pending cases under UAPA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court further declined to interfere in the bail granted to the persons accused for derailment of Jnaneswari Express on 28-5-2010 stating that the CBI could not bring to notice subsequent development which would justify this interference.

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No civil remedy against Lok Adalat award
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Executing Court’s role in enforcing a decree based on a Lok Adalat award under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 is limited to execution alone. It cannot annul, set aside, or question the validity of the award, and objections in execution cannot serve as an alternative remedy to challenge the award.

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Akhanda 2 release
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In light of the settlement agreement and receipt of ₹5 Crores, the Court vacated the he interim order of injunction and permitted the release the movie ‘Akhanda 2’.

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non-signatory is veritable party
Case BriefsSupreme Court

If the referral court finds that a party is not a veritable party, the matter will not be left to the Arbitral Tribunal as it will relegate the referral court to the status of a monotonous automation.

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Karnataka High Court pension ruling
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the absence of any Government order, “the employees of Institutions like the Temperance Board and the Media Academy cannot claim that they are entitled to pension as a matter of right.”

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bail to husband in dowry death case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Dowry deaths corode societal values, and perpetuate systemic oppression of women, cruelty culminating in the death of a young bride strikes at the collective conscience of society.

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second marriage during pending appeal
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Instead of tendering an unqualified apology, has tried to contest his act of solemnizing the second marriage during the pendency of the above appeal and stay having been granted therein.”

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POSH Act ruling
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court observed that a narrow interpretation of provisions of the POSH Act would beget several procedural and psychological barriers for the aggrieved woman.

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Bar of anticipatory bail under SCST Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the case at hand, two people met through jeevansathi.com and subsequently physical relations were formed on various occasions on the false pretext of marriage.

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Bharat Drilling
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In order to obviate uncertainty and for clear declaration of law, the Court referred Bharat Drilling to a larger bench for reconsideration and authoritative decision.

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edge servers dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“TCS should consider itself lucky that Inspira was successful in selling TCS’s user-specific Servers… Otherwise, TCS would have been liable to pay the entire price.”

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Delhi HC upholds constitutional validity of 2013 guidelines disqualifying colour-blind personnel in Central Armed Forces
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If any of the personnel not fully fit, he will either not be able to protect himself or his colleagues in a battle or he will run the risk of killing innocent people especially if his eyesight is weak and he cannot distinguish between uniforms, etc.”

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Marathi Language Row
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In a proceeding under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, this Court is not required to conduct a mini trial or get into nitty-gritties of the evidence.”

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Women Representation in Gujarat Bar Associations
Case BriefsSupreme Court

On 9-5-2025, the Supreme Court directed that 30% posts of Executive Members along with that of ‘Treasurer’ of the High Court Bar Associations and District Bar Associations shall be exclusively earmarked/reserved for women advocates.

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Himalaya trade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The plaintiffs are the prior adopters and long-standing users of the subject mark ‘HIMALAYA’ since 1930 in connection with ayurvedic, wellness, pharmaceutical and personal care products.”

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Preliminary enquiry for finding guilt
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The fact that the same authority first remanded the matter for enhanced punishment and then, being dissatisfied even with the enhanced penalty of four increments, proceeded suo motu to impose the maximum penalty of dismissal, raises a serious doubt regarding the objectivity and fairness of the process.”

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Enforcement of Foreign Award
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The jurisdictional pre-condition for reference to arbitration is the concluded contract between the parties and their intention to refer the dispute to arbitration and in absence of the same, a foreign award would run contrary to the Public Policy of India.

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obligations under Development Agreement
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Invocation of insolvency proceedings or the moratorium under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 cannot become a legal device to indefinitely stall redevelopment. The IBC was never intended to be used as a shield for non-performance at the cost of human rehabilitation.

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Conditional liberty over statutory restrictions
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The accused had been apprehended with pouches of MDMA, charas and ganja. The MDMA was later found to be methamphetamine by the forensic lab report.

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withhold certificates non-payment of fee
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There is no lien on the certificate of the students since the certificate of the student is his/her property.”

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