Wife's career and child welfare not cruelty or desertion
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a wife pursuing her professional career and living separately for her child’s welfare cannot amount to cruelty or desertion.

Yatin Oza's Contempt Conviction
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Court wields considerable authority, yet the true essence of judicial magnanimity lies in restraint. Measured reprimand and corrective guidance remain the wiser course over sheer penal consequence.”

IBC moratorium lease termination
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Statement of Object and Reasons of the Code says that the aim is to improve ease of doing business and facilitate more business leading to higher economic growth and development.”

law student posing as advocate
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The accused, a third year LLB student, had been found in possession of a Bar Council identity card with an enrollment number, along with case registers, seals of various police stations, notary seals and notarial registers.

compliance with deepfake rules
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioner highlighted issues pertaining to widespread creation and circulation of AI generated videos on digital platforms posing serious threat to public order and functioning of a healthy democracy.

Disqualification in Cricket Bodies
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The object of prescribing disqualification upon competition of a cumulative period of 9-years coupled with a cooling-off period, is to avoid development of vested interests over the administration and management of cricketing bodies.”

SIR deletion Right to participate in elections
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Every resident of the local self-government has a right to participate in the electoral process and the only condition is that he should be on the electoral roll.”

child-centric approach in child custody cases
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Family Court is expected to adopt a sensitive, humane, and child-centric approach in a child custody matter keeping in mind that such proceedings concern the welfare and future of a minor rather than the legal victory of fighting litigants.”

Justice Anjaria
Know thy Judge

Justice Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria was serving as the 34th Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court prior to being appointed as Judge of Supreme Court in May 2025.

Fiat India to replace defective Jeep Wrangler
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“In view of the unrebutted testimony of the Complainant, there is no reason to discredit the submissions of the Complainant against Opposite Party 1.”

Mechanical acceptance of Disability Certificates
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court considered guidelines on disability certification and the requirement for MACT to ensure fairness when the disability percentage is contested.

not every insult offence under SCST Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“From the allegations made in the complaint, the prosecution has not proved that the accused is guilty of an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989”

bodily freedom in married couples
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Intimacy is normal between every married couple, however, the same has to be a consensual and mutually respectful act.”

TDS not deposited by employer
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioner’s employer, Kingfisher Airlines, had deducted the Tax Deducted at Source from the petitioner’s salary but had not deposited the same in the Central Government Account

ICAI 5-year debarment
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The report is bereft of independent findings on the report of the disciplinary committee by dealing the contentions/submissions raised by the respondent. The Council has done merely a cut-paste job and produced the entire report of the disciplinary committee in its report.”

No absolute right to choose jail
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The place of detention is an administrative choice of the State and in absence of any breach of fundamental rights of convict, the request for transfer cannot be acceded to.”

Compensation deposit S. 148 NI Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The purpose behind directing to deposit as enumerated under Section 148 of the NI Act in appeal is at least to recover plausible compensation amount to provide some relief so as to save his business.”

Vipul Pancholi
Know thy Judge

Justice Vipul M. Pancholi’s journey to the Supreme Court of India is a testament to his legal expertise and steadfast commitment to the principles of justice.

Yusuf Pathan
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The celebrities by virtue of their fame and public presence wield substantial influence on public behaviour and social values granting leniency to such persons despite their non-abeyance of law gives wrong message to the society and undermines public confidence in the judicial system.”

initiate divorce abroad if married in India
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The husband had no right to initiate proceedings in the Australian courts by taking advantage of the fact that he had acquired Australian citizenship.”