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Del HC | Can a country made pistol (katta) be considered as a “deadly weapon” even if it is in a state of disrepair under S. 398 IPC? HC elaborates

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J., in the present petition observed that, “A deadly weapon is one, which is lethal and is likely

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Accused obtained employment on basis of forged TET certificate; Court declines to grant bail, rules that there can be no presumption of accused being unaware of forgery

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J., rejected the bail application of the applicant-accused in connection with the FIR registered for offence punishable

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC gives a go ahead to enforcement of Malaysian arbitral award in Government versus Vedanta; says it doesn’t contravene public policy of India

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Nazeer, Indu Malhotra and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has dismissed Central Government’s plea against enforcement of

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura HC | What amounts to irretrievable breakdown of marriage? HC discusses in a case where the couple lived apart for 13 continuous years

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of S. Talapatra and S.G. Chattopadhyay, JJ., upheld the decision of the trial court and stated that

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Bom HC | Advocates permitted to travel by local trains to attend physical hearing of cases on ‘experimental basis’

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and G.S. Kulkarni, J., directs railways to allow Advocates to travel by local

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Tripura HC | Will Hindu Marriage Act have application on a couple belonging to Scheduled Tribe, notified under Constitution for purpose of dissolution of marriage? Court explains

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of S. Talapatra and S.G. Chattopadhyay, JJ., held that Section 2(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act has

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Jhar HC | Government employee denied anticipatory bail for posting derogatory remarks against Malaysian woman regarding spreading coronavirus

Jharkhand High Court: Rongon Mukhopadhyay J., rejected anticipatory bail to the ground in light of facts and submissions in the instant case.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Employee not liable for the actions of the senior while following instructions; Tribunal allows appeal and sets aside penalty under S. 112 (a) of Customs Act

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): A Division Bench of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) and C.L. Mahar (Technical Member), allowed

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Nepali citizen living in Shimla since 1997 refused Bonafide Himachali Certificate; S. 3(1) (b) of Indian Citizenship Act, 1955 applied

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC stays the telecast of Sudarshan News’ ‘UPSC Jihad’ show; says it prima facie appears like an attempt to vilify the Muslim community

“An insidious attempt has been made to insinuate that the community is involved in a conspiracy to infiltrate the civil services.” Supreme

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Can an unmarried Hindu daughter claim maintenance from her father? SC clarifies the legal position

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan. R. Subhash Reddy and MR shah, JJ has held that an unmarried Hindu daughter

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Bom HC | “Consent induced by fiduciary relationship not a free consent”: Bom HC while refusing bail to rape accused business partner of victim’s father

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J., while addressing a petition with regard to the rape of a minor girl, made an observation that:

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Bom HC | Can a widowed daughter-in-law claim maintenance from the estate inherited by her father-in-law? Law explained

Bombay High Court: Nitin W. Sambre, J., while addressing a petition with regard to grant of maintenance held that under Section 19 of

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Bom HC | If a banker refuses to grant loan on an already outstanding amount, would the said act amount to instigation under S. 107 of IPC? HC pronounces a reasoned order

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of V.M. Deshpande and Anil S. Kilor, JJ., held that if the prosecution fails prima facie to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Advance tax ruling system| Detailed report on what the Supreme Court said

Supreme Court: The bench of SK Kaul and Indu Malhotra, JJ has recommended the Central Government to consider the efficacy of the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | CPCB to consider ordering environmental audit to assess & recover compensation for violation of environmental norms by Amazon, Flipkart, etc.

National Green Tribunal (NGT): Full Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and Justice S.P. Wangdi (Judicial Member)and Dr Nagin Nanda (Expert Member)

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Bom HC | Performing second marriage during pendency of an appeal is a breach under S. 15 of HMA, but would it amount to civil contempt? HC analyses

Bombay High Court: A.S. Kilor, J., held that contravention of the provision of Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 does not

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J&K HC | Bail plea of accused transporting three militants who launched a suicide attack on BSF Camp in J&K in October 2017, rejected

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Division Bench of Ali Mohammad Magray and Sanjay Dhar, JJ. rejected the bail plea and upheld

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CAT | Post-retirement pensionary benefits cannot be withheld by organisation on account of failure on its part in timely verification of employee’s service records

Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam: The Coram of Bidisha Banerjee (Judicial Member) and Nandita Chatterjee (Administrative Member) allowed the application granting desired relief

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Freedom can’t be denied just because a person is poor; Court reduces amount of sureties for bail

Uttaranchal High Court: Ravindra Maithani, J., allowed an application that was made in order to reduce the amount of sureties for bail.