Case Briefs Archives

HP HC | Scope of interference by High Court in Second Appeal under S. 100 of CPC is only if a substantial question of law involved; Appeal dismissed as no perversity in earlier orders

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel, J. dismissed the appeal on finding no substantial question of law involved in the appeal.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

CJM competent to deal with the application moved by the secured creditor under Section 14 of SARFAESI Act

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has held that the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) is competent to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Centre to apprise SC on timeline for making & notifying guidelines to curb social media misuse [Full report]

Supreme Court: In the bid to gather information from intermediaries regarding the names of the originators of any message/content/information shared on the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Directors liable along with Company to refund the money of investors collected under ‘Collective Investment Scheme’ without obtaining a certificate of registration

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Ananta Barua, Whole Time Member, issued directions holding the Directors of Zeestar liable for accepting

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Preventive detention quashed for non-supplying of the material relied upon by detaining authority

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J. quashed the detention order of Masood Ahmad Bhat while directing for his release

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Redemption fine imposed on appellant for violating FSSAI regulations not maintainable; order to re-export goods sustained

Custom, Excise and Service Tax Appellant Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai: Sulekha Beevi C.S. (Judicial Member) modified the order of the Commissioner (Appeals) in

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

FEMA Appellate Tribunal | Active involvement and intentional aiding must be present in order to constitute an offence of abetment

Appellate Tribunal for SAFEMA, FEMA, PMLA, NDPS & PBPT Act: Justice Manmohan Singh (Chairman) allowed an appeal challenging the impugned Judgment wherein

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | ‘Law is no trade, and briefs of litigants no merchandise’ Strikes by Advocates held to be illegal and in violation of professional ethics

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and Alok Kumar Verma, J. contemplated a very serious issue and delivered

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Mahul Inhabitable | Residents to be shifted and no new residents to be accommodated at Mahul

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ and Bharati Dangre, J. while hearing a writ petition concerning the health

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Application for eviction not allowed to be amended, as adding up a new ground will change the nature of proceedings; Order set aside

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj K. Tiwari, J. contemplated a tenant’s petition filed against the order passed by the Civil Judge. The particular

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Chairman, Lohardaga Municipality, held incompetent to direct Hindalco remove their boundary wall on account of alleged encroachment

Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Shankar, J. quashed and set aside the impugned order issued by the Chairman of Lohardaga Municipality. The had

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Employee has statutory right to receive amount of wages last drawn even if execution of an award for the same has stayed

Rajasthan High Court: Mohammad Rafiq, J. disposed of an application seeking a grant of last wages drawn by the employee under the

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | State officers should enumerate the charges properly while issuing show-cause notices, cancellation of license set aside

Allahabad High Court: Siddhartha Varma, J., set aside the impugned order as the charge enumerated in the show cause notice was rightly replied

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | ‘Cruelty can never be defined with exactitude and mental cruelty cannot be established by direct evidence’ Divorce granted as husband’s narration proved mental cruelty against him

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Singh and Narayan Singh Dhanik, JJ. contemplated an appeal filed against the judgment passed

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Unproved allegations maligning character of partner amount to cruelty as contemplated in S. 13(1)(ia) HMA; divorce decree granted to husband

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Arup Kumar Goswami, Acting CJ and Manish Choudhary, J. allowed an appeal filed by the appellant-husband

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Court cannot decide against a person who is not a party to the suit; Payment of fine did not give authority to Plaintiff to continue to violate the conditions of the permit in suit for declaration, appeal allowed

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Mahinda Samayawardhena, J. contemplated an appeal against the judgment passed by

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Act of entering into an agreement to sell with another vendee, prior to impugned agreement would not be enough to prove fraudulent and dishonest intention under S. 415 IPC

Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar, J. allowed a petition since the entire factual position of the case, made out a case of

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Oral termination of workers for joining ‘Union’ held is victimisation; Matter remanded back to Industrial Court

Bombay High Court: Milind N. Jadhav, J. remanded back a matter of “Rashtriya Mul Niwasi Bahujan Karamchari Sangh” to the Industrial Court

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Statutory appeals filed by banks shall be considered and disposed of prior to assessment notices issued by Commissioner of Income Tax

Kerala High Court: N. Nagaresh, J. disposed of the writ petition seeking to consider and dispose of appeals by the appellant prior

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Factum of marriage; held is a matter of trial; award of interim maintenance to wife under S. 125 CrPC upheld

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner challenging the order passed by the Family Court