Case Briefs Archives

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Claim for family pension not maintainable if name of applicant not mentioned in service records of the deceased soldier

Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): The Bench of S.V.S. Rathore, J. and Lt. General N.B. Singh (Member) dismissed an application challenging the denial of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC| Only the leave for salary is payable would be taken into account for determining the pensionable service

Supreme Court: On the question as to exclusion of unauthorised leaves for determination of pensionary benefits, the 3-judge bench of SA Bobde,

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | S. 28-A of Land Acquisition Act not an adversarial form of adjudication; fair compensation to be determined for all landowners

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This writ petition was filed before the Bench of G.S. Sandhawalia, J., against the award passed by

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | To invoke longer period of limitation, evidence to show suppression or misstatement with malafide intention to be provided

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Allahabad (CESTAT): This appeal was filed before Archana Wadhwa, J. and Anil G. Shakkarwar, Member

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Cyber crimes on the rise | Directions issued to train and familiarise members of police force in regard to “electronic evidence”

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Manojit Mandal and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ., in the wake of rising cyber crimes in

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Production of additional documents allowed if the concerned party could not produce such evidence despite due diligence

Patna High Court: The Bench of Prabhat Kumar Jha, J. dismissed a petition filed against an order allowing production of additional documents.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Should Ayodhya dispute be decided by mediation? SC to decide on March 6 [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ said that it

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | National Accountability Ordinance: Special law for combating white-collar crimes – no provision for bail therein

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Three-Judge Bench of Mian Saqib Nisar, HCJ; Mushir Alam and Ijaz Ul Ahsan, JJ., allowed the petition

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Hostility of witnesses held immaterial where sequence of events are cogent and corroborate to each other

Madras High Court: Dr G. Jayachandran, J., dismissed a criminal appeal filed by the accused who was convicted by the trial court for

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Threats by journalists who are reporters to publish news defaming a person amount to extortion

Bombay High Court: In an interesting case, M.G. Giratkar, J., maintained conviction of a journalist for the offence of extorting money from the

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Statement recorded immediately after incident is more credible than the one recorded after 5 months; discharge of accused upheld

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., upheld the order of the trial court discharging the respondent who was accused of committing offences punishable

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | No relief can be granted in the petition, which has been filed on apprehension

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., dismissed a petition that was filed by the petitioners on

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Wife granted opportunity to prove additional documents not available during trial for maintenance under S. 125 CrPC

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. disposed of a petition filed in a matrimonial dispute by allowing the petitioner (wife) to prove additional

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Appellant failed to produce any documents to show that he had resigned as director; application at a belated stage rejected

Securities Appellate Tribunal: The Bench of Tarun Agarwala, Presiding Officer and Dr C.K.G. Nair, Member rejected an application filed at a later

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Detention order challenged for supplying illegible documents – test is to determine whether detenue rendered incapable of making representation

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of K.N. Phaneendra and K. Somashekhar, JJ. hearing a petition in the nature of habeas corpus,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Decision of Army’s Medical Board cannot be overruled by a higher chain of command without physical medical examination of the patient

Armed Forces Tribunal: The Bench of S.V.S. Rathore, J. and Air Marshal BBP Sinha (Member) allowed the application filed by a member

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Publicising domestic disputes, lodging false complaints, making frivolous allegations amount to cruelty and are grounds for divorce

Bombay High Court: In an interesting case, Vibha Kankanwadi, J. allowed an appeal filed by the husband against the order of the first

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Court allows compounding application considering that offence was private in nature

Uttaranchal High Court: The Bench of Manoj K. Tiwari, J. disposed of a compounding application in favour of the parties as they

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Court is not storage of petitions filed by negligent litigants: Not permitted to blame previous counsel after 21 years for not providing case record

‘Vigilantibus, non-dermientibus, jura subveniunt’ (the law helps those who are watchful and not those who are asleep) Delhi High Court: Vinod Goel, J.,