Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

Megh HC | Family pension is admissible to post-retiral spouses and children born/adopted legally after retirement

Meghalaya High Court: H.S. Thangkhiew, J. directed respondents 1 and 2 to substitute the name of petitioner in place of the deceased

Interviews

Devansh Saraswat, Co-Founder of LAW Learners on vision behind the venture

Interviewed by Hrithik Khurana

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | S. 372 CrPC: Appeal against order of Assistant Sessions Judge lies in the Court of Sessions Judge, whether the impugned order pertains to conviction or not

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J. dismissed an application seeking leave to appeal against an Assistant Sessions Judge’s order of acquittal,

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Lee Commission Report of 1924 cited by Court – holds PSC rules to not be retrospectively applied to an ongoing selection process

“Wherever democratic institutions exists experience has shown that to secure an efficient civil service it is essential to protect it as far

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Pump Driver/Operator employed under Gramin Janta Jal Yojana entitled for wages prescribed for skilled workman as per Minimum Wages Act

Rajasthan High Court: The Bench of Arun Bhansali, J., allowed the writ petition filed in regard to payment of minimum wages as

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Object of parole is to enable the inmate to maintain continuity with family life: Bail allowed on ground of medical treatment of son

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of V.P. Patel, J., allowed the application filed for temporary bail under Section 439 of the Code

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Forcing a person to ride motorcycle to a certain place held sufficient to upheld conviction under Ss. 367 and 393 IPC

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant against the judgment of the trial court whereby he was

Conference/Seminars/Lectures Law School News

DSNLU | National Seminar on Copy right and Internet revolution

Reported by T Krishna Saketh

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Ayurvedic certificate holder who trespassed into field of Allopathy thereby causing death of two persons convicted for causing death by negligence

Bombay High Court: Swapna Joshi, J. partly allowed a criminal appeal and altered the conviction of the appellant — an Ayurvedic certificate holder

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Grievances ought to be first filed in the competent civil forum, before preferring a writ petition in High Court

Calcutta High Court: Tapabrata Chakraborty, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioner, Dr Kashninath Ghosh Hazra, under Article 226 of

Legislation Updates Notifications

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Appointed Actuary) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

F. No. IRDA/Reg/5/156/2019.—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (zd) of subsection (2) of Section 114 A of Insurance Act, 1938

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Plea seeking exoneration of liability of insurance company rejected and impugned award enhanced

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. while hearing two miscellaneous appeals analogously, refused to exonerate the Insurance Company and modified the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Even if pollution is contributed by others, entity violating environmental norms cannot avoid responsibility

National Green Tribunal (NGT): A Coram of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and S.P. Wangdi (Judicial Member), K. Ramakrishnan (Judicial Member), JJ.,

Law School News Others

NALSAR | Recruitment Data – Batch of 2019

Reported by Theja Saai

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Uganda SC | Constitutional Amendment removing age-limit for the President does not violate the Basic Structure

Supreme Court of Uganda: The Full Bench of Katureebe, CJ., Arach-Amoko, Mwangusya, Opio-Aweri, Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza, and Mugamba, JJ SC; and Tumwesigye, AG JSC

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Rejection of application under S. 9 IBC upheld where CIRP initiated with ‘fraudulent and malicious’ intent

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Bench of S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Justice A.I.S Cheema, Member (Judicial) and Kanthi Narahari, Member

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Ajanta Pharma injuncted from selling its nutraceutical product GLOTAB in passing off suit brought by Sun Pharma; principles reiterated

Delhi High Court: Pratibha Singh, J., while allowing the suit brought by Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd., passed an order injuncting Ajanta Pharma Ltd.

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2019 SCC Vol. 4 May 14, 2019 Part 4

Arbitration Act, 1940 — S. 20: Appointment of arbitrator qua disputes relating to an unregistered partnership firm, not permissible. [Bhagwan Das Goel

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | ‘Casual errors lead to unnecessary burden on Court’; error permitted to be rectified subject to deposit of cost

Rajasthan High Court: The Bench of Arun Bhansali, J., allowed the application filed to seek corrections, however, the Court ordered the applicant

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Convict given benefit of S. 4 of Probation of Offenders Act where trial court did not record special reasons for holding otherwise

Allahabad High Court: The Bench of Dinesh Kumar Singh, J., released the accused on probation by granting him the benefit of Section