Case Briefs Archives

P&H HC | No primacy to matriculation certificate for proof of date of birth after enforcement of JJ Act, 2015

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J. dismissed the appeal on the ground that the decision taken by the lower court

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Public authority vested with discretion cannot act in total disregard of the purpose for which such discretion is vested in it

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: M.M.A. Gaffoor, J. allowed a land owner’s application seeking mandamus for

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Prisoners Act: State government may grant parole only after receiving recommendation from the District Parole Board

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ and Anjana Mishra, J. denied dismissed a petition filed for consideration

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Administration of Allahabad University directed to come up with plan to stop criminal activities spurring in campus

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Saurabh Shaym Shamshery, J. ordered the administration of Allahabad University to

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | “Impermissible and unacceptable to condemn advocates behind their back”; practice adopted by litigants applying for condonation of delay deprecated

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J. deprecated the practice adopted by litigants while filing applications for condonation of delay whereby they make allegations

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | No material irregularity if Permanent Lok Adalat call for any inference by the court in exercise of writ jurisdiction

Rajasthan High Court: Veerendr Singh Siradhana, J. dismissed the writ appeal on the ground that the assessment done for the crop production

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Prerogative writs not to be issued as a matter of routine or right; party entitled to relief not granted any, as Court’s discretion is subjective

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Mahinda Samayawardhena, J. contemplated an application which was contended to be

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | “Mindless pursuits of celebrations at exotic locations shouldn’t deteriorate environment” — State to ensure

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and Alok Kumar Verma, J. entertained a PIL through which the petitioner

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Review of an order due to change of lawyer liable to be rejected – sets a bad precedent

Patna High Court: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J. dismissed a review application filed by the petitioner-husband for review of this Court’s order in

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Recovery proceedings in a co-owned property can be initiated only against defaulter’s share in such property

Kerala High Court: Shaji P. Chaly, J. dismissed a petition challenging initiation of recovery proceedings against the share of the defaulter in

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Person promoted on regular line of promotion cannot be deprived of higher pay scale on account that he had sought voluntary retirement

Rajasthan High Court: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J. allowed the writ petition for the benefit of the Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) as no reference

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Financial difficulties of institution cannot be above the fundamental right of a citizen; Retirement benefit to be paid with interest if not released immediately on retirement

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. allowed the petition on the settled principle of law that financial difficulty cannot

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Mere allotment of parking area by competent authority of Railways is a private affair; Held, mandamus lies to secure performance of a public duty

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Mahinda Samayawardhena, J. entertained a writ petition where the petitioner sought,

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Amount misappropriated not to be considered while determining proportionality of punishment; labour court’s order reinstating employee quashed

Bombay High Court: Ravindra V. Ghuhe, J. allowed a petition filed by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation against the order of the Labour

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Right to bodily integrity calls for a permission to allow termination of pregnancy; Court may grant termination beyond 20 weeks

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A writ petition was contemplated by Vivek Rusia, J. for allowing medical termination of pregnancy of the said

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Australia | No illegality in order cancelling higher education visa of a student where all circumstances taken into consideration by the Authority

Federal Court of Australia: Collier, J. allowed an appeal against the decision of the Federal Circuit Court in which the primary Judge

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Dr Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy allowed to hold position as Director and Key Managerial personnel in NDTV until the next order

Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai : A Coram of Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer) J., Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member), J.

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Particulars of class X and XII mark sheets can be corrected by CBSE even if application thereof is filed belatedly, on payment of a fine

Kerala High Court: Shaji P. Chaly, J. allowed a civil writ petition filed by a former student of a CBSE school assailing

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

PMLA | Search, seizure and retention of property pertaining to offence of money laundering requires compliance with provisions of PMLA, 2002

Appellate Tribunal for SAFEMA, FEMA, PMLA, NDPS & PBPT Act: A Coram of Manmohan Singh (Chairman), J. and G.C. Mishra (Member) set

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Disputed defense of accused can’t be considered when evidence gathered by IO can’t be scrutinized by Court

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. quashed the application under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on the ground