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Bom HC | Conviction for murder turned into grievous hurt where death occurred after injured shifted to another hospital against medical advice

Bombay High Court: The Bench of A.S. Oka and A.S. Gadkari, JJ. modified the judgment of trial court and altered the appellant’s conviction under

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Court allows application filed in relation to modification of order and extension of deadline for depositing Provident Fund

Rajasthan High Court: The Bench of P.K. Lohra and Manoj Kumar Garg, JJ. allowed the application which was made on behalf of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Direction to implement ‘short-term measures’ for funding for infrastructure of subordinate judiciary issued

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has directed the short-term measures

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Injured not entitled to compensation towards future treatment or disfigurement where disability suffered is temporary

Delhi High Court: I.S. Mehta, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the claimant against an award of compensation granted in a motor accident’s

Case Briefs Supreme Court Roundups

Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – February 2019

TOP STORIES SC orders forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribals from from forestlands across 16 states The Court has directed

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Court exercising extraordinary writ jurisdiction cannot issue direction for arrest of a person only because he is named in the FIR

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh, J. dismissed a petition praying for the arrest of a few persons named

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Registrar of Cooperative Societies empowered to collect information from rural agricultural bank, and to furnish the same under RTI Act

“Transparency of information is vital in curbing corruption. The approach of the court must be to attenuate the area of secrecy as

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Is it permissible to draw inference of guilt of illegal gratification in case of death of complainant? Larger bench to decide

Supreme Court: Stating that it has some reservation in respect of the observation and findings recorded by the 3-judge bench of former

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | IT Department should not launch prosecution in haste since law of limitation under S. 468 CrPC is excluded

Madras High Court: The Bench of P.N. Prakash, J., in a criminal revision case preferred in respect of setting aside the order

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Even after paying permanent alimony to wife, husband has bounden duty to provide maintenance for befitting upbringing of child

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J., dismissed a revision petition filed by a husband against the order of the family court whereby

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | BHEL’s claim of over Rs 977 crores in insolvency process against Monnet Power to be reconsidered

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson dismissed an appeal against the order of National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai filed

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | A free lady cannot be compelled to give sample for DNA test as it would violate her liberty, dignity and privacy

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Divison Bench of Mushir Alam and Qazi Faez Isa, JJ. allowed a petition seeking to set aside

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Return of gold ornaments of wife allowed despite absence of specific details thereto, in view of husband’s contradictory statements

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and A.M.Babu, JJ. dismissed an appeal against the judgment of Family Court directing

Case Briefs Supreme Court

How to know if a temple/mandir is Public or Private? SC enunciates

Supreme Court: In the appeal against the Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict that held that Shri Ram Mandir, Indoukh is a public

Case Briefs High Courts

Jha HC | Deceased’s feet touching ground suggests hanging after murder; conviction of accused upheld

Jharkhand High Court: This criminal appeal was filed before the Bench of Ratnaker Bhengra, J., against the judgment of conviction and order

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Specificities of date and time not necessary in divorce petition under S. 13(1)(i-a) HMA, where wife leads evidence

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ., directed a divorce decree sheet to be drawn up in

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Director of a company cannot be made to suffer rigors of criminal trial in the absence of material proving allegations against him

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. allowed an application filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

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Bom HC | Conviction for murder turned into grievous hurt where death occurred after injured shifted to another hospital against medical advice

Raj HC | Court allows application filed in relation to modification of order and extension of deadline for depositing Provident Fund

Direction to implement ‘short-term measures’ for funding for infrastructure of subordinate judiciary issued

Del HC | Injured not entitled to compensation towards future treatment or disfigurement where disability suffered is temporary

Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – February 2019

Pat HC | Court exercising extraordinary writ jurisdiction cannot issue direction for arrest of a person only because he is named in the FIR

Ker HC | Registrar of Cooperative Societies empowered to collect information from rural agricultural bank, and to furnish the same under RTI Act

Is it permissible to draw inference of guilt of illegal gratification in case of death of complainant? Larger bench to decide

Madras HC | IT Department should not launch prosecution in haste since law of limitation under S. 468 CrPC is excluded

Gau HC | Even after paying permanent alimony to wife, husband has bounden duty to provide maintenance for befitting upbringing of child

NCLAT | BHEL’s claim of over Rs 977 crores in insolvency process against Monnet Power to be reconsidered

Pak SC | A free lady cannot be compelled to give sample for DNA test as it would violate her liberty, dignity and privacy

Ker HC | Return of gold ornaments of wife allowed despite absence of specific details thereto, in view of husband’s contradictory statements

How to know if a temple/mandir is Public or Private? SC enunciates

Jha HC | Deceased’s feet touching ground suggests hanging after murder; conviction of accused upheld

Del HC | Specificities of date and time not necessary in divorce petition under S. 13(1)(i-a) HMA, where wife leads evidence

Guj HC | Cooperating with the investigating agency entitles accused for bail

Bom HC | Order of maintenance under DV Act set aside in absence of any act of domestic violence committed by husband

SC of Sri Lanka | Court takes violation of Right to Equality seriously, directs admission of the child

Pat HC | Director of a company cannot be made to suffer rigors of criminal trial in the absence of material proving allegations against him