Case Briefs Archives

P&H HC | Spurious liquor Scam; HC denies bail to the person behind Hooch tragedy which lead to number of persons dying or losing their eye-sight due to consuming illicit poisonous liquor

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harnaresh Singh Gill, J., rejected anticipatory bail to the persons involved in Hooch tragedy. The Bench said,

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CESTAT | No proof of export of goods lying in stock, at the time of debonding; Tribunal allows appeal directing refund

Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed on the ground that

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | 10 % EWS reservation; Can it be invoked retrospectively? HC clarifies

Jharkhand High Court: In an interesting case Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J., had held that the 10% reservation to Economically Weaker Sections cannot

Case Briefs High Courts

Domain Name infringement | Case of identical registered domain names: Delhi HC grants interim injunction in favour of Tatas

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., granted an interim injunction in favour of Tata Sons (P) Ltd. in a case where the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Sending accused to jail 26 years after the incident of rash driving, harsh: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case dating back to the year 1995 where a bus driver had caused an accident, thereby injuring a

Case Briefs District Court

No direct evidence to confirm presence inside Red Fort during violence: Delhi District Court grants bail to accused

Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi: Dr Kamini Lau PO (MACT)-01, granted bail to a person alleged for inciting violence at Singhu Border and

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Ambiguity in contractually stipulated obligations favours whom? Court discusses while refusing interference in arbitral award

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J., refused to interfere in the interim arbitral award whereby the sole arbitrator had allowed certain claims of

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Panchkula Plot Allotment case; HC stays CBI proceeding against former CM of Haryana-Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., stayed the proceedings against former Chief Minister of Haryana–Bhupinder Singh Hooda with regard

Case Briefs District Court

Anti Vaxxers need to be treated strenuously with an iron hand; Such haters do not deserve concession of anticipatory bail, their free movement and free speech is a threat to society at large: J&K Sessions Court

Sessions Court, Jammu and Kashmir: Tahir Khurshid Raina, J., denied anticipatory bail to the person accused of obstructing the vaccination drive and

Case Briefs High Courts

[Art. 21] Raj HC | Society cannot determine how individuals live their lives; Police protection granted to a ‘major’ couple residing together

Rajasthan High Court: Mahendra Kumar Goyal, J., disposed of the petition directing the Station House officer of the concerned police station to

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Right to Property under Art. 300 A – A Human and Constitutional Right? Court decides in a dispute of construction of National Highway [Land Owners v. State]

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.V. Gangapurwala and Shrikant D. Kulkarni, JJ., expressed that, In a welfare State, statutory authorities

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Ensure every possible medical treatment to imprisoned FR. Stan Swamy as part of life saving measure and protection of his basic human rights: NHRC

As per the press release by NHRC dated 4-07-2021, the Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra has been issued a notice to ensure

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Justice to which mercy is alien is no justice at all: HIV + BSF Personnel granted relief on his transfer order || HC deals with a notable situation

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of C. Hari Shankar and Subramonium Prasad, JJ., while addressing the matter expressed that: Within the

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Is the 6 months period stipulated under S. 13-B(2) of Hindu Marriage Act mandatory or relaxation in exceptional situations is permitted? Read on

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J., addressed a petition with regard to waiving the cooling period. Whether the minimum period of

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Is using of National Flag as a table cloth Sedition? HC grants bail to the woman accused of willfully dishonouring the National Flag

Gauhati High Court: Manish Choudhury, J., granted bail to the woman charged with sedition for using National Flag as a table cloth.

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | All interim directions issued on 16th and 22nd April, 2021 by High Court, District Courts or Civil Courts of the State will continue to operate till 2nd August, 2021

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S Oka, CJ and Aravind Kumar, J., extended the date for all interim directions

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | When can a property be said to be “possessed” by a Hindu female as provided in S. 14(1) of Hindu Succession Act? Court answers

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal, J., dismissed the second appeal and held that the first appellate Court is absolutely justified in

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS | Assignor estoppel applies only when assignor’s claim of invalidity contradicts explicit or implicit representations he made in assigning the patent

Supreme Court of The United States: While deciding the patent dispute between Minerva Surgicals and Hologic Inc., the Court made certain significant

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | In re: Bruno; HC steps forward as the flag bearer of Animal rights. Directions issued to State to adopt proactive approach towards animal welfare

Kerala High Court: A.K.Jayasabjarab Nambiar and Gopinath P., JJ., had initiated the instant petition, suo motu, to monitor State action in reported

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Govt must reserve posts for promotions for persons with disabilities even under 1995 PwD Act; explore other methods to avoid stagnation: Supreme Court

“… sometimes it is easier to bring a legislation into force but far more difficult to change the social mind set which would endeavour to find ways and means to defeat the intent of the Act enacted… .”