Case Briefs Archives

Cal HC | A mother is entitled to claim relief under Domestic Violence Act against his son; law on “aggrieved person” under DV Act restated

Calcutta High Court: Madhumati Mitra, J., dismissed an application filed against the order of the Sessions Judge whereby he upheld the order passed

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Constitutional validity of the Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 upheld

Supreme Court: Upholding the constitutional validity of the Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 a bench comprising

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Expert opinion is material evidence; case needs to be established beyond reasonable doubt; Court allows appeal setting aside conviction of murder accused

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

J&K HC | Order found to be beyond the scope of contempt jurisdiction when contempt petition had arisen out of an ad-interim order which was observatory in nature

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Division Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey and Dhiraj Singh Thakur, JJ. disposed of the appeal after

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Stray sentences appearing in disclosure memo given by accused under S. 27 of Evidence Act cannot be pressed into service by him in defence

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of B.P. Dharmadhikari and Sandeep K. Shinde, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Injured victim’s testimony is more reliable than injured witness; Judgment of Sessions Judge in case under S. 307 IPC, upheld

Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J., upheld the decision passed by the Sessions Judge while rejecting the present appeal filed. In

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Date of birth in an Aadhaar Card not conclusive

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Manoj Misra and Virendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ. clarified that no protection shall be given and

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC bars Chidambaram from giving press interviews, while granting him bail in INX Media case

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ., addressed the appeal filed by the former Finance

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | No right to be admitted to rolls of Bar Council if requisite minimum percentage of marks not obtained in LL.B course

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajiv Narain Raina, J. dismissed a petition in oral judgment challenging Section 7 of Legal Education Rules,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

UK SC | Compensation of £2 million awarded to inventor of glucose testing kit, holding that patent covering technology was of “outstanding benefit” to his employer

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: Full Bench of Lady Hale (President), Lord Reed (Deputy President), Lord Hodge, Lady Black and Lord Kitchin,

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | S. 138 NI Act; EPF society facilitating purchase of houses on behalf of its members held not liable for dishonour of cheques issued to the builder

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., allowed a petition wherein directions were sought for quashing the complaint case filed against the petitioner

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation committed an error of law in applying provisions of “Workmen’s Compensation Act” — a repealed Act

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of Alok Aradhe and P.G.M. Patil, JJ. while allowing the appeal set aside the award of

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Illegal search is violation of fundamental right to privacy, State directed to pay compensation; law on Ss. 165 & 166 CrPC explained

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of T.V. Nalawade and S.M. Gavhane, JJ., partly allowed the present petition while explaining the

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Date of eligibility is synonymous to the date of appointment for a particular post

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Augustine George Masih, J. disposed of the present petition on grounds of it being infructuous. The Petitioner

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Appeal against interim order directing charges to be paid for conversion of land use dismissed where Single Judge already examined all contentious issues

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq and Goverdhan Bardhar, JJ. dismissed this appeal and upheld the judgment of learned

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Legal representative has the right to continue the suit but he cannot claim anything for which the original plaintiff was not entitled

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Full Bench of Buwaneka Aluwihare, Vijith K. Malalgoda, and S. Thurairaja, JJ.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC | Thrust of JJ Act is that even if a “Juvenile” is convicted, same should be obliterated as a normal person, without any stigma

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit and Vineet Saran, JJ., dismissed an appeal with respect to the denial of

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Cal HC | A mother is entitled to claim relief under Domestic Violence Act against his son; law on “aggrieved person” under DV Act restated

Constitutional validity of the Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 upheld

SL CoA | Expert opinion is material evidence; case needs to be established beyond reasonable doubt; Court allows appeal setting aside conviction of murder accused

J&K HC | Order found to be beyond the scope of contempt jurisdiction when contempt petition had arisen out of an ad-interim order which was observatory in nature

Bom HC | Stray sentences appearing in disclosure memo given by accused under S. 27 of Evidence Act cannot be pressed into service by him in defence

Sikk HC | Injured victim’s testimony is more reliable than injured witness; Judgment of Sessions Judge in case under S. 307 IPC, upheld

All HC | Date of birth in an Aadhaar Card not conclusive

SC bars Chidambaram from giving press interviews, while granting him bail in INX Media case

P&H HC | No right to be admitted to rolls of Bar Council if requisite minimum percentage of marks not obtained in LL.B course

Del HC | S. 138 NI Act; EPF society facilitating purchase of houses on behalf of its members held not liable for dishonour of cheques issued to the builder

Kar HC | Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation committed an error of law in applying provisions of “Workmen’s Compensation Act” — a repealed Act

Bom HC | Illegal search is violation of fundamental right to privacy, State directed to pay compensation; law on Ss. 165 & 166 CrPC explained

P&H HC | Date of eligibility is synonymous to the date of appointment for a particular post

Raj HC | Appeal against interim order directing charges to be paid for conversion of land use dismissed where Single Judge already examined all contentious issues

SL SC | Legal representative has the right to continue the suit but he cannot claim anything for which the original plaintiff was not entitled

SC | Contents of pen drive/memory card amount to documentary evidence

Del HC | S. 372 CrPC does not entitle the victim to file an appeal against inadequate sentence restated

NHRC expresses deep concern over rising incidents of sexual assault

SC | Thrust of JJ Act is that even if a “Juvenile” is convicted, same should be obliterated as a normal person, without any stigma