Case Briefs Archives

53-year-old man molested a 9-year-old minor boy by pressing his private parts: Court sentences man under POCSO Act

Court of Fast Track Special Judge (POCSO), Thiruvanathapuram: R. Jayakrishnan, Special Judge addressed a case wherein a minor boy aged 9 years

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Land Acquisition| Provisions of 2013 LA Act not applicable for the acquisitions made under the BDA Act

Supreme Court: The bench of SA Nazeer* and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has clarified the position of law on applicability of the provisions

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Mistakenly entered wrong digit of Roll No. in OMR sheet? Can one seek to add obtained scores when the sheet is rejected by Scanning Machine? HC answers

Jharkhand High Court: S.N. Pathak, J., rejected the petition filed by a civil services candidate, who was declared unsuccessful in prelims examination

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Amendment to R. 13 of Karnataka Essential Commodities PDS (Control) Order, 2016 challenged; State Government to consider without reference to the ‘age’ and ‘pass in SSLC’ as one time measure

Karnataka High Court: P. S. Dinesh Kumar, J., disposed of the petitions and upheld the State Government’s power and prerogative to impose

Case Briefs High Courts

Photograph of summons sent through WhatsApp as an addition to ordinary process would amount to Judicial Overreach? Del HC decides

Delhi High Court: Amit Bansal, J., expressed that Just because the photograph of the summons were sent by the plaintiff to the

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Power under Or. 18 R. 17 CPC cannot be invoked to fill up omission in the evidence already led by a witness

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order dated 17-07-2017. The facts of the case

Case Briefs District Court

Husband’s company can have ‘Virat Kohli’ as a brand ambassador, but cannot provide maintenance to wife: Man tried appearing as a pauper? Saket Courts adjudicates

Saket Courts, New Delhi: Anuj Agrawal, Additional Sessions Judge –05 while addressing case wherein the maintenance sought by wife, held that, “It

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Conviction and Death Sentence on the same Day for kidnapping, rape and murder of an 11 Year Old: SC commutes sentence from death to life

Supreme Court: In a case where the order of conviction and sentence was passed on the same day, the 3-judge bench of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Merely because the same caste is recognized as Scheduled Caste in the migrant State, a migrant cannot be recognized as Scheduled Caste of that State: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of M. R. Shah* and A.S. Bopanna, JJ., held that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether insurance company is liable to pay claim even if vehicle stolen and unauthorisedly driven? Del HC decides

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., considered the issue of whether the insurance company would be liable to pay amount in a

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Grant of Leave to Defend: The best approach

Supreme Court: The bench of Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari*, JJ has explained the law relating to grant of unconditional leave to

Case Briefs High Courts

MEP Infra v. SDMC | Bom HC restrains MEP Infrastructure from disposing of or creating 3rd party rights in its immovable properties in Maharashtra

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of G.S. Patel and Madhav J. Jamdar, JJ., passed an interim order in the dispute going

Case Briefs High Courts

‘On Judgement Day, God shall admonish petitioner for committing un-Christian act’: Read whether Madras HC holds Catholic Priest prima facie accountable under S. 295A IPC for using ‘Bharat Mata’ and ‘Bhuma Devi’ in offensive manner

Madras High Court: On finding that Section 295A IPC will be attracted in the present case, G.R. Swaminathan, J., observed that, Bhuma

Case Briefs High Courts

Can gravity of offence be the sole ground to deny bail? Del HC decides in a multi-person scam involving Rs 200 Crores

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., addressed whether the magnitude of offence can be the only criterion for granting bail and further

Case Briefs High Courts

Son ousted benighted widowed mother, deprived her right to “live a normal life” apart from maintaining and supporting her livelihood: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: G.S. Kulkarni, J., while addressing another unfortunate case concerning a mother who was ousted from the tenement she owned

Case Briefs District Court

Bishop Franco Mulakkal; A victim of faction feud in the Church and group fights of nuns? Read why Sessions Court acquitted the Bishop in nun rape case

Court of Session (Kottayam): While hearing a case which had lead nation to one of the most controversial outbreak and had lifted

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Can merely disowning bank accounts exempt assessee from paying tax? Read why ITAT approved addition of Rs 12.81 Crores under S.68 of Income Tax Act

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), New Delhi: Stating that, “Urgent needs invite urgent action”, Amit Shukla, Judicial Member and Dr B.R.R. Kumar,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Consumer cannot be forced to pay “service charge” in a restaurant: Consumer Forum finds conduct of restaurant contrary to principles of Consumer Protection Act

District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kolkata Unit-II(Central): While holding against the service charge, charged by a restaurant, Coram of Swapan Kumar Mahanty

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Does failure to publish an advertisement lead to the automatic dismissal winding up petition?

Supreme Court: In the case where the bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian*, JJ upheld NCLAT’s order of winding up of

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

If lessee is not actual owner of property, can actual rental expenses be claimed on return of income? ITAT decides

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore Benches (ITAT): The Bench of Chandra Poojari, AM and George George K, JM while partly allowing an