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Absence of eye witnesses on record shall be weighed above circumstantial evidence presented before the Court

Patna High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ajay Kumar Tripathi and Vinod Kumar Sinha, JJ. declared that there were no reasons

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat State Waqf Board directed to consider removing encroachments from ‘Kabrastan’ as per Section 54 of the Waqf Act, 1995

Gujarat High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vipul M. Pancholi, J. directed the respondents to look into the directions prayed

Case Briefs High Courts

FIR under Section 498-A IPC against mother-in-law and sisters-in-law quashed for being abuse of process of law

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of P.N. Deshmukh and Swapna Joshi, JJ. partly allowed an application filed under Section 482

Case Briefs High Courts

Authorities instructed to act with sensitivity by providing immediate access to emergency facilities to poor people

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Sanjay Karol, CJ and Arindam Lodh, J. instructed the respondent against the insensitivity shown

Case Briefs High Courts

Court cannot suggest for ‘alternative witness’ assuming original witness may not be readily available

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of R.K. Gauba, J. directed partial retrial of a case while disposing of an appeal filed

Case Briefs High Courts

Families cannot be removed from BPL list on ground of admitting their children in private school

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Sanjay Karol, ACJ and Ajay Mohan Goel, J. declared that studying in private

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Child prodigy’ allowed to take part in counselling for BAMS course even when age criteria prescribed in prospectus not fulfilled

Madras High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of T. Raja, J. disposed of a writ petition by allowing a ‘child prodigy’

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Fine imposed on States for non-compliance of Court orders regarding implementation of Mid-Day Meal Scheme: SC

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of Madan B. Lokur, Deepak Gupta and Hemant Gupta, JJ. pronounced an order while imposing costs

Case Briefs High Courts

Non-aggrieved party has no reason to question the acts wherein he did not suffer as a consequence thereof: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. dismissed a petition finding no anomaly in the matter. The

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Admission of application under Section 7 of I&B Code even after settlement between parties declared illegal

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

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala HC gives detailed directions, appoints ‘Team of Observers’ to check unlawful activity and police excess in Sabarimala

“Peaceful darsan is of paramount importance” Kerala High Court: A Division Bench comprising of P.R. Ramachandra Menon and N. Anil Kumar, JJ.

Case Briefs High Courts

Replacing a daily wage worker with another worker without any justification: An act vexed with arbitrariness and unreasonableness

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J., allowed a writ petition filed by the petitioner seeking

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Refusal to accept alternative job on same pay scale is “abandonment of service”: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of A.M. Sapre and Indu Malhotra, JJ. disposed of an appeal seeking enhanced severance package wherein the order

Case Briefs High Courts

Claim for lack of time wherein a candidate contending for the post of a constable was required to run 5 km in 25 min was declared baseless by the Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Arun Bhansali, J. dismissed a plea against the grant of inadequate time to

Case Briefs High Courts

Recovery Proceedings| Primary forum (DRT) being in Ernakulam, Kerala HC has supervisory jurisdiction over DRAT, Chennai

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Dama Seshadri Naidu, J. while hearing an original petition in a debt recovery

Case Briefs High Courts

Court demands State’s assurance as to the safe custody of children handed over to guardians by State-owned ashrams: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ. and Alok Singh, J. directed the respondent to make sure that

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Accused found in possession of “manufactured drug” can be tried under NDPS Act in place of Drugs and Cosmetics Act: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of N.V. Ramana, M.M. Shantanagoudar and M.R. Shah, JJ. allowed a set of appeals filed against the common

Case Briefs High Courts

Sinister act of wife seeking remedy through PIL to foster personal vendetta against husband not in public interest: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Dinesh Maheshwari, CJ and S. Sujatha, JJ. dismissed a PIL and condemned the act

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Brevity must be observed while expressing opinion; remarks passed against unnecessarily lengthy judgment of H.P. High Court: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of A.M. Sapre and Indu Malhotra, JJ. while upholding a judgment passed by Himachal Pradesh High Court showed

Case Briefs High Courts

Conjugal Visit– Parole granted to life convict |Man is a social animal, he needs a family as well as a society to live in|

Madras High Court: A Division Bench comprising of C.T. Selvam and S. Ramathilagam, JJ. ordered parole of two weeks to a life-convict in