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Legislature has not defeated the dictum in Bharat Earth Movers case by inserting clause (f) to Section 43B of the IT Act

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar, Hemant Gupta and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has the constitutional validity of clause (f) of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Centre to pay Rs. 1 Lakh compensation for improper handling of sexual harassment allegation by former RAW agent Nisha Priya Bhatia

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has upheld the compulsory retirement for former RAW agent Nisha Priya

Case Briefs High Courts

COVID-19 | All HC | Operation of interim orders extended till 10th May; Interim bails, abeyance of eviction orders extended till 15th May

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Siddhartha Varma, J. issued directions modifying the the Court’s Order dated 26-03-2020.

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

State Government cannot fix the “minimum price” of sugarcane once Centre has already fixed it

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee and Vineet Saran, M.R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., held that once

Case Briefs High Courts

COVID-19 | Kar HC | Release of information regarding people contracting COVID-19 at Nizamuddin religious ceremony a policy decision; Court declines to interfere

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J. while addressing a petition with regard to release

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Court allows production of corpus via video conferencing, directs safe passage of minor and her parents to village

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of N.V. Anjaria and Ashok Kumar C. Joshi, JJ. addressed a petition wherein Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Bom HC | Proper treatment of non-COVID 19 patients: Centre & State to file affidavit with effective solutions

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J. asked for responses from Central and State Government with regard to patients unable to get treatment in

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Arnab Goswami vs Sonia Gandhi Row| SC grants 3 weeks protection from arrest to Arnab Goswami; stays all but one FIR

Supreme Court: In the petition filed by Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami, challenging the FIRs registered against him in various parts of

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Defilement of river Periyar; Court takes suo motu cognizance, issues notice to State authorities

Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J. took suo motu cognizance of issue regarding suspected defilement of river Periyar. Bench stated that pollution of

Case Briefs High Courts

[Coronavirus] Kar HC | State Govt. response sought on incident wherein doctors, nurses, ASHA workers assaulted; breach of social distancing guidelines, held in a marriage ceremony at a political leader’s house

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J., asked for the State Government’s response with regard

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Depositing Rs 25,000 to Corona Relief fund as a condition to grant bail — improper and unjust

Kerala High Court: C.S. Dias, J., allowed the present petition while quashing the condition imposed by Sessions Judge for granting bail. Petitioner was

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Andhra Pradesh’s 100% reservation for Scheduled Tribe candidates for the post of teachers without rhyme or reason: SC

Supreme Court: Holding the Government Office Ms. No.3 dated 10.1.2000 issued by the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh providing 100% reservation to

Case Briefs High Courts

Jha HC | State informs that alternate burial/cremation sites for persons dying due to COVID-19 infection have been identified & notified

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. disposed of a petition with regard

High Courts

Coronavirus | Kar HC | Decision to open super markets 24×7 is a policy decision; Nothing per se illegal in allowing BMTC buses to transport people connected with essential services

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J., while addressing a petition held that, “…decision

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Ban on distribution of newspapers: Court takes suo moto cognizance; Issues notice to State Govt.

Bombay High Court: Prasanna B. Varale, J., took cognizance on the news item published in daily newspaper ‘Lokmat’, in its issue dated 19-04-2020

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| SC suggests Centre to extend directions to protect children in Protection Homes from spread of coronavirus to Nari Niketans as well

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, SK Kaul and BR Gavai, JJ has asked the Central Government to extend the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| SC leaves issue of payment of minimum basic wages to migrant workers to Centre

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, SK Kaul and BR Gavai, JJ has refused to direct Central Government and the

Case Briefs High Courts

Coronavirus | Madras HC| “Art. 21 includes right to have decent burial”; Court takes suo motu cognizance of obstruction caused in burial of COVID-19 infected doctor

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and M. Nirmal Kumar, JJ. took up the present matter by was of suo

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | SC Order on decongestion of jails in view of COVID 19 cannot be treated as windfall for prisoners even when there is no imminent threat

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. dismissed an application filed for seeking interim bail in view that the jail has

Case Briefs High Courts

Coronavirus | Megh HC addresses a PIL with regard to allotment of burial/cremation ground; Matter listed in 3 weeks

Meghalaya High Court: A Division Bench of H.S. Thangkhiew and W. Diengdoh, JJ. addressed a PIL with regard to allotment of burial/cremation ground.