Case Briefs Archives

[POCSO] Del HC | Pulling down leggings of child victim and touching of thighs is evident of sexual intent and constitutes an offence of sexual assault under S. 7 POCSO Act

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J., while addressing a matter wherein a child aged 9 years old was sexually assaulted, held that,

Case Briefs International Courts

Enrica Lexie Incident| Italy must compensate India for loss of life and material damage; however India is precluded from exercising its criminal jurisdiction over Italian marines involved in the incident

Permanent Court of Arbitration: In an unanimous decision by the Arbitral Tribunal concerning the “Enrica Lexie Incident”, it was held that Italy

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Police failed to state how anti-CAA protest by accused was unlawful: Court quashes criminal case against accused booked for anti-CAA protest

Madras High Court: G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J., allowed a criminal petition and quashed proceedings in the criminal case filed against the petitioner protesting against

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | “Hope and trust earnest adherence to and enforcement of extant guidelines so that life of each citizen is preserved”: Court on proper handling of COVID-19 dead bodies

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and N. J. Jamdar, J. dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking enforcement of

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | “Provisions of SC/ST Act should extend in its chain of thought process to all foreigners in India, they shouldn’t be called by any derogatory name”

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajiv Narain Raina, J., while addressing a major issue with regard to the usage of racial terms stated

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS | Louisiana’s Act 620 declared unconstitutional as it imposes a severe burden on women for access to abortion

Supreme Court of the United States: While looking into the validity of Louisiana’s Act 620 laying out certain laws for abortion, the

Case Briefs High Courts

[POCSO] Guj HC | Lack of legal awareness amongst children, lends them as offenders in serious matters; Minor boy lent himself in the net of law by taking away minor girl

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Sonia Gokani and N.V. Anjaria, JJ.,while addressing matter wherein a minor boy had taken away the

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | “Law makers have missed opportunity to prescribe stringent punishment; a yawning gap between law and its enforcement”: Court while feeling constrained to grant bail to accused involved in sex trafficking

“No nation, with all its boasts, and all its hopes, can ever morally be clean till all its women are really free

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Death of a child due to negligence of doctors at Kannauj District Hospital: NHRC notice to Uttar Pradesh Government

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a one year old child, suffering from

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Report of Jail Superintendent, Investigating Officer should be supplied to accused as a general rule: Compliance of order directed forthwith

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J., allowed a writ petition that sought supply of status

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Private un-aided institutions that are not providing online classes during lockdown period are also entitled to collect tuition fees

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant petitions filed by the several unaided private schools and educational institutions, all of

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Parents to submit school fees, since no exemption given on account of monthly salary expenditure incurred by school even during lockdown

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of S. Manikumar ,CJ and Shaji P. Chaly, J. dismissed a writ petition on account of

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Federation of Association of Private Schools in Tamil Nadu to formulate scheme on collection of fees by private schools/college on an installment based structure

Madras High Court: R. Mahadevan, J., while addressing the issue of Government stalling collection of fees, held that, Federation of Association of Private

Case Briefs High Courts

[Plight of Transgender Community] Ker HC | To avoid difficulties & translate rights into reality, members of transgender community or NGOs need to identify problems and approach officers concerned

Kerala High Court: Division Bench of S. Manikumar, CJ and Saji P. Chaly, J., while addressing a matter wherein plight of transgender

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Void document can’t be sued upon but other legal consequences may follow: Will not enforceable for being void admissible under S. 32(5), Evidence Act

Allahabad High Court: Salil Kumar Rai, J., allowed a writ petition quashing the orders passed by the Deputy Director of Consolidation, Kushinagar

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | “Accused being treated as adult; possibility of tampering with minor witnesses”: Reasons for which Court rejected bail to accused in Gurugram School Murder case

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., dismissed the revision petition filed against the rejection of bail to the accused. The revision

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Citing ‘limited scope of judicial review in scheduling of examinations’, HC declines to put a stay on examinations to be conducted by Kerala University and Kerala Law Academy

Kerala High Court: While deciding the instant petitions seeking directions for the Kerala University to postpone the examinations scheduled on 1-7-2020, C.S.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

1984 Anti-Sikh riots| No interim bail to COVID-19 positive convict Mahendra Singh Yadav

Supreme Court: The bench of Indira Banerjee and BR Gavai, JJ has refused to grant interim bail to Mahendra Singh Yadav, co-convict

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Strictly implement the ban on use of Chinese, Nylon, Plastic Manjha or thread for Kite Flying in compliance with notification issued by West Bengal Government

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ and Arijit Banerjee, J., directed the administration to strictly adhere by the

Case Briefs Supreme Court Roundups

Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – June 2020

TOP STORIES COVID-19 Procedural Relaxations| SC’s March 23 order on extension of limitation not applicable to the period of filing charge sheet