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P&H HC | Extra-marital affair cannot lead to conclusion that woman would not be a good mother; HC grants custody of 4-year-old to the mother

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a habeas corpus case regarding custody of the child the Bench of Anupinder Singh Grewal, J.,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Oscillating Independent Director; SAT to determine independency of Pradip K. Khaitan, independent director of Dhunseri Ventures Ltd.

Securities Appellate Tribunal: The Bench of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer) and Justice M. T. Joshi (Judicial Member), reserved its order on

Case Briefs

Competition Commission of South Africa interdicts transaction to acquire Burger King | Read how merger would have impacted ‘Historically Disadvantaged Persons’?

Competition Commission of South Africa in a statement prohibited the transaction proposed by ECP Africa intended to acquire Burger King (South Africa)

Case Briefs High Courts

Decongest prisons, upgrade other State buildings to meet prison requirements; Orissa HC asks for a detailed plan from State

Orissa High Court: The Division Bench of Dr S. Muralidhar, CJ. and Savitri Ratho, J., took up a matter which was pursuant

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2021 SCC Vol. 3 Part 5

SCC Issue dated April 14th, 2021 (Vol. 3 Part 5) In this part read a very interesting article Existence and Mortgageability of

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | NLSIU is free to make an application seeking declaration as ‘Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities’ under UGC in terms of UGC Regulations, 2017

Karnataka High Court: R Devdas, J., disposed of the petition leaving it on National Law School of India University to approach UGC

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | In case of an application for amendment of pleadings, what would be the principal condition that Courts need to consider? Read on

Bombay High Court: Milind N. Jadhav, J., addressed a matter with regard to the amendment of pleadings. Petitioners have submitted that they

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | “Protestors shall not be deprived of access to justice”; HC directs release of detained Lakshadweep protestors

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, JJ., ordered the release of persons detained for protesting

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Verify availability of separate rooms before directing home Isolation; HC directs State

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench of Songkhupchung Serto and S. Hukato Swu, JJ., directed the State government to verify whether the

Appointments & Transfers News

Justice Arun Mishra , Former Supreme Court Judge becomes the 8th Chairperson of NHRC

Justice Arun Kumar Mishra, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, has joined as the new Chairperson of the National Human

Case Briefs High Courts

[Narada Scam Case] Cal HC | Interim bail to TMC leaders followed by arguments on maintainability and constitution of larger Bench

Calcutta High Court: The Full Bench of Rajesh Bindal, C.J.(A), I.P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen, Arijit Banerjee, JJ., on 28-05-2021 granted

Case Briefs High Courts

Can writ under Art. 226 of Constitution be enforced if any duty or obligation falling upon a public servant out of a contract entered into by him as such public servant? Orissa HC discusses

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar CJ. and B. P Routray J. dismissed the petition on grounds discussed below.

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Where disputed questions of facts are involved, a petition under Art. 226 of Constitution is not a proper remedy; Leading of evidence and examination and cross-examination of witnesses required

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar CJ. and B. P Routray J. dismissed the petition being devoid of merits.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | 12 long years of proceedings, but no appearance of wife. Assault on husband’s vital body part, not denied. Can her appeal against dissolution of marriage be still accepted? Read on

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of T. Raja and G. Chandrasekharan, JJ., while upholding the decision of Court below stated that

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2021 SCC Vol. 3 Part 4

SCC Issue dated April 14th, 2021 (Vol. 3 Part 4) In this part, read the important judgment on right to life and

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | “Extreme technicality highly deplorable”; HC holds denial of permission to import ventilators is against interest of the patients

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Opining that extreme technicality in times of pandemic is deplorable and may lead to fatalities, the Division

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Supreme Court of Florida upholds Vertical Integration requirement for Medical Marijuana and affirms caps on licensees

Supreme Court of Florida: The 7-Judges Bench of Candy, CJ. Polston, Labarga, Muniz Couriel, Grosshans and Lawson, JJ., upheld the Vertical Integration