Case Briefs Archives

Utt HC | Stating provisions of Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 the Court cancels the remaining sentence of the convict; modifies order in appeal

Uttaranchal High Court: R.C. Khulbe, J., partly allowed an appeal that was filed aggrieved by the Judgment and order passed by Addl.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Are candidates with no regular school or college course eligible to participate for 5 & 3-year law course? HC interprets Rule 5 of Bar Council of India Rules

Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J., urged the Bar Council of India to amend its Rule 5 in order to ensure that the

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Hitesh Kumar Sarma, JJ. upheld the ex-parte order of the Foreigners’ Tribunal

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

“Fair trial is the foundation of the rule of law and criminal justice system”: Islamabad HC rules in favour of extending another chance to the Govt. of India to appoint a counsel for Kulbhushan Jadhav

Islamabad High Court: The Bench of Athar Minallah, C.J., Aamer Farooq and Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, JJ., while observing that the right to

Case Briefs High Courts

Sushant Singh Rajput Case: Bom HC urges media to exercise restrain while reporting on actor’s unnatural death

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of A.A. Sayed and Surendra P. Tavade, JJ. addressed a Public Interest Litigation filed by former

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Non-execution of detention order for more than two years with inordinate delay by govt. for approval affects efficacy of such detention order; Detention order set aside

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Puneet Gupta, J. detention order quashed and non-application of mind by the detaining authority in the present

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Scandalous allegations against SC judges| Exemplary cost of Rs. 25, 000 on Rashid Khan Pathan for filing repetitive applications seeking recall of May 4 order

Supreme Court: In the case where the Supreme Court Registry refused to register the application seeking recall of the order dated 04.05.2020

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Are Co-operative societies now a part of ‘constitutional scheme’ by Constitution (Ninety-seventh Amendment) Act, 2011? HC elucidates in a Cooperative Society dispute

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Abhay Ahuja, JJ., while addressing an issue with regard to the Cooperative Societies,

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Can a boy and girl living together of their own free will be harassed or threatened by anyone in their peaceful living? Court restates legal position

Allahabad High Court: Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J., decided upon the prayer of protection being sought by a boy and girl living together

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Police may resort to the extreme step of arrest only in situations where accused fails to cooperate in the investigation

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Rajeev Kumar Shrivastava, J., allowed the anticipatory bail application of the accused-applicant in connection with the FIR registered

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Alleged Government land allotment to a political party in violation of due procedure: HC issues notice to State Government

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of P.R. Ramachandra Menon, CJ and Parth Prateem Sahu, J., addressed an issue with regard to the

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Does disclosure of information with no larger public interest amounts to invasion of privacy under S. 8(1)(j) of RTI Act? HC elucidates

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula, JJ., held that the attendance record is a part of service

Case Briefs Supreme Court

When can a subsequent legislation be applied retrospectively? SC explains

Supreme Court: The 2-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has held that for application of a subsequent legislation retrospectively

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC │ Ad-hoc/ Tenure Service to be counted for increment and pension but not for seniority and pay fixation in case of an employee

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel J. allowed the writ petition and rejected the prayer being devoid of merit. The instant

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC lists 8 directions to prevent deterioration of Shivlinga at Mahakaleshwar Temple Ujjain

Supreme Court: In a bid to prevent the deterioration of Shivlinga at Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain, the 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, BR

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Appellant not liable to pay Service Tax under the Head “Franchise Services” on activity of granting license to third party; Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): A Division Bench of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) and P. Anjani Kumar (Technical Member),

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Post-retirement benefits of the delinquent employee to be kept on hold till the settlement of ongoing disciplinary proceedings; HC orders stay

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and Gopinath P., JJ., while addressing the issue of disbursement of post-retirement benefits

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | [Malafide Transfer] Transfers done using external influence or to adjust influential employees around urban areas without any real administrative exigency will amount to malafide transfers; State duty bound to act as “Model Employer”

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Jyotsna Rewal Dua JJ. disposed off the petition directing the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | No contravention of anti-trust laws or rise of any competition concern: Commission dismisses complaint against WhatsApp alleging unfair business

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

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Death of five-year-old girl due to starvation and illness in Agra: NHRC issues notice to UP Govt.

National Human Rights Commission India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a 5-year-old girl has allegedly died due