Punjab and Haryana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The reason for the cancellation of the petitioner’s result was “failure in biometric” whereas the respondent-board admitted that the petitioner had allergic/fungal infection in his hands. Such reasoning given by the respondent-board is absolutely unsustainable and rather obnoxious in nature.

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Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

V. Vijaya Sai Reddy was a sitting member of Rajya Sabha and the baseless allegations made in the impugned videos and posts had the potential of adversely affecting his political career and reputation which had been built carefully over the years.

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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

No justification was offered for inordinate and insensitive delay and not paying any compensation for almost 36 years. Such conduct amounts to virtual expropriation of a citizen’s property without the authority of law and without paying any compensation and violates Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the competitive examinations, the candidates work hard and make their best efforts to secure good marks. Therefore, only because of the date of issuance of degree/certificate, they should not be denied appointment as these were only procedural delays/lapses.

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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Though petitioner’s parents have supported her sister’s decision to stay with Respondent 1 and his daughters due to her state of depression after losing her husband and daughter in the accident, this cannot be a consideration for this Court to consider that petitioner’s sister is the biological mother of petitioner’s daughters merely because she is the egg donor.

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Tax on Mineral rights retrospective
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

On 25-07-2024, the Supreme Court in 8:1 majority held that royalty paid by mining operators to the Central government is not a tax and that States have the power to levy cesses on mining and mineral-use activities. Whereas, Justice BV Nagarathna gave a dissenting opinion.

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Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Madras High Court said that, in the instant case, the prosecution has not been able to establish that there indeed was a crime. In fact, there is an abuse of judicial process when the victim set a criminal law in motion, perhaps with a false FIR”

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