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by Anjana Menon†

Issue-wise analysis of why SC ordered demolition of illegal twin towers constructed by Supertech, prosecution of NOIDA and Supertech officials for collusion and possible statutory violations

‘The law must step in to protect legitimate concerns of residents whose quality of life is directly affected by the failure of

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | The principle of ‘No Work No Pay’ would not be applicable where the rule expressly direct otherwise; Matter remitted back to consider grant of full pay and allowances

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal, J., allowed the writ petition and remitted the matter to the appellate authority to consider the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Abysmal standards of service to investors, violation of maturity dates of FMP: Kotak Mahindra mulcted and trammelled from launching FMP

Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, Whole Time Member while imposing penalty under Section 11B(2) read with Section 15D(b) and

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Huge recovery of contraband drug, failure to register FIR under NDPS Act; HC senses attempt to protect the offender by the authority; hands over the case to CBI

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., came down heavily on State Authorities for discrepancies in investigation of the NDPS

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Victim’s Right to appeal; Is there a right conferred on victim to appeal for enhancement of sentence? HC answers

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh snd Arvind Srivastava, JJ., reiterated that a victim has no right to

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | “India will be free when the women feel safe to walk in the streets of India in the midnight”; Conviction upheld under S. 341 IPC and S. 4 of POCSO Act

Orissa High Court: S. K. Sahoo, J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits and upheld the conviction passed in the impugned

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Unambiguous Supreme Court, Univocal SEBI | Believes and balked, mens rea to shudder provisions of Chapter VI A- If imputes would impede

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Prasanta Mahapatra, Adjudicating Officer, while imposing a penalty of ₹6,00,000/- on Capital First Ltd. (Noticee),

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC | Would refusal to repay loan amount to abetment of suicide? HC answers

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While dealing with the intriguing question regarding criminal liability of a debtor of abetment of

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Can writ court decide whether Nazul property (lease hold lands) be dedicated for waqf? HC observes

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Rajani Dubey JJ. disposed of the petition holding that Public Interest

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | The word ‘liquid instrument’ wide enough to include ICDs while ‘Corporate’ substantiates the Prospectus: States assumption ‘stretched a bit too far’

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): The Coram of Tarun Agarwala, Presiding Officer and M.T. Joshi, J. Judicial Member while allowing all the appeals

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Extend benefits of welfare schemes not only to children orphaned by Covid-19 but also to children orphaned during Covid-19: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., addressed the plight of children orphaned during Covid-19 pandemic.

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Distinction between ‘the law and order’ and ‘the public order’ needs to be kept in mind; Court decides in matter of detention under Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020

Gujarat High Court: Paresh Upadhyay, J., allowed petitions which were filed against the order passed by the District Magistrate whereby the petitioners

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Supreme Court of Canada clarifies statute of limitation; explains the standard of plausible inference

Supreme Court of Canada: The 7-Judges Bench comprising of Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin and Kasirer, JJ., clarified the law related

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Personal properties of the Corporate Debtor cannot be realised by sale/transfer in the CIRP-NCLT and NCLAT at odds –Order stands quashed

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): Justice A.I.S Cheema (The Officiating Chairperson) and Dr. Alok Srivastava (Technical Member)while allowing an appeal, quashed

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Sole testimony of a deaf and dumb woman, unable to answer questions not reliable enough to convict rape accused; Court dismisses petition

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, CJ. and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., dismissed a criminal leave petition which

Case Briefs High Courts

[Tikri Border Rape] P&H HC | Evidences point towards complicity of the accused; HC rejects plea for anticipatory bail

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajesh Bhardwaj, J., denied anticipatory bail to the petitioner, a member of Kisan Union Delegation who was

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS decides to go with the landlords and end the federal moratorium on residential evictions imposed by the CDC

Supreme Court of The United States: While deciding upon the instant emergency application brought in by the Alabama Association of Realtors challenging

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Idiosyncrasies of colloquial terms, used for naming accused, could well be the difference between his conviction and acquittal: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. took the liberty of disagreeing with one of the

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC | Can FIR containing allegations which set police in motion, be quashed at threshold stage? HC answers

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., held that FIR under Section 482 of CrPC cannot be quashed