Case Briefs Archives

J&K HC refuses to cancel bail in a case involving the offence of adultery, on the ground that substantial time had passed since the bail was granted

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J., disposed of a revision petition filed against the

Case Briefs High Courts

Patna HC allows plea for anticipatory bail in a case under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 due to inconsistencies in prosecution allegations

Patna High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Birendra Kumar, J. allowed a criminal writ petition for anticipatory bail filed in

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Bombay HC mistakenly treats operative portion of award passed by Industrial Tribunal as reference — Order set aside for apparent error: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of A.M. Sapre and Indu Malhotra, JJ. allowed a set of appeals filed against the order of

Case Briefs High Courts

Section 540 of CrPC cannot be invoked with the sole purpose of changing the effect of witness’s original statement: J&K HC

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta J., allowed the Criminal Revision Petition and set aside

Case Briefs High Courts

Not a drop of untreated water from ‘naalas’ shall be released directly into river Ganges: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Rajiv Sharma and Sharad Kumar Sharma, JJ. gave directions to revive the ‘living entity’

Case Briefs Supreme Court

CBI| CVC Enquiry Report to be furnished to CBI Director Alok Verma for response: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Ranjan Gogoi and S.K. Kaul and K.M. Joseph, JJ. proceeded with the matter regarding CBI

Case Briefs International Courts

‘DEVIN’ can be used as an EU trademark for mineral water: Court of Justice of the European Union

Court of Justice of the European Union: The General Court comprising of A.M. Collins, President, M. Kancheva (Rapporteur) and J. Passer, JJ.

Case Briefs High Courts

Presumption of bona fide requirement to be drawn in favour of landlord; order of ARC evicting the tenant under DRC Act upheld: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vinod Goel, J. dismissed a revision petition filed against the order of the Additional

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Unscrupulous builders should not be allowed to fool innocent consumers: NCDRC

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): A Division Member Bench of S.M. Kantikar (Presiding Member) and Dinesh Singh (Member), dismissed a revision

Case Briefs High Courts

Correction of date of birth in the matriculation certificate must be sought at the earliest and not at the fag end of service

Patna High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J. dismissed a petition filed for a direction to State

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Minor convicted and sentenced as a major, prejudice caused; matter remitted back for sentencing under Child Justice Act, 2008

South Africa High Court, Western Cape Division: Two matters came for review before a 2-Judge Bench comprising of DM Thulare AJ; MJ

Case Briefs High Courts

Duty of State to ensure safety of run-away couples from dangers to their life, limb and liberty: A constitutional mandate under Article 21

Punjab & Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Raj Shekhar Attri, J., allowed a writ petition filed by the petitioners

Case Briefs High Courts

Calling Forensic Expert as court witness under Section 311 CrPC– Held incumbent on trial court where veracity of CFSL report challenged: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mridula Bhatkar, J. allowed a writ petition directed against the order of Special

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

No case of contravention of Section 4 of Competition Act against BSNL in light of unresolved issues between parties: CCI

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Bench comprising of Sudhir Mital (Chairperson), Augustine Peter and U.C. Nahta, Members, gave an order in

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Binani Industries cannot now repay dues and settle; UltraTech Cement’s revised resolution plan for Binani Cement accepted: NCLAT

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Two-Member bench comprising of S.J. Mukhopadhya (Chairperson) and Bansi Lal Bhat, Member (Judicial) disposed of

Case Briefs High Courts

Petition challenging Travancore Devaswom Board’s notification for appointment of Melshanthi of the Sabarimala temple dismissed for being bereft of merits

Kerala High Court: A Division bench comprising of P.R. Ramachandra Menon and Devan Ramachandran, JJ. dismissed a civil writ petition challenging a

Case Briefs High Courts

Source of payment of salary immaterial for absorption of regularly appointed teacher; only requisite qualification required: Himachal Pradesh HC

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Surya Kant, CJ and Ajay Mohan Goel, J., disposed of a writ petition

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Prosecution case held to fail as vital factors necessary to complete the chain remain unproved

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Bench comprising of Eva Wanasundera PC, Buwaneka Aluwihare, PC, and Prasanna Jayawardena

Case Briefs High Courts

Priority to be given to interests of workmen over that of corporation; object of Section 529-A of Companies Act, 1956 reiterated: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of A.S. Oka and M.S. Sonak, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

In case of charging a fee for inspection of EMF exposure, the charge should be justified by reasonable cost flowing from the concept of quid pro quo

Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT): A Division Bench of Shiva Kirti Singh (Chairperson), J. and A.K. Bhargava (Member), allowed a telecommunication