Case Briefs Archives

Mere recovery of bribe would not prove charges against the accused

Supreme Court: While deciding a criminal appeal preferred against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, a Bench comprising of

Case Briefs High Courts

Right of burial of the dead claimed by a community is a customary right and not easement

Kerala High Court: In an appeal filed against a decision of the trial court which declared that the people belonging to the

Case Briefs High Courts

Impact & implications of GST on Legal Practitioners: Clarification sought from Government

Delhi High Court: Taking note of the fact that the legal practitioners are under a genuine doubt whether they require to get

Case Briefs High Courts

Dying declaration to be considered whenever the cause of death comes into question

High Court for States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana: In an appeal challenging the judgment of the Sessions Court that convicted the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

CBI to probe into the Manipur Extra Judicial killings by AFSPA

Supreme Court: In the case relating Manipur extra judicial encounters, where allegedly 1528 persons had been killed in fake encounters by police

Case Briefs High Courts

Compassionate appointment not a vested right of dependent of a deceased employee, if required to fulfil certain criteria

Kerala High Court: In a petition challenging the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulum, that had directed the petitioner company to

Case Briefs High Courts

Disqualification from contesting as candidate in a local authority election on ground of defection, upheld

Kerala High Court: In a writ filed by the petitioner against an order of the Kerala State Election Commission, according to which

Case Briefs High Courts

Polytechnic Institutions sanctioned by AICTE don’t need approval from State Government for establishment

Kerala High Court: Writ petitions filed by petitioners, who had established Polytechnic colleges in the State after obtaining approval from the All

Case Briefs International Courts

Belgium’s Niqab ban does not violate European Convention on Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights: In the matter dealing with validity of the ban on the wearing in public of clothing that

Case Briefs High Courts

Court can interfere in State’s commercial decisions, if vitiated by malafides, unreasonableness and arbitrariness

High Court of Kerala: In a batch of writ petitions filed by transporting contractors challenging the notice of Kerala State Civil Supplies

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala HC: Employment of a child in households held permissible to the extent that child is not kept in bondage

Kerala High Court: In a petition filed to quash the ongoing prosecution against the petitioner under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection

Case Briefs High Courts

Mother convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder for strangling her two children

High Court for States of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana: In a dismal case of a mother strangling her two children to death

Case Briefs High Courts

Medical reimbursement is an individual entitlement even for husband and wife similarly employed

High Court of Kerala: In an appeal against the judgment of a Single Judge Bench on the matter involving medical allowances to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Uttaranchal High Court’s order declaring Ganga, Yamuna as living entities stayed

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of the Chief Justice and D.Y. Chanchrachud, J. has stayed the controversial Uttaranchal High Court’s order declaring Ganga, Yamuna

Case Briefs High Courts

Merely because a person deals with high amount of cash will not entitle him to arms licence: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed the writ petition challenging the orders made by Additional Commissioner

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court discusses territorial jurisdiction in defamation cases

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Valmiki J. Mehta, J. dismissed the appeal against a lower court order of return

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCST issues notice to Golf Club on complaint of discrimination

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has issued a notice today to Golf Club, Delhi on a complaint of discrimination from

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat HC sets aside the order of detention passed under the Gujarat Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act, 1985

Gujarat High Court: In a recent judgment, a Single Judge Bench of S.H. Vora, J. passed an order setting aside the detention

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC upholds grant of tender for Remote Control Guns to Israel based System Integrator

Delhi High Court: A Bench comprising of S. Ravindra Bhatt and Yogesh Khanna, JJ. upheld the grant of tender to an Israel

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court awards Yahoo Inc. Rs. 5 lakh damages for trademark infringement

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court granted an ex parte order in favour of Yahoo Inc.