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Not necessary that every eyewitness who had seen the accused hitting the victim should also receive injuries to prove an offence: SC

Supreme Court: Explaining the law on the credibility of the testimony of an interested eye-witness, the bench of NV Ramana and SA

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Period of limitation starts from the date of receipt of certified copy of order and not from the date of knowledge of order

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): In an appeal against an order passed by the State Commission West Bengal, the National Consumer

Case Briefs High Courts

Dismissal of latecomer Judge upheld, enquiry not essential to discharge probationer

Bombay High Court: Dismissing an appeal against the order of a probation committee, a Bench comprising of RM Savant and SV Kotwal,

Case Briefs High Courts

Under Section 125 CrPC, it is to be seen whether husband neglected the wife and refused to maintain her

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K.N. Phaneendra, J., dismissed a petition preferred against the Order passed by the

Case Briefs High Courts

Injunction against the use of trademark vacated in light of bona fide use of surname

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of L. Narayana Swamy, J. dismissed a miscellaneous first appeal while vacating the injunction

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Navjot Singh Sidhu not guilty of causing death of Gurnam Singh in 30-year-old road rage case; Rs. 1000 fine imposed for voluntarily causing hurt

Supreme Court: The bench of J. Chelameswar and SK Kaul, JJ held that Cricketer-turned-Politician Navjot Singh Sidhu cannot be held guilty for

Case Briefs High Courts

Recognition of Madrassa has nothing to do with provincialisation of services of its employees

Gauhati High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Ajit Singh, C.J., addressed an intra court appeal in regard to the provincialisation

Case Briefs High Courts

Collector directed to exercise discretion under Section 14B of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act

Bombay High Court: A writ petition filed against the decision of the Collector was allowed holding that the Collector ought to have

Case Briefs High Courts

Petitioner allowed to participate in recruitment process to fulfill mandate of free basic education

Allahabad High Court: The Single Judge Bench of Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J. allowed a writ appeal and directed the respondents to allow

Case Briefs High Courts

Petition to re-evaluate Bihar Public Service Commission Common Combined Competitive Exam (Mains) answer scripts rejected

Patna High Court: The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) conducts the CCCE to fill a number of state government positions. The notification

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Judges of Fast Track courts can’t be denied pensionary & other retiral benefits: SC

Supreme Court: In the case where the question as to whether the services rendered by some Judicial Officers as Fast Track court

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Suspension of trading, delisting of company only mitigating factors, not grounds to escape liability for flouting SEBI circulars

Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai: The SAT, Mumbai has held that delisting of a company is not a tenable ground to be held unaccountable

Case Briefs High Courts

Bail denied in light of suppression of facts

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, J. decided a criminal petition filed under Section 439 of

Case Briefs High Courts

Anticipatory bail granted in light of petitioner being a first time offender

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of B. Sudheendra Kumar, J. decided a bail application, wherein the petitioner was granted

Case Briefs High Courts

Maximum period of 90 days to file a written statement as prescribed under CPC is to be extended only in exceptional cases

Hyderabad High Court: A revision petition filed against the order of the Principal Junior Civil Judge whereby he rejected the I.A filed

Case Briefs High Courts

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Not necessary that every eyewitness who had seen the accused hitting the victim should also receive injuries to prove an offence: SC

Period of limitation starts from the date of receipt of certified copy of order and not from the date of knowledge of order

Dismissal of latecomer Judge upheld, enquiry not essential to discharge probationer

Under Section 125 CrPC, it is to be seen whether husband neglected the wife and refused to maintain her

Injunction against the use of trademark vacated in light of bona fide use of surname

Navjot Singh Sidhu not guilty of causing death of Gurnam Singh in 30-year-old road rage case; Rs. 1000 fine imposed for voluntarily causing hurt

Recognition of Madrassa has nothing to do with provincialisation of services of its employees

Collector directed to exercise discretion under Section 14B of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act

Petitioner allowed to participate in recruitment process to fulfill mandate of free basic education

Petition to re-evaluate Bihar Public Service Commission Common Combined Competitive Exam (Mains) answer scripts rejected

Judges of Fast Track courts can’t be denied pensionary & other retiral benefits: SC

Suspension of trading, delisting of company only mitigating factors, not grounds to escape liability for flouting SEBI circulars

Bail denied in light of suppression of facts

Anticipatory bail granted in light of petitioner being a first time offender

Maximum period of 90 days to file a written statement as prescribed under CPC is to be extended only in exceptional cases

Illegal detention of a corpus is a sine qua non for issuance of writ of habeas corpus

Nothing other than “death sentence” is the punishment for gruesome murder of a child only to satisfy lust

Free movement of citizens cannot be brought to a standstill for holding political meeting or procession

J&K High Court directs State Government to consider reducing the age of juvenility