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All HC | What’s the purpose of keeping money in FD where claimant is unable to see colour of compensation?: HC directs Tribunal to disburse entire claim amount to claimant’s account

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ajit Singh, JJ., allowed the appeal of the claimants in

Op Eds OP. ED.

Branding as criminal or accentuating rehabilitation: Does State’s responsibility end with conviction

by Abhishek Goyal*

Op Eds OP. ED.

India and interim measures in international commercial arbitration: Impressions from bitter experience

by Ratan K. Singh* and Gracious Timothy Dunna**

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | What is admitted as a duty should not be kept at abeyance | ECI directed to conduct elections before the time for another come about

Kerala High Court: P.V. Asha, J., directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct elections, to which it is duty-bound, which

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | What was manifested as pre-conditions for Resolution Plan turns out to be premeditated | Prevented from taking a fine u-turn | Imposed a fine instead

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): Coram of Bansi Lal Bhatt, J. (Acting Chairperson), Anant Bijay Singh, J. (Judicial Member), Dr Ashok

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Madras HC notifies that lawyer’s chamber shall remain closed from 17th April, 2020; Virtual Hearing of Cases to continue

COVID-19 Upsurge | Madras High Court Even though the situation in Tamil Nadu may be better than other places in the country,

Case Briefs District Court

Delhi Riots | Lofty case of criminal conspiracy could not be inferred; Chargesheeting on basis of insignificant material unwarranted: Court while granting bail to Umar Khalid

Delhi Court: Vinod Yadav, J., held that Umar Khalid cannot be permitted to remain behind bars in the present case on the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | A potential ‘No’ turned into a definite ‘Yes’| Yes Bank camouflaged risk with devious safeguards to lure investments in AT1 bonds| Attracted a Rs 25 crore penalty

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Soma Majumder, Adjudicating Officer, imposed a 25 crore penalty on Yes Bank Ltd. (YBL), and

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Religious places of worship closed; Prayer offering in mosque during Ramzaan not allowed in wake of COVID-19: Court discusses scope of Art. 25

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of R.D. Dhanuka and V.G. Bisht, JJ., held that offering of prayers only in the mosque

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Packaged drinking water units not to continue without proper clearance and permits; no low-quality ice bars to be distributed: Detailed report on Unauthorised Packaged Drinking Water units operating in State

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of S. Manikumar, CJ and Shaji P. Chaly, J., issued directions to State to ensure that

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | If conduct of an editor of a newspaper is under scanner, suspension of accreditation till charges are cleared would not amount to violation of freedom of press

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Aggrieved by an order passed under S. 41(1) Dentists Act, 1948 appeal can be filed before State Government in accordance with S. 41(4) of Dentists Act, 1948

Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J. dismissed the petition as being devoid of merit. The facts are such that the petitioner was

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Resurgence of COVID-19 | Candidates, aides and associates engaged in election campaigning to encourage and unfailingly observe COVID rules to avert deadly disaster staring at our faces

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ and Arijit Banerjee, J., in view of the resurgence of COVID-19

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Bias and prejudices, conjectures and surmises and personal views contrary to material on record have no place in court of law: HC says Trial Judge needs special training at Judicial Academy. Read why

Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar, J., while addressing the matter stated that the present judgment as well as the Trial Court’s Judgment

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Pre-requisite for awarding maintenance under Hindu Marriage Act: Independent income of husband or wife to support either is enough? Read on

Calcutta High Court: Shampa Sarkar, J., expressed that Hindu Marriage Act is a gender-neutral provision and further expressed the scope of maintenance.

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Transaction where one party deposits/ lend money to other on promise of greater rate of interest than agreed rate will be a ‘money circulation scheme’ within meaning of S. 2(c) Prize Chits Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978

Chhattisgarh High Court: Rajendra Chandra Singh Samant J. dismissed the revision petitions being devoid of merit. The facts of the case are

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | No police action against Prince Harry for breaking promise to marry! So-called Prince Harry may be sitting in a cyber cafe in a Punjab village: Court dismisses lawyer’s plea alleging broken promise to marry

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., dismissed a petition wherein the petitioner/Advocate filed a petition seeking legal action against