Case Briefs Archives

Ori HC | “Perpetrators of ponzi schemes have entered in a proverbial Faustain bargain”: Bail refused to accuse of money laundering by way of ponzi scheme

Orissa High Court: S.K. Panigrahi, J., while addressing a matter with regard to money laundering by way of ponzi schemes, stated that, “Act

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Possession of apartments due in 2016, not handed over till date: Developers directed to refund amount at an interest of 9% per annum

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Prem Narain, Presiding Member, has directed the developers of “Greenopolis” to refund homebuyers their amount deposited at

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Judicial review of administrative actions to be done only if it suffers from vice of illegality, Irrationality or Procedural Impropriety

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Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS allows Federal Executions; first federal executions in 17 years [Full Story]

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Case Briefs Supreme Court

Rajasthan Political Crisis| Rajasthan Speaker CP Joshi withdraws plea challenging HC’s order asking him to defer disqualification proceedings

Supreme Court: The Court has allowed Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi to withdraw his plea against Rajasthan High Court’s order asking him

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Religare Enterprises CEO’s bail rejected in view of being accused for fraud of worth Rs 2000 crores plus of public money

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J. rejected the bail plea of the petitioner, accused of fraud, after finding him to be

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Writ of Mandamus filed against Canara Bank in respect of deferment of payments for LoCs issued by Bank rejected

Karnataka High Court: P.S. Dinesh Kumar, J. ordered against the petitioner who filed the Writ of Mandamus against Canara Bank in deferment

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Haryana Government directed to take restrictive measures against unscientific dumping of municipal waste in Palwal

National Green Tribunal (NGT): The Coram of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson), Justice S. P. Wangdi (Judicial Member), Dr Satyawan Singh Garbyal

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court rejects trademark injunction sought by pharmaceutical company creating Typhoid vaccines

Delhi High Court: V. Kameswar Rao J. rejected an application for permanent injunction by a pharmaceutical company against a rival brand, seeking

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Ambience Mall, Gurgaon construction illegal: Court orders FIR and CBI enquiry into Builder-State connivance

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh, JJ. has declared that the construction of the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

When can a case be transferred from High Courts to the Supreme Court under Article 139A? SC explains

Supreme Court: Explaining the law on transfer of cases from High Courts to the Supreme Court, the single judge bench of Aniruddha

Case Briefs High Courts

“Shocking reality! Marriages being given contractual tinge to attain sinister design in Punjab”: Court says can’t shut eyes, a debatable issue arising over applicability of S. 420 IPC

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Fateh Deep Singh, J. granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner, the father of the bride, while observing that marriages

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | No straight jacket formula as to how a woman will react to an act of outrage by a male

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J., while addressing a bail application made the following observation: There cannot be a straight jacket formula as

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | T.N Govt. directed not to undertake any action to physically seize dogs from their owners until issues surrounding legality of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Dogs Breeding and Marketing) Rules, 2017 are settled

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Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Minor girls forced to enter immoral activities against meager wages in Chitrakoot: Court takes suo moto cognizance

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Saumitra Dayal Singh, J., took suo moto cognizance of reports wherein it

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Mother posting video on social media being painted on nude body by minors to teach sex education: Prima facie use of children for sexual gratification

Kerala High Court: P. V. Kunhikrishnan, J., addressed a matter wherein a mother uploaded a video on social media wherein she was getting

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | PIL seeking to restrain “Bhoomi Pujan” for laying foundation of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya — dismissed

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Saumitra Dayal Singh, J., addressed the petition filed by a social

Case Briefs High Courts

BREAKING | Rajasthan HC directs ‘status quo’ in disqualification notice against Sachin Pilot & 18 other dissident Congress MLAs

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Indrajit Mahanty, CJ and Prakash Gupta, J., directs ‘status quo’ to be maintained in the case

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Interim Control Order against suspected Islamic State member confirmed and extended till November 2020

Federal Court of Australia: Charlesworth J. confirmed an Interim Control Order (ICO) against a suspected Islamic State (IS) member issued in November,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

NGT Vacancies| “This is an appalling situation”; Notify all vacancies in one go within 10 days: SC to Centre

Supreme Court: Taking note of the “appalling situation” concerning National Green Tribunal where, as of today, there are about 14 vacancies (seven