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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Is Google abusing dominant position in news aggregation? CCI gives prima facie findings; discusses Snippets, Mirror Image Websites, Paywall Options, etc.

Competition Commission of India (CCI): On finding merit in allegations of news publishers’ Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma

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Published on January 12, 2022February 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Scrap picker beaten to death; incident recorded in CCTV: State failed to protect victim’s rights by not challenging Guj HC’s order releasing accused on bail; SC cancels bail

Supreme Court: In a case where a scrap picker was beaten to death and the Gujarat High Court had released one of

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Published on January 12, 2022January 14, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Why did CCI suspend the Amazon-Future deal? Detailed analysis of CCI order imposing Rs 202 crores penalty on Amazon

Competition Commission of India (CCI): Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) in view of

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Published on January 11, 2022January 21, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | ”obiter dictum” not legally binding as precedent; jurisdictional commissioner cautioned for filing frivolous applications

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Suvendu Kumar Pati (Judicial Member) dismissed an appeal which was filed in response to

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Published on January 11, 2022January 14, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Strikes by Advocates | To condole demise of any member or anyone else, can Members of Bar obstruct functioning of Courts? All HC decides

Allahabad High Court: J.J. Munir, J., expressed that, The Members of the Bar are free to hold a meeting to condole the

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Published on January 11, 2022January 14, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

[S. 138 NI] Telangana HC | A joint account holder cannot be prosecuted unless and until he/she is a signatory to subject cheque

Telangana High Court: Shameem Akhter J. allowed criminal petition and quashed the proceedings against the petitioner/A.2 on the ground that it is

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Published on January 11, 2022January 14, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Amazon v. Future | ‘Stay’ on proceedings before Singapore Tribunal; Prima Facie case in favour of Future Group

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Jyoti Singh, J., stayed the arbitration proceeding in Amazon v. Future

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Published on January 11, 2022January 14, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Cal HC had no jurisdiction to quash CAT Principle Bench’s transfer order in Alapan Bandhopadhyay Case, holds SC, based on this Constitution Bench Law holding ground since 1997

Supreme Court: The 2-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar, JJ has reiterated the position laid down by the Constitution Bench

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Published on January 11, 2022January 11, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | 17 people forced to work as bonded labour; Court orders registration of FIR against two

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vishal Dhagat, J. disposed off a petition directing SHO’s to register cases against respondents in respective police stations.

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Published on January 11, 2022January 11, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

COVID-19/Omicron surge yet again forces Supreme Court to extend period of limitation for filing of cases

Supreme Court: After the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association approached the Court in light of the spread of Omicron, the new variant of

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Published on January 11, 2022October 3, 2023By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC upholds conviction for rape and penetrative sexual assault where ‘wife’ was below 18 yrs of age

Delhi High Court:  Mukta Gupta, J., decided an appeal challenging the impugned decision whereby the appellant had been convicted for the impugned

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Published on January 11, 2022January 14, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Expressing opinion with regard to temple restoration, would amount to attract an offence under S. 295-A IPC? Report on Madras HC decision

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J., quashed an FIR stating that S. 295-A IPC is attracted only if there is deliberate and

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Published on January 11, 2022January 14, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

SL SC | Police officials prey to Political Victimization? Court assesses

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Full Bench of P. Padman Surasena, E.A.G.R Amarasekara and A.H.M.D Nawaz,

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Published on January 10, 2022January 10, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC expresses concern over the living conditions of slum dwellers in Mumbai

The National Human Rights Commission, India has expressed concerns over the living conditions of slum dwellers in Mumbai. Acting on a complaint

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Published on January 10, 2022January 10, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘Unmarried daughter, even if earning, can’t be assumed to have sufficient resources to meet matrimonial expenses’: Del HC orders father to pay marriage expenses of daughters

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh, JJ., expressed that, Kanya Daan is a solemn and pious

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Published on January 10, 2022January 14, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A team effort akin to a game of football…”; Supreme Court’s interesting analogy explaining Section 34 of IPC

Supreme Court: Drawing an interesting analogy to explain the scope of Section 34 of IPC, the bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and

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Published on January 10, 2022January 14, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Aggrieved with the categorisation as ‘unsecured creditor’, Tribunal secures ‘secured creditor’, having relinquished the security interest

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi: The Coram of Ashok Bhushan J, (Chairperson), and Dr Alok Srivastava (Technical Member) while accepting

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Published on January 10, 2022January 14, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Mother tongue or English as a medium of instruction? Raj HC dealt with the issue when State decided to convert a Hindi medium school to English medium

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta J. allowed the petition and decided that the school will be converted to English medium subject to

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Published on January 10, 2022January 21, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Life cannot be breathed into the stillborn charge memorandum; SC holds where prior approval is the rule the defect cannot be cured by post-facto approval 

“What is non-existent in the eye of the law cannot be revived retrospectively.”

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Published on January 10, 2022January 8, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

SL CoA | School principal acquitted of bribery allegations; benefit of doubt due to lack of evidence

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of Devika Abeyratne and P. Kumararatnam, JJ. aquited

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