Case Briefs Archives

HP HC | Releasing a second time offender on bail sends a wrong message to the society; Court denies bail

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel, J., dismissed a petition seeking bail as the petitioner was a second-time offender and the possibility

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | HC has no jurisdiction under Art. 226 to transfer proceedings pending before one Foreigners’ Tribunal to another Foreigners’ Tribunal

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Manish Choudhury, JJ. dismissed a writ petition seeking transfer of proceedings from

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | Bank Officer holds a position of trust – an act of breach of authority, therefore, amounts to misconduct

Meghalaya High Court: A Division Bench of Ajay Kumar Mittal, C.J. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. dismissed a writ appeal filed by a

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Purpose for which an arrangement is entered into, is an essential ingredient to determine if the same is a mortgage or a lease

Kerala High Court: P. Somarajan, J. allowed the second appeal in a matter related to the redemption of mortgage, against the order

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Consent obtained for intercourse on false promise of marriage attracts S. 90 IPC; conviction for rape under S. 376 IPC upheld

Tripura High Court: Sanjay Karol, CJ, dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the decision of the Additional Sessions Judge whereby the appellant was

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Non-furnishing of enquiry report not detrimental to departmental proceeding, if no prejudice caused to employee

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. heard a writ petition that sought to quash the order passed by the respondent whereby

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Welfare of the child is of supreme consideration while granting custody

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of K. Harilal and T.V Anil Kumar, JJ. dismissed an appeal made by the maternal grandparents

Case Briefs District Court

Dwarka Court | Person convicted in drunk driving case, being a first time offender, directed to serve in Old Age Home

Sessions Court, Dwarka: Additional Sessions Judge Sonu Agnihotri allowed an appeal filed by a person convicted for the offence of drunk driving

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | State can make policy with regard to resident of State with no interference by the Court; restricted definition of NRI upheld

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Harinder Singh Sidhu & Arun Monga, JJ. dismissed the writ petition on

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Court abstains from impinging on power of Police to investigate, leaves it on Investigation Officer

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj K. Tiwari, J. dismissed a petition thwarting the request for quashing the FIR where it prima facie disclosed

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Confessional statements ought to be carefully scrutinized – Magistrate must communicate all the relevant warnings to accused

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

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Disqualification of Directors: Batch of petitions to be heard in reference to S. 164 (2)(a) of Companies Act, 2013

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench comprising of S.C. Dharmadhikari and G.S. Patel, JJ. has tagged a batch of petitions to be heard

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | IFFCO directed to pay enhanced compensation to farmers who suffered loss of crop due to defective seeds bought from it

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): V.K Jain (Presiding Member), J. allowed a revision petition filed by a farmer seeking enhancement of

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Employer is vested with discretion to condone suppression of fact, if the same does not render an incumbent unfit for the post

Jharkhand High Court: Ananda Sen, J. set aside the order of termination and the decision of the Screening Committee CISF, with a

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Sub-Registrar appointed under Registration Act is not empowered to make roving enquiry qua title of vendor; FIR against Sub-Registrar quashed

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agarwal, J. allowed a petition filed by a Sub-Registrar duly appointed under Section 6 of the Registration Act,

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Power under S. 482 CrPC to be used for limited purpose as frequent and uncalled interference at preliminary stage may obstruct the progress of inquiry

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. disposed of the petition on the ground that no substantial ground was made for exercising

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Presence of a substantial question of law, not a sine qua non for deciding a regular second appeal

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Sudip Ahluwalia, J. disposed of the matter directing the parties that a disputed land cannot be used

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Prejudicial action taken by an authority against a government servant requires conformance to Art. 14 of the Constitution

Patna High Court: Shivaji Pandey, J. granted relief in a civil writ petition, brought before the Bench by an employee who assailed

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Canada SC | Class action lawsuit filed against a religious congregation and its institution for sexual abuse of children, several years after incident, held maintainable

Supreme Court of Canada: A 9-judge Bench of Wagner, CJ and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Gascon, Côté, Brown, Rowe and Martin, JJ. heard

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Student’s freedom to choose college of his/ her choice for pursuit of studies – an aspect of fundamental right to privacy guaranteed under Art. 21

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of CJ Hrishikesh Roy and A.K. Jayashankaran Nambiar, J. opined that the students could not be