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Ker HC | Inspite of jurisdictional inhibitions, Court granted limited lenitude in favor of defaulter petitioner; Bank directed to return possession of house, in case of unpaid loan

Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J. entertained the instant writ petition filed in lieu of the judgment which the petitioner did not

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Proof of ownership and possession of land precondition for establishing charge of criminal trespass

Gauhati High Court: Sanjay Kumar Medhi, J. dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate whereby he had

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Mere existence of alternative remedy does not create a bar on High Court’s writ jurisdiction: SC

Supreme Court: In the case where the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee, JJ was called upon to decide whether

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Mere apprehension of creating law and order problem not a ground for cancellation of parole

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Kuldip Singh, J. quashed the order of the lower court on the ground that there was no

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Accused cannot be convicted based on circumstantial evidence until and unless guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S.K. Mishra and A.K. Mishra, JJ. set aside a lower court’s decision of convicting the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Parties must make necessary disclosures within stipulated period under the PIT and SAST Regulations; violation shall attract penalty

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer), Dr C. K. G. Nair (Member), and Justice M. T. Joshi (Judicial Member)

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Past service of the petitioner shall be taken into consideration for calculating his retiral benefits

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi J., allowed the petition and held that past service of the petitioner shall be taken into

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CERC | Petition for extension of drawal of power beyond stipulated time in terms of CERC Regulations allowed

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC): Coram of P.K. Pujari (Chairperson) and Dr M.K. Iyer (Member) and I.S. Jha (Member) allowed the petition

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Efforts of wife to maintain herself after desertion is no ground to deny payment of maintenance

Kerala High Court: Alexander Thomas, J. while hearing a revision petition, remitted a matrimonial case to the Family Court, Kalpetta for consideration

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Summons issued under S. 138 NI Act quashed in absence of necessary averments in the complaint

Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J. allowed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had passed summoning orders

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | DM held competent authority for taking cognizance of ‘offence’ under S. 14-A of U.P. Industrial Dispute Act

Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. entertained a writ petition where the petitioner, a workman was aggrieved by the order of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Prosecution based on statement of co-accused not substantiated by evidence, would amount to abuse of process of Court

Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar, J. allowed the application to quash the proceedings against the petitioner as it was an abuse of

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Mode of service prescribed under R. 7 of SEBI Rules, 1995 not exhaustive; not serving show cause notice violative of principles of natural justice

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), and Justice M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member) set

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Duty of Judicial Magistrate to apply his mind before criminal prosecution is initiated reiterated

Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar, J. allowed the application to quash criminal proceedings against the petitioner as the whole criminal prosecution against

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Mandamus can’t be issued upon legislature to amend Schedule I of CrPC; Power of Magistrate to commit case to Sessions Court under S. 323 declared sufficient

Uttaranchal High Court: The instant writ petition was entertained by a Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and Alok Kumar Verma, J.,

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Question whether complaint under S. 138 NI Act filed within limitation period is to be considered at trial; quashing of issue of process denied

Bombay High Court: S.S Shinde, J. dismissed a criminal application filed against the order of a Judicial Magistrate thereby issuing process against the

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Service of notice of demand for the cheque amount is condition precedent for filing a complaint about offence under S. 138 of NI Act

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. dismissed a petition seeking to quash a complaint filed under Section 142 of the Negotiable

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | In case of violation of market norms (withholding of dividends), it is SEBI’s duty to inquire and take action under S. 124 of Companies Act

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Mumbai: Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), and Justice M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member)

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Court expresses discontent over State Govt’s inaction of allocating funds for public park; directs authorities for development with immediate effect

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Vinit Kumar Mathur and Sangeet Lodha, JJ. disposed of a writ petition and directed the

Case Briefs High Courts

Mad HC | Third Party has no locus standi to prosecute criminal proceedings; petition by a forum in regard of judicial death of prisoner dismissed

Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J. dismissed a petition filed by Prisoners Right Forum against the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate