Case Briefs Archives

HP HC | Status report filed by State fails to disclose the basis for incorporating certain charge against petitioner; Bail granted

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J. disposed of a petition seeking ad-interim and regular bail due to inappropriate charges put

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Decision of Juvenile Justice Board to take note of radiological, dental and physical examination while deciphering the petitioner’s age, upheld

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. dismissed the revision application as the order of the Juvenile Justice Board needed no interference. The

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Medical examination necessary for proving charge of inebriation; order of removal from service on basis of oral evidence set aside

Chhattisgarh High Court: Prashant Kumar Mishra, J. while allowing a writ petition, quashed the order of removal from service passed against the petitioner.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC directs Orissa govt. to to depute full time Chief Administrator for Shri Jagannath Temple to ensure peaceful darshan [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, MR Shah and S. Ravindra Bhatt, JJ issued a slew of directions to ensure

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Court declines interim relief against blacklisting where petitioner was given full opportunity of being heard

Gujarat High Court: Dr A.P. Thaker, J. declined the prayer for the grant of interim relief after considering the averments and documentary

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Air pollution is source of diseases and threat to life; Severe air quality in Delhi is not creation of one day

National Green Tribunal (NGT): The Bench comprising of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and Justice Raghuvendra S. Rathore, Justice S.P. Wangdi, Justice K.

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Victim’s right under S. 372 CrPC is limited; no inherent right to appeal on grounds of imposition of inadequate punishment

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bhakru, J. allowed a criminal writ petition filed against the order of the Sessions Judge whereby the Chief Metropolitan

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Ex-Husband not liable to bear full expenses of ward’s foreign education if not consulted beforehand

Bombay High Court: In a civil application filed by an ex-wife for reimbursement of her child’s educational expenses in Australia amounting to

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Writ petitions should be selectively entertained especially when the alternative remedy is available

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Naqvi and Suresh Kumar Gupta, JJ., while disposing of this petition directed the complainant

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Sentence of imprisonment modified in lieu of compensation to the victim wife under S. 498-A IPC

Jharkhand High Court: Deepak Roshan, J., modified the sentence of the trial court to the extent in lieu of compensation which should

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Acquittal of rape accused upheld on finding that the real intent behind criminal proceedings was to force him to marry prosecutrix

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ. dismissed of an appeal filed against the judgment of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Award of maintenance under S. 125 CrPC to ex-wife set aside where she was able to maintain herself

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. set aside the maintenance awarded to the respondent under Section 125 CrPC as the respondent is

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Entertaining petitions under S. 482 at interlocutory stage filed with oblique motive to circumvent prescribed procedure results in miscarriage of justice

Allahabad High Court: Ram Krishna Gautam, J., dismissed this Application moved under Section 482 CrPC for being devoid of merits. Counsel for

Case Briefs Supreme Court

When a woman says she did not consent to a physical relationship, court should not presume otherwise

Supreme Court: In an appeal against the verdict of Gujarat High Court that quashed the criminal proceedings against a man accused for

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Court grants bail to juvenile for offences under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 however commission of similar offence during bail shall result in cancellation of bail

Kerala High Court: Alexander Thomas, J. disposed of an application for bail relating to offences under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Punjab Gramin Bank’s name in movie “Daaka” to be blurred as it affects goodwill and reputation

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J. allowed the petition where the petitioner prayed that the respondents must blur the name

Case Briefs Supreme Court Roundups

Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – October 2019

TOP NEWS AYODHYA HEARING| 40-days hearing comes to an end; Verdict reserved The Court had, though, initially set October 18 as the

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Quashing of FIR denied as tampering with meter installed at house is cognizable offence under S. 135 of Electricity Act

Patna High Court: Ashwani Kumar Singh, J., dismissed the application for quashing of FIR as the FIR clearly stated the incidence of tampering

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

ECHR | Public interest supersedes liturgical needs of religious community encroaching on public sphere

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): A Three- Judge Bench of Krzysztof Wojtyczek (President) and Armen Harutyunyan, Pere Pastor Vilanova dismissed the

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SA HC | Granting amendment to particulars of claim against the Compensation Law which prohibits any action by employee for recovery of damages not justified

South Africa High Court, Eastern Cape Local Division, Port Elizabeth: S.M. Mbenenge, JP, granted leave to appeal under Section 17(2)(a) of the