Case Briefs Archives

All HC | Govt. employee not entitled to death cum retiral gratuity until conclusion of departmental proceedings or judicial proceedings

Allahabad High Court: A Full Bench of Pankaj Mithal, Suneet Kumar and Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, JJ. dismissed a batch of writ petitions

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Action directed to be initiated against erring officials who allowed non-forest activities, for shooting of movie ‘Unda’, in reserve forest area

Kerala High Court: Shaji P. Chaly, J. allowed a writ petition seeking directions for strict and stringent measures to curb the illegal

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Silence or implausible explanation on part of accused, not a presumption of guilt

Pakistan Supreme Court: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ. allowed an

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Wife, capable of maintaining herself independently, cannot claim alimony pendente lite under S. 36 of Special Marriage Act

Calcutta High Court: Biswajit Basu, J. dismissed a revision application of the filed by a lady seeking alimony pendente lite. The husband/respondent

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Karnataka Crisis| Speaker free to decide but 15 rebel MLAs can’t be forced to attend the Trust Vote: SC

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has requested the Karnataka Speaker to

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Death penalty of man accused of rape and murder of daughter reduced to life imprisonment

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of J.K. Maheshwari and Anjuli Palo, JJ. partly allowed a criminal petition filed by a

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | A mother cannot be discriminated on ground that she obtained baby through surrogacy; Commissioning mother held entitled for maternity leave

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ and N.M. Jamdar, J. allowed a writ petition filed by a commissioning mother

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Married girl emphatically denies going to Bal Grah as her age is disputed by State; Habeas Corpus granted as the girl cannot be confined

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ravindra Maithani and Alok Singh, JJ. contemplated a Habeas Corpus case where the petitioner Deep

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Court not to interfere in matters where petitioner fails to furnish any explanation to challenge inquiry report

Allahabad High Court: Sunita Agarwal, J. disposed of the writ petition after giving various directions to the Board of Management to expeditiously

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Lower Court orders quashed due to production of forged evidence and fraudulent practices

Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Rath J., quashed the order passed by Civil Judge (Junior Division) and order by Tahsildar due to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Conditional’ leave to defend may be granted in case of doubt regarding the genuineness of defence in summary suits

Supreme Court: On the question relating to the power of the court to grant leave to defend in case of sham or

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Bail denied; no relief granted under S. 426 of J&K CrPC

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Sanjay Kumar Gupta, JJ. dismissed this petition as no special

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Illiterate person, unable to understand legal impediment cannot be denied claim solely on the ground of delay

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. contemplated the mercy petition filed by a petitioner who sought re-employment in a Coal Company.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Finding of fact recorded by Arbitrator which is patently illegal is open to challenge under S. 34 of A&C Act

Bombay High Court: C.V. Bhadang, J. allowed an appeal filed against the decision of the District Judge whereby he had dismissed appellant’s petition

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Australia HC | Sperm donor who does more than only providing his semen to facilitate artificial conception – considered as ‘parent’ of child born out of such procedure

High Court of Australia: Kiefel, CJ. and Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Gordon and Edelman, JJ., allowed an appeal that sought ascertainment that

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Plea of contractual appointees for regularisation dismissed; Observed — Contractual appointments may not strictly follow the rule of reservation

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A civil writ petition was entertained by a Division Bench of V. Ramasubramanian, C.J. and Anoop Chitkara, JJ.

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Candidate aggrieved by an exorbitant fee of Medical Institute determined by Fee Regulatory Committee asked to opt other college

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj K. Tiwari, J. contemplated a writ petition filed by the petitioners who participated in NEET undergraduate exam conducted

Case Briefs High Courts

NCLAT | Jet Airways -— NCLT order declaring insolvency proceedings in Netherlands as not maintainable stayed

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), New Delhi: The 3-Judge Member Bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya (Chairperson) and Justice A.I.S Cheema

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Doing of act with ‘sexual intent’ is precondition to attract punishment for sexual harassment under S.12 of POCSO Act

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a petition filed by the State against the order of the trial court whereby the

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Legal representatives of deceased can maintain application under S. 166 of Motor Vehicles Act

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Kuldip Singh, J. modified the claim allowed by the Tribunal on the ground that the deceased was