Case Briefs Archives

[Triple Talaq] Bom HC | Bail denied to Muslim Man accused of giving divorce illegally in violation of The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019

Bombay High Court: Sarang V. Kotwal, J., while denied bail on the light of giving divorce in violation of the provisions of The

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Right to Voice Opinion freely and Criticize government’s functioning is every citizen’s right in a democracy: Read Court’s outlook on language to be adopted while criticising

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Sudhir Mittal, J., while addressing a bail matter observed that, while criticising the government in a democracy is

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | “Celebration by crackers is for happiness; It is not to celebrate deaths and diseases”: Total Ban against sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in NCR from November 9th to 30th [Read Directions]

National Green Tribunal (NGT): Coram of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and Sheo Kumar Singh (Judicial Member), Dr Satyawan Singh Garbyal and Dr

Case Briefs High Courts

[Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation] Chh HC | Guest teachers have a legitimate expectation from the ‘State’ to be permitted to continue services until regular appointments are made

Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri J., allowed the petition by stating that replacing present guest teachers with a new set of appointments

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | “Disconcerting that one party should change faith just for sake of matrimony and nothing more”: Read Court’s opinion on ‘religious conversion’ in light of matrimonial matters

Allahabad High Court: J.J. Munir, J., observed that, in matrimonial matters, it is disconcerting to note that parties change his/her faith to the

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Court rejects Plea of bias against the Enquiry officer; Dismisses petition in the matter of departmental proceedings

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Alok Kumar Verma, JJ., dismissed a writ petition which was filed in

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Nominated person faces trial for 30 years in Dalda Ghee adulteration case while HUL never gets convicted. SC says either both get convicted or none

Supreme Court: In the case dating back to 1989, relating to the adulteration of Dalda Vanaspati Khajoor Brand Ghee, wherein the company

Case Briefs District Court

Poetic justice? Delhi judge turns poet while granting bail to a North-East Delhi riots accused

Karkardooma Court, Delhi: Every now and then we see judges quote famous poets, but have you ever come across an order that

Case Briefs High Courts

CESTAT | 100% Export Oriented Unit entitled to refund claim for the Cenvat credit under R. 5 of CCR, 2004; Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) and P. Dinesha (Judicial Member) allowed

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Interstate delivery of exempted goods under the GST Act must bear an e-way bill as well as a delivery challan; Detention of consignment held valid

Kerala High Court: A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J., while holding the detention of goods valid as per Section 129(1)(b) read with Section 129(3)

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | [Service Law] State cannot make arbitrary orders of transfer under the garb of public interest; Petition allowed

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J., while allowing the present petition, held the impugned transfer order to be arbitrary and

Case Briefs High Courts

[Organ Transplant] Ori HC | Certification limiting organ donation from ‘near relative only’ is contrary to law; Authorization Committee has discretion to decide regarding an unrelated donor

Orissa High Court: P. Patnaik J., allowed the petition directing that any certification that limits donation of organ from near relatives only

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Procedural Haste cannot be contended as a ground for challenge when enquiry report discloses Provisionary compliance; Court refrains from acting against well-reasoned order of Disciplinary Authority

Jharkhand High Court: Deepak Roshan, J., while dismissing the present batch of petitions, found no infirmities in the enquiry conducted by the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Thinking of seeking transfer of petition for restitution of conjugal rights under Section 21-A(2)(b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955? SC says you can’t

Supreme Court: In a case where the husband and wife both sought transfer of cases filed against by both of them against

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Nothing wrong with TRAI seeking information to ensure transparency; SC directs Airtel, Vodafone Idea to disclose segmented offers details to TRAI

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA, Bobde, CJ* and AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has directed telecom giants Bharti Airtel

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Ex-parte decree set aside considering “sufficient cause” under Or. 9 R. 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Court allows appeal

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Alok Kumar Verma, JJ., allowed an appeal which was filed challenging an

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | 4474 RTI applications disclosing personal details of applicants uploaded on I&B Ministry website for 4 yrs despite official direction to the contrary: Court sets accountability and directs inquiry at highest level

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Nitin Jamdar and Milind Jadhav, JJ., took strong objection to the fact that despite the

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Transfer is an incidence of service and would be open to interference by court only is it is established that transfer order was malafide; Court rules

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While adjudicating a petition for quashing of a transfer order, Jaishree Thakur, J., dismissed the same being

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Bail granted to accused under POCSO Act on grounds of non-objection by the victim/ complainant

Chhattisgarh High Court: Prashant Kumar Mishra J., allowed the application and granted bail in the matter concerning offence under Protection of Children

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| ‘You can’t stop at issuing advisory’; SC directs Centre to ban the use of disinfection tunnels

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan*, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, JJ has asked the Central Government to consider