Case Briefs Archives

Refusal of witness to answer questions not fatal to conviction of accused in the presence of incriminating evidence on record

Supreme Court of Canada: A five-judge Bench comprising of Wagner CJ and Abella, Côté, Rowe and Martin , JJ. while hearing Crown’s

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Temporary employees entitled to minimum of the pay scales on parity with regular employees; Allahabad HC judgment holding contrary set aside: SC

Supreme Court: A bench comprising of S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the Division

Case Briefs High Courts

Special Magistrate has the power to hear cases pertaining to matters under the governing Act under Section 306 CrPC: Himachal Pradesh HC

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Karol J., dismissed the criminal revision petition to acquit the accused of

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Exemption from payment of excise duty must be followed by a reversal of 6% of the value of exempted goods or maintenance of separate account of inputs and credits

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): A Division bench comprising of C.L. Mahar (Technical) and Ajay Sharma (Judicial), Members. upheld

Case Briefs High Courts

Court not to interfere in writ jurisdiction where civil proceedings are pending for the same subject matter

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A petition was filed before a Single Judge Bench of Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, J. wherein extraordinary jurisdiction

Case Briefs High Courts

Motor Vehicles Act a code in itself; Section 24 CPC not applicable for transfer of matter thereunder: All HC

Allahabad High Court: A transfer application was filed under Section 24 of Code of Civil Procedure before a Single Judge Bench of

Case Briefs High Courts

Workers entitled to payment of suspension allowance during pendency of disciplinary enquiry to keep body and soul together: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of R.M. Savant and Nitin W. Sambre, JJ. allowed a petition filed by a suspended worker

Case Briefs High Courts

Compliance of Section 50 NDPS Act mandatory; plea that accused waived off right by consenting to search by raiding party not sustainable: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of C. Hari Shankar, J. allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Civil Court has jurisdiction to decide issues relating to cancellation of document alleged to be brought into existence by committing fraud

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjay Kumar, J. set aside a trial court order abating a title suit

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Doctrine of ‘duty to consult’ indigenous people not applicable to legislative action, amounts to trespass on the legislature’s domain

Supreme Court of Canada: A Nine-Judge Bench comprising of Wagner C.J., and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Gascon, Côté, Brown, Rowe and Martin, JJ.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

IRCTC & MoR| Investigation directed in light of unfair condition in the market for sale of rail tickets in India

Competition Commission of India (CCI):The Bench comprising of Sudhir Mital, Chairperson; Augustine Peter and U.C. Nahta, Members, dealt with a case against

Case Briefs High Courts

Unexplained delay in sending contraband articles to the Court: A fit case for giving the accused benefit of doubt

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Annie John, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court

Case Briefs High Courts

Inherent power of High Court to be exercised where allegations made in the FIR are absurd and inherently improbable

Madhya Pradesh High Court: An application was filed before a Single Judge Bench of Rajendra Kumar Srivastava, J., under Section 482 of

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

MSP scheme to be interpreted so as to deny benefit on burning crop residue, Government to find long lasting solution to air pollution: NGT

National Green Tribunal (NGT): The Bench comprising of A.K Goel, Chairperson; S.P. Wangdi, Judicial Member; and Nagin Nanda, Executive Member, addressed the

Case Briefs High Courts

Letters of Administration under Section 228 Indian Succession Act granted on a Will proved and registered in High Court of Justice, Leeds, UK

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Jayant Nath, J. allowed a petition filed under Section 228 read with Section 276

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Rule 49(xii)(a) of the Rules made under Co-operative Societies Law declared intra vires the rule making power of Minister

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: A 2-Judge Bench comprising of K.K. Wickremasinghe and Janak De Silva, JJ. dealt with an appeal

Case Briefs High Courts

Charging of registration fee beyond the authority conferred upon State under Indian Forest Act and the Rules: All HC

Allahabad High Court: Petitioner had filed this petition before a 2-Judge Bench comprising of Pankaj Mithal, and Ajit Kumar, JJ. against the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Restraining order against 3 entities revoked, no adverse evidence in respect of violation of provisions of SEBI Act and PFUTP Regulations found

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Madhabi Puri Buch, a Whole-Time Member addressed the issue of global depository receipts issued by

Case Briefs High Courts

No prejudice as to remuneration when nature of work same; equal pay for equal work: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. directed the State to follow the rule of equity while

Case Briefs High Courts

Place of residence of mother to be considered while instituting a petition for guardianship of a minor child below 5 years of age

Punjab & Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Amol Rattan Singh, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of