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Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Whether Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process can be initiated against Principal Borrower and Corporate Guarantor simultaneously for same set of debt and default? Tribunal decides

National Company Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Division Bench of Justice A.I.S Cheena (Judicial Member) and V.P. Singh (Technical Member) reinforced that in the

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Liability of employer and insurer to pay interest on amount awarded but not paid under the Employees’ Compensation Act, whether mandatory? Court answers

Allahabad High Court: Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J., held the employer and the insurance company liable to pay interest on the amount

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Direct Recruits to Rajasthan’s Tax Assistant posts cry foul after Departmental Promotees appear senior. SC finds seniority justified

Supreme Court: In the case where Direct Recruits to the newly created posts of Tax Assistants in the Finance Department of the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No reservation for in-service doctors in Super Specialty Medical Courses for the academic year 2020-2021; holds SC

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has directed that that there will be

Case Briefs High Courts

[MV Act] Kar HC | MACT must proactively invoke power under S. 165 Evidence Act, in case of inability of claimants to produce treating doctors as witnesses

Karnataka High Court: H. T. Narendra Prasad J. allowed the appeal stating that the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal has ample powers under

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Railway Protection Force officer fails to detect & prevent thefts. SC answers if his compulsory retirement is justified or not

“A police officer in the Railway Protection Force is required to maintain a high standard of integrity in the discharge of his official functions.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Madras HC refuses to decide vires of Section 40(a)(iib) of the Income Tax Act pending assessment proceedings. SC disapproves the approach

“Vires of a relevant provision goes to the root of the matter.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI holds promotors of NDTV guilty of insider trading, bars them from securities market for two years

Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, (Whole Time Member) has barred two promoters of NDTV, namely Mr Prannoy Roy and

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Whether Public Interest Litigation in service matters is maintainable? HC explains in light of SC decisions

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Shamim Ahmed, JJ., addressed whether public Interest litigation in service matters are

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| Seeking waiver of interest on interest for loan during the moratorium period? SC asks Govt to implement decision to forego compound interest on these 8 categories

Supreme Court: In a breather to customers in the case relating to waiver of interest on loan during the moratorium period, the

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | If Advocate stickers are being misused for criminal activities by sticking it in vehicles to intimidate Police, why not ban the same? Court asks

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi, JJ., addressed a matter wherein it was stated that the law

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Whether unmarried daughter who is major by age, entitled to claim maintenance from father till her marriage? HC explains law in light of Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act

Bombay High Court: Nitin W. Sambre, J., while setting aside the orders pronounced by the Courts below observed that, “the law already gives

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Appointments and functioning of Tribunals| Tribunal Rules 2020 valid but need modifications, National Tribunals Commission to be constituted; directs SC [Read Directions]

“Dispensation of justice by the Tribunals can be effective only when they function independent of any executive control: this renders them credible and generates public confidence.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Partially deaf and mute victim voiced to have been subjected to attempt to rape: Read HC’s ruling

Madras High Court: B. Pugalendhi, J., while partly allowing the appeal modified the offence to fall under Section 354 of the Penal

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Anvay Naik Suicide| High Court abdicated it’s duty by failing to make prima facie evaluation of FIR. Here’s why SC granted interim bail to the accused

“The remedy of bail is the solemn expression of the humaneness of the justice system.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Legal position regarding ‘condonation of delay’ discussed; Justice oriented approach to be followed by Courts

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal, J., condoned the delay and set aside the impugned order by adopting a justice-oriented approach in

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | How is “doctrine of preponderance of probabilities” applied in cases relating to Motor Vehicle Act? Appeal Allowed

Chhattisgarh High Court: Parth Prateem Sahu J., set aside the impugned award and allowed the appeal by applying the doctrine of preponderance

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Is it necessary for trial and inquiry for an offence to take place only where the occurrence would have taken place? Law in regard to ‘Jurisdiction’ explained

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., addressed a matter involving the determination of jurisdiction with regard to the occurrence of a

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

“Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be forgotten”- In a split decision, SCOTUS upholds First Amendment guarantee of religious liberty and bars restrictions on religious services in New York

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS): While deliberating upon the applications seeking relief from an Executive Order issued by the Governor

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No relief to Skoda Volkswagen as SC refuses to quash FIR over alleged use of cheat devices

“The law is well settled that Courts would not thwart any investigation.”