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Whether ‘Printing Press’ is a manufacturing process under Employees State Insurance Act? All HC answers

Allahabad High Court: Stating that the word ‘manufacturing process’ has been expansively defined under the Factories Act even to include Printing Press

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Dilapidated structure on Bhilwara’s Tiranga Hill cannot be conferred a status of a Mosque in absence of any proof; Jindal Saw to go ahead with mining: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of Hemant Gupta* and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has held that in the absence of any proof of dedication

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Dalit man made to rub nose in his own spit in Kendrapada District: NHRC issues notice to Odisha Government

The National Human Rights Commission, India has taken a suo-motu cognizance of a media report of the incident where a dalit man

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | With serious menace of garbage piling up in one of the major towns, State administration seeks only to play the fiddle; matter receives the urgent attention at the highest quarters

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. took up a petition on a matter pertaining

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19 affecting education| No registration of Doctors without practical training. Foreign Institute MBBS students must first undergo training in India: SC

Supreme Court: In a case where a student had completed 9 semesters of her academic course including clinical training in the medical

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican Conservation: Supreme Court directs installation of bird divertors in priority areas within three months

Supreme Court: In a PIL raising concerns for the protection of two rare species of birds, namely the Great Indian Bustard (‘GIB’)

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | State directed to ensure immediate escalation of progress of work of repairing of NH-10; meeting called to chalk out the immediate course of action before monsoon arrival

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder and Meenakshi Madan Rai, JJ. took up the PIL in order the peruse

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Whether expenditure incurred on replacements of old truck bodies will be treated as revenue expenditure? ITAT answers

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata: The Bench of Sonjoy Sarma (Judicial member) and Rajesh Kumar (Accountant Member) held that the expenditure incurred

Case Briefs High Courts

Does framing of charge means that accused is guilty or does it imply that accused may be guilty? Del HC elaborates

Delhi High Court: Expressing that, the revisional jurisdiction is not meant to test the waters of what might happen in the trial,

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Whenever substantive obligation/rights/ interests are impaired/adversely affected through any piece of subordinate legislation, then its source must be traced within express provisions in four corners of parent enactment

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sam Koshy P, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned orders imposing a moratorium on the establishment of

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Principles of natural justice required to be followed and cannot be waived out depending upon quantum of punishment; Reiterated mandate of natural justice in blacklisting cases

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. allowed the appeal and quashed the impugned

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Medical College| Does permission to start post graduate courses for subsequent academic year result in effacing deficiencies found in previous academic year? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai*, JJ., held that the permission granted to start Post Graduate

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | DGP directed to initiate departmental proceedings against Police Officers; CID to take over investigation

Calcutta High Court: Rajasekhar Mantha, J. while adjudicating a case involving serious offences under Section 365, 354B and other provisions of IPC

Case Briefs High Courts

Levy of Liquidated Damages | If a contract comprises, several components awarded to different contractors, would it be inapposite to blame contractor that was last in completing work for loss suffered on account of delay in completing Project? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: While reiterating the law on award of liquidated damages, Vibhu Bakhru, J., expressed that, where a contract comprises, several

Case Briefs High Courts

[ESI Act] Tel HC | Exhausting the remedy available for appeal is the rule and entertaining a writ petition is an exception

Telangana High Court: G Radha Rani, J., disposed of the petition and directed the petitioner to approach the EI Court under Section

Case Briefs High Courts

Can legal heir of deceased employee be granted compassionate appointment, who took voluntary retirement due to being medically unfit? Bom HC decides

Bombay High Court: Ravindra V. Ghuge, J., decides a matter as to whether the benefit of compassionate appointment can be granted to

Case Briefs High Courts

Declaration of reciting religious verses at someone’s residence: Act of breaching personal liberty of another person? Bom HC elaborates

Bombay High Court: Stating that, “Great power comes with greater responsibility”, the Division Bench of Prasanna B. Varale and S.M. Modak, JJ.,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Insertion of meritorious OBC candidates into general category list without disturbing the appointment of general category candidates? Supreme Court strikes balance

Supreme Court: In a service matter where upon reshuffling and on insertion of two OBC candidates into general category select list, two

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Writ of habeas corpus is a writ of right, it is not a writ of course; a prima facie case of unlawful detention must be made

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Arup Kumar Goswami CJ and N K Chandravanshi J. dismissed the petition and declined to

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Woman is considered half of her husband and thus completes him. While a man is also considered incomplete without a woman; Appeal for divorce dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Vivek Rusia and Amar Nath (Kesharwani), JJ. dismissed the first appeal filed by the