Case Briefs Archives

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | NCLT has jurisdiction to deal with all issues pertaining to rectification of register of members, and questions incidental and peripheral thereto

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Coram of Justice A.I.S Cheema (Judicial Member) and Justice Balvinder Singh (Technical Member) set aside

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Period of suspension for disciplinary proceedings to be treated as “no work no pay”; appeal against order sustained

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J. contemplated a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, where the petition

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Interim bail granted subject to the condition imposed by the Trial Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Ajay Tewari J. passed an order of the bail as the applicant was already granted with bail

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Damages for right of spouse to compassion and care under “loss of consortium” awarded

Rajasthan High Court: P.K. Lohra, J. allowed an appeal for enhancement of the compensation amount awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal,

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Any acknowledgment voluntarily signed towards some payment, attracts presumption under S. 139 of NI Act; acquittal set aside

Kerala High Court: Instant appeal was contemplated against acquittal order of the accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Adjudication by lower court, on a matter which is under consideration in the Supreme Court, amounts to judicial overreach

Patna High Court: A Full Bench of Hemant Kumar Srivastava, Aditya Kumar Trivedi and Ashutosh Kumar, JJ. refrained from adjudicating on the

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Identification of many accused persons in one line in one go during a test identification parade held to be improper

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Division Bench of Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, C.J. and Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, J. in the current

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Supply of imported goods to and from Duty Free Shops – an inter-State supply under IGST Act as goods do not cross the customs frontier

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Rajnish Kumar, JJ. dismissed a PIL seeking to ensure that the

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | ‘Divorced wife’ who hasn’t remarried held entitled to execute order granted under S.12 of DV Act; existence of ‘domestic relationship’ dispensed with

Calcutta High Court: Madhumati Mitra, J. dismissed an application filed by the petitioner to quash the order of the Additional Sessions Judge whereby

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | In absence of any offence punishable under Companies Act, Special Court doesn’t have jurisdiction to try the case which is punishable under IPC

Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.K. Awasthi, J. dismissed the petition on the ground that trial court and not Special Court are competent

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Appeal is not fresh suit but continuation of original proceeding; Right to sue held to survive in heir in suit for malicious prosecution

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: An Application for leave to appeal under and in terms of Article

Case Briefs Supreme Court Roundups

Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – June 2019

TOP STORIES Can’t grant extension of time for counselling merely because graduate doctors don’t want to do PG in nonclinical subjects: SC

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Frivolous PIL alleging security lapse in conduct of banking operation by SBI, dismissed

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Hrishikesh Roy, C.J. and A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J. dismissed a PIL for being frivolous

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Cheating and forgery held to be ‘heinous crimes’ by Court; bail rejected

Uttaranchal High Court: R. C. Khulbe, J. refused to grant a bail where the applicant was charged under Sections 420, 467, 468

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Encroachment over pasture land to be dealt with specialized Land Protection Cell in order to curtail large number of Public Interest Litigation applications

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Goverdhan Bardhar and Mohammad Rafiq, JJ. disposed of a Public Interest Litigation, directing the specialized

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Maratha Reservation [Full Report] Validity of SEBC Act providing for reservation to Maratha upheld, quantum of 16% reservation held not justifiable

“Bowed by the weight of centuries, he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground the emptiness of ages in his face

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

TDSAT | Zee Entertainment at liberty to disconnect connection if petitioner becomes a defaulter

Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT): A.K. Bhargava (Member) disposed of this broadcasting petition while proposing to the petitioner for payment

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Writ petition filed on the lines of SC order prohibiting plying of 15 year old petrol and 10 year old diesel vehicles in NCR

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Anant S. Dave, ACJ. and Biren Vaishnav, J. disposed of a writ petition without going

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | ‘Crying foul to open a Pandora box in the name of fundamental rights, absurd’; order against convicts of Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Subodh Abhyankar, J. dismissed a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | No cognizable offence disclosed in FIR though the apparent allegation of embezzlement of money held to be a legitimate ground for proceeding trial

Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar, J. dismissed a criminal miscellaneous application filed by the petitioner challenging the order of cognizance passed against