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Ori HC issued directions regarding doctors being attached to Government Health Facilities and carrying on private practice without attending their duties at the Government Health Facilities

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar, CJ and A. K Mohapatra, J., issued directions regarding Doctors being attached to

Case Briefs High Courts

POCSO | Putting penis into mouth will fall under which category – Aggravated Sexual Assault or Penetrative Sexual Assault? All HC answers

Allahabad High Court: Anil Kumar Ojha, J., while addressing a matter of child sexual assault, expressed that, Putting penis into the mouth

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Citizens must refrain from taking law in their own hands’: Cal HC observes while granting anticipatory bail to petitioners apprehending arrest for rioting, vandalism, etc.

Calcutta High Court: Expressing that, “Time has come that every dutiful citizen of the country must realize their duties and accountability to

Case Briefs High Courts

What is more significant: Competing rights of guardianship or Welfare of minor? All HC decides

Allahabad High Court: Dr Y.K. Srivastava, J., expressed that, in a matter of custody of a minor child, the paramount consideration is

Case Briefs International Courts

Consumer’s right to know nutritional value; ECJ holds Dr. Oetkar failed to adequately provide nutritional value for its ‘Crunchy Museli’

European Court of Justice: The Bench comprising of J. Passer (Rapporteur), President, F. Biltgen and N. Wahl, JJ., held that the German

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Scope of Civil Court’s jurisdiction despite bar under Section 25 of Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act

Supreme Court: Deciding the ambit of the bar of jurisdiction under Section 25 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953

Case Briefs Supreme Court

POCSO| “Touch”, “physical contact” can’t be restricted to “skin to skin contact”; “sexual intent” is the key. SC reverses Bombay HC’s “dangerous precedent”

“The reasoning in the High Court’s judgment quite insensitively trivializes – indeed legitimizes – an entire range of unacceptable behaviour which undermines a child’s dignity and autonomy, through unwanted intrusions.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Acquiescence virtually destroys the right of the person’. SC distinguishes acquiescence from delay and laches

Supreme Court: Explaining the difference between acquiescence and delay and laches, the bench of L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna*, JJ has

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Swap Kidney Transplantation between non-relatives; HC removes legal hurdles

Kerala High Court: N. Nagaresh, J., allowed swap kidney transplant between non-relatives. Opining that any law prescribing procedure for organ transplantation should

Case Briefs High Courts

Kalkaji Temple | Del HC issues directions for removal of unauthorized shopkeepers, Sanitation facilities, Potable Drinking Water, Garbage Disposal, etc. [Details Inside]

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., laid down directions regarding Kalkaji Temple in Delhi which attracts a lot of devotees. Instant

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | ”Bail and not Jail” Court grants bail to accused charge sheeted for raping own mother

Meghalaya High Court: W. Diengdoh, J., allowed a bail application which was filed under Section 439 CrPC with a prayer for grant

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC | “Neither irrational, unreasonable nor arbitrary”; HC holds higher qualification than the maximum qualification prescribed is not suitable qualification

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: The Division Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey, Sanjay Dhar, JJ., held that in case of

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Condonation of Delay: Is it a matter of right? NCDRC explains

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Expressing its opinion of ‘Condonation of Delay’, Coram of C. Viswanath (Presiding Member) and Justice Ram

Case Briefs High Courts

Right to Demand Respect & Inter-Cadre Transfers | Significance of ‘cogent reason’ while declining inter-cadre transfer: Del HC explains

Delhi High Court: Addressing a grievance with regard to the denial of inter-cadre transfer Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh,

Case Briefs High Courts

Where can a petition under S. 125 CrPC be filed? Del HC discusses law on territorial jurisdiction

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., reiterated the law relating to the territorial jurisdiction of the court to entertain a petition under

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Merely having an explicit clause not sufficient to make time the essence of the contract: SC

Supreme Court: On the question as to ‘whether time is of the essence in a contract’, the bench of NV Ramana, CJ*

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Specific ingredients must clearly asserted in the notice so that the noticee has an opportunity to explain and defend himself in accordance with S. 74 of JGST Act, 2007

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Aparesh Kumar Singh and Anubha Rawat Choudhary, JJ., allowed the petition and directed the respondents

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | “Gross injustice done is a case of mind set and adhering to old junk system”; Tribunal imposes exemplary cost of Rs. 75,000 on government for not implementing the order of the High Court for about 23 years

Armed Forces Tribunal: The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member (A) slammed the Union

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | “Petitioner cannot be treated as a consumer of bulk supply of electricity”; Term “bulk supply” is confined to energy supplied to industrial units and consumers engaged in mining only

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Aparesh Kumar Singh and Anubha Rawat Choudhary, JJ., allowed the petition and sets aside the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Decreeing a claim while exercising jurisdiction under Section 37 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 impermissible: SC

Supreme Court: In a case where the Punjab and Haryana High Court not only set aside the judgment of the District Judge