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DLF apartment carpet area dispute under RERA

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Homebuyer challenges DLF flat’s carpet area; seeks independent verification: Haryana REAT allows expert measurement

“There is a substance in the application. Thus, we intend to allow the same.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLT, Mumbai transfers earlier-filed company petition to the court where connected proceeding pending: Prior Filing Cannot Ipso Facto Be a Ground to Transfer Connected Proceedings

“…the mere fact that one proceeding was instituted earlier cannot, by itself, be determinative of the Court before which the connected proceedings ought to continue. The subsequent course of proceedings is also relevant while considering the appropriate forum for transfer.”

reopen marriage dispute to escape maintenance

Case Briefs High Courts

Husband cannot have “another bite at the cherry” and re-agitate a settled marital status dispute to escape maintenance liability: Delhi High Court

The Court held that “as any husband, the petitioner owes a legal debt to maintain any wife like the respondent”.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Student seeks evaluated Answer Script, University demands ₹1,000: CIC Says RTI Rules Override

“It is noteworthy that when any Rules/Bye Laws are found inconsistent with the RTI Act, 2005 then the non-obstante clause of Section 22 becomes operative.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Transportation of bovine animals without permission does not by itself justify preventive detention: J&K and Ladakh HC

Public order cannot be invoked merely because bovine animals were allegedly transported without permission; where the detenue is not informed of his right to represent before the detaining authority, preventive detention becomes constitutionally unsustainable.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

6 passes out of 257 applications: Supreme Court directs Tamil Nadu to facilitate purse seine fishing transit through territorial waters, emphasises cooperative federalism

Supreme Court issued directions to Tamil Nadu to facilitate transit through territorial waters and timely access pass clearance for purse seine fishing in EEZ

Case Briefs High Courts

Existing ECI mechanism adequately protects homeless electors; Delhi HC says no separate facilitative framework required

The Court noted that the Draft Electoral Roll itself demonstrated inclusion of homeless persons and that persons affected by demolition could seek enrolment through Form 6.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

AI assistant or user? U.S. Court of Appeals dissects why an AI agent doesn’t “access” a website in Amazon vs. Perplexity AI

Amazon had sued Perplexity AI alleging that its agentic AI-based shopping tool has been accessing Amazon’s servers without authorisation. The District Court had granted injunction in favour of Amazon holding that it had proved its claims under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act.

Return to same post after maternity leave

Case Briefs High Courts

Role, status, career: Delhi High Court widens what “returning from maternity leave” actually means

Holding that maternity protection is not exhausted upon grant of maternity leave and payment of benefits, the Delhi High Court held that a woman returning from maternity leave entitled to same or equivalent post and directed the Union Government to frame safeguards for post-maternity reintegration within six months.

Case Briefs High Courts

Transmission is not the same as receipt: Delhi High Court on due service of summons via WhatsApp

In light of material placed before the Court, it restored the appellant’s opportunity to contest the suit by setting aside the ex parte judgment and decree qua him under Order 9 Rule 13 CPC

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court sets aside ₹425.27-crore Customs penalty order built on AI-generated fake citations

Supreme Court cautioned that AI may assist adjudication but can never be substituted for adjudication, setting aside a ₹425.27 crore Customs penalty after reliance on dubious AI-generated case laws.

Case Briefs High Courts

Caught with cheating material but not caught cheating? Delhi HC says that’s not enough for major unfair means penalty

The Court held that where such actual use is not proved even on a preponderance of probabilities, the harsher semester-wide penalty cannot be sustained.

Case Briefs High Courts

A century of goodwill belongs to the Firm, not the family: What Calcutta HC’s Fox & Mandal ruling means

Calcutta High Court ruled that the goodwill and reputation of Fox & Mandal belong to the firm, not to the family of its former partners.

Case Briefs High Courts

Speculative challenge to Priyadarshini Bus Scheme dismissed; Kerala HC finds no material linking bus accidents to overcrowding

Describing the petition as a “speculative litigation”, the Kerala High Court dismissed a PIL challenging the Priyadarshini Bus Scheme, holding that there was no corroborative material to support the allegation that bus accidents occurred due to overcrowding. The Court, however, emphasised that passenger safety must be adequately safeguarded.

NEET-UG 2026 protests Supreme Court FIRs

Case Briefs Supreme Court

FIRs quashed, pan-India compensation policy directed: Inside Supreme Court’s NEET-UG 2026 Protest order

Supreme Court Quashes FIRs, Invokes Article 142 and Directs Pan-India Compensation for Students’ Families in NEET-UG 2026 Protests

Sukesh Chandrasekhar Supreme Court Judge impersonation case

Case Briefs District Court

“Not an ordinary case of impersonation”: Inside Tis Hazari Court’s sentencing of Sukesh Chandrasekhar for posing as a Supreme Court Judge

Tis Hazari Court convicts Sukesh Chandrasekhar for impersonating a Supreme Court Judge to influence bail, awarding 8 years’ consecutive RI under Sections 170, 189 and 507 IPC.

regulation of children's social-media access

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court directs Centre to decide on regulating children’s social-media access

The instant petition sought regulatory measures for children’s social-media access, including age restrictions, content filtering, privacy safeguards and verification mechanisms.

Case Briefs High Courts

Wife’s previous kidney donation not a valid ground to reject husband’s donation application; Kerala HC directs fresh consideration

Kerala High Court set aside the rejection of a kidney donation application after finding that the authorities had relied on grounds not supported by the applicable statutory framework.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of reported sexual assault of minor girl by bus driver and conductor in Greater Noida

The NHRC has issued notices to the police authorities concerned, seeking a detailed report within two weeks, including the investigation status and compensation, if any, paid to the victim.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Original, yes. Author, no: Copyright Office rejects AI authorship, but not AI-generated art

While finding that “A Recent Entrance to Paradise” satisfies the limited threshold of “originality” under Section 13, the Copyright Office held that DABUS cannot be entered as an author under Section 2(d)(vi).