Case Briefs Archives

Del HC | Maintenance under S. 125 CrPC to be ordinarily awarded from date of application; award from date of order is exception

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., modified the trial court’s order awarding maintenance to the petitioner-wife and directed the respondent-husband to the pay

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Sister’s right in ancestral property upheld by virtue of Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act and Hindu Succession Act

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J., upheld the order of the first Appellate Court whereby it reversed the trial court’s decision and

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | All India Sugar Trade Association alleged for circulating “price sensitive information” amongst cartel members

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Bench comprising of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson), U.C. Nahta and Sangeeta Verma, Members, closed the matter

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | No disproportionate gain or unfair advantage made, nor any loss caused to the investors by non-disclosure, penalty reduced

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

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Anticipatory bail of person accused of vandalism during hartal rejected

Kerala High Court: The Bench of Sunil Thomas, J. dismissed a bail application filed by an individual under Section 438 CrPC, for

Case Briefs High Courts

Jha HC | Disciplinary authority differing with findings of inquiry report, must issue a second show cause notice to indicate grounds of disagreement

Jharkhand High Court: The Bench of Ananda Sen, J. set aside a punishment order issued against a police constable in departmental proceedings,

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | S. 14(3) of the Juvenile Justice Act not mandatory in all circumstance; delay adequately explained

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Atul Sreedharan, J., against the order passed by Special Judge

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Order dismissing appeal on unproved documents held not sustainable and therefore set aside

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J., quashed the trial court’s Judgment convicting the applicant herein for the offences punishable under Sections 279 (rash

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | “Possession” under S. 25 Arms Act is to be backed by mental element to make it the requisite “conscious possession”

Delhi High Court: Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J., quashed an FIR registered against the petitioner under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 for

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Authorities cannot be allowed to read something between the lines, which is not even a part of the Regulation

Uttaranchal High Court: A Bench of Manoj K. Tiwari, J. while allowing the petition quashed the order of the Chief Education Officer.

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Applicability of S. 115 CPC can’t be exercised in a routine manner in absence of any perversity

Gujarat High Court: A Bench of A.J. Shastri, J. dismissed a petition being devoid of merit as the case did not fall

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Family Courts Act: Curtailment on right to appeal does not exclude wife’s right of appeal if she is dissatisfied with quantum of dower awarded

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Three-Judge Bench of Mian Saqib Nisar, CJ and SH. Azmat Saeed and Ijaz-Ul-Ahsan, JJ. dismissed the appeal

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | No contempt proved in absence of intention to commit contempt

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This contempt petition was filed before the Bench of Nirmaljit Kaur, J. for disobedience of the order

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Lease cannot be extended beyond specified period in absence of specific provision for the same

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

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Convict’s intoxicated condition and subsequent conduct renders conviction for murder modified for culpable homicide

Gauhati High Court: A Bench of Achintya Malla Bujor Barua and Mir Alfaz Ali, JJ., modified a conviction for murder to that of

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Paper cutter blade not a ‘deadly weapon’ so as to constitute an offence under S. 397 IPC

Delhi High Court: A.K. Pathak, J., modified the appellant’s conviction and sentence while allowing his appeal filed against the order of the trial

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Mentally disabled child referred to Child Welfare Committee where family members were not capable of taking care of him

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of K.N. Phaneendra and K. Natarajan, JJ. allowed a habeas corpus petition filed by the maternal

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Payment of Gratuity Act applies to employees of the local bodies

Supreme Court: In the case where the employees of Municipal Corporation governed by the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 claimed gratuity

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Authority confirming the date of birth even after noticing a discrepancy gets caught, Court issues appropriate directions

Gujarat High Court: A Bench of A.Y. Kogje, J., allowed a petition and gave further directions to the respondent. In the pertinent case

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AAR | Tea Bags have a distinct name, character and use from tea leaves which categorises it into the activity of “Manufacturing” under S. 2(72) of GST Act

West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR): The Bench of Sydney D’Silva and Parthasarathi Dey (Members) addressed an application sought on the