Case Briefs Archives

Madras HC | Presumption under S. 139 NI Act in favour of holder of cheque arises once its execution is admitted by accused

Madras High Court: The Bench of P. Velmurugan J. convicted the accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for dishonour

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC| NDMC Bye-laws introducing ‘Unit Area Method’ for determining ‘rateable value’, violative of the NDMC Act

Supreme Court: The Bench of Dr. AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ has declared the New Delhi Municipal Council (Determination of Annual

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC| 40-50% disability limit for the post of Civil Judge is logical considering the nature of the job

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph, JJ held that prescription of disability to the extent of 40%-50% for

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC| Child born out of an irregular marriage is legitimate and entitled to inherit his father’s property

Supreme Court: The bench of NV Ramana and MM Shantanagoudar, JJ, on the issue relating to legality of the marriage of a

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Imposing heavy cash security as a bail requisite is pure discriminatory, rather an illusionary order

Karnataka High Court: The Bench of Mohammad Nawaz, J. declared that imposing of cash security would virtually amount to a denial of

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Death sentence confirmed as no mitigating circumstances found in favour of rape and murder accused

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This reference was made before a Division Bench of P.K. Jaiswal and B.K. Shrivastava, JJ. by ASJ, District

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Review application allowed as petition was dismissed without examining relevant qualifications

Allahabad High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J., where the decision of the U.P. Secondary

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Independent directors can be summoned in S. 138 NI Act complaint on allegation of responsibility for day-to-day functions of accused company

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Sunil Gaur, J. held that the trial court did not commit any error while summoning the petitioners

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Mau IC | SC can direct Presiding Magistrate to designate another magistrate to hear evidence on appropriate sentence

Mauritius Intermediate Court: The Bench of B.R. Jannoo- Jaunbocus, set aside the motion of the defendant in relation to the protection of

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Documents sought to be produced by defendant must be filed with written statement – leave of Court required for subsequent production thereof

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh, J. dismissed an application filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India,

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | GST: No encashment of bank guarantee in a tax evasion case until the statutory appeal in that regard is considered by Court

Kerala High Court: The Bench of Dama Seshadri Naidu, J. granted a stay on encashment of bank guarantee by tax authorities until

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Settling parties directed to pay costs for setting prosecution into motion and expending valuable judicial time and effort

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of M.S. Sonak and Prithviraj K. Chavan, JJ. imposed costs on the petitioners while allowing the petition

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Reliance’ s plea challenging MERC Tariff Regulation ‘affecting’ one of it’s thermal plants dismissed

Supreme Court: In the matter where the validity of a tariff regulation framed by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) was under

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Authorities concerned directed to furnish action report within a month for the ‘Unscientific dumping of solid waste’

National Green Tribunal (NGT): The Bench comprising of Adarsh Kumar Goel, Chairperson; S.P. Wangdi and K. Ramakrishnan, Judicial Members, Dr Nagin Nanda, Executive

Case Briefs International Courts

ECHR | Conviction for demonstrating obscene sculpture in front of Prosecutor General’s Office held to be disproportionate

European Court of Human Rights: The Seven-Judge Bench comprising of Robert Spano, President; Paul Lemmens, Ledi Bianku, Julia Laffranque, Valeriu Gritco, Stephanie

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | Snapdeal is part of vertical distribution chain, not merely marketplace facilitating interaction between buyers and sellers

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Bench of Ashok Kumar Gupta, Chairperson and Augustine Peter and U.C. Nahta, Members closed a case

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | DRT has jurisdiction under S. 5 of Limitation Act to condone delay if application filed with Securitization Application

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This petition was filed before a Division Bench of Amit Rawal and Arun Kumar Tyagi, JJ. against

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Registrar of Marriage directed to issue marriage certificate to foreign citizens as required under S.13 of Special Marriage Act

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Vibhu Bhakru, J.allowed petition filed by foreign citizens and directed the Registrar of Marriage to issue Certificate

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Ownership of a vehicle can be proved only by the certificate of registration issued by transport department

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

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | OUP (Pakistan) entitled to tax exemption under Cl. 86 of Income Tax Ordinance; holds judgment by SC of India in OUP India case wrong

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Three-Judge Bench of Umar Ata Bandial, Munib Akhtar and Yahya Afridi, JJ. set aside the judgment of