Case Briefs Archives

Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can’t be divided equally between parents; husband can’t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner-husband against the order of the Appellate Court whereby his

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Lone dissenter wins long drawn court battle to not link his salary account to Aadhaar

Bombay High Court: Providing relief to a lone Mumbai Port Trust employee who refused to link his salary account to Aadhaar, a

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | ‘Early conclusion of trial a bleak possibility and prolonged pre-trial detention an anathema to the concept of liberty’; bail granted to externed accused

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. dealt with a bail application where the petitioner sought bail for the offence under Section

Case Briefs Supreme Court

A person enrolled in Air Force can’t depart from service at his or her will during the term of engagement: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, JJ has held that “A person who has been enrolled as

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Divorce on ground of non-consummation of marriage – Virginity test not necessary: not a reliable indicator of sexual intercourse

Calcutta High Court: Sahidullah Munshi, J. allowed the appeal for the subsequent dates being asked for by the husband for the potency

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Wife entitled to permanent alimony even if a decree declaring her marriage null and void has been passed under S. 11 of HMA

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rakesh Kumar Jain and Harnaresh Singh Gill, JJ. allowed an appeal asking for

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Special Family Pension can only be granted when death of the deceased is related to military service

Armed Force Tribunal: Coram of Justice S.V.S. Rathore (Judicial Member) and Air Marshal BBP Sinha (Administrative Member) dismissed an application filed by

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Cognizance of complaint about negligence against a medical practitioner cannot be taken without obtaining an opinion from an expert doctor

Karnataka High Court: Alok Aradhe, J. allowed a petition praying for quashing an order whereby the Principal Civil Judge took cognizance of

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Power of employer to hold departmental enquiry against a delinquent government servant, is independent of power of police and Anti-Corruption Bureau to register FIR

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J. dismissed a writ petition which claimed promotion and challenged the government order which was

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Foreign decree ex-parte and not on merits cannot be made the basis for initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process under S. 9 IBC

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): Justice Bansi Lal Bhat and Balvinder Singh, Members (Judicial) held that the application filed by the appellant

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | PIL against construction of hostel building for girl students belonging to Scheduled Caste — dismissed

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, C.J. and H.T. Narendra Prasad, J. while not going into the legal

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Court safeguards petitioner and family against communal outrage with appropriate measures

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ., allowed a Habeas Corpus Petition and allowed the petitioner

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | S. 148 of NI Act, 1881 being procedural in nature has retrospective effect; payment of 25% of award amount upheld

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J. upheld the decision of the lower court on the set principle of law which

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Bihar Custodial deaths of 2 men: SC refuses to entertain plea seeking SIT probe

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has refused to entertain the plea

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Section 5B of the KST Act and Rule 6(4)(m)(i) of the KST Rules operate in different spheres: SC

Supreme Court: When the bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ was called upon to decide whether the condition of ‘use

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Petitioner concedes to be expressly responsible for paying entire arrears of electric charges left unpaid by the old occupier; petition dismissed

Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J. contemplated a writ petition under the laws and statutory prescriptions related to supply of electricity, where

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC directs Meghalaya Govt to transfer Rs 100 Crore from MEPR Fund to CPCB for illegal coal mining [Full Report]

Supreme Court: “Natural resources of the country are not meant to be consumed only by the present generation of men or women

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Application for quashing FIR under S. 376 IPC rejected where prima facie material warrants trial

Bombay High Court: S.S. Shinde, J. denied to quash the charges under Sections 376 and 420 IPC as prayed by the petitioner

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Malaysia CoA | Information received from an accused person in the custody of a police officer, as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered, may be proved

Malaysia Court of Appeal: A Full Bench of Mohtarudin Baki, Ahmadi Haji Asnawi, Abdul Rahman Sebli, JCA dismissed an appeal made against

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Details of listing of husband’s business on various websites held sufficient for making prima facie assessment in favour of wife for grant of maintenance under DV Act

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a petition filed by the petitioner-wife against the order of the appellate court whereby it had