Case Briefs Archives

MP HC | University cannot grant affiliation with 50% affiliation fees until mandatory conditions are fulfilled

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of S.C. Sharma and Virender Singh, JJ., stating that the Society

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Licensor has power to restrain licensee’s operations to ensure that licensee carries on trade and business as per terms of original contract

Punjab & Haryana High Court: The Bench of Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, J. dismissed a civil writ petition assailing order of licensor (tourism

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Order rejecting regularization of service not sustainable where employee’s representation disposed of on half-baked facts

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ashutosh Kumar, J. allowed a civil writ petition filed by a work-charged employee and directed the

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Victim’s right to appeal against acquittal of accused upheld in light of amendment to S. 372 CrPC

Bombay High Court: M.G. Giratkar, J. quashed an order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge wherein the victim’s (applicant’s) appeal against the acquittal

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Magistrate cannot record plea of guilt voluntarily made by accused and convict him if charges have not been framed

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., for the reason of procedural lapses, quashed an order passed by the trial court wherein the Magistrate

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Sexual Harassment allegations against CJI: Justice AK Patnaik to look into ‘conspiracy’ angle

Supreme Court: A special 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Rohinton Nariman and Deepak Gupta, JJ has appointed former Supreme Court judge, Justice

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Death caused does not suggest to be a result of alleged injuries received; bail granted

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Daya Chaudhary, J., under Section 439 of Criminal Procedure

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Bail refused as it could not be said that a case was not made out against the applicant

Allahabad High Court: This application was addressed by Ajit Singh, J. which was filed under Section 482 Criminal Procedure Code for quashing

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Court may appoint a survey knowing commissioner, only if dispute pertains to area of the land or identification or location or measurement of the land

Orissa High Court: The Bench of A.K. Rath, J. allowed the petition filed that challenged the order which allowed the appointment of

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AAR | Business Transfer Agreement as a going concern held exempted from the levy of GST in terms of the relevant Notification

Authority for Advance Rulings (GST), Uttarakhand: Vipin Chandra and Amit Gupta (Members), addressed an application stating the following question: “Whether “Business Transfer

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

PMLA | Authorised officer under PMLA obligated to show that seized property has nexus with money laundering

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

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Printing names of contesting candidates in different colours on ballot paper – anathema to scheme of election process

Kerala High Court: The Divison Bench of V. Chitambaresh and R. Narayana Pisharadi, JJ. allowed a writ appeal against an order allowing

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Offence under S. 138 NI Act may be compounded even after conviction of accused and affirmation thereof by Sessions Judge

Tripura High Court: Sanjay Karol, CJ allowed the compounding of offence in a case where the accused had been convicted for an offence punishable

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Transgender female is a “bride” under Hindu Marriage Act; no impediment in registration of transgenders marriage

Madras High Court: In a landmark Judgment, G.R. Swaminathan, J. has held that a marriage solemnized between a male and a transwoman, both

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Court lays down guidelines to be followed by criminal courts and mediation centres while dealing with criminal cases; to be applied mutatis mutandis to other ADR methods

Delhi High Court: R.K. Gauba, J. laid down guidelines for the criminal courts and mediation centers to be followed while dealing with the criminal

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Claim for notional promotion benefits, filed without any legal basis after a delay of over 19 years, dismissed with costs

Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): The Coram of Justice SVS Rathore (Judicial Member) and Air Marshal BBP Sinha (Administrative Member) dismissed an ex-hawaladar’s

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Bar on compassionate appointment of a child born out of second marriage void, as S. 16 of Hindu Marriage Act confers legitimacy on such child

Patna High Court: The Three-Judge Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh, Birendra Kumar and Anil Kumar Upadhyay, JJ. disposed of an appeal arising

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Order 21 Rule 29 CPC cannot come to the rescue unless sufficient cause is shown to stay the execution case

Orissa High Court: The Bench of A.K. Rath, J. dismissed the petition filed against the order which rejected the application of the

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Allegations that petitioners were appointed by incompetent authority and that the engagement was de hors the rules is not a reason sufficient to deny them pay scale

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Rashid Ali Dar and Dhiraj Singh Thakur, JJ., dismissed the Letters Patent Appeal which

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Canada SC | ‘Unauthorised’ screen capturing of online communication by Police in undercover operation forms basis of child lurer’s conviction

Supreme Court of Canada: In a very interesting case, a bench of Wagner, CJ and Abella, Moldaver, Karkatsanis, Gascon, Brown and Martin, JJ.