Case Briefs Archives

Bom HC | Injury on private part of women married for 15 years not expected during forced intercourse; conviction of rape accused upheld

Bombay High Court: The Bench of V.M. Deshpande, J. upheld the judgment of Additional Sessions Judge convicting the appellants for the offences punishable

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Probable love affair between prosecutrix and applicant – Ground for allowing bail in offences under POCSO

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of A.Y. Kogje, J. allowed a bail application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Court directs removal of kiosks blocking public roads

Rajasthan High Court: The Bench of Mohammad Rafiq, and Goverdhan Bardhar, JJ. allowed this PIL filed for clearance of road which was

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Court exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of Constitution must keep away from academic matters

Kerala High Court: The Bench of P.V. Asha, J. dismissed a civil writ petition filed by an Assistant Professor holding that Court

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NLSIU | YADGIR Legal Aid Programme

The students of NLSIU as a part of the Legal Services Clinic performed LLPs at three different location which included two villages

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Order rejecting Section 125 CrPC application on basis of detectives’s report quashed

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. directed the parties to appear before the trial court for fresh consideration of an

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Municipal elections: Repetition of reservation in any ward for any category – anti-thesis of rotation principle envisaged under Article 243-T of Constitution

Karnataka High Court: The Bench of S. Sunil Dutt Yadav, J. allowed a civil writ petition challenging State’s notification dated 10-08-2018 which

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

UK SC | Personal liberty cannot be impinged by Community Treatment Order

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: A five-Judge bench comprising Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Black, Lord Lloyd Jones, JJ. disposed

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | 2011 Mumbai Blasts | Court refuses to discharge Hawala Operator who transferred money to Yasin Bhatkal

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Sarang V. Kotwal and Indrajit Mohanty, JJ. upheld the order of the trial court whereby it

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Bihar Hindu Religious Trust Act: Mahant appointing his grandson as trustee of Math – not illegal

Patna High Court: The Bench of Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J. dismissed a civil writ petition challenging the appointment of Mahant of a

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | No pre-meditation, no criminal antecedents – death penalty of man accused of rape and murder turned into life imprisonment

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and P. Somarajan, JJ. was hearing a death reference tagged along with a

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Order in excess of powers under Section 39(1)(a) of M.P. Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam is illegal

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This case was filed before a Bench of Rohit Arya, J., where petitioner who was a sarpanch was

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | ‘Make roads cattle free’; Meerut and Varanasi municipalities directed to remove and rehabilitate stray cattles

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Chandra Dhari Singh, J. gave a series of directions in an

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS | Court cannot override the arbitrability clause in a contract

Supreme Court of the United States: The appeal lies before the Bench of Kavanaugh, J. The facts of the case were such

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | “I&B Code provides specific time frame to complete the process and NCLT should take it seriously”

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Bench of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Member (Judicial) directed the National

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Overpopulation a ‘ticking bomb’ diffusion of which calls for responsible parenthood behaviors by promoting 2 child policy

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Bench of HCJ Mian Saqib Nisar and Faisal Arab and Ijaz Ul Ahsan, JJ. stated that population

Case Briefs High Courts

SCOTUS | Burglary in mobile structures for overnight accommodation included in ‘burglary’ under Armed Career Criminal Act

Supreme Court of the United States: This appeal was filed before the Bench of Breyer, J. The case involved two defendants who

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Bom HC | Injury on private part of women married for 15 years not expected during forced intercourse; conviction of rape accused upheld

Guj HC | Probable love affair between prosecutrix and applicant – Ground for allowing bail in offences under POCSO

Raj HC | Court directs removal of kiosks blocking public roads

Ker HC | Court exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of Constitution must keep away from academic matters

NLSIU | YADGIR Legal Aid Programme

Del HC | Order rejecting Section 125 CrPC application on basis of detectives’s report quashed

Kar HC | Municipal elections: Repetition of reservation in any ward for any category – anti-thesis of rotation principle envisaged under Article 243-T of Constitution

UK SC | Personal liberty cannot be impinged by Community Treatment Order

Bom HC | 2011 Mumbai Blasts | Court refuses to discharge Hawala Operator who transferred money to Yasin Bhatkal

Pat HC | Bihar Hindu Religious Trust Act: Mahant appointing his grandson as trustee of Math – not illegal

Ker HC | No pre-meditation, no criminal antecedents – death penalty of man accused of rape and murder turned into life imprisonment

MP HC | Order in excess of powers under Section 39(1)(a) of M.P. Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam is illegal

All HC | ‘Make roads cattle free’; Meerut and Varanasi municipalities directed to remove and rehabilitate stray cattles

SCOTUS | Court cannot override the arbitrability clause in a contract

NCLAT | “I&B Code provides specific time frame to complete the process and NCLT should take it seriously”

Pak SC | Overpopulation a ‘ticking bomb’ diffusion of which calls for responsible parenthood behaviors by promoting 2 child policy

Tripura HC | Suspension order quashed for non-compliance of Rule 10(6) and (7) of Central Civil services (CCA) Rules

Maharashtra Dance Bars Law: Here’s a list of what’s been struck down by Supreme Court and why

MP HC| Court has no jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India if alternate remedies available

SCOTUS | Burglary in mobile structures for overnight accommodation included in ‘burglary’ under Armed Career Criminal Act