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Individuals who have attained majority are at liberty to marry any person they choose without any interference

Allahabad High Court: In a case of inter-caste marriage, the Court directed the Senior Superintendent of Police concerned to provide necessary and immediate

Case Briefs High Courts

High Court refuses to invoke revisional jurisdiction as impugned plaint doesn’t suffer from any irregularity

Rajasthan High Court: The petitioner aggrieved by an order of rejection of his application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC by the Senior

Case Briefs High Courts

No consideration can be shown to State Transport Corporation unless scheme as per Ch. VI of MV Act is finalised by Government

High Court of Himachal Pradesh: While deciding a Civil Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution praying to quash the

Case Briefs High Courts

Revisional jurisdiction is to interfere in matters appearing illegal per se, must not be invoked to prolong the trial

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a recent case, the Court had to hear a revision petition against the order of Sessions

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Agreements/documents pertaining to commercial confidence between parties, exempted under S. 8(1)(d) of RTI Act

Central Information Commission: Recently, CIC addressed an appeal against the CPIO, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bangalore on denying the certified copy of

Case Briefs High Courts

Karnataka HC rejects bail application filed before recording of victim’s statement as mandated under S. 35(1) of POCSO

Karnataka High Court: While passing the order in a Criminal Petition filed under Section 439 of CrPC, praying to enlarge the petitioner

Case Briefs High Courts

For proving presumption under S. 113-A of Evidence Act it has to be established that wife was subjected to cruelty, as in S. 498-A IPC

High Court of Himachal Pradesh: While deciding a criminal appeal preferred by the appellant-State challenging the judgment of the Trial Court, whereby

Case Briefs High Courts

High Court overrules Mining Department’s seizure of machineries, mining activities to continue only after obtaining environmental clearances

Rajasthan High Court: The petitioner preferred a criminal misc. petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. against the order passed by learned Additional Session Judge.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

RTI not a forum to seek redressal of grievances

Central Information Commission: The appeallant before the CIC had appealed against the CPIO, OPTO Electronics Factory, Dehradun seeking information relating to the

Case Briefs High Courts

Anticipatory bail must not be granted if the action tends to affect normal procedure of investigation

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Court recently had to decide upon anticipatory bail application under Section 438 CrPC. The case was registered

Case Briefs High Courts

Law makes a clear distinction between ‘resignation’ and ‘voluntary retirement’: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: While passing the order in a set of writ petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution,

Case Briefs High Courts

Himachal Pradesh HC quashes FIR exercising its power under S. 482 of CrPC in light of compromise between the parties

High Court of Himachal Pradesh: While deciding a petition under Section 482 of CrPC praying to quash the FIR registered in a

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

For applying S. 3 of Competition Act against an alleged anti-competitive practice, a prima facie case needs to be established first

Competition Commission of India: The CCI recently passed an order under Sec. 26(2) of the Competition Act wherein the informant had filed

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Whatsapp and Facebook to file affidavit assuring that consumer data is not being transferred to third party

Supreme Court: In the light of the data privacy concerns raised before the Court in the matter relating to Whatsapp data sharing

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Criminalising marital rape of minors: Supreme Court reserves verdict

Supreme Court: The bench of Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ reserved the judgment in the issue relating to criminalising of

Case Briefs High Courts

High Court refuses to invoke inherent jurisdiction under S. 482 CrPC as FIR disclosed commission of offence

Rajasthan High Court: The petitioner preferred a criminal miscellaneous petition under Section 482 CrPC for quashing of FIR No. 322/2016 for the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Provide specific information pertaining to Bangladeshi nationals in Indian territory, CIC directs Ministry of External affairs

Central Information Commission: The appellant in a case before CPIO had sought information pertaining to the Bangladeshi nationals residing in India. The

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Cow Vigilantism: SC directs all States to appoint nodal officer to prevent further incidents

Supreme Court: The The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Amitava Roy and AM Khanwilkar, JJ directed all the States to

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Electricity Regulatory Commission allows extension to NTPC for interchange of power to run design make up water pumps through 66 kV tower construction

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission: The petitioner, NTPC Ltd. filed a petition under under Regulation 8 of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Grant of

Case Briefs High Courts

Exercise of establishing facts before the civil courts cannot be bypassed by invoking writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution

Karnataka High Court: While passing the order in a writ petition filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution, a Single