Case Briefs Archives

Madras HC | Is an illegitimate child entitled to maintenance under S. 125 CrPC? HC reiterates legal position

Madras High Court: B. Pugalendhi, J., while addressing an issue observed and reiterated the established position of the Supreme Court that, under Section

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Notice issued to NADA on athlete’s petition challenging Art. 7.3.1(f) of NADA Rules, 2015

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J. addressed the grievance of international athletes who challenged

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | ‘Subjective satisfaction of a detaining authority to detain a person is not open to objective assessment by a Courtʼ; Writ Petition dismissed

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Tashi Rabstan, J., while dismissing a criminal writ petition seeking to challenge the grounds preferred for detention,

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Fundamental rule of law is that no decision can be given without the opportunity of being heard; Court allows appeal

Uttaranchal High Court: Lok Pal Singh, J., allowed a writ petition which was filed in the nature of the certiorari, seeking quashing

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Whether pleadings in trial amount to ‘publication’ in a suit for defamation; Court discusses nuances to S. 500 IPC

Karnataka High Court: H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, J., while allowing the criminal revision in part, remarked that, if the accused seeks to take

Case Briefs Supreme Court

An offence committed by a ‘juvenile’ in 1981; three Juvenile Justice statutes and a legal conundrum on their applicability. Read how SC solved this riddle

Supreme Court: In a bid to clear the air over the applicability of and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC

“Each fundamental right, be it of an individual or of a class, does not exist in isolation and has to be balanced with every other contrasting right.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Will giving money to another for consuming drugs mean “financing” or “harbouring” as envisaged under S. 27 A of NDPS Act? Read HC’s verdict granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty

Bombay High Court: Sarang Kotwal, J., while addressing the bail application filed by Actor Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case,

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Once permanent maintenance is received under S. 20 DV Act, yet due to change in circumstances if alteration in maintenance is required, what approach should be resorted? HC elucidates

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Rajamanickam, JJ., addressed an appeal with regard to seeking interim maintenance when

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Abscondence alone may not be a determinative factor to infer guilt under S. 302 IPC but when medical evidence discloses homicidal death abscondence becomes a relevant fact

Jharkhand High Court: Shree Chandrashekhar J., upheld the impugned judgment and dismissed the appeal being devoid of merits. The case at hand

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Will I&B Code permit a successful Resolution Applicant to stage a “U-turn” frustrating Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process? Tribunal decodes

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): Full Bench of Justice Bansi Lal Bhat (ACJ) and Justice Anant Bijay Singh (Judicial Member) and Dr

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Court discusses legal position where special enactment overrides general enactment; petition dismissed

Kerala High Court: P. Somarajan, while dismissing a plea for quashing of FIR against parallel charges under Penal Code, 1860 and other

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS | Obergefell v. Hodges Ruling credited with the creation of ‘Right to Same-Sex Marriage’ in USA, heavily criticized for its “ruinous consequence for religious liberty”

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS): While denying the issuance of the writ of certiorari as prayed by Kim Davis, a

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Does Rule 35 of SCBA Rules apply to suspension/termination of status of a member of SCBA as an office-bearer of its Association? HC explains in view of Ashoka Arora, Secy. SCBA’s removal

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., refused to stay the suspension of Ashok Arora from the post of Secretary, Supreme Court Bar Association

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS | South Carolina’s witness signature rule for absentee ballots temporarily reinstated

Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS): In a crucial decision before the upcoming Presidential Elections in the USA, the SCOTUS temporarily

Advance Rulings Case Briefs

Punjab AAR | Will there be GST exemption to ‘parking lot services’ established at Market Committee? AAR examines

Punjab Authority for Advance Ruling: Navdeep Bhinder (Member, SGST) and Parul Garg (Member, CGST) addressed the following issue: Whether the parking lot services