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Will Camera Manufacturer — Nikon be liable for deficiency of service caused to a consumer who lost all his photographs due to memory card getting corrupted? Read on

Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission: Coram comprising of Dr Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal (President) and Anil Srivastava (Member) addressed a grievance

Case Briefs District Court

Builder handing over possession of plot with incomplete development beyond agreed time. Is buyer entitled to refund of deposit with interest? Commission decides

Delhi Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission: The Division Bench of Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal (President) and Anil Srivastava (Member) addresses a builder-buyer dispute

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | “What sauce is good for the goose is good for the gander”; State under mandatory obligation for immediate consideration of compassionate appointment applications

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned endorsement. The petitioners in the instant writ petition challenge

Case Briefs Supreme Court

[Kanwar Yatra] Supreme Court closes suo motu case as U.P. government expresses its decision to postpone Kanwar Yatra to next year

Supreme Court of India: While closing the suo motu case regarding “Kanwar Yatra during pandemic”; the Division Bench comprising of Rohinton Fali

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Relief for doctor who was denied study leave due to COVID-19: SC directs PGI, Chandigarh to reallot post graduation seat on basis of INICET-2020

“[N]othing rankles the heart more than a brooding sense of injustice.”

Case Briefs District Court

Bail granted to man accused of raping live-in partner. Court notes delay between last sexual intercourse and lodging of FIR

Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi: Ankur Jain, ASJ (SFTC-01), addressed a regular bail application filed under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Case Briefs High Courts

Man murdered wife and 4 minor daughters and burned them. Will this case fall under rarest of rare category? Allahabad HC decides

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Ramesh Sinha and Rajeev Singh, JJ., upheld the capital punishment of a man who murdered

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | What are the conditions to constitute a “Gang”? Are the two parts of definition mutually exclusive? Read HC’s opinion

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Anjani Kumar Mishra and Shekhar Kumar Yadav, JJ., expressed on what constitutes as ‘Gang’ under

Case Briefs District Court

“Utterly shocked”; “No one allowed to ignite religious riots, blow hatred towards particular group or community”: Court rejects bail plea of accused booked over hate speech

Hate Speech based on religion or caste has become a fashion nowadays.

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2021 SCC Vol. 4 Part 2

Constitution of India — Art. 226 — PIL: In this case there were allegations that PIL writ petition before High Court in

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Consent by majority of unit holders necessary when trustees decide to wind up Mutual Fund Scheme; SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations not arbitrary; Reg. 53 is ‘grey area’: SC in sequel to Franklin Templeton matter

Supreme Court: In a sequel to its earlier order directing winding up of six mutual fund schemes of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Decision-maker owes a duty to Court to disclose reasons for decision; Art. 12 (1) of Constitution found to be violated

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Full Bench of P. Padman Surasena, Janak De Silva and Mahinda Samayawardhena,

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Court declares strike by nurses in State as illegal; demand for not taking any disciplinary action for the period of absence considered

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq, CJ. and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J., decided on a petition which related

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC | ‘Rakshak’ in Railway Protection Force, out of employment for a failure to prevent alleged theft. Read whether SC allows back wages and retiral benefits to him

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ., gave relief to the appellant by directing that

Case Briefs Supreme Court

[Kanwar Yatra] Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance of “Kanwar Yatra during Covid-19”; Seeks response from Uttar Pradesh Government

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Rohinton Fali Nariman and B.R. Gavai, JJ., had taken suo motu cognizance of the proposed

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | In Re: Bruno; HC condemns instructions to keep pets in chains and kennels. Directs State to ensure mandatory registration/licence for pet adoption

Kerala High Court: While hearing a suo motu PIL registered to monitor the instances of animal abuse in the State of Kerala

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | CM Advocates Welfare Scheme: Only for the Advocates enrolled with Voter ID of Delhi? HC enumerates significance of Place of Practice v. Place of Residence

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., remarked that, Insurance for lawyers has been an aspiration for several years. In the present

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC invokes independence of judiciary, separation of powers to invalidate amendments in Finance Act, 2017 prescribing 50 yrs minimum age for appointment to Tribunals, allowances payable to members, term of office

Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court, by a majority of 2:1, has declared that certain portions of Section 184

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Justice A.B.S. Naidu, former District Judge appointed as Inquiry Officer regarding Covid-19 Mismanagement at VIMSAR

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S Muralidhar, CJ and Savitri Ratho, J. directed independent inquiry by a retired District Judge

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Under S. 263 of Succession Act, can a person approach High Court for grant of probate or letter of administration or revocation or annulment? HC addresses the issue

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., decides a matter revolving around the Will of a deceased person. Factual Background Instant suit was