Case Briefs Archives

High Court convicts a man for corruption without cogent reasons after Trial Court acquits him. Supreme Court reminds courts to take utmost care in scanning evidence before recording conviction

“Initial presumption of innocence in the criminal jurisprudence gets doubled by acquittal recorded by the trial court.”

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Will an Insurance Company be obligated to notify the insured in regard to his policy being expired? Read in light of S. 50 of Insurance Act

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): C. Viswanath (Presiding Member) expressed that: Section 50 of the Insurance Act imposes a statutory obligation

Case Briefs District Court

‘It APPEARS that Chanda Kochhar has misused her official position in sanctioning loans to Videocon Group’: Read Court’s order issuing process against the former MD & CEO of ICICI Bank

Sessions Court, Greater Bombay: Abhijeet A. Nandgaonkar, Additional Sessions Judge, issued summons, being of the prima facie opinion that Chanda Kochhar, Former

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | State Government directed to take appropriate action to provide healthcare facilities to ST communities residing in Sukinda Chromites Valley, Jajpur

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar and S. Panda, JJ., disposed of the writ petition directing the government to

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Onus to prove that there is non-existence of debt is on whom under NI Act? Read the purpose of S. 118 NI Act

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., addressed a matter wherein it was reiterated that the initial burden of proving the burden of

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Audi alteram partem is the soul of principle of natural justice; Court issues directions

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Narayan Singh Dhanik and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, JJ., disposed of a writ petition while giving

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Noticing “unauthorised activities”, SEBI passes ex parte order against National Stock Advisory Research prohibiting its activities in stock market

Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Madhabi Puri Buch, (Whole Time Member) issued ex-parte order against National Stock Advisory Research (NSAR)

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Collusive transactions with the Corporate Debtor would not constitute a ‘financial debt’ under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee, JJ has held that collusive transactions with the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Observing “gross deficiencies” SC denies Chintpurni Medical College permission for admission for the academic year 2021-2022

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of L. Nageswara Rao*, S. Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra, JJ., dismissed the appeal filed by

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | What is the scope of power of revision of HC under CrPC? Court discusses while denying interference in matrimonial matter

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., while addressing the present revision petition expressed that: “A court in revision considers the material only

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Whether a forest land can be allotted/leased without prior approval of Central Government under S. 2 (iii) of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980?

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal J., dismissed the second appeal being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Adjudicate or Legislate? What is the role of Courts in our country? HC frames a precedential examination while discussing scope of ‘Judicial Inquiry’

Calcutta High Court: Shekhar B. Saraf, J., in the instant matter after a precedential examination with regard to judicial inquiry, laid down

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Grant of study leave to a Doctor: Can a Court in exercise of its ‘Judicial Review’ sit as an Appellate Authority over the administrative decision? Read on

Delhi High Court: V. Kameswar Rao, J., while addressing an issue wherein a doctor sought for a study leave for pursuing MD/MS

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CERC | Whether the procedural delay of 3 days in filing the application for issuance of Renewable Energy Certificates can be condoned; Commission explains

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC): The Coram of P.K. Pujari (Chairperson), I.S. Jha (Member) and Arun Goyal (Member) disposed of a petition

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | “She requires to maintain herself and cannot be denied financial assistance”, HC grants pension to widow convicted for murder

Punjab and Haryana High Court: G.S. Sandhawalia, J., allowed the instant petition against the order of State whereby the petitioner’s claim for

Case Briefs Supreme Court

High Court, being First Appellate Court, cannot acquit an accused without re-appreciation of evidence: Supreme Court

“Non-re-appreciation of the evidence on record may affect the case of either the prosecution or even the accused.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | Can BCI be covered under the ambit of an ‘enterprise’ under S. 2(h) of Competition Act? Read why it was asserted that BCI misused its dominant position

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Coram comprising of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members), considered

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | What are the obligations of the insured taking a Marine Insurance Policy? Principle of Utmost Good Faith favours whom? Commission delineates

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Anup K. Thakur (Presiding Member) dismissed a consumer complaint against the insurance company in case of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Belated challenge to appointment cannot be entertained’; Supreme Court restores appointment of Assistant Professor of KGMU, Lucknow

The Act which governs the appointment of Assistant Professors and Lecturers in the University itself provides a mechanism for questioning an appointment, i.e., by representation to the Chancellor that too within a period of three months.

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Secondary evidence not permissible if the original documents are not produced at any time nor has any factual foundation been laid for giving secondary evidence

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal, J., allowed the appeal and set aside the impugned orders of the First Appellate Court being