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Raj HC | “Live-in relationship cannot be at the cost of social fabric of this country”; Police protection rejected to a live-in couple

Rajasthan High Court: Satish Kumar Sharma J. dismissed the petition and rejected police protection to a couple. The instant petition was filed

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC took stock of issue of illegal prawn enclosures (‘gheries’) around Indian wetland of international importance, the eco-sensitive Chilika Lake; Laid directions

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar and B. P. Routray, JJ., addressed the issue of the problems encountered in

Case Briefs High Courts

[Bengal Post Poll Violence] Cal HC | CBI probe ordered in the investigation after NHRC report; Court also constitutes SIT of all IPS officers to install faith of the people in rule of law [Detailed Report]

Calcutta High Court: The Full Bench of Rajesh Bindal, ACJ and I.P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar, JJ., continued

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The Indian Catastrophe: MP Migrant’s Crisis Amidst COVID-19

by Rakshita Agarwal*, Rohit Sharma**, Lakshmi Menon***, Niharika Tiwari****, Shilpa Shankar**** and Saiyed Kamil******

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC sets free three murder convicts finding investigation was done under political pressure to allow real culprits escape by burying the truth fathom deep

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. reversed concurrent judgments of the trial court and the Madhya

Case Briefs High Courts

5-Judge Bench of Patna HC directs to demolish entire building of newly erected Waqf Bhawan constructed in close proximity of Centenary Building of the HC; Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah dissents

Patna High Court: A Special 5-Judges Bench comprising of Ashwani Kumar Singh, Vikash Jain, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Rajendra Kumar Mishra and Chakradhari Sharan

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Carrying out mutual funds with DGP scheme and an Investment Adviser but with no registration | Orders to pay the amount along with several other restrictions

Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): G Mahalingam, Whole Time Member, considering the factual chain and evidences directed the Noticees to cease

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Tribunal discusses distinction between mere provision of ‘table space’ and actual rendering of service; Non discharge of tax liability as provider of “business auxiliary service” partly allowed

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of CJ Mathew (Technical Member) and Ajay Sharma (Judicial Member) partly allowed

Case Briefs Supreme Court

[Consumer Rights] SC takes cognizance of Government’s lackadaisical attitude towards consumer empowerment; Issues directions to conduct a Legislative Impact Study on Consumer Protection Act, 2019

Supreme Court: Opining that empowerment of the consumers is the legislative intent behind the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and the ground reality

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CBI | Confession of a Company and the sentencing thereafter — Court clears ‘imprisonment and fine’ for a juristic person, construes with practical wisdom

Central Bureau of Investigation, Ghaziabad (CBI): Shivank Singh, Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI) after considering the evidences and the confession made by the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Overruling versus Reversal: SC explains mere overruling of principles by subsequent judgment will not dilute binding effect of decision inter partes

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari, JJ. held that there is a distinction between overruling a

Know thy Judge

A Champion who applied technology to optimize human potential and capabilities – Justice Navin Sinha

by Ritu Singh†

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | When can the issue relating to absence of sanction or the order of sanction being a nullity, be raised? Court discusses

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Prakash Shrivastava and Arun Kumar Sharma, JJ., dismissed a petition in which the issue

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | State government has no power to specify any class of persons as socially and educationally backward; HC stays order specifying Nadars (Christian) as socially and educationally backward

Kerala High Court: P. B. Suresh Kumar, J., held that the State Government has no power to specify any class of persons

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | “Bail petition silent about criminal history”; Bail denied due to lack of justification to overcome the rigors of S. 37 of the NDPS Act

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara J dismissed the petition and rejected bail to the accused as he was unable to justify

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“K” SRTCs Trade Mark Row: Paving the Right Path

by Yashvardhan Rana†

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLT | Bulldozed ‘Building Restructure Plan’: Orders insolvency instead

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT): The Coram of Justice R. Sucharitha (Judicial Member) and Anil Kumar B (Technical Member) was of the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Misbranding of Insecticides: SC enunciates law on limitation period for filing complaints in cases of misbranding punishable under S. 29 of Insecticides Act

Supreme Court: A Division Bench comprising of Navin Sinha and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ. held that the period of limitation for filing

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Change in DoB cannot be claimed as a matter of right merely because the same had been changed in academic records

Armed Forces Tribunal: The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member (A) held that the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | ZEE insider trading: Interim ex-parte order bars 15 entities

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Madhabi Puri Bach, (Whole Time Member) considering the impending danger to the interests of the