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Kar HC | Rape victim falling asleep after perpetration of act is “explanation unbecoming of an Indian women”: Court while granting anticipatory bail to rape accused

Karnataka High Court: Krishna S. Dixit, J., granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner accused of committing sexual offence. Petitioner was accused for the

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Scheme of law as provided in J&K Reorganization Act, 2019 will not affect any pending proceedings/ appeals arising out of the orders passed by erstwhile J&K State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: While deciding the instant appeals which raised objections concerning the jurisdiction of the J&K High Court to

Case Briefs High Courts

[Dishonour of Cheque] MP HC | Director/MD/JD/other officers and employees of a company can not be prosecuted under S. 138 of NI Act unless the company is impleaded as an accused

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Rajendra Kumar Srivastava, J., while addressing a matter with regard to dishonour of cheque held that, Director/Managing Director/Joint Director/other

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Use more dignified designation for teacher instead of Master/Mistress: Edu. Secretary to file affidavit on proposed steps

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J., directed the Education Secretary and the State of Punjab to file an affidavit for steps

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Del HC | Advertisement that likens Corona Beer with Coronavirus not to be reproduced, broadcasted, communicated to public

Delhi High Court: Rajiv Shakdher, J. granted injunction relief to the manufacturer of “Corona Beer” while injuncting the defendants from: reproducing, broadcasting,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Bolton has gambled with national security of USA | US District Court says: Former NSA is exposed to potentially criminal liability, while ruling against injunction on his White House Memoir

United States District Court, Columbia: Royce C. Lamberth, J., held that, a mandated pre-publication review process is not an unconstitutional prior restraint.

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Country is going through abnormal times: Court says Air Force civilian cooks cannot seek enforcement of employment terms as in normal times

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha Menon, JJ., disposed of the petition wherein cooks working in Air

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | No investigation against Ganga Ram Hospital for now: Court grants interim stay on investigation into FIR filed by Delhi Govt [Read detailed report]

Delhi High Court: C. Hari Shankar, J., granted an ad-interim injunction and restrained police from making any investigation against Ganga Ram Hospital in

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| Cancellation of Board exams: CBSE to take final decision tomorrow; SC to hear the matter on Thursday

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has deferred the hearing in the plea seeking quashing

Case Briefs High Courts

[BREAKING] Delhi HC | Safoora Zargar released on humanitarian grounds; bail granted

Delhi High Court: Rajiv Shakhder, J. while addressing the bail application of Safoora Zargar granted the same while laying down certain conditions.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | Neither Sunfeast Yippie Noodles nor Maggi Noodles can have monopoly over the words “Magic” and “Masala” as these words are common to the packaged food industry

Madras High Court: While deciding the question that whether the expression “Magic Masala” can qualify as a trademark and that whether it

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Unfortunate — In last several years Courts repeatedly witnessing, old parents knocking at its doors, for redressal of grievances against their children”; Daughter after stern warning by HC vacates mother’s flat

“Our country has always been proud of progeny like Shravan Kumar, who to fulfill the wish of his poor, blind and ageing

Case Briefs High Courts

[Midnight Hearing] Guj HC | Situation of Ahmedabad on account of COVID-19 cannot be compared with situation in Puri or in the State of Orissa (sic Odisha); No Rath Yatra at Ahmedabad

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Vikram Nath, CJ and J.B. Pardiwala, J., rejected all the civil applications in a midnight

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Centre and State to clarify stand on CISCE examinations; Courts asks to finalise grading plan to be adopted for evaluation

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and S.S. Shinde, J., asked Centre and State to clarify stand on CISCE

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| SC modifies order; Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra to take place in a restricted manner

Supreme Court: Allowing Odisha Government to conduct Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra, the Court has said, “if it is possible to ensure that

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Recording the plea of accused under S. 313 CrPC, can be procured through video conferencing amidst COVID-19 situation

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, CJ and S. Vishwajith Shetty, J., in view of the present situation

Case Briefs High Courts

[COVID-19] Guj HC | No Rath Yatra shall be carried out at Ahmedabad; No activities secular or religious associated with Rath Yatra to be conducted

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Vikram Nath, CJ and J.B. Pardiwala, J., held that in view of present times of outbreak

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Raids to be conducted on chemist shops/manufacturing units to check exorbitant price of sanitisers and substandard quality of face masks

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Amol Rattan, J., directed raids to be conducted at chemist shops and manufacturing units to collect samples of hand

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Refusal to wear “sakha & sindoor” is clear intention that a hindu wife is unwilling to continue conjugal life: Divorce decreed to husband

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Ajai Lamba, CJ and Soumitra Saikia, J., granted a decree of divorce to the appellant-husband on