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[S. 376 IPC] Ori HC | Bail rejected subject to the plight of the victim and the probability of the accused tarnishing the dignity of the victim and her family

Orissa High Court: S. K. Panigrahi, J. dismissed the bail application as there was a clear possibility of further danger to the

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Raj HC | Whether candidates who did not study ‘Language’ as an optional subject in their 3-year degree course studied it later as an additional subject post completing graduation be eligible to the post of “Language Teacher”

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Sabina and Manoj Kumar Vyas, JJ. dismissed the appeal and upheld the impugned order. Facts

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SEBI | What could give a ‘semblance of credibility on first blush’, denied on ‘second’| Fraudulent issuance of GDR dealt suitably | Directed to disgorge

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty (Whole Time Member) in a detailed 92 paged order, barred six individuals and

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Application under S. 7 or S. 9 IBC is an independent proceeding unaffected by winding up proceedings that may be filed qua the same company; Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Rohinton Fali Nariman* and B.R. Gavai, JJ., addressed the instant appeal involving the question that whether

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CESTAT | No intention to evade duty, penalty set aside; Tribunal partly allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) partly allowed an appeal where the issue was whether the

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Raj HC | Primary objective of parole is to facilitate family ties being maintained and cannot be rejected on flimsy grounds

Rajasthan High Court: Mahendar Kumar Goyal, J. allowed the petition and sets aside the impugned order. The facts of the case are

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Chh HC | Whether higher qualification presupposes lower qualification always for the purposes of recruitment? HC discusses

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of P. R. Ramchandra Menon and Parth Prateem Sahu, JJ. sets aside the impugned order and

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ECJ | Denmark’s top toy manufacturer, Lego obtains design rights for its disputed building block toy set against its German competitor, Delta Sport

General Court (Second Chamber): The Bench comprising of V. Tomljenović, President, F. Schalin and I. Nõmm (Rapporteur), JJ., settles the design right

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Ker HC| ‘Ensure ‘no double voting by any voter’; HC directs Election Commission of India to be on war footing to ensure fair and democratic election

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising of S.Manikumar, CJ., and Shaji P. Chaly, J., heard the instant PIL whereby, MLA Ramesh

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Madras HC | 4 Fishermen killed by Sri Lankan Navy. State & Centre to provide adequate compensation in wake of untimely deaths of fishermen

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J., addressed an issue wherein the association of fishermen

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High Courts Monthly Round-up: March 2021

Here’s a short recap of what we covered under the High Court’s section for the month of March 2021. Allahabad High Court

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Madras HC | Quality of education being compromised in course of more law colleges being born in guise of creating opportunities. Read what HC says

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and SenthilKumar Ramamoorthy, J., addressed the concern with regard to the quality

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Madras HC | Official Funds for Campaigning: One has to wear allegiance to a political leader, if not on the sleeve at least visibly crying out of pocket | Why? Read on

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J., expressed that: Election Commission has sufficient authority to

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Madras HC | “Trying to develop the case brick by brick and construct something purposeful”: HC while arranging counselling for same-sex couple and parents

Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J., while addressing an issue with respect to protection to the same-sex couple, expressed that: “…I

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

“Did RICA do enough?”- South Africa’s top Court highlights inadequate privacy safeguards of RICA; declares it unconstitutional

Constitutional Court of South Africa: In a significant judgment delivered last month, the South African Apex Court, with a ratio of 8:2,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Courts can’t be helpless bystanders when prisoner opposes transfer from one prison to another; Read why Supreme Court transferred Mukhtar Ansari’s custody to Uttar Pradesh

“A convict or an undertrial prisoner, who disobeys the law of the land, cannot oppose his transfer from one prison to another, be a convict or an undertrial prisoner, Courts are not to be a helpless bystander, when the rule of law is being challenged with impunity.”

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‘Electoral Bonds Scheme not behind iron curtains incapable of being pierced’; Read why Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Scheme

“All that is required is a little more effort to cull out such information from both sides (purchaser of bond and political party) and do some “match the following”.”

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UK SC | Whether residential care workers who ‘sleep in’ are entitled to national minimum wage for time that is not spent actually performing some specific activity?

United Kingdom Supreme Court: The Bench of Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin dismissed the appeals and

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Telangana HC | Are principles of res judicata applicable to bail applications? Can repeated filing of bail applications without change in circumstances be accepted? Read on

Telangana High Court: G. Sri Devi, J., while addressing a bail application filed in a case of ‘Honour Killing’ enumerated the factors

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CAT | Widow of a substitute servant cannot be denied rights of family pension and death-cum-retirement benefits accorded to temporary servants

Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT): Pradeep Kumar, Member (A) addressed the instant application wherein the widow of one Narayan Dutt, who was engaged