Case Briefs Archives

Ker HC | Relax 20 weeks internship requirement for final year Law students; HC directs Government Law College of Ernakulam

Kerala High Court: P.B.Suresh Kumar, J., directed the Government Law College, Ernakulam to relax the requirement of 20 weeks internships for the

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | 11 acquitted on the very same evidence which lead to conviction of prime accused; HC reverses Sessions Court order in an attempt to murder case

Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar Cav, J., reversed the Trial Court’s conviction order, whereby, the accused was awarded ten years rigorous imprisonment

Case Briefs High Courts

[Bengal Post Poll Violence] Cal HC | There is more to conceal than to reveal, NHRC flooded with complaints when State claimed otherwise; Court issues directions

Calcutta High Court: The Full Bench of Rajesh Bindal, ACJ and I.P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar, JJ., on

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Court dismisses PIL seeking ascertainment regarding vaccine being covered by any patent or issuance of compulsory license under S. 92 Patents Act

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sabina and Manoj Kumar Vyas, JJ., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The present

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Ban Online Games or not? Read HC’s opinion on not entering into such matters. Is it a policy matter? [Detailed Report]

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J., while addressing a matter with respect to menace

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Tribunal grants war injury pension to WW-2 soldier who suffered splinter wound injury in Italy

Armed Forces Tribunal (Lucknow Bench): The Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava, Member (J) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member (A),

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Stray Dogs have right to food and citizens have right to feed | Indispensable 22 Guidelines on Feeding of Stray Dogs [Momentous Ruling]

Delhi High Court: J.R. Midha, J., in a very significant ruling issued guidelines with regard to the feeding of stray dogs and

Case Briefs District Court

Crypto Frauds | Allegations of cheating in Bitcoin transactions: Magistrate, Tis Hazari Courts directs Delhi Police to register FIR and investigate

Abhinav Pandey, MM, Tis Hazari Court directs Delhi Police to lodge FIR and investigate allegations of fraud in crypto transactions. Complainant sought

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Declaration of journalist as front line health workers a ‘policy decision’; Court dismisses appeal

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Sabina and Manoj Kumar Vyas, JJ., dismissed a petition which was filed by way of

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Family members permitted to perform religious rituals and last rites according to Covid-19 Guidelines on Dead Body Management but cannot dispose the dead body by themselves

Jharkhand High Court: The Division Bench of Ravi Ranjan and Sujit Narayan Prasad, JJ., disposed of the writ petition with observations and

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | Cutting of trees/ considerable heritage for expansion of road project; Court constitutes High Powered Committee

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J., took up a Public Intrest Litigation which was

Case Briefs High Courts

[Lakshadweep] Ker HC | Demolition of Traditional Coastal Communities’ dwellings; HC stays impugned notice of Lakshadweep Administration

Kerala High Court: Raja Vihayaraghavan V., J., stayed the Lakshadweep Administration’s notice with regard to demolition of dwellings of Traditional Coastal Communities.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No conviction under Section 364A IPC if kidnapper treats victim in “a good manner”: Supreme Court

Supreme Court has laid down the essential ingredients required to be proved by prosecution to convict an accused under Section 364A IPC i.e. kidnapping for ransom.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Whether adoption can be restricted only to children in conflict with law, or in need of care and protection, or who are orphaned, abandoned or surrendered under provisions of JJ Act and Adoption Regulations? Elaborate report

Bombay High Court: Manish Pitale, J., while stressing upon the concept of adoption expressed that: The practice of adoption has been prevalent

Alternate Dispute Resolution Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Are trademark disputes arbitrable? Court interprets S. 8 of Arbitration Act; differentiates between rights emanating from Trademark Act and Trademark Agreement

Delhi High Court: Jayant Nath, J., observed that the assignment of the trademark is by a contract and not by a statutory

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court upholds 2019 Act validating Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws; Explains legislative competence to pass a retrospective validating Act

“A legislature is deemed to be the main protagonist of the public interest at large. For, the legislature is the bulwark of a democratic polity.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Persons only in ‘domestic relationship’ as per S. 2 of Domestic Violence Act, 2005 can be made as respondent under S. 12 of DV Act

Karnataka High Court: Sreenivas Harish Kumar, J., allowed the petition and directed that there cannot be any proceedings against the petitioner under

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Does false accusation of unchastity amount to cruelty? Can it be the ground for divorce? HC answers

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, JJ., held that unsubstantiated allegation of unchastity against wife

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | A person can be a silent carrier of COVID-19 on not taking vaccine: Can Right to Refuse Vaccine in such circumstances be exercised? Read HC’s opinion

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J., expressed that vaccinating oneself may not only be

Case Briefs High Courts

Advocate addressing Court while riding a scooter: Allahabad HC declines to hear matter

Allahabad High Court: Division Bench of Manoj Kumar Gupta and Syed Aftab Husain Rizvi, JJ., while addressing a matter declined to hear the