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Supreme Court holds ‘Arbitrators cannot unilaterally issue binding and enforceable orders determining their own fees’; Justice Sanjiv Khanna partially dissents

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr DY Chandrachud*, Surya Kant and Sanjiv Khanna*, JJ has held that arbitrators do not have

Case Briefs High Courts

Time of court and investigation agency both has been consumed; Delhi High Court directs Rs 25,000 as compensation towards “Green Highways Fund”

Delhi High Court: In a case pending for 5 years before Court, the parties finally reached compromise and sought quashing

Advance Rulings Case Briefs

Which services are covered under ‘Agricultural Extension Services’? Karnataka Authority for Advance Ruling explains

Authority for Advance Ruling (Karnataka): In a case relating to whether the services, including education and training to farmers with regard to

Case Briefs District Court

Delhi Court denies bail to Chitra Ramakrishna former MD NSE, for alleged active involvement in illegal interception of telephone calls of NSE employees

Rouse Avenue District Courts, Delhi: In a case relating to illegal interception/monitoring of telephone calls of National Stock Exchange ‘NSE'

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Services involving supply of goods/deemed supply of goods to be classified under ‘works contract services’ only

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The coram of Dilip Gupta (President) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) allowed the

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC examines Maharashtra Govt’s new policy for ‘Environmentally Safe Making and Immersion of Idols/Tazia’; directs the Authorities to adequately promote the Policy

Bombay High Court: While perusing the newly framed Policy for Environmentally Safe Making and Immersion of Idols/Tazia and its Enforcement

Case Briefs High Courts

Manipur High Court| Right to dignity of an accused does not dry out with the Judges, rather, it subsists beyond the prison gates and operates until his last breath

Manipur High Court: In a case where the criminal appeal was pending and the applicant convicted under Section 6 of the Protection

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab & Haryana High Court orders for reinstatement of employees of Gurdwara Committee who were terminated on allegations of consumption of liquor

Punjab & Haryana High Court: While allowing the instant petition filed against the order, whereby the services of the petitioners were terminated

Case Briefs High Courts

Karnataka High Court | Bhang not a prohibitory drink or drug under NDPS Act, not to be included with Ganja to measure commercial quantity

Karnataka High Court: In a case where the applicant-accused seeks bail on being apprehended by police, having possession of Ganja and Bhang

Case Briefs Supreme Court

If a High Court converts itself into Executing Court it will be flooded with writ petitions to execute arbitral awards: SC

Supreme Court: While adjudicating an appeal relating to arbitration, the Division Bench of M. R. Shah* and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., held that

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SCDRC| Consumers should not suffer due to VLCC’s unfair trade practices of giving misleading ads and then slapping them with a disclaimer regarding outcome of their programs

State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC), Chandigarh: While deciding the instant appeal filed by VLCC Health Care Ltd. against the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Family” includes domestic, unmarried/queer relationships; Child care/maternity leave benefits cannot be denied if women do not fit into “popular imagination” of a family: SC

“Gendered roles assigned to women and societal expectations mean that women are always pressed upon to take a disproportionate burden of childcare work.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Judicial scrutiny of date of birth for establishing consensual sexual relation not necessary; Delhi High Court grants bail in light of accused being honey trapped

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by a woman alleging rape charges under Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) and Protection of Children

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court | Illegal procedure for appointment of Arbitrator does not render Arbitration agreement illegal in toto; Guiding Principles for Appointment of Arbitrator reiterated

Calcutta High Court: In a petition challenging the appointment of sole Arbitrator by the respondent, Shekhar B. Saraf, J., held

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court| PT warrant can never be converted into regular warrant in a case where the accused person is already on bail; opportunity should be given to the accused to explain his non-appearance

Madras High Court: In a case related to an appeal filed for the cancellation of an order of dismissing the bail application

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court allows medical termination of pregnancy for a 16-year-old rape victim having foetus beyond 28 weeks

Delhi High Court: In a case seeking grant of medical termination of pregnancy by a 16-year-old rape victim (‘petitioner’), Yashwant Varma J.,

Advance Rulings Case Briefs

When does printing of stationery items for exams amounts to ‘supply of service’ or ‘supply of goods’ to educational institutions? Karnataka Authority for Advance Ruling explains

Authority for Advance Ruling, Karnataka: In a case relating to whether printing of stationery items for conduct of examinations would amount to

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court| S. 14 of SARFAESI Act empowers the Designated Authority only to assist secured creditors in taking possession of secured assets and nothing more

Bombay High Court: While deciding the instantwrit petition wherein the issue was regarding transgression of Additional District Magistrate’s jurisdiction under Section 14

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

What is the effect of commencement of proceedings under the IBC, over any pending proceedings before another Court or Tribunal? ITAT discusses

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Hyderabad: While deciding the instant appeal in the backdrop of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Proceedings (CIRP) pending against

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Assessee cannot claim deduction by merely stating a bad debt as an irrecoverable write off without appropriate treatment in the accounts and non-compliance with Income Tax Act provisions: SC

Supreme Court: In the case where the Revenue had challenged Bombay High Court’s judgment affirming Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)’s order for