Case Briefs Archives

Raj HC | Insurer directed to first compensate the claimants and thereafter recover the same from the insured party

Rajasthan High Court: P.K. Lohra J., in an appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 upheld the decision of

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Insurer shall not be exonerated from payment of compensation in case of vehicle not bearing permanent registration certificate

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J., partly allowed an appeal and declared that insurance company does not have the right

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Order upheld on application of test of due diligence for an application under Or. 6 R. 17 CPC

Allahabad High Court: Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J. dismissed the revision petition on the ground that the revisionist was not able to show

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | S. 2 of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 not a penal provision – conviction thereunder not sustainable in law

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. disposed of a revision petition, filed against the judgment of the trial court, whereby the

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Criminal cases involving offences of civil nature may be quashed where parties have reached settlement

Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Mishra J., allowed a criminal miscellaneous appeal to quash an on-going proceeding and also a cognizance order

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Punishment of Life Imprisonment set aside under SC/ST Act; “offence was not to sexually assault a member of ‘SC Community’ but to satisfy carnal desires”

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ. contemplated an appeal where the appellant had been convicted

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Uploading filthy language in the name of God on Facebook, results into malicious act with intention to outrage religious feelings; bail granted

Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.A. Dharmadhikari, J. granted bail under Section 439 CrPC, where the applicant was charged for ‘Deliberate and malicious

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Fortis Case: Order against Religare Finvest partly modified, allowing Religare to sell assets to ARCs, restructure debt and raise capital

Securities and Exchange Board of India: G. Mahalingam (Whole Time Member) partly modified its order against Religare Finvest Limited (RFL) in the

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Prosecution under Ss. 276-C and 277 of Income Tax Act doesn’t survive if penalty imposed on assessee is deleted by appellate authority

Chhattisgarh High Court: Prashant Kumar Mishra, J. quashed criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner-assessee before the Chief Judicial Magistrate for the commission of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC| Creation of new state not a ground to treat sales between 2 successor states as intra-state sales

Supreme Court: Deciding an interesting question of law, the 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Complaint under S. 138 NI Act can be filed only after 45 days from date of dispatch of demand notice

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. dismissed an interlocutory application praying for grant of special leave under Section 378(4) of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Assault on an injured person not pre-meditated; bail application granted

Kerala High Court: B Sudheendra Kumar J., allowed a bail application and relieved the accused person from the custody. In the instant

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Cruelty perpetrated to a woman physically in marriage, continues psychologically even after cruelty ceases

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. dismissed an interlocutory application praying for grant of special leave under Section 378 (4) of

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Court directs State to consider representations of petitioners for providing equal pay to similar positioned teachers

Rajasthan High Court: Arun Bhansali J., disposed of a writ petition filed by the petitioner requesting to make pay fixation of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Leave to defend in recovery suit claimed through cheque granted in light of vital issue of case being a sham, even though no plea raised in affidavit for the leave

Delhi High Court: Rekha Palli, J., without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, allowed an appeal filed by the appellant who

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Offence under the Penal Code to be read in totality when there is one incident; appeal dismissed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Hari Pal Verma, J. dismissed the appeal application against the judgment passed by the Additional Sessions judge.

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Maintenance order under S. 125 CrPC cancelled as wife was living separately without any justified reason

Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.K. Awasthi, J. contemplated a revision application under Section 19(4) of Family Courts Act, 1984 read with Sections

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Comprehensive directions for fair and expeditious trial, and witness protection issued by Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sidhu, JJ. dismissed an appeal initiated against the

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Registration of gift deed after death of the donor, at the instance of donee, does not offend S. 123 of Transfer of Property Act

Calcutta High Court: Bibek Chaudhuri J. allowed an appeal challenging the judgment whereby a gift deed was held as void and donee

Case Briefs High Courts

Mad HC | Writ petition to enforce a contractual right of insurance claim against a private insurance company – maintainable, when action of the company has public law character

Madras High Court: Pushpa Sathyanaryana, J. while hearing a petition praying for mandamus against an insurance company, directed the said insurance company