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Ori HC | Exercise of power involving Application under Or. 1 R. 10 of CPC is completely different from Exercise of Power under Or. 21 Rules 97, 99 & 101 of CPC; Scope of latter is much wider

Orissa High Court: Biswanath Rath, J., rejected the application being devoid of merits. The instant C.M.P. involves allowing an Application being moved

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Whether Homebuyer’s’ decision as a Class will be binding on every Homebuyer? NCLAT decides

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Delhi (NCLAT): The Coram of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson) and Shreesha Merla (Technical Member) held that decision

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Kerala Revocation of Arbitration Clauses and Reopening of Awards Act, 1998 encroaches upon the judicial power of the State; held unconstitutional: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of L. Nageswara Rao* and BR Gavai, JJ has held that the Kerala Revocation of Arbitration Clauses and

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | None of the proceedings initiated by the department shown to have been taken to the logical end; spot memos cannot be enforced

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of T.S. Sivagnanam and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, JJ. party allowed a writ appeal which was filed against

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“An opinion accompanied by inadequate reasoning would not satisfy the requirements of Section 432 (2), CrPC”, SC directs presiding officer to reconsider remission application

“Section 432 (2) of the CrPC would stand defeated if the opinion of the presiding judge becomes just another factor that may be taken into consideration by the government while deciding the application for remission.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | Conduct of Zomato and Swiggy, anti-competitive? DG to investigate

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) held that,

Case Briefs High Courts

Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage | Husband and wife, two pillars of family, if one gets weak or breaks, whole house crashes down: Del HC

Delhi High Court: In a matter of dissolution of marriage, the Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi, ACJ and Jasmeet Singh, J., expressed

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC issues general directions in matters relating to compromise before the Lok Adalat which are challenged by way of writ petitions

Karnataka High Court: Suraj Govindaraj, J., allowed the petition and quashed the compromise decree in the original suit filed before Principal Senior

Case Briefs High Courts

Person tries to commit suicide after being subjected to severe mental stress, which is a punishable offence: Is there any provision which can save her from penal provision? Ker HC decides

Kerala High Court: Expressing that, Criminal prosecution followed by conviction and imposing substantive sentences and fines on those convicted of suicidal behaviours

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| No individual can be forced to be vaccinated; holds Supreme Court. Restrictions on unvaccinated persons to be revised for now

Supreme Court: In a landmark ruling on COVID-19 vaccination drive, the bench of L. Nageswara Rao* and BR Gavai, JJ has held

Case Briefs High Courts

Tel HC remarks several writ petitions are filed complaining about police negligence and delays during investigation; Such issues cannot be decided by invoking jurisdiction under Art. 226 of the Constitution

Telangana High Court: Lalitha Kanneganti, J., disposed of the petition with liberty to the petitioner to avail appropriate remedy. The instant writ

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“Yet another incident of death while cleaning sewer”; NHRC takes suo motu cognizance

“Precious human lives have again been lost.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Application for compassionate appointment made during subsistence of a policy, eventually policy stood amended before appointment; which policy will govern the appointment? SC to decide

Supreme Court: While addressing a case raising significant question of law on principles governing compassionate appointment, the Division Bench of D.Y. Chandradhud

Case Briefs High Courts

Visits of sundry family members to matrimonial home, without permanency or intention to treat premises as a shared household: Would it render family members as members of shared household? Del HC elaborates

Delhi High Court: Prateek Jalan, J., addressed the issue of whether visits of sundry family members to the matrimonial home, without permanency

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Whether ‘Printing Press’ is a manufacturing process under Employees State Insurance Act? All HC answers

Allahabad High Court: Stating that the word ‘manufacturing process’ has been expansively defined under the Factories Act even to include Printing Press

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Dilapidated structure on Bhilwara’s Tiranga Hill cannot be conferred a status of a Mosque in absence of any proof; Jindal Saw to go ahead with mining: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of Hemant Gupta* and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has held that in the absence of any proof of dedication

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Dalit man made to rub nose in his own spit in Kendrapada District: NHRC issues notice to Odisha Government

The National Human Rights Commission, India has taken a suo-motu cognizance of a media report of the incident where a dalit man

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | With serious menace of garbage piling up in one of the major towns, State administration seeks only to play the fiddle; matter receives the urgent attention at the highest quarters

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. took up a petition on a matter pertaining

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19 affecting education| No registration of Doctors without practical training. Foreign Institute MBBS students must first undergo training in India: SC

Supreme Court: In a case where a student had completed 9 semesters of her academic course including clinical training in the medical

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican Conservation: Supreme Court directs installation of bird divertors in priority areas within three months

Supreme Court: In a PIL raising concerns for the protection of two rare species of birds, namely the Great Indian Bustard (‘GIB’)