Case Briefs Archives

Utt HC |Quarantine Centers established at Village level are worst of the lot; Gram Sabhas be provided with proper funds

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ravindra Maithani, JJ., addressed petition with regard to issues concerning the condition of

Case Briefs High Courts

[Migrant Workmen] Del HC | For a proper streamlined regulation of migrant workmen and their conditions of service, collection of actual data is the foremost significant measure

Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J., addressed a petition pertaining to seeking implementation of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | A sex worker cannot be considered to be exploiting herself so as to bring her within the ambit of S. 370 IPC for the offence of trafficking

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Rajendra Kumar Srivastava, J., quashed the charge under Section 370 IPC framed against the petitioner. On receiving information

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Social divide is being brought in minds of people on basis of communal identification of group of persons through Social Media

Karnataka High Court: R. Devdas, J., while addressing a bail application held that, social media has created a panic situation where a social

Case Briefs High Courts

Telangana HC | A disaster can strike State or Nation unannounced: State Govt to evolve a comprehensive policy for migrant workers

Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and B. Vijaysen Reddy, JJ., while addressing the various issues concerning the migrant

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Canada SC | While entrapping drug dealers, the Police must have a “reasonable suspicion” to believe that the crime is being committed

Supreme Court of Canada: While deciding issues like application of entrapment framework to dial-a-dope investigations and whether, in the instant case, the

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Central Govt. empowered to postpone payment of Dearness Allowance: Challenge to Union’s decision of postponing payment of DA rejected

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar, JJ. held that it is well within the domain of

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Of late, Cyber bullying activity has reared its ugly head and swept away so many innocent lives; India lacks specialized law to address Cyber bullying

“People from the past, have a tendency to walk back into present and run over the future.” Orissa High Court: S.K. Panigrahi, J.,

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | PIL seeking social distancing and proper sanitisation in UP jails to protect fundamental rights of inmates: State to file affidavit

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Anil Kumar and Manish Mathur, JJ.,took cognizance of the Public Interest Litigation petition filed seeking enforcing

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | ‘Not here to send any messages but to dispense justice’: HC while allowing bail to the man accused in Delhi riots

Delhi High Court: Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., while addressing a bail application of a person alleged to have been involved in burning the

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Maharashtra Government’s Order restricting benefit of fee reimbursement to only those backward class students who have taken admission through CAP, declared arbitrary and discriminatory

Bombay High Court: While deciding the constitutional validity of Government Resolution (hereinafter GR), dated 27-02-2013 which restricted the benefit of fee reimbursement

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Transferee has to pay the outstanding dues if he desires to enjoy the Electricity connection

Supreme Court: The bench of Sanjay Kaul and KM Joseph, JJ. has held that electricity dues, where they are statutory in nature

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Persons, who have completed their quarantine period and have tested negative cannot be further detained in Quarantine Centers against their wishes

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta, and Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, JJ., asked the State Government to ensure that persons

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Journalists & other media personnel are on the field to disseminate correct information just like police, doctors, nurses & government personnel carrying out essential duties

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of B.V. Nagarathna and Suraj Govindaraj, JJ., while addressing petition held that, Role of journalists and media

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | No offence constituted under SC/ST Act where abusive language in the name of caste used over phone call: Criminal proceedings against accused quashed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harnaresh Singh Gill, J.,quashed the criminal proceedings against the appellant accused of using abusive language against the complainant

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CIC | Amidst uncertainties of COVID-19, delay in disclosing details of migrant workers will compound difficulties either for them or government; Severe admonition against CPIO for negligent handling of RTI application

Central Information Commission (CIC): Vanaja N. Sarna, Information Commissioner disposed of a complaint while stating the following on CPIO’s cryptic one liner response

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | “If State would not have been doing anything, we all would have been dead”: Court berates politicising of COVID-19 situation while at the same time reminding the State of its Constitutional obligations

In times of crisis, we need to bind, not bicker. -Gujarat High Court COVID 19 crisis is a humanitarian crisis, not a

Case Briefs Supreme Court Roundups

Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – May 2020

TOP STORIES COVID-19 No train or bus fare to be charged from migrant workers; SC issues interim directions SC takes suo motu

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Wife’s persistent effort to separate husband from family amounts to cruelty: Divorce granted in favour of husband

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and Mary Joseph, JJ., granted a decree of divorce in favour of husband on

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC |No precise legislative definition of what ‘hate speech’ is; Since Parliament has not yet thought it appropriate to legislate on the concept of ‘hate speech’, Court cannot interfere by issuing directions

Karnataka High Court: A Division bench of B.V. Nagarathna and M.G. Uma, JJ., dismissed a petition filed to call for records from