Case Briefs Archives

Gau HC | Mere fixing of matter for judgment on a subsequent date by itself cannot be construed as termination of trial; petition challenging summoning of witness dismissed

Gauhati High Court: Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J. dismissed a petition against the order of the trial court whereby it had summoned the

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Transfer adjustments bonafide when Govt. taking step to curtail unproductive expenditure and utilize idle staff

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajan Gupta, J. dismissed the petition on the ground that order taken by the State Government cannot

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SA HC | Discernment of a trial court not to be altered unless justified

South Africa High Court, Free State Division, Bloemfontein: A Division Bench of Mathebula and Chesiwe, JJ. dismissed the present appeal against convictions

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Knowledge of the caste enough to invoke Ss. 3(2)(v) and (v-a) of the SC/ST Act

Gujarat High Court: Umesh A. Trivedi, J. dismissed the present writ petition preferred under Section 14-A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Compensation in a motor accident must be awarded by applying suitable multiplier by tribunal; appeal sustained

Uttaranchal High Court: Appeal against the order of Motor Accident Claim Tribunal was entertained by Alok Singh, J. where the petitioner sought

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Botswana HC | Colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality struck down for being ultra vires the Constitution – Reliance placed on SC of India’s judgment in Navtej Singh Johar

“Criminalising consensual same sex in private, between adults is not in the public interest. Such criminalization….disproportionally impacts on the lives and dignity

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Jhar HC | Person authorized to drive a vehicle by its owner, when dies – covered under insurance policy on same terms and conditions, as applicable to the owner of vehicle

Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J. allowed an appeal made by an insurance company regarding their extent of liability towards a

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Guidelines laid down for implementation of a robust institutional mechanism to tackle rising incidents of forest fires

National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi: The Coram of Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson), J. and S.P. Wangdi (Judicial Member), K. Ramakrishnan (Judicial

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Minor discrepancies in statement of witnesses, when considered in entirety can be rejected – Sentence of advocate convicted for murder of a colleague, affirmed

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of K.N. Phaneendra and H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by an Advocate who

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Statutory rules or executive orders would override an advertisement by Service Selection Board

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J. while dismissing the present writ petition directed the respondent Service Selection Board to

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikkim HC | “Personal occupation” of landlord includes requirement of dependents; eviction decree confirmed in absence of special equities in favour of tenant

Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. confirmed a decree of eviction passed against the appellant-tenant by the District Judge on the bonafide

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Temporary injunction not granted when there was an irreparable loss to the party against whom it was prayed

Rajasthan High Court: Sabina, J. dismissed the appeal on the ground that party will suffer an irreparable loss if the application was

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Order of cancellation of license quashed by Court as principles of natural justice not followed

Orissa High Court: K.S. Jahveri, CJ and K.R. Mohapatra, J., partly allowed a writ petition on the ground that the principle of

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Financial distress to family caused due to detention of accused in custody held to be valid condition for granting bail

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J. directed release of the applicant on bail with sureties in the instant application filed under

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | FIR when states commission of cognizable offence, Court not to presume story of prosecution not believable in absence of any material to the contrary

Uttaranchal High Court: The instant petition was entertained by Ravindra Maithani, J. where the petitioner under Section 482 CrPC applied for quashing

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Courts not to interfere in decision taken by Recruitment board when qualification clearly prescribed in advertisement

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Ranjan Gupta, J. dismissed the writ petition on the ground that petitioners do not possess the requisite

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Respondent not to absolve itself from responsibility when interim order passed by court; payment of salary to be made till interim order continues

Rajasthan High Court: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J., allowed the application on the ground that so long the interim order was passed by

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Wife entitled to lead life at par the standard of husband, appeal under S. 19(1) of Family Courts Act for reducing pendente lite maintenance dismissed

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ and Arindam Lodh, J. dismissed an appeal filed under Section 19(1) of the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Dr Prannoy Roy, Chairman and Radhika Roy, MD of NDTV guilty of committing fraud, barred from accessing securities market for 2 years

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, Whole Time Member, passed an order finding the promoters of New Delhi Television

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Non-compliance with elements of Rule 6 of Narcotic Substances Act, diminishes the reliability and evidentiary value of forensic agency’s report

Pakistan Supreme Court: A Full Bench of Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, CJ, Mushir Alam and Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, JJ. extended benefit