Public use Archives

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

‘Racetrack not meant for public access as a right, thus not exempted from tax’; CESTAT upholds order directing to pay service tax for construction of racetrack

The Tribunal stated that for a place to fall within the ambit of a public place, the element of right of access of public was a necessary concomitant.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Land Acquisition| Right under Section 5A of 1894 Act to stave off compulsory acquisition cannot be unjustifiably extinguished: SC

Supreme Court: In a case where the inquiry under Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was dispensed with despite there

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS | “Secret sales” can invalidate a patent; petitioner denied patent rights over an invention which was available to public use prior to patent

Supreme Court of the United States: In order to craft a federal patent system that encourages the creation and disclosure of new