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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

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC grants bail to Alok Kumar Agrawal, former in-charge of Chhattisgarh’s Water Resources Department in money laundering case

Supreme Court: In a corruption case involving misappropriation of more than Rs 30.00 crores, the Division Bench comprising of Indira Banerjee and

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Is taking off trousers of victim as well as taking off one’s own trousers an attempt to rape? HC clarifies distinction between indecent assault and attempt to rape

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J., granted bail to the applicant in arrested in a rape case. While clarifying the

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | For the offence of cheating under Penal Code, 1860, is intention of cheating important from inception? Read on

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of V.K. Jadhav and Shrikant D. Kulkarni, JJ., observed that, “…in the case of cheating, the

Case Briefs High Courts

[Bengal Post Poll Violence] Cal HC | NHRC submits final report; Arguments to begin from 22-07-2021

Calcutta High Court: Full Bench of Rajesh Bindal, ACJ and I.P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen, Subrata Talukdar, JJ., decided that the

Case Briefs High Courts

Jha HC | Permission for Rath Yatra Puja in the month of July in Jharkhand sought; Directed to take its own decision in view of SC ruling

Jharkhand High Court: The Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., directed State to decide to conduct

Case Briefs High Courts

Mani HC | State cannot seek to impose conditions upon citizens so as to compel them to get vaccinated; Courts holds restraining the non-vaccinated people illegal

Manipur High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Kumar, CJ. and KH Nobin Singh, J., decided on a petition which was filed

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Direction to deposit Rs 2 lakh compensation for victims as a condition for grant of bail: SC says not permissible

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta, JJ. found that direction passed by the Gujarat High Court

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Take stock of situation in shelter homes, observation homes etc; Court directs State to get them insulated

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, CJ. and Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J., took up a perused affidavit submitted

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Amul Dairy secures major win in a trademark infringement case in Federal Court of Canada

Federal Court of Ontario (Canada): In an Intellectual Property battle the Bench of Alan S. Diner, J., had granted major win to

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC reiterates scope of inherent powers to quash a S. 138 NI Act complaint. Imposes exemplary costs for filing petition as an after thought

Allahabad High Court: Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J., refused to exercise and inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC to quash a complaint

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC issues notice to State to file an affidavit regarding a delay in sample collection due to suspension of public transport and inadequacy in other services

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S Muralidhar, CJ and Savitri Ratho, J., directed State to file an affidavit addressing concerns

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Revenue has miserably failed to discharge its onus; Tribunal finds impugned order opposed to principles of natural justice

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): P. Dinesha (Judicial Member) allowed the appeals which were filed after the Adjudicating Authority

Case Briefs

P&H HC | “A juvenile cannot be arrested”; HC holds application for anticipatory bail by a juvenile is not maintainable in law

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajesh Bhardwaj, J., held that plea for anticipatory bail by a juvenile is not maintainable in law

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Is writ petition maintainable against Asset Reconstruction Co. which is assigned debts by nationalised banks? Is there element of public duty and obligation to follow RBI Circulars? HC decides

Madras High Court: V. Parthiban, J., expressed that plea of public interest in a private loan transaction is only a mask to

Case Briefs High Courts

When can decree on admission be passed? Madras HC explains how general admission of facts v. admission of claim, makes difference

Madras High Court: Dr G. Jayachandran, J., refused to pass a decree in favour of the plaintiff who relied on general admission

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Not in interest of the child; HC stays Sessions Court’s order granting custody of teenage rape victim to relatives of accused

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ., and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., addressed a suo motu PIL concerning the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Can S. 8(1)(d), RTI Act be invoked to deny copy of thesis in view of commercial viability and to protect interests of scholar and his guide? CIC answers

Central Information Commission (CIC): Saroj Punhani (Information Commissioner), harmonised the conflicting interests of the parties keeping with the letter and spirit of

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Great influx of tourists, social distancing not being maintained, SOP not complied with; Court directs State to review decision of relaxing lockdown, control the inflow of tourists

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and Alok Kumar Verma, J., heard and issued directions in relation