Case Briefs Archives

Pat HC | Necessary indices which ought to be taken into account before granting promotion to a judicial officer reiterated

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ and Ashutosh Kumar, J., dismissed the petition as they did not

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | High volumes of self-trades executed by Noticees could not have any purpose other than to create artificial volumes and misleading appearances of trading in scrips thereby adversely impacting market

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, (Whole Time Member) by order prohibited the Noticees from accessing the securities market

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Limitation provided under S. 468 CrPC not applicable to S. 138 NI Act

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., dismissed a criminal petition wherein the petitioner sought quashing of the summoning order passed by the

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Prima facie evidence enough for framing of charges, evidence beyond reasonable doubt is not required for same

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Tashi Rabstan, J. upheld the finding of the revisional court as it was found to be well

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | High Court can exercise review jurisdiction during the pendency of SLP and also after its dismissal (by a speaking or non-speaking order)

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Daya Chaudhary and Sudhir Mittal, JJ. dismissed the review application filed by a

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Post to be granted to eligible candidate; Quashing of final selection list for the post of Junior Engineer (Elect.) rejected

Karnataka High Court: R. Devdas, J., while dismissing this petition filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India observed that

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Affidavit filed under Or. 18 R. 4 CPC is not “evidence” within S. 3 of Evidence Act unless deponent is subjected to cross-examination

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J., allowed a second appeal against the order of the trial court as well as the First

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Recent parole time is no ground to deny furlough to convict

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajiv Narain Raina, J. allowed the petition to grant furlough to the petitioner and quashed the impugned

Case Briefs Supreme Court

What is the procedure to be followed by Municipal Corporations for demolishing an illegal construction? SC elucidates

Supreme Court: Holding that Geopmapping is the answer to issue of the illegal constructions, the bench of Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | No contravention of Ss. 3 or 4 of Competition Act found on allegations of quid pro quo and corruption

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Bench comprising of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma (Member) and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Member), decided

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Lack of efficiency or failure to attain highest standards in discharge of duties attached to public office would not constitute misconduct

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Mohd. Faiz Alam Khan JJ. while dismissing the petition found no

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Sentencing system must be based on a delicate balance of the aggravating and mitigating factors and the circumstances in which crime is committed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sindhu, JJ., disposed of the appeal of a

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Law on maintainability of Compromise and Arrangement application by Promoter during pendency of Liquidation under IBC clarified

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Bench of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Member (Judicial), set aside

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Matter heard by division bench of NCLT remitted back on final order being passed by Single Member

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya (Chairperson) and Justice Venugopal M., Member (Judicial) and Justice Jarat

Case Briefs International Courts

ITLOS | Tribunal accedes to the request of Mauritius and Maldives to form a special chamber of 9 judges to deal with dispute concerning delimitation of their maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Jin-Hyun Paik (President) having regard to Article 15 of the Statute of the Tribunal

Case Briefs International Courts

ECHR | Holocaust denial not protected by European Convention on Human Rights; interference with rights under Arts. 10 & 6 must be examined in context of special moral responsibility

European Court of Human Rights: The Seven-Judge Bench comprising of Yonko Grozev (President), Angelika Nußberger, André Potocki, Síofra O’Leary, M?rti?š Mits, Gabriele

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Court restrains development authority from further passing any orders until and unless dispute regarding title of a property has been resolved

Rajasthan High Court: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J. passed a restraining order on the Jaipur Development Authority from passing any order until dispute

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Second wife, wedded in contravention of S. 5 HMA, held not entitled to share in family pension of deceased Government employee

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. allowed a second appeal filed by the first wife of the deceased who died in harness

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

UK HC | India’s claim to 1 Mn Pounds held by Pakistan through their High Commissioner in UK on trust for Nizam VII and his successors in title, upheld

The High Court of Justice: Marcus Smith J., dismissed Pakistan’s claim over a sum of £1,007,940 deposited in 1948 by the government

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | No final order can be passed without conducting enquiry under S. 89 of M.P. Panchayat Raj Awam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G. S. Ahluwalia, J., allowed a petition and directed the respondents to not take any coercive step against