Agarwal, J (Judicial Member) and Prof. A.

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court directs State to hand over unclaimed body of an advocate to Bar Association for performance of last rites

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Prakash Shrivastava, CJ. and Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J. took cognizance of a writ petition which was

Case Briefs High Courts

Madhya Pradesh High Court | Review of an order passed in a review petition under Order XLVII Rule 9 held not maintainable; Petition dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Ravi Malimath, CJ. and Vishal Mishra, J. dismissed a second review petition holding that

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether a petition can be entertained applying principle of Forum Conveniens? Jharkhand High Court answers

Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Shankar, J., while dismissing the present writ petition primarily for want of territorial jurisdiction held that even if