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Nothing wrong with Government dissolving existing governing body and constituting caretaker governing body, in a case of gross mis-management: Manipur High Court

Manipur High Court: In writ petitions filed to quash certain orders relating to the dissolution of the governing body of Naorem Birahari

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Hiding criminal antecedents while applying for Government job? Good enough reason for employer to terminate services. Read Supreme Court’s clear principles governing such cases

Supreme Court: While dealing with a case relating to termination of a CRPF probationer for suppressing material information relating to his criminal

Case Briefs High Courts

Death due to attack by wild animal is violative of Article 21; Bombay High Court directs compensation of 10 lakhs to the wife of the deceased

Bombay High Court: In a petition filed by petitioner-wife praying for quashing and setting aside the impugned communication dated 18-03-2019

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“Hospitals are vicariously liable for the acts of negligence committed by their doctors”; NCDRC grants compensation of Rs 1 crore to the parents who lost their only child in a corrective surgery for squint eye

Human life is most precious; therefore, it is extremely difficult to decide on the quantum of compensation in medical negligence cases, it is highly subjective in nature.

Case Briefs High Courts

Absence from duty without leave under CRPF is a gravest misconduct; Manipur High Court upheld order of Disciplinary Authority of dismissal from service

Manipur High Court: In a writ petition filed to quash the dismissal order dated 18.1.2005 on the ground that it

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Admiralty Law: Scope of Intra-Court appeals from interim orders to Commercial Appellate Division of the High Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Indira Banerjee* and AS Bopanna, JJ has held that an appeal does not lie to the Commercial

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court explains scope of grant of anticipatory bail in offences under SC/ST Act; true import of ‘knowing’ or ‘knowledge’ under Section 3(2)(va) of the Act

Kerala High Court: In an appeal relating to the grant of anticipatory bail for the commission of offences under Sections

Case Briefs District Court

Delhi Court transfers case of AAP leader Satyender Jain on the request of Enforcement Directorate due to likelihood of probable bias

Rouse Avenue Courts Complex, Delhi: In a case filed by Enforcement Directorate (‘petitioner') seeking transfer of the case titled ‘Directorate

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Dishonour of Cheques: Can non-executive Directors of the accused company be held vicariously liable under Section 141 NI Act?

Supreme Court: In an appeal against a judgment passed by the Calcutta High Court dismissing the Criminal Revision Application filed

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Rejection of Resolution Plan by the NCLT due to Non-Serious, Casual and Non-Diligent Conduct of Resolution Appellant is Good in Law

“The CIRP is a time bound process where timeline has been prescribed for each step. The CIRP cannot be allowed to continue for indefinite period.”

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

US Court of Appeals- 5th Circuit | Texas’ social media law prohibiting platforms from censoring speech based on the viewpoint of its speaker, held constitutional

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: While determining the constitutionality of Texas statute- House Bill 20, which

Advance Rulings Case Briefs

What constitutes a ‘government authority’ or ‘government entity’; Karnataka Authority of Advanced Ruling answers

Authority of Advanced Ruling (Karnataka): The two-member bench of M.P Ravi Prasad and T. Kiran Reddy has ruled that works

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court| Mere repeated monetary demands by a daughter does not establish her intention to instigate the father to commit suicide

Bombay High Court: In a case filed by Lata (‘petitioner’) daughter of the deceased who committed suicide and left a

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court dismisses plea for mandating stipends to young advocates; Appeals to senior lawyers to pay adequately

Delhi High Court: In a PIL filed by Pankaj Kumar, a young advocate of 29 years of age, enrolled with Delhi Bar

Case Briefs High Courts

Evidence not adduced; Maintenance application not decided: Bombay High Court remands divorce matter to Family Court

Bombay High Court: In a case filed by a wife (‘appellant') challenging the Family Court order that granted decree of

Case Briefs High Courts

Meghalaya High Court | Selection processes should be transparent and not guided by Nepotism

“…that greater weightage is desirable to be given to the objective part of the assessment since the Indian psyche is such that the subjective part of the assessment, more often than not, is tainted, influenced or guided by nepotism or the usual uncle culture or even more disagreeable extraneous considerations.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | In a tripartite contract between the seller, service provider and consumer, the seller and service provider are liable for any defect, deficiency and unfair trade practice on any product sold by them

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): While deciding upon the instant complaint concerning alleged unfair trade practice followed by Flipkart of tampering