Case Briefs Archives

Chh HC | Step-son held duty bound to maintain his step-mother under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agarwal, J. imposed costs of Rs 2000 while dismissing a petition filed by a step-son for setting aside

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Court considers plea sympathetically where copy of the order was not supplied to petitioner to be filed in appeal

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Surya Kant, C.J. and Sandeep Sharma, J. disposed of a petition with a direction to

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Financial contribution for sale of property not a suggestion of benami transaction

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Appellant had prayed before the Bench of Surinder Gupta, J., that the Will made by mother of

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Land acquired for air firing/bombing range, having been illegally encroached, would not confer any right on encroachers

Allahabad High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ., praying that

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Minimum Wages Act does not empower Govt to alter the terms of contract; June 2007 Notification partly quashed

Supreme Court: Partly upholding the validity of Notification dated 27.06.2007 issued under Section 5(2) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the bench

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Selection for Angan Bari Sevika based on predominance of caste, without ascertaining number of beneficiaries, defeats the purpose of ICDS Scheme

Patna High Court: The Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J. dismissed a civil writ petition, challenging cancellation of a lady’s appointment as Angan

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Panayikulam SIMI Camp Case: Five persons convicted by NIA Special Court for holding secret meeting of banned outfit, acquitted by HC

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and Ashok Menon, JJ. hearing 6 criminal appeals clubbed together, acquitted five persons

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | A person not vigilant of his rights and who acquiesces with situation cannot claim relief that is otherwise available to vigilant man

Jharkhand High Court: The Bench of Aniruddha Bose, C.J. and B.B. Mangalmurti, J. dismissed a petition claiming arrears of pension, post retrial

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | ‘Luxurious litigation’ by litigants wanting to ferment their ego needs to be curbed; criminal appeal dismissed with costs where complaint turned dormant

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J. dismissed a criminal appeal and imposed costs of Rs 5000 on the appellant for filing the

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | JJ Board not bound by expert opinion in preliminary assessment, may disagree with the report and not treat CCL as adult

Delhi High Court: Chander Shekhar, J. refused to interfere with the order of the Juvenile Justice Board whereby it had directed that the two

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Election Tribunal exceeds its jurisdiction by travelling beyond the scope of the litigation involved ignoring the pleadings of the parties

Orissa High Court: The Bench of Biswanath Rath, J. entertained the writ petition challenging the order passed by the learned trial Court,

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Criminal proceeding can be quashed where allegations made in complaint do not disclose commission of an offence under Penal Code

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of A.P. Thaker, J., allowed the petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code for

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC| Seeds Act not concerned with where and how the seeds are used; Scope explained

Delhi High Court: Dealing with the scope and ambit of the Seeds Act, 1966, Vibhu Bakhru, J held that the Seeds Act

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Petition seeking web-casting of entire election process disposed of opining that ECI taking all steps to ensure free and fair election

Kerala High Court: The Bench of Shaji P. Chaly, J. was seized of a petition seeking directions to ensure the conduct of

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Disability Pension: No evidence showing existence of disease at the time of entry in service – benefit of doubt in favour of employee

Armed Forces Tribunal: The Coram of Justice SVS Rathore (Judicial Member) and Air Marshal BBP Sinha (Administrative Member) set aside the order

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Even where victim turned hostile, conviction for rape upheld on basis of material corroboration of evidence

Bombay High Court: Sadhana S. Jadhav, J. dismissed an appeal filed against the Judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge whereby the appellant was

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Divorce granted on grounds of causing wrongful incarceration of husband coupled with irretrievable breakdown of marriage

Delhi High Court: A Bench of Jyoti Singh and G.S. Sistani, JJ. allowed an appeal filed by the husband against the decision of

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

UKSC | Not wise to search a Facebook post for its theoretical or logically deducible meaning, defamation case filed on basis of such post dismissed

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: “He tried to strangle me.” What would those words convey to an ordinary reasonable reader of

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SA HC | Assessing the quantum of the claim not disabled by the amendment of particulars, objection dismissed

High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Local Division: This application was filed before G.J. Gajjar, AJ., under Rule 28(4) of the