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Delhi High Court quashes FIR lodged with Economic Offences Wing Delhi in view of deposition made by complainant regarding settlement

Delhi High Court: In a petition filed by Jaideep Singh (’Petitioner’) for quashing of FIR registered by Shaildendra Singh (‘Respondent

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court directs police authorities to prohibit obscene and vulgar dance performances during Dusshera festival

Madras High Court: In a writ petition filed for directing the respondents to obtain a declaration from the organisers of

Advance Rulings Case Briefs

Authority of Advanced Ruling | Myntra ineligible to avail input tax credit on vouchers and subscription packages procured from third party

Authority of Advanced Ruling (Karnataka): In an application filed to sought advance ruling on the question that, whether the applicant

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Pre-sentence hearing in Capital Punishment Cases: Mandatory or discretionary? CJI lead 3-judges Bench refers question to Constitution Bench

Supreme Court: In a suo motu case initiated to address the question as to whether the provision of pre-sentence hearing in capital

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court finds High Court and Tribunal finding erroneous for applying standard meant for ad hoc promotions to the case of regular promotions

Supreme Court: In three appeals against an order directing separate zone of consideration for promotion of Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat HC | Use of any product by any person, without the permission of the license owner or the Registrar, would amount to copyright infringement

Gujarat High Court: While deciding the instant matter concerning copyright infringement, the Bench of Niral Mehta, J., observed that a

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants ad-interim injunction in favour of INDIAMART against fraudulent website offering work from home data entry jobs

Delhi High Court: In a suit filed by Indiamart Intermesh Limited (‘plaintiff’) seeking permanent injunction against fraudulent website https://india-mart.co/ registered

Case Briefs High Courts

[Kerala Dog Menace] Kerala High Court directs State to provide immediate, effective, & free medical treatments to injured persons

“It is not mere co-incidence that Article 51-A of our Constitution uses the expression ‘compassion’ and ‘humanism’ while enumerating the duties expected of the citizenry towards the environment and living creatures.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikkim High Court | Retired Government employee cannot be denied Leave encashment benefits unless re-employment is contractual

Sikkim High Court: While deciding the instant writ petition regarding leave encashment of a retired re-employed employee of the State

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court grants ad-interim injunction against Tensberg having phonetic similarity with Carlsberg

The advertisements on the Facebook page and YouTube channel alone, in my prima facie opinion, cannot be sufficient to deny the plaintiff its statutory rights as a registered proprietor of the mark.

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

SC Constitution Bench| Binding nature of a judgment depends on the Bench Strength and not the numerical strength of the Judges taking majority view

Supreme Court: Explaining the doctrine of precedents, the 5-judge Constitution Bench of Indira Banerjee*, Hemant Gupta*, Surya Kant, MM Sundresh and Sudhanshu

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court| MCD being a public body established for the benefit of the public at large cannot shirk off its responsibility by citing financial constraints

Delhi High Court: In two cross letter Patents appeal, one by the petitioner/appellant for the enhancement of costs imposed upon the Municipal

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura High Court reiterates that charges framed against the accused must be established and proved beyond any shadow of doubt

Tripura High Court: In a criminal revision petition filed for examining the legality, validity and propriety of the impugned judgment passed by

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Dishonour of Cheque – S. 141 NI Act| Complainant only supposed to have general knowledge of person(s) in charge of company/firm; Burden on Director/Partner to prove their innocence: SC

“Quashing of a complaint is a serious matter. Complaint cannot be quashed for the asking. For quashing of a complaint, it must be shown that no offence is made out at all against the Director or Partner.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura High Court | Employees of statutory organizations cannot claim pensionary benefits as a matter of right

Tripura High Court: In a batch of writ petitions filed for directing the State Government to provide similar Pension benefit as granted

Case Briefs High Courts

Chhattisgarh High Court| Provisions of the Chhattisgarh Accommodation Control Act, 2011 would also be applicable upon the property taken on rent or lease, even if it is open land

Chhattisgarh High Court: In a writ petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, after being aggrieved by the order

Case Briefs High Courts

“An Award of the Labour Court without any fundamental flaws, does not invite a High Court’s interference”; Gujarat HC dismisses petitions by employees of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation regarding the company’s Voluntary Retirement Schemes

Gujarat High Court: The instant petitions came up before the Court challenging the Award of the Labour Court, Vadodara, whereby which it

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

National Green Tribunal | Noise Pollution – violation of right to peaceful, comfortable and pollution-free life guaranteed by Article 21

“The human life has its charm and there is no reason why the life should not be enjoyed along with all permissible pleasures. Anyone who wishes to live in peace, comfort and quiet within his house has a right to prevent the noise as pollutant reaching him. No one can claim a right to create noise even in his own premises which would travel beyond his precincts and cause nuisance to neighbours or others. Any noise which has the effect of materially interfering with the ordinary comforts of life judged by the standard of a reasonable man is nuisance.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court |Laying down minimum percentage criterion for admission in Class XI Science Stream cannot be said to be arbitrary or illegal

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by a father of a student (‘petitioner’) challenging the validity and constitutionality of a Circular

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC| J&K Reservation Act does not bar the admission of reserved category students in open merit, if they are found qualified

“The benefit of reservation must reach to the deserving candidate in the category and is not eaten away or affected by a candidate of reserved category, who on the strength of his merit, has equal or better merit than the merit of the candidate last admitted in the professional course in the general category”.