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Utt HC | Candidate appearing for Uttarakhand Judicial Services Civil Judge (Junior Division) Examination-2019 allowed to opt for reservation in main examination; Court allows petition

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ravi Malimath and R.C. Khulbe, JJ., allowed a writ petition filed by the petitioner aggrieved

Case Briefs High Courts

Telangana HC | In absence of concrete evidence and facts, is appointment of Judicial Commission justified by HC? Court discusses

Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and B. Vijaysen Reddy, J., while addressing the Public Interest Litigation filed

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Failure to reply to show cause without reasonable delay to be considered as allegation impliedly admitted

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are that

Case Briefs High Courts

Telangana HC | Can HC decide whether an FIR is false or frivolous? HC discusses in a case where an employee is suspended in light of ongoing criminal case & departmental enquiry

Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and T. Vinod Kumar, J., while addressing a writ appeal observed that

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Though Shariat permits a Muslim man to practise polygamy, but would that amount to cruelty to first wife? HC explains concept of Marital Cruelty

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Krishna S. Dixit and P. Krishna Bhat, JJ., held that, “Though contracting a second marriage by

Case Briefs Supreme Court

NLU Jodhpur student’s death| SC orders fresh investigation by a new Investigation team after Rajasthan Police hastily submits a ‘very lengthy’ closure report

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee, JJ has directed a de novo investigation into the

Case Briefs High Courts

[Custody] MP HC | Welfare of child is of paramount importance; Mother who nurtured the child for 9 months in womb is certainly entitled to custody

Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench: S.A. Dharmadhikari, J., while addressing an issue with regard to the custody of a child held that

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Court modifies and reduces sentence considering health reasons of accused punishable under S. 391 of Penal code; partly allows appeal

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Full Bench of Buwaneka Aluwihare PC, Preethi Padman Surasena and E.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | In motor accident cases, is there a hard and fast rule to award interest from the date on which claim application is made? Law regarding S. 171 MV Act discussed

Bombay High Court: V.L. Achliya, J., while addressing the issue with regard to the interest on compensation awarded in a motor accident case,

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Unless fraudulent act proved, limitation for suits by or on behalf of State or Centre not maintainable after 30 years

Karnataka High Court: M.I. Arun, J. allowed the writ petition and declared the show cause notice or any subsequent proceeding as null

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Can a country made pistol (katta) be considered as a “deadly weapon” even if it is in a state of disrepair under S. 398 IPC? HC elaborates

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J., in the present petition observed that, “A deadly weapon is one, which is lethal and is likely

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Accused obtained employment on basis of forged TET certificate; Court declines to grant bail, rules that there can be no presumption of accused being unaware of forgery

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J., rejected the bail application of the applicant-accused in connection with the FIR registered for offence punishable

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC gives a go ahead to enforcement of Malaysian arbitral award in Government versus Vedanta; says it doesn’t contravene public policy of India

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Nazeer, Indu Malhotra and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has dismissed Central Government’s plea against enforcement of

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura HC | What amounts to irretrievable breakdown of marriage? HC discusses in a case where the couple lived apart for 13 continuous years

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of S. Talapatra and S.G. Chattopadhyay, JJ., upheld the decision of the trial court and stated that

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Advocates permitted to travel by local trains to attend physical hearing of cases on ‘experimental basis’

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and G.S. Kulkarni, J., directs railways to allow Advocates to travel by local

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura HC | Will Hindu Marriage Act have application on a couple belonging to Scheduled Tribe, notified under Constitution for purpose of dissolution of marriage? Court explains

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of S. Talapatra and S.G. Chattopadhyay, JJ., held that Section 2(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act has

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Government employee denied anticipatory bail for posting derogatory remarks against Malaysian woman regarding spreading coronavirus

Jharkhand High Court: Rongon Mukhopadhyay J., rejected anticipatory bail to the ground in light of facts and submissions in the instant case.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Employee not liable for the actions of the senior while following instructions; Tribunal allows appeal and sets aside penalty under S. 112 (a) of Customs Act

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): A Division Bench of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) and C.L. Mahar (Technical Member), allowed

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Nepali citizen living in Shimla since 1997 refused Bonafide Himachali Certificate; S. 3(1) (b) of Indian Citizenship Act, 1955 applied

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC stays the telecast of Sudarshan News’ ‘UPSC Jihad’ show; says it prima facie appears like an attempt to vilify the Muslim community

“An insidious attempt has been made to insinuate that the community is involved in a conspiracy to infiltrate the civil services.” Supreme