Kar HC| Effect of compromise between complainant and accused in appeal reiterated; Appellant acquitted
Karnataka High Court: M.G. Uma, J., setting aside the conviction order by the fast track Court, allows compromise between the parties. The
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Jhar HC |‘Desertion’ has to be wilful and voluntary for a valid ground for divorce under S. 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; Legal principle “No one can take a benefit of his own fault” applied
Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of H.C. Mishra and Rajesh Kumar JJ., rejected the prayer and dismissed the appeal being devoid
Raj HC | Allegation of woman set ablaze in view of dowry demand dismissed; Prosecution theory of homicidal death sheer exaggeration
Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Kumari Prabha Sharma, JJ., dismissed the allegations of dowry demand, cruelty against the
Del HC | “No exception to remedy against orders of custody under Domestic Violence Act”: Court dismisses S. 482 CrPC petition in view of S. 29 DV Act
Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J., while addressing the maintainability and legality of a petition filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code,
Del HC | Legislature provides remedy of Appeal under S. 29 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act against all orders
Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J., while addressing a matter with regard to “custody order” as being the primary relief, held that, Legislature
New Zealand SC rejects an appeal seeking access to carry out coal-mining in a water conservation reserve
Supreme Court of New Zealand: The Full Bench comprising of Winkelmann CJ, William Young, Glazebrook, O’Regan and Ellen France JJ., unanimously rejected
SL CoA | Application of writ should be filed without delay; Court dismisses appeal stating delay was without a valid reason
Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of Vasantha Kodagoda and Arjuna Obeyesekere, JJ., dismissed
FEMA Appellate Tribunal | Delay of 370 days condoned despite not being convinced of ‘sufficient cause’ for delay, as dismissal of application would bar examination of merits of appeal
Appellate Tribunal (FEMA): Justice G.C. Mishra (Acting Chairman) allowed the application for the condonation of delay in respect to the substitution of
SL CoA | Sole testimony of prosecutrix found reliable enough for a trial judge to act; Court dismisses appeal against conviction
Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of K.K. Wickremasinghe and K. Priyantha Fernando, JJ.,
APTEL | Bonafide delay can be condoned; Tribunal condones delay of 148 days while allowing the appeal
Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL): A Coram of Justice Manjula Chellur (Chairperson) and S.D. Dubey, (Technical Member) allowed an appeal filed against
HP HC | Passing an order without giving the opportunity of hearing is a violation of natural justice; Court dismisses appeal
Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of L. Narayana Swamy, CJ and Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J., dismissed an application which was
SAT | Tribunal modifies suspension of appellant from NSE for 5 days to banning them from registering new clients for a period of one month
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala, (Presiding Officer), Justice M. T. Joshi (Judicial Member), and Dr C. K. G. Nair
SL SC | Appeal against conviction for misappropriation dismissed on grounds of proof beyond reasonable doubt
Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A full bench of Priyantha Jayawardena, PC, Murdu N.B. Fernando, PC, and
SL SC | Mandatory for the Judge to analyse evidence to find if the ingredients are proved beyond doubt; SC allows the appeal
Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: L.T.B. Dehideniya, J., S. Thurairaja, PC, J. and E.A.G.R. Amarasekara, J., allowed
State Legislature cannot enact a law providing a direct appeal to the Supreme Court
Supreme Court: The bench of Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant, JJ has held that a State Legislature cannot enact a law providing
SAT | Additional affidavit filed after disposal of appeal cannot form part of the memo of appeal
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer) and Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member) dismissed an appeal by the appellant as it
Utt HC | Subsequent issuance of notice by Nagar Panchayat not barred by res judicata as earlier appeal was allowed on technical ground and not merits
Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. dismissed the instant writ petition where the petitioner sought mandamus to command respondent not to demolish
PMLA | Appeal challenging a show-cause notice passed by Adjudicating Authority, maintainable if any hardship is caused to party concerned
Appellate Tribunal for SAFEMA, FEMA, PMLA, NDPS & PBPT Act: Justice Manmohan Singh (Chairman), dismissed an appeal filed by a company challenging
Vijay Mallya granted permission to appeal against his extradition order to India
As reported by TOI, London High Court allows tycoon Vijay Mallya to appeal against his extradition order as no prima facie case
P&H HC | Court fee should be refunded although the dispute settled without recourse to S. 89 CPC
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Lisa Gill, J. allowed the application for the refund of the fees on the ground that the