Case Briefs Archives

All HC | 20 yrs in jail for no reason? HC reverses conviction of rape accused; Directs matter to be placed before CJ for considering periodical listing of appeals of those in jail for more than 10 or 14 yrs

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Gautam Chowdhary, JJ., has requested the Registrar (Listing) through the Registrar

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Right to be heard cannot be claimed in cases of re-incarceration where initial order of release was without application of mind

Kerala High Court: V.G. Arun, J., dismissed the instant petition whereby the petitioner had challenged his re-incarceration contending violation of natural justice

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Illegally occupying Government/Panchayat Land? Supreme Court says you cannot claim regularization as a matter of right

Supreme Court: In the case where two petitioners had encroached upon the Panchayat land and had constructed houses on it, the bench

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Once an order is found to be passed without jurisdiction, all subsequent proceedings automatically come to an end: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of Ashok Bhushan*, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah allowed the instant appeal against the order

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | If on the basis of materials on record a court could come to the conclusion that commission of the offence is a probable consequence, a case of framing of charge exists

Delhi High Court: Rajnish Bhatnagar, J., upheld the trial court decision in view of no evidence placed on record. Petitioner is a

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | ‘Amend! Make Human Rights Act a Complete Code’, HC suggests to collective wisdom of Parliament: Read point-wise analysis of 517-pages long judgment holding recommendations of Human Rights Commission are binding on Govt., legally enforceable

Madras High Court: A Full Bench of S. Vaidyanathan, V. Parthiban and M.Sundar, JJ. held that the recommendation of the Human Rights

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | “At the time of entertaining the refund claim, the issue of admissibility of the CENVAT credit cannot be raised”: Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ashok Jindal (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed against the impugned orders

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | “Sureties are petty farmers, having meager land holdings”; HC reduces penalty of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5000

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., reduced the penalty of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5000 considering old age

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | When can the second wife be convicted for abetting the offence of bigamy under S. 494 IPC? What are the essential ingredients of such offence? Court examines while acquitting the second wife

Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J., inter alia, reversed the conviction of the second wife (of the husband of the complainant-first

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Undue delay is a mitigating factor while imposing a penalty under S. 15J of the SEBI Act; Appeal allowed

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Justice Tarun Agarwala, Presiding Officer, Dr C.K.G. Nair, Member Justice and M.T. Joshi, Judicial Member affirmed the impugned

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI bans Kishor Biyani and other promoters of FRL from securities market; Rs 17.78 crore to be disgorged for the wrongful gains made by them

Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Ananta Barua, (Whole Time Member) found Chairman of Future Group, Kishor Biyani and its other

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Unfavorable earlier order by a judge not a ground for recusal’; SC rejects plea for Justice Chandrachud’s recusal in an application seeking recall of an unfavorable order

“A litigant cannot be permitted to browbeat the Court by seeking a Bench of its choice.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Government cannot acquire its own land”. Proceedings under LA Act, 1894 cannot be reopened once the possession has been transferred: SC

Supreme Court: In an interesting case regarding land acquisition by government of Assam for setting up a plastic park, the Division Bench

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court grants interim bail to comic Munawar Faruqui; stays Madhya Pradesh High Court’s judgment [Read order]

Supreme Court: In a big relief to Munawar Faruqui, the bench of RF Nariman and BR Gavai, JJ has granted interim bail

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Can an application under S. 24 HMA survive beyond dismissal of the main divorce proceeding? Read why HC dismissed the application for maintenance pendente lite

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., dismissed an application filed under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act on finding no

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Will absence of any specific claim under S. 166 MV Act in pleadings deprive a claimant(s) of getting just compensation? HC answers

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of S. Sujatha and Sachin Shankar Magadum JJ., allowed the appeal and set aside the impugned

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | What is the scope of taking effective cognizance of the subsequent facts in a petition? HC explains

Meghalaya High Court: H.S. Thangkhiew, J., disposed off the petition explaining that the scope of taking cognizance of subsequent facts is limited.

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | ‘CPA is for better consumer protection & speedy dispute redressal’: Costs imposed on HUDA for unnecessarily agitating a non-issue; Recovery to be made from officers responsible

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Dinesh Singh (Presiding Member), dismissed a revision petition filed by Haryana Urban Development Authority. The District

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | How the limitation period for filing S. 138 NI Act complaints is to be calculated? What is the effect of not filing S. 142(1)(b) proviso application? Explained

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., reversed the order of the lower court issuing summons against the accused in a case

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained: Scope of ED’s power to freeze bank accounts under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and AS Bopanna* and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has held that under the Prevention