Case Briefs Archives

Bom HC | “Are you prepared to introduce door to door vaccination for senior citizens?” HC sanctions door to door vaccination after noticing center’s disinclination to formulate a universal scheme

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ., and G. S. Kulkarni, J., asked the Municipal Corporations if they are

Case Briefs High Courts

Mad HC | COVID-19 assistance of Rs. 4000 to transgenders without a ration card: Notice issued to State Govt

Madras High Court: The bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government in

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KSCDRC | Charging money for 3D Glasses for viewing a 3D Movie by theatre owners would amount to violation of ‘Consumer Rights’? Commission answers

Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (KSCDRC): The Coram of Justice Sri K. Surendra Mohan (President) and T.S.P Moosath (Judicial Member), Ranjit.

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | After two orders calling Live-in-relationships unacceptable, HC holds live-in couples are entitled to equal protection of laws as any other citizen

“Live-in-relationship neither prohibited nor amount to commission of any offence”

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[Remdesivir shortage] Bom HC | “How such drug in such short supply, is available to Politicians and Actors for distribution to public at large?”HC pulls up state over inadequate crisis management

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, Cj., and G. S. Kulkarni, J., expressed its displeasure on casual attitude of

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DSCDRC | If a car is purchased for company’s Vice-President’s personal use, would VP come under the umbrella of Consumer Protection Act? Read on

Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DSCDRC): Coram of Dr Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal (President) and Anil Srivastava (Member) decided on the

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | 25 long years of separation, but no decree of divorce granted – Why? Read whether HC dissolves the marriage or not

Madras High Court: T. Raja, J., in the present matter while considering the long separation of parties for almost a quarter-century, granted

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NHRC issues notices to Centre and States over alleged denial of benefits during Covid pandemic under PMGKAY and IMPDS due to non completion of bio metric authentication of beneficiaries

The National Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of a complaint alleging denial of benefits to the people during Covid pandenic under

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SAT | Can SAT function without a Technical Member? Read the controversy raised by SEBI

Today, SEBI has raised an objection. Tomorrow a private litigant would raise a similar objection. It would be a never-ending process. This issue needs to be resolved on the judicial side as well.

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Can admission be denied if the selection process does not specify cut off marks? Court answers in AIIMS, Rishikesh PG Diploma Course

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J., decided a petition which was filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 17-04-2021 passed

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MP HC | Will Madhya Pradesh invite global tender for COVID-19 vaccines? HC seeks response from Government

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The bench of Mohammad Rafiq, CJ and Atul Sreedharan, J has issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh Government

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Interpretation of Contracts: Not our duty to delve deep into the intricacies of human mind: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of L. Nageswara Rao* and Vineet Saran, JJ has shed light on how Courts should proceed while interpreting

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC │ Children in Conflict with Law: JJ Act distinguishes between children below and above 16 years of age with regard to enquiry but not for the purpose of bail

Orissa High Court: Savitri Ratho J. released the appellant on interim bail for a period of four months to the satisfaction of

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P&H HC | “Entire social fabric would be disturbed”; HC yet again refuses to grant protection to a live-in couple

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Bench of Anil Kshetarpal, J, denied granting protection to a live-in couple opining such relationships are

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Gau HC | “Prima facie her personal views”; HC grants bail to the writer charged with sedition for her facebook post on maoist attack in Chattisgarh

Gauhati High Court: The Bench of Ajit Borthakur, J., granted bail to the renowned Assamese writer, Sikha Sarma in connection with sedition

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Del HC | Are exemptions and relaxations under different Statutes a matter of right? Is it Government’s prerogative to exempt with or without stringent conditions under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act? Read on

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Jyoti Singh, J., reiterated the settled law that Court cannot direct

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[COVID Vaccination] Chh HC │ Redistribution of unused Antyodaya or other category vaccines at the end of the day: HC agrees to hear the matter. Read the current Vaccine Allocation plan

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Parth Prateem Sahu JJ. laid down allotment of vaccines in percentage

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Cal HC| Bengal Post Poll violence victims at liberty to file complaint at NHRC, WBHRC, NCW etc; Court directs the complaints be forwarded to DGP

Calcutta High Court: The Full Bench of Rajesh Bindal, C.J. (A), I. P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen, Subrata Talukdar, JJ., took

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Open courts and freedom of media to report Court Proceedings: Unmissable Supreme Court quotes and the iconic Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak’s sedition trial

“Acceptance of a new reality is the surest way of adapting to it. Our public constitutional institutions must find better responses than to complain.”

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CIC | When an applicant seeks information from a Public Authority under RTI Act, can the Public Authority seek proof of citizenship from the person concerned? Under what circumstances can ‘Photography’ of documents be allowed under RTI Act? Exhaustive Report

Central Information Commission (CIC): Amita Pandove (Information Commissioner) held that, “…information which is available in record or accessible by a public authority