Case Briefs Archives

P&H HC | Art. 21 being sacrosanct under Constitutional scheme to be protected regardless whether parties are of marriageable age or not

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J. disposed of the writ petition after issuing necessary direction to Superintendent of Police to

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Public remedy by way of invocation of extraordinary writ jurisdiction in a contractual matter, requires presence of a public element therein

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against order dismissing a petition

Case Briefs High Courts

Mad HC | Art. 21 of the Constitution of India applies to all persons, citizens and non-citizens alike, including refugees and asylum seekers

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J. while hearing a petition seeking conferment of citizenship, declined to issue mandamus for the same on

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Application for interim maintenance filed by wife to be decided before disposing of the main case; order listing the matter for evidence quashed

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the petitioner-wife against the order of the trial court listing

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | ‘Property’ under S. 405 IPC not restricted only to movable property: Immovable property can also be the subject matter of offence of criminal breach of trust

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. allowed a petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter ‘CrPC’)

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Interim stay on Natco Pharma’s generic drug APIGAT quashed; importance of the ‘3 elements’ while granting interim injunction in pharmaceutical patent cases stressed upon

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Dr S. Muralidhar and Talwant Singh, JJ. allowed the appeal filed by Natco Pharma Ltd.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Ayodhya Dispute: SC extends mediation date till July 31; Daily hearing before 5-judge bench from Aug 2

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Court to grant further extension, when an award cannot be made even within the extended period by the Competent Authority

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The instant petition was related to Section 29-A of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 entertained by Jyotsna Rewal

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Subsequent issuance of notice by Nagar Panchayat not barred by res judicata as earlier appeal was allowed on technical ground and not merits

Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. dismissed the instant writ petition where the petitioner sought mandamus to command respondent not to demolish

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Writ under Art. 226 admissible only if there is allegation of violation of a statutory duty on the part of statutory authority

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J. dismissed a writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus against official respondents for

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Interference with Foreigners’ Tribunal order not warranted where no error apparent on the face of record – Petition of person declared a ‘foreigner’, who entered Assam in 1965, dismissed

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Prasanta Kumar Deka, JJ. dismissed a petition filed by a person against

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

US SC | Bladensburg Cross: World War-I Memorial does not violate ‘Establishment Clause’ of the US Constitution – not a religious symbol but a historical landmark

Supreme Court of the United States of America: The Full Court of John J. Roberts, CJ. and Samuel A. Alito, Stephen G.

Case Briefs International Courts

[India v. Pakistan] ICJ | Pakistan ordered to review and reconsider Jadhav’s conviction and sentence; consular access granted to India [Full Report]

International Court of Justice (ICJ), Hague, Netherlands: A 16-Member Bench comprising of President Yusuf; Vice-President Xue; Judges Tomka, Abraham, Bennouna ,Cancado Trindade,

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Sentence awarded for the commission of offence under Ss. 337 and 304-A IPC reduced taking a lenient view on the matter

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Shekher Dhawan, J. disposed of the writ petition after modifying the sentence already undergone by the petitioner.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SA HC | Assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm is not always accompanied by violence; accused not to be sent to correctional facility

South Africa High Court, Free State Division, Bloemfontein: A Division Bench of S. Chesiwe and P.E. Molitsoane, JJ. set aside the order

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Necessary to prove ingredients of murder short of death in prosecution for attempt to murder under S. 307 IPC; conviction modified to S. 324 for failure thereof

Delhi High Court: A.K. Chawla, J. disposed of a criminal appeal by modifying the conviction of the appellant under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Manufacturing of corrugated boxes in itself neither horticulture product nor produce; Held, petitioner’s case not covered under National Horticulture Broad Guidelines

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. dismissed a writ petition where the main issue was ‘whether the manufacturing of corrugated

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Denial of mental illness has to be supported by evidence to rebut allegations; Divorce upheld as wife was unable to produce any substantial evidence

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Singh and Ravindra Maithani, JJ. entertained an appeal filed by the appellant-wife who challenged

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Post mortem report findings state no injury on the deceased caused by a blunt weapon; Court grants bail

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ., allowed an application for suspension of sentences and granted

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

PMLA | Appeal challenging a show-cause notice passed by Adjudicating Authority, maintainable if any hardship is caused to party concerned

Appellate Tribunal for SAFEMA, FEMA, PMLA, NDPS & PBPT Act: Justice Manmohan Singh (Chairman), dismissed an appeal filed by a company challenging