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Right to control one’s identity a fundamental right; CBSE must permit change of name for just cause: SC

CBSE cannot put fetters on its duties so as to cause grave prejudice to the students with legitimate causes for changing their certificates.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Infosys insider trading | While in possession of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information, 2 employees of Infosys & 6 other entities violated Insider Trading Regulations on Infosys Stock [Detailed Report]

Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Madhabi Puri Buch (Whole Time Member), prima facie found two Infosys employees and 6 others violating

Case Briefs High Courts

Decongest prisons, upgrade other State buildings to meet prison requirements; Orissa HC asks for a detailed plan from State

Orissa High Court: The Division Bench of Dr S. Muralidhar, CJ. and Savitri Ratho, J., took up a matter which was pursuant

Case Briefs High Courts

Decentralized opening of Primary Health Care centers into ICU hospitals with beds & oxygen facilities is of paramount importance; Himachal Pradesh HC directs State to take steps

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of L. Narayana Swamy and Anoop Chitkara JJ., took stock of the situation and laid

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | NLSIU is free to make an application seeking declaration as ‘Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities’ under UGC in terms of UGC Regulations, 2017

Karnataka High Court: R Devdas, J., disposed of the petition leaving it on National Law School of India University to approach UGC

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | In case of an application for amendment of pleadings, what would be the principal condition that Courts need to consider? Read on

Bombay High Court: Milind N. Jadhav, J., addressed a matter with regard to the amendment of pleadings. Petitioners have submitted that they

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | “Protestors shall not be deprived of access to justice”; HC directs release of detained Lakshadweep protestors

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, JJ., ordered the release of persons detained for protesting

Case Briefs Supreme Court

CoWIN| Vaccination policy exclusively relying on a digital portal? Chances of universal immunization look grim: SC

“It may not be feasible to require the majority of our population to rely on friends/NGOs for digital registrations over CoWIN, when even the digitally literate are finding it hard to procure vaccination slots.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Verify availability of separate rooms before directing home Isolation; HC directs State

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench of Songkhupchung Serto and S. Hukato Swu, JJ., directed the State government to verify whether the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy| Supreme Court seeks clarifications from Centre on these five issues

“In grappling with the second wave of the pandemic, this Court does not intend to second-guess the wisdom of the executive when it chooses between two competing and efficacious policy measures. However, it continues to exercise jurisdiction to determine if the chosen policy measure conforms to the standards of reasonableness, militates against manifest arbitrariness and protects the right to life of all persons.”

Case Briefs High Courts

[Narada Scam Case] Cal HC | Interim bail to TMC leaders followed by arguments on maintainability and constitution of larger Bench

Calcutta High Court: The Full Bench of Rajesh Bindal, C.J.(A), I.P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen, Arijit Banerjee, JJ., on 28-05-2021 granted

Case Briefs District Court Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

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’