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Case Briefs

Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | Principle of Natural Justice demands petitioner-miller to be associated with stock verification by Food Corporation of India; physical verification set aside

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The question before Jaishree Thakur J., was whether physical verification conducted by Food Corporation of India was

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Can unmarried daughters claim expenses of marriage from their parents under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956? Chh HC addresses

Chhattisgarh High Court: While stating that, in Indian society, normally expenses are required to be incurred for pre-marriage and also at the

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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Can States levy ‘Entry Tax’? West Bengal Taxation Tribunal explains

West Bengal Taxation Tribunal: The Coram of Justice Malay Marut Banerjee (Chairman) and Suranjan Kundu (Judicial Member) and Chanchalmal Bachhawat (Technical Member),

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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Does the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 eclipse the Industrial Disputes (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 1958? SC refuses to decide the issue as the first Court 

Supreme Court: In the case where it was argued before the Court that the Industrial Disputes (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 1958 which received

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Megh HC | FIR and proceedings in Special POCSO Case quashed; Minor ‘victim’ gave birth to child while living with accused as his wife

Meghalaya High Court: W. Diengdoh, J. allowed a petition which was filed praying to quash the criminal proceedings pending in the Court

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Can maternity leave benefits extend beyond the period when contractual period of an ad hoc employee comes to an end? Del HC analyses

Delhi High Court: In a claim of maternity benefit by a contractual employee, the Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh,

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Published on March 29, 2022April 1, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Gau HC | Sexual offences against minor cannot be compromised by parents; HC rejects application to enforce compromise

Gauhati High Court: Arun Dev Choudhury, J., held that sexual offences against minor cannot be compromised by parents. An FIR was lodged

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bar on Government servants to engage in strikes? Ker HC elaborates

Kerala High Court: While expressing that, it is the duty of the welfare Government to protect not only the citizens, but to

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Case BriefsSupreme Court

[Bomikhal Flyover Collapse] Is permanent debarment of guilty contractor too harsh? What makes an order a pre-determined one? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of M. R. Shah* and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., held that if a tentative decision is taken

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Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Every Advocate is a Court officer and part & parcel of justice delivery system: Madras HC found a Govt. Advocate demanding bribes at the cost of justice

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of K. Kalyanasundaram and R. Hemalatha, JJ., expressed that, the Government advocate being the representative of

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Utt HC | Public Service Commission directed to declare result of candidate who submitted late fees

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, CJ. and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, J. allowed a petition which was filed

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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Can employees appointed for fixed period in temporary unit be absorbed/regularised by creating supernumerary posts? SC answers

Supreme Court: In the case where the Gujarat High Court had ordered the absorption of persons employed in a temporary unit, by

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Employees of a security establishment cannot be deprived of their fundamental and legal rights just because they work in an intelligence and security establishment: Del HC

Delhi High Court: Expressing that, RTI Act is a tool that facilitates the employees and officers in airing their grievances systematically, the

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

S. 292BB of Income Tax Act deals with failure of service of notice or failure to issue notice? Del HC explains

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Manmohan and Dinesh Kumar Sharma, JJ., addressed a matter wherein the decision of Income Tax

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Published on March 28, 2022April 8, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Consent award cannot be the basis to determine compensation in other acquisition, especially, when there are other evidences on record: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna , JJ has held that a consent award cannot be the basis

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Case BriefsDistrict Court

Son not living with daughter-in-law, but daughter-in-law living in one of in-laws’ house from which they seek her eviction. Whether in-laws obligated to provide alternate accommodation? Dwarka Court determines

Dwarka Courts, New Delhi: Richa Gusain Solanki, Additional Senior Civil Judge-Cum-JSCC-Cum-Guardian Judge, addressed a matter with regard to the eviction of the

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Published on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Tri HC | Unable to approve this kind of matrimonial conduct or filing a suit for divorce on such coloured narrative; Court dismisses appeal in matter of divorce

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of S. Talapatra and S.G. Chattopadhyay, JJ. dismissed an appeal which was filed under Section 28

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Case BriefsSupreme Court

HC spends 9 months on deciding appeal from an ‘unappealable’ adjournment order. SC imposes Rs. 5 Lakhs exemplary cost on litigant for wasting ‘precious judicial time’

Supreme Court: In a trade mark infringement case where interlocutory injunction was sought during the pendency of the suit, the bench of

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | Departmental punishment of government servant is not a necessary and automatic consequence of conviction on a criminal charge

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Jaishree Thakur, J. set aside and quashed the dismissal of the petitioner and remanded back the matter

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Guj HC | No Conscious possession; Court upholds acquittal under NDPS Act

Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of S.H. Vora and Sandeep N. Bhatt, JJ., dismissed an application for special leave to appeal

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