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CBI Director Alok Verma reinstated with riders; Can’t take major policy decisions till further orders

Supreme Court: Setting aside the Central Government and Central Vigilance Committee’s (CVC) October 23, 2018 order divesting CBI Director Alok Verma of

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | University which erroneously declared a student as passed when he in fact failed in a subject, cannot compel re-examination after a decade

Kerala High Court: A Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. hearing a civil writ petition, quashed a university’s order directing its ex-student

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All HC | Decision-based on expert opinion following due procedure requires no interference of Court; PIL for protection of Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary dismissed

Allahabad High Court: A Public Interest Litigation was filed before Govind Mathur, CJ and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J. related to protection

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Sikk HC | Impleadment of party allowed where necessary to hear him before issuing writ of prohibition

Sikkim High Court: The Bench of Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. allowed an impleadment through the present petition. The petitioner in the present

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Manipur HC | Conviction on criminal charge doesn’t automatically entail dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of Government servant concerned

Manipur High Court: A Bench of Lanusungkum Jamir, J. set aside petitioner’s suspension order and held him to be entitled to full

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J&K HC | Petition for additional pleas rejected as nothing new pleaded in written statement

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J. dismissed a petition filed against the order of a Subordinate Civil

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Madras HC | Relief to Indonesian spa therapist booked under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act; Police rebuked for colourable exercise of power

“Urgent need to get out of the preconditioned mind of the majority who unfortunately see Spas and Massage Centres as brothel houses.”

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Del HC | Nominee on BoG of School of Planning and Architecture under 2014 Act has to be a “Member of Council of Architecture”

“Principles of interpretation of statute, it is trite, are not straight-jacketed, and are fundamentally fluid in nature, requiring to be moulded in

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Ker HC | Further investigation ordered as prior investigation not proper by IO

Kerala High Court: A Bench comprising of K. Abraham Mathew, J. allowed further investigation to the petitioner as the prior investigation was

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J&K HC | Court cannot pass a general direction without determining main issues in question

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Sindhu Sharma, JJ. dismissed an order passed by the

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Del HC | FIR under Section 498-A IPC quashed in light of divorce and settlement between parties

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Sunil Gaur, J. quashed an FIR filed against the petitioners for offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 406

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All HC | Appointment of petitioner not to be treated as fresh appointment for purposes of determining qualification when he has been in service uninterrupted

Allahabad High Court: The Bench of Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J. declared that employment cannot be denied to petitioner when it was previously

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Bom HC | HC cannot exercise jurisdiction equivalent to SC under Artice 142 to enhance compensation in MV claims

Bombay High Court: The Bench of Sunil K. Kotwal, J. dismissed an appeal while modifying the award passed by the Motor Accident

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | NCLT not required to suo motu go through all issues pleaded but not addressed in application under Companies Act

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Member (Judicial) dismissed an

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Premature transfer which is in public interest or interest of administration is allowed

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sindhu Sharma, J., dismissed the petition seeking relief against the order of

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Pat HC | When order is violative of principles of natural justice, plea of alternative remedy would not bar exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226

Patna High Court: The Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J., allowed the writ petition which was filed against the act of arbitrary stoppage

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Application under Section 9 of I&B Code not maintainable where ‘dispute’ existed prior to filing petition under Sections 433(e) and 434(1) of Companies Act

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

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CBI Director Alok Verma reinstated with riders; Can’t take major policy decisions till further orders

Ker HC | University which erroneously declared a student as passed when he in fact failed in a subject, cannot compel re-examination after a decade

All HC | Decision-based on expert opinion following due procedure requires no interference of Court; PIL for protection of Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary dismissed

Sikk HC | Impleadment of party allowed where necessary to hear him before issuing writ of prohibition

Manipur HC | Conviction on criminal charge doesn’t automatically entail dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of Government servant concerned

J&K HC | Petition for additional pleas rejected as nothing new pleaded in written statement

Madras HC | Relief to Indonesian spa therapist booked under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act; Police rebuked for colourable exercise of power

Del HC | Nominee on BoG of School of Planning and Architecture under 2014 Act has to be a “Member of Council of Architecture”

Ker HC | Further investigation ordered as prior investigation not proper by IO

J&K HC | Court cannot pass a general direction without determining main issues in question

Del HC | FIR under Section 498-A IPC quashed in light of divorce and settlement between parties

All HC | Appointment of petitioner not to be treated as fresh appointment for purposes of determining qualification when he has been in service uninterrupted

Bom HC | HC cannot exercise jurisdiction equivalent to SC under Artice 142 to enhance compensation in MV claims

NCLAT | NCLT not required to suo motu go through all issues pleaded but not addressed in application under Companies Act

J&K HC | Premature transfer which is in public interest or interest of administration is allowed

Pat HC | When order is violative of principles of natural justice, plea of alternative remedy would not bar exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226

Application under Section 9 of I&B Code not maintainable where ‘dispute’ existed prior to filing petition under Sections 433(e) and 434(1) of Companies Act

Contempt jurisdiction cannot be invoked on the basis of impressions: SC

MP HC | Appointment to the post of District Judge (Entry-Level) cancelled; criminal charges pending

Criminal proceeding under S. 307 IPC can’t be quashed on the basis of complainant and accused’s settlement