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Ker HC | Court sets aside sentence of conviction and demands payment of fine in matter of dishonour of cheque under S. 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi J., allowed a criminal revision petition in part in a matter relating to Section 138 of

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | A fatal impulse or an ill-fated thought of the deceased cannot fray the fabric of S. 306 IPC; Acquittal of in-laws for abetting suicide of woman upheld

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby the respondent-accused were acquitted of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

In an accident that resulted into a 100% disability of a child, SC awards compensation more than the amount claimed

Supreme Court: In a case involving an accident that left a bright young girl with 100% disability i.e. a very low I.Q.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Conviction for murder set aside for misdirection on the standard of proof directed to the jury

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of K.K. Wickremasinghe and K. Priyantha Fernando, JJ.,

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Assessment of permanent committee for designating Senior Advocates held to be reasonable and reliable; writ petitions filed by the members of the Bar rejected

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka and Mohammad Nawaz, JJ., rejected the writ petitions contested by the members

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Court grants bail due to no reported criminal antecedents of the petitioners

Kerala High Court: Shircy V, J. granted pre-arrest bail to the petitioners considering no criminal antecedents having been reported against the petitioners.

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Trial Court has the duty to ensure that an accused gets a fair trial; and “real and effective” aid is provided to him under S. 304 of CrPC

Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Singh, J. allowed an application of revision filed for quashing an order passed by Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Compensation granted under MV Act increased by adjusting the notional income in accordance with current value of rupee

Bombay High Court: M.G. Giratkar, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal (“MACT”) whereby the appellants-claimants

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Prospective accused is neither necessary nor a proper party in a writ petition seeking direction for registration of FIR and investigation into cognizable offence

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Full Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra, Rajendra Chandra Singh Samant and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ., has held that the prospective

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Tribunal finds no reason to continue impugned order due to the appeal not involving a factual controversy; quashes impugned order

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): A Two-Member Bench of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer) and Justice M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member) quashed the order

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Author has the legal right to protect his Intellectual Property; but cannot seek stay on release of a movie as massive financial investment is involved in it

Kerala High Court: Shircy V, J. held that an author has the legal right to protect his intellectual property even after he

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Decision to have special audit under S. 142(2-A) of IT Act held invalid in absence of pre-decisional hearing

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Milind N. Jadhav, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CIC | Reasoning mandatory — while claiming exemption under S. 8(1) of RTI Act, 2005

Central Information Commission (CIC): Vanaja N. Sarna (Information Commissioner) while disposing of the RTI application instructed the ADG & CPIO, UIDAI –

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Permission to amend written statement after plaintiff’s evidence denied in view of proviso to Order 6 Rule 17 CPC

Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had rejected the

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Court should not act on the sole testimony of a prosecutrix if it appears to be unreliable and inconsistent; Court allows appeal

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of K. K. Wickremasinghe and K. Priyantha Fernando,

Case Briefs Supreme Court Roundups

Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – January 2020

TOP STORIES Citizenship (Amendment) Act row| No stay on CAA as SC asks Centre to file response within 4 weeks Country is

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Once notification of a transfer is acted upon, nothing subsists and the said notification becomes redundant for all purposes

Patna High Court: Anjana Mishra, J. allowed a civil writ application challenging the Memo No. 2164 dated 18-10-2019 issued by the Additional

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Criminal proceedings cannot be initiated against other suspects, in the absence of main culprit

Karnataka High Court: P.G.M. Patil, J. heard a Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 appealing to quash

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Assessment under S. 125 CrPC relates back to the date of application; family court’s decisions granting maintenance from the date of order set aside

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J., allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the complainant-wife challenging the order of the family court

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Nirbhaya Case| SC dismisses Pawan Kumar’s plea seeking review of order rejecting juvenility claim

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has refused to review it’s order dated 21.01.2020