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Madras HC | Order of compulsory retirement is neither a punishment nor a stigma and principles of natural justice have no role play in ordering compulsory retirement

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of R. Subbhiah and T. Krishnavalli, JJ., dismissed a writ petition filed for issuance of a

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Company has a separate legal identity from its owners; no coercive steps to be taken for recovery of dues of Ghaziabad Development Authority

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal and Vivek Agarwal, JJ. concurred that any amount already recovered by the respondents

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | In case of unreasonable delay in offering possession of allotted flat, consumer entitled to seek refund of amount paid with compensation

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Justice V.K. Jain (Presiding Member), while disposing of a complaint, directed the builder to refund the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

NCLAT’s order set aside in Essar Steel Insolvency case; Key issues on Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process answered

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Surya Kant and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has set aside the NCLAT order dated 04.07.2019

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Law on double presumption of innocence in favour of accused acquitted by trial court — Reiterated

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., while dismissing the criminal appeal filed by the State against the order of the trial court acquitting

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Determining eligibility of students to participate in school event, not a matter where Courts would exercise extraordinary jurisdiction

Kerala High Court: Anu Sivaraman, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioner to direct the respondents to allow her to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC refuses to strike down provision relating to an NRI’s right to claim eviction under the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has refused to hold Section

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Period of limitation for preferring an appeal against a decision of Family Court is 90 days; S. 28 of HMA, 1955, to override the Family Courts Act

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq and Narendra Singh Dhaddha, JJ. while harmonizing the provisions contained under Section 19

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Court casts obligation on Home Secretary and directs State to improve living conditions of the inmates of jails in Punjab

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh, JJ. allowed the petition seeking a survey to

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Mere allegations in the death note does not amount to substantial evidence for conviction

Karnataka High Court: K.N. Phaneendra, J. allowed the criminal petition filed under Section 438 of The Code for Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | ‘Jamabandi’, held, rightly cancelled under S. 14 of Bihar Tenant’s Holding Act as petitioner did not have possession over the land

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the applicant to challenge the decision of the Deputy

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Passport authority cannot rely on S. 6 of Passport Act for refusing to renew passport

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., while disposing of an application, held that Section 6 of the Passport Act, 1967 has no

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Prosecution’s failure to extract actual act in victim’s deposition results in alteration of conviction for rape to that under S. 354 IPC

Sikkim High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Meenakshi Madan Rai and Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, JJ., while allowing an appeal, found error

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | An arbitrary show cause notice which is held to be correct in principle cannot become a ground to re-open a case under guise of rectification of mistake

Custom, Excise and Service Tax Appellant Tribunal (CESTAT): A Division Bench of Rachna Gupta (Judicial Member) and C.L. Mahar (Technical Member) dismissed

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Anticipatory Bail granted on the ground that there were no allegation of fraudulent transactions at relevant time

Karnataka High Court: Ashok G. Nijagannavar, J. while allowing this criminal petition directed the petitioner to appear before the Investigating Officer and

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Violation of Authorship Rights Case | Summoning Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as plaintiff witness, held, not in interest of justice

Delhi High Court: V. Kameswara Rao, J., dismissed the present petition in respect to the appearance of Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Non-disclosure of previous termination from same department of Intelligence Bureau is a highly sensitive piece of information, valid reason for cancellation of candidature

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ and Ashutosh Kumar, J. disposed of the writ petition since no

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC dismisses the petition seeking review of the Rafale Verdict [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph, JJ has dismissed the the petition

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Sabarimala Review Petitions NOT referred to a larger bench, but kept pending. Here’s what Supreme Court has actually held

Supreme Court: The 5-judge Constitution Bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and RF Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, JJ has

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Extension of study leave not granted despite satisfactory performance of candidate held to be unjustified

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Indrajit Mahanty, CJ and Mohammad Rafiq, J., dismissed a petition challenging an order passed by