2019 SCC Vol. 6 June 28, 2019 Part 1
Armed Forces — Promotion — Non-empanelment as Lt. General — Improper assessment of confidential reports: In this case there was change in
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Call for Papers | HPNLU Student Law Journal
Reported by Shiva Vishnoi
Continue readingP&H HC | Comprehensive directions for fair and expeditious trial, and witness protection issued by Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sidhu, JJ. dismissed an appeal initiated against the
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Cal HC | Registration of gift deed after death of the donor, at the instance of donee, does not offend S. 123 of Transfer of Property Act
Calcutta High Court: Bibek Chaudhuri J. allowed an appeal challenging the judgment whereby a gift deed was held as void and donee
Continue readingMad HC | Writ petition to enforce a contractual right of insurance claim against a private insurance company – maintainable, when action of the company has public law character
Madras High Court: Pushpa Sathyanaryana, J. while hearing a petition praying for mandamus against an insurance company, directed the said insurance company
Continue readingRaj HC | Representative sample of seized contraband can be drawn out only after contents of each package have been subjected to colour test by U.N. drug testing kit
Rajasthan High Court: Vijay Bishnoi J. allowed bail application filed by persons who were arrested for illegal possession of poppy straw; on
Continue readingKar HC | Widow cannot be divested of property inherited from her deceased husband, on remarriage
Karnataka High Court: Krishna S Dixit, J. dismissed a petition in limine, filed against an order of the Senior Civil Judge; on
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2nd NLIU-Link Legal National Client Counselling Competition [Sep 6-8, Bhopal]
The 2nd edition of the NLIU-Link Legal National Client Counseling Competition proposed to be held from the 6th- 8th September 2019 at
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Bom HC | Court does not have jurisdiction to order payment of wages under S. 129 of Merchant Shipping Act; held, shipping master solely empowered therefor
Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J. dismissed an admiralty suit filed by the plaintiff insofar as he claimed wages under the provision of
Continue readingP&H HC | Bail granted on the ground that there involved a debatable issue regarding applicability of offence
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Fateh Deep Singh, J. allowed the bail application on the ground that trial was not going to
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All HC | Material on record to be properly appreciated before rejecting application of bail; order of rejection of bail set aside
Allahabad High Court: Faiz Alam Khan, J., allowed the bail application which was rejected by the subordinate court on the ground that
Continue readingUtt HC | Instances of cruelty not taken in isolation but cumulative effect thereof considered; divorce petition rejected
Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Alok Singh and Ravindra Maithani, JJ. contemplated the present appeal filed by the appellant-husband, where the
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HP HC | S. 138 NI Act offence compounded as accused agrees to pay the amount
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Vivek Singh Thakur, J. disposed of a petition relating to dishonour of cheques wherein the petitioner wilfully confessed
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Pak SC | Acquittal in a criminal case, carries a presumption of innocence with it and should be reversed only when finding blatantly perverse
Pakistan Supreme Court: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ. allowed the
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Call for Blogs | RGNUL Financial and Mercantile Law Review
Reported by Vijaya Singh Gautam
Continue readingDel HC | Handing over of iron rod to assailant when asked for, to teach lesson to the injured, held sufficient to prove common intention developed on spur of the moment
Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had rejected petitioner’s application
Continue readingJ&K HC | Bar created under S. 43 of UAPA does not hinder enforcement of default bail, if further detention of accused is not permissible
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Rashid Ali Dar, J. allowed an appeal against an order of the lower courts whereby appellant’s bail
Continue readingAll HC | University is statutorily obliged to effectively evaluate answer sheet of all examinees – Ambedkar University, Agra castigated for appointing irresponsible examiners
Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhir Agarwal and Rajendra Kumar, JJ. allowed a writ petition for revaluation of answer-sheet due
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