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Consumer spending hefty amount has right to ask for record of expenditure. Can service provider evade liability? Read on

State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, U.T. Chandigarh: The Coram of Justice Raj Shekhar Attri (President) and Padma Pandey, Rajesh K. Arya (Members)

Case Briefs High Courts

Can writ under Art. 226 of Constitution be enforced if any duty or obligation falling upon a public servant out of a contract entered into by him as such public servant? Orissa HC discusses

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar CJ. and B. P Routray J. dismissed the petition on grounds discussed below.

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Where disputed questions of facts are involved, a petition under Art. 226 of Constitution is not a proper remedy; Leading of evidence and examination and cross-examination of witnesses required

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar CJ. and B. P Routray J. dismissed the petition being devoid of merits.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | 12 long years of proceedings, but no appearance of wife. Assault on husband’s vital body part, not denied. Can her appeal against dissolution of marriage be still accepted? Read on

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of T. Raja and G. Chandrasekharan, JJ., while upholding the decision of Court below stated that

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | “Extreme technicality highly deplorable”; HC holds denial of permission to import ventilators is against interest of the patients

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Opining that extreme technicality in times of pandemic is deplorable and may lead to fatalities, the Division

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Supreme Court of Florida upholds Vertical Integration requirement for Medical Marijuana and affirms caps on licensees

Supreme Court of Florida: The 7-Judges Bench of Candy, CJ. Polston, Labarga, Muniz Couriel, Grosshans and Lawson, JJ., upheld the Vertical Integration

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court stays Delhi HC’s order holding IGST on personal oxygen concentrators unconstitutional

Delhi High Court had called oxygen shortage a ‘George Floyd moment for the citizens’ and had held the imposition of IGST on oxygen concentrators imported by individuals, unconstitutional.

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Can magazine covers be sufficient evidence to explain that wife who is a model can sustain herself? HC addresses while deciding a Maintenance matter

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., while addressing a revision petition in regard to maintenance of wife, held that Magazine covers are

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Spain | AEPD fines Vodafone €50,000 for violation of Law No. 9/2014 on General Telecommunications

On May, 25, 2021, the Spanish Data Protection Authority (‘AEPD’) issued €50,000 fine on Vodafone, for failing to facilitate the data subjects’

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Interim relief against passing off. Is identical placement of colours and other features in label of product being passed off enough? HC decides

Delhi High Court: C. Hari Shankar, J., addressed a matter regarding passing off and granted interim relief. Plaint alleged that defendant 1

Case Briefs High Courts

[Trademark Infringement] Del HC | Usage of domain names identical/deceptively similar to ‘BAJAJ FINANCE’ or ‘BAJAJ FINSERV’ would amount to infringement

Delhi High Court: Jayant Nath, J., addressed a matter wherein the domain names similar to the trade mark ‘BAJAJ FINANCE’ or ‘BAJAJ

Case Briefs District Court Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Consumer Forum | Can complainant raise consumer dispute where excess electricity duty is charged? Is he overriding statutory remedy if he already approached the Collector? Read on

Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Gujarat State, Ahmedabad: Justice V.P. Patel, President and U.P. Jani, Member, addressed an appeal which was raised in

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Set Uniform rates for RAT and RT-PCR tests in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh; HC directs States

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Division Bench of Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh, JJ., had addressed the issues of overcharging for

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Can State sub-classify minority communities for extending scholarship benefits? HC holds scheme of granting 80% minority scholarship to Muslims cannot legally sustain

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising of S.Manikumar, CJ., and Shaji P. Chaly, J., addressed the issue of disparity shown by

Case Briefs High Courts

[Covid 19] Gau HC | Court directs ration be provided to struggling sex workers and their families who have been identified; further asks AIDS societies to identify the rest and give relief

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ. and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., took up a petition filed in the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

NCLT/NCLAT vacancies| 39 members for a sanctioned strength of 63! Supreme Court asks Centre to complete reappointment process within 2 months

Supreme Court: Taking note of the depleting strength of the members of the NCLT and NCLAT, the 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

In the copyright infringement dispute between Performing Right Society and Qatar Airways, UK Court allows extended disclosure limited to outward-facing advertising

The High Court of Justice: The instant claim was brought by Performing Right Society Ltd. against Qatar Airways for global copyright infringement.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Free Press| Need to interpret sedition law in context of freedom of media; No coercive steps against TV5, ABN till next hearing: Supreme Court

The two channels had broadcasted certain programmes wherein Raghurama Krishnam Raju, Member of Parliament had allegedly expressed views critical of the State Government and the Chief Minister. While Raju, has been named as the first accused, TV5 and ABN have been named as the second and third accused.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Predatory activities of man resulting in nature losing her patience. Can hills and hillocks be given for exploitation even without any public interest? Succinct Report on Mining lease to carry Quarry Operations

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J., remarked that, “I am conscious that every judicial verdict must be anchored only in law and

Case Briefs District Court

Karnataka Sessions Court │ Anticipatory bail granted to an advocate accused of publishing defamatory articles against PM of India and CM of Karnataka in Kannada daily newspaper, Prajavani

LXIV Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bengaluru: Sri Rajeshwara, J., granted anticipatory bail to the accused as the investigation regarding offences