Case Briefs Archives

Once appointment has been accepted on a compassionate ground then a consequent demand for a change of position is not available: Chhattisgarh HC

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ajay Kumar Tripathi, CJ. and Parth Prateem Sahu, J. declared that being an informed

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Personal circumstances such as accused being primary caregiver to children considered a mitigating factor while awarding sentence

High Court of South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal Division: A Single Judge Bench of Mbatha, J., mitigated sentence to accused alleged for the offence

Case Briefs High Courts

When the only material placed on record was the FIR then inference would be conclusively drawn from the contents of the same: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K.N. Phaneendra, J. declared that apart from FIR if there was an absence

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Employer entitled to consider antecedents and suitability of candidate for appointment even after disclosure made by candidate: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of Uday U. Lalit and Dr D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

State of Punjab ordered to pay 50 crores for damage to rivers Sutlej and Beas and prepare action plan to restore water quality

National Green Tribunal: The NGT bench comprising of Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson), S.P. Wangdi (Judicial Member) and Dr Nagin Nanda (Expert Member)

Case Briefs High Courts

Sentencing, though discretionary power of Courts, should be proportionate to gravity of the offence

Allahabad High Court: The appellant had filed this jail appeal before a Division Judge Bench comprising of Sudhir Agarwal and Om Prakash-VII,

Case Briefs High Courts

An FIR can be quashed only in order to prevent abuse of process of law or to secure the ends of justice

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J., dismissed a petition filed under Section 561-A of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Merely because disputed shares are issued by Indian Company does not give rise to cause of action in India: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Division Bench

Case Briefs Supreme Court

NEET candidates should have basic knowledge of English even if writing in regional language; Madras HC order granting grace marks set aside: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao, JJ. allowed a set of appeals filed against the order of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Period of operation of waitlist for selection of U.P. Sub-Deputy Inspector of Schools to be computed from date of first recommendation: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of Uday U. Lalit and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Filing of more than three nomination papers by a candidate in election is not a substantial defect warranting rejection of his nomination: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of P. Somarajan, J. held that submission of more than three nomination papers by

Case Briefs High Courts

Authority empowered to hear a matter under a statutory provision cannot delegate it to another officer if the said provision does not provide for delegation of powers

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Shivaji Pandey, J. in a civil writ petition held that when an authority

Case Briefs High Courts

Promotion cannot be claimed as a matter of right, rather only consideration for promotion to a particular post can be asserted as a right

Jharkhand High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Pramath Patnaik, J., dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioner, whereby he sought

Case Briefs High Courts

Determination of age of the suit property is of no consequence in a title suit praying for injunctive relief: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of S.G. Pandit, J. while hearing a petition praying for appointment of Court Commissioner,

Case Briefs High Courts

Conviction of an accused based primarily on the testimony of victim, who had not seen him committing the offence, deserves to be set aside

Orissa High Court: A Single Judge Bench of A.K. Sahoo, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court,

Case Briefs High Courts

Section 110 of the Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 does not vest Gram Kutchery with jurisdiction to decide complicated issues of law and title: Patna HC

Patna High Court: A Division bench comprising of Dr Ravi Ranjan and Madhuresh Prasad, JJ. while hearing a civil writ petition quashed

Case Briefs High Courts

Direction requiring advance submission of cross-examination questionnaire under the POCSO Act procedurally improper as it defeats the accused’s right to fair trial

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sunil Thomas, J. set aside the order of Sessions Judge requiring advance submission

Case Briefs High Courts

False dowry case filed by daughter-in-law against mother-in-law amounts to abuse of process of the court; FIR against mother-in-law quashed: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K.S Mudagal, J. slammed a daughter-in-law for filing a false case of dowry

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Admission of application under Section 9 I&B Code without notice to corporate debtor held contrary to law, violative of natural justice: NCLAT

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Two-Member Bench comprising of S.J. Mukhopadhaya(Chairperson) and Bansi Lal Bhatt (Member-Judicial), JJ. set aside an

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC “extremely pained by machismo and brazen manner” in which elected MP tempered with seal—Strictures passed

Pumping for apparently misplaced political propaganda has no place in our courts; this unhealthy practice needs to be strongly deprecated. — Madan