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Apple charging a commission of up to 30% on all payments made through its in-app purchase system, is a violation of its dominant position? CCI orders investigation

Competition Commission of India (CCI): Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma, Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) directs the investigation in

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Merely living together for few days is not live-in-relationship; HC imposes cost of Rs 25000 on runaway couple

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a case where a young couple who had started living in a hotel two days ago

Case Briefs High Courts

Can a wife be forced to cohabit and establish conjugal rights? Or can a decree do so? Guj HC answers

Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and Niral R. Mehta, JJ., while dealing with a matter regarding restitution of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Democratic interests cannot be judicially aborted to preserve unfettered freedom to conduct business, of the few”; Govt. decision to ban MTTs in PPE products ensures adequate PPE in India: SC

“This Court must be circumspect that the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution do not become a weapon in the arsenal of private businesses to disable regulation enacted in the public interest.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Non-supply of documents cannot vitiate the enquiry in absence of showing how the alleged non-supply caused prejudice to workman

Jharkhand High Court: Shree Chandrashekhar, J. held that a charged employee has no unfettered right to ask for any document on which

Case Briefs High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

From Foreign Courts, Advance Rulings to High Courts | Legal Stories of the Year 2021

The most important and eye-catching legal stories of the year 2021. Dive your way through these pertinent decisions into 2022. Legal Trajectory

Case Briefs Supreme Court

When 25% of the bid is already paid, whether failure to deposit the remaining 75% empowers the Bank to direct forfeiture of money even when Bank suffered no loss in subsequent auction? SC answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., directed the Indian Bank to refund the 25% auction

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Non-filing of affidavit in Form 25; Is it fatal for maintainability of election petition? Supreme Court decides

“Once there is an affidavit, albeit not in Form 25, the appropriate course would be to permit an affidavit to be filed in Form 25.”

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Yearly Round-up 2021| Supreme Court Constitution Bench

Unlike the year 2020, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench has functioned limitedly in the year 2021, with the number of judgments delivered

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Delay of 1011 days condoned by Andhra Pradesh HC! What a grave error, holds Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case where the Andhra Pradesh High Court had condoned a delay of 1011 days even though no sufficient

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Delhi High Court’s Exhaustive Year-End RoundUp | Amazon v. Future Retail, Rakesh Asthana’s appointment, Feeding of Stray Dogs, 5G Technology, Delhi Riots & more

From major rulings like Amazon v. Future Group to 22 Guidelines on Feeding of Stray Dogs, Delhi High Court delivered some very

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Examination of a ballistic expert is not an inflexible rule in every case involving use of a lethal weapon: SC

Supreme Court: In a case where deceased had sustained a gun-shot injury with a point of entry and exit, the 3-judge bench

Case Briefs High Courts

Can FIR/ complaint in non compoundable offences pertaining to matrimonial disputes be quashed? HP HC lays down under what circumstances

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia J. disposed of the petition and quashed the FIR/complaint. The facts of the case are

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Is it practically impossible to commit Rape without committing Grave Sexual Abuse? Court discusses

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of K Priyantha Fernando and Sampath B Abayakoon,

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC | Divisional Commissioner not empowered to issue orders under S. 144 of CrPC; HC sets aside order declaring Unit dealing with Plastic Scrap a public nuisance

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J., held that the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, or the Deputy Director (E&S), is

District Court Legal RoundUp

Year-End Round-Up of District Courts | From #MeToo Verdicts, ICICI — Videocon Scam, Toolkit Case to Delhi Riots: Get a Glimpse of it All

As we are approaching the end of 2021, let’s dive in to know all the important decisions that District Courts of India

Case Briefs High Courts

If investigating agency for some reason does not array a culprit as an accused, can Court call such person to face trial in view of its powers under S. 319 CrPC? All HC explains

Allahabad High Court: Dr Y.K. Srivastava, J., while examining the ambit and scope of Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Notification to exempt land from acquisition under LA Act is not a quasi-judicial order; will not confer any vested rights to the landowner: Supreme Court

“It is trite to point out that an order secured by fraud and misrepresentation will not confer any vested right and that, therefore, the land owners cannot pitch their claim either on the basis of vesting or on the basis of Article 300A.”

Case Briefs High Courts

[RTI] Kar HC Bar on grant of information regarding investigation only when the matter is under investigation, contrary to which, no bar applies

Karnataka High Court: N S Sanjay Gowda J dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The respondent 1’s son has ended his

Case Briefs High Courts

Eviction of tenant, serving of notice by modes laid under S. 106 of Transfer of Property Act: Bom HC discusses all [Detailed report]

Bombay High Court: A.S. Gadkari, J., while addressing a matter of the eviction of a tenant focused on the modes of serving