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Obligation of Thumb Impression and Signature, both, for a Pro-Note under Negotiable Instruments Act: Mandatory or Not? Read Madras HC’s verdict

Madras High Court: Teekaa Raman, J., observed that there is no mandatory provision under the Negotiable Instruments Act that both the signature

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Insurance companies refusing claims on flimsy/technical grounds must stop! Don’t ask for documents that insured can’t produce: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case where an Insurance Company had refused to settle an insurance claim on non-submission of the duplicate certified

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Not entitled to keep the amount of compensation paid the State government in the event of a false rape case; Court allows bail

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. deciding a second bail application filed by the applicant in connection with Crime under Sections

Case Briefs High Courts

Can low CIBIL Score of a co-borrower be a reason for denial of an education loan? Ker HC deciphers

Kerala High Court: In a case wherein, due to low CIBIL Score education loan was denied, N. Nagaresh, J., directed for reconsideration

Case Briefs Supreme Court

The Election cannot brook any delay! SC directs Maharashtra Election Commission to conduct local elections on the basis of pre-amendment delimitation

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of A.M. Khanwilkar, Abhay S. Oka and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ., directed Maharashtra State Election Commission to expeditiously

Case Briefs Supreme Court

IGST on Ocean Freight for imports unconstitutional; Won’t create a level playing field but will drive Indian shipping lines out of business: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In the case where the constitutionality of two Central Government notifications related to levy of Integrated Goods and Services Tax

Case Briefs High Courts

Can an occupant deprived of his demarcated car parking in a Society registered under Delhi Cooperative Societies Act occupied by unauthorized occupants approach the Court? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Mukta Gupta and Neena Bansal Krishna, JJ., observed that Court cannot assume the duties of

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | It is not mandatory for Central Government to make a reference of a dispute which is of national importance to a National Tribunal in view of S. 7-B r/w S 10 (1-A) ID Act

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar, CJ and R.K. Pattanaik J. dismissed the petition and upheld the judgment by

Case Briefs High Courts

Duty of father to maintain child, daughter entitled to seek maintenance from father: All HC

Allahabad High Court: Brij Raj Singh, J., expressed that, a father is legally bound to maintain his child according to the status

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Person languishes in jail for 2 years despite being granted bail by Supreme Court; Supreme Court criticizes Trial Judge for misinterpreting bail order

Supreme Court: In a significant case, the 4-judges Bench comprising of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, P.S. Narasimha and Sudhanshu Dhulia,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Trial Judge failed to duly appreciate the mitigatory circumstances; Court allows appeal for granting a non-cutodial sentence in terms of S. 336 of the CCPA

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of N. Bandula Karunarathna and R. Gurusinghe, JJ.

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Bail granted to NDPS accused with 100% speech and hearing impairment

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Kesang Doma Bhutia and Moushumi Bhattacharya, JJ. allowed a bail application of the petitioner suffering

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Shivling’ in Gyanvapi Mosque a complex issue; SC transfers the matter to a senior and experienced District Judge

Supreme Court: Considering the complexity of the issue related to a ‘Shivling’ found in the complex of the Gyanvali Mosque in Varanasi,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Male Head Constable enters Mahila Barrack at 00:15 hours; is punishment of removal from service too harsh? SC tells what makes the punishment disproportionate

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of M.R. Shah* and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., affirmed impugned judgment of the Gauhati High Court whereby the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Name and Designation of Officers of IBBI is exempted under S. 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act: First Appellate Authority, IBBI

First Appellate Authority, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI): Santosh Kumar Shukla, First Appellate Authority, observed that the name and designation

Case Briefs High Courts

Can Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens’ Tribunal direct the daughter-in-law to pay maintenance to her in-laws? Bom HC decodes

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and Revati Mohite Dere, JJ., observed that the daughter-in-law cannot be directed by

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Can employer recover excess increment granted on account of error after 10 years of retirement of the employee? Supreme Court decides

Supreme Court: Reversing the concurrent findings of the Single Judge and Division Bench of Kerala High Court, the Bench of S. Abdul

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC strikes down Delhi Government’s Doorstep Ration Delivery Scheme | Lieutenant Governor expressed his difference of opinion [Full Report]

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi, ACJ and Jasmeet Singh, J., held that, the Delhi Government’s Mukhya Matri Ghar

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Writ Petition not maintainable due to having an alternative and efficacious remedy under S. 17 of the SARFAESI Act

Rajasthan High Court: Mahendar Kumar Goyal, J. dismissed the writ petition in view of availability of alternative remedy to the petitioners under

Case Briefs High Courts

Floods | Persons who violate directions of Corporation, as mandated by law, against deposit of garbage into canals, shall be taken to task under fullest warrant of law: Ker HC

Kerala High Court: Expressing that, as much as this Court does not desire to control the management of the drains or the