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Ker HC | Act of affront to the decency and dignity of a woman cannot be considered as trivial in nature

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J., while dismissing the petition in regard to quashing of FIR and final report that alleges

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Proviso to S. 50(1) of CGST Act is to be read as clarificatory and operative retrospectively

Interest under Section 50 of the CGST Act can be levied on belated cash component of tax and not on Input Tax

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Notice issued to Financial Creditor for failing to reach settlement despite accepting settlement amount; filing of S. 7 IBC application with malicious intent to be considered

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Coram comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Alok Srivastava, Member (Technical), while deciding an

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Exoneration from departmental proceedings has nothing to do with criminal proceedings in the Court if the allegations levelled are different

Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J., dismissed the criminal petition seeking exoneration from criminal proceedings. In the present case, the petitioner

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Court dismisses application for contempt proceedings against respondent due to inappropriate forum

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J., closed a contempt petition seeking to initiate proceedings against respondents for non-compliance with the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Breakdown of marriage is not an end of parental responsibilities: SC

Supreme Court: Showing dismay over a case where two minors were forced to stay in a Boarding School due to an ongoing

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | POSH Act cannot be misused by women to harass someone with non-existent allegations

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and R. Hemalatha, JJ., while addressing the issue of Sexual Harassment of Women

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | India – South Africa Cricket Series Conspiracy | Sanjeev Chawla alleged in criminal conspiracy of match fixing to be in police custody for investigation at Tihar only

Delhi High Court: Anu Malhotra, J., while deciding a petition with regard to the investigation of Sanjeev Chawla alleged for acting as

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Person committing offence under S. 494 IPC, must have married another woman or man during subsistence of his or her first marriage; Court invokes power under S. 482 CrPC to meet ends of justice

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Madhav J. Jamdar and Sunil B. Shukre, JJ., while invoking its power under Section 482

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Deaths due to Malnutrition — NHRC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh Government

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo-motu cognizance of a media report that a family residing at Ojhaganj village

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Directions issued to streamline working of Anti Human Trafficking Units pertaining to tracing missing children

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ., while addressing a petition for a writ of habeas

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Bom HC | “Person who pours kerosene on someone and sets him on fire has no right to say that he had no knowledge that it would cause death” – Conviction under S. 302 IPC upheld

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of M.G. Sewlikar and T.V. Nalawade, JJ., upheld the decision of the trial court to convict

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Raj HC | Court allows impleadment of petitioner; quashes trial court order of rejection of petition

Rajasthan High Court: Arun Bhansali J., quashed and set aside the order of the trial court since the trial court erred in

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Trial Court’s view upheld as FSL Report establishes case of “sexual assault of minor” beyond any reasonable doubt

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J., while dismissing the present appeal upheld the decision of the trial court for offences charged under

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Non-progressive injury resulting in application of formula to calculate compensation held correct; appeal of insurance company rejected

Tripura High Court: Akil Kureshi, CJ., dismissed an appeal filed aggrieved by the order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal by the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Members of subordinate judiciary can’t claim direct recruitment to the District judge post under quota meant for practicing advocates

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has held that members of the judicial

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NCLAT | NCLT’s order of barring an auditor for 5 years on grounds of misusing his position, held –Unsustainable

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Bench comprising of Justice Jarat Kumar Jain (Judicial) and Balvinder Singh (Technical) and Dr Ashok

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

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NCDRC | Inclusion of a song in promo of a film but excluding it while exhibiting the movie amounts to – Unfair Trade Practice & Deficiency

National Consumer Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Justice V.K. Jain (Presiding Member) while dismissing the revision petition filed by Yash Raj Films with regard

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | A party seeking rectification cannot sleep over its rights; Rs 5 lakhs costs imposed on Adani Enterprise

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ and Bharati Dangre, J. while allowing the present appeals with regard to

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI |”Asian Paints” threatened dealers to discontinue their supplies with alleged intent to hinder entry of “JSW Paints “

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Bench of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, Members, while dealing