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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Law on Custody | 9-year-old child prefers to stay with mother’s father and his family members and shows animosity towards father: Whether father will get custody of child or not? Bom HC decides

Bombay High Court: Addressing a matter wherein a child’s mother was diagnosed with cancer due to which she started living at her

Published on February 9, 2022February 9, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Conundrum of Going Concern and Ipso Facto Clause

by Nishita Agrawal* and Anurag Tripathi**

Published on February 8, 2022February 8, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Employer setting big targets, not granting leave and not accepting resignation would be acts in normal course of business: Bom HC grants anticipatory bail to employer accused of abetting suicide committed by employee

Bombay High Court: Sarang V. Kotwal, J., addressed a matter wherein an employer was accused of abetting the suicide of an employee.

Published on February 8, 2022February 18, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

14-yr old girl subjected to penetrative sexual assault by man who called her grand daughter: Is girl’s complaint vital to form basis of conviction? Cal HC explains

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Joymalya Bagchi and Bivas Pattanayak, JJ., in a penetrative sexual assault case of a 14-year-old

Published on February 8, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Law on Bail | Investigation complete, charge sheet filed, accused in jail since 6 months: Read whether Del HC grants bail

Delhi High Court: Chandra Dhari Singh, J., granted bail while referring to a catena of Supreme Court decisions with regard to the

Published on February 8, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Tis-hazari
Case BriefsDistrict Court

Can an unemployed husband escape from his responsibility to maintain wife? Tis Hazari Court answers

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: Sanjay Sharma-II, ASJ-03, termination of service does not mean that husband is incapable of finding another employment and

Published on February 7, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Corporate Social Responsibility v. Corporate Environment Responsibility: Duplication of Efforts for Same Objective

by Venancio D’Costa*, Astha Ojha** and Samarth Sansar***

Published on February 7, 2022February 7, 2022By Editor_4
1 Comment11464 views
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Law on Recovery of Maintenance | Limitation of 1 year for recovery of maintenance under S. 125(3) of CrPC and the law on enforcement to claim order of maintenance under S. 128 CrPC: All HC explains

Allahabad High Court: Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J., while addressing a matter regarding recovery of maintenance amount, expressed that, “Sentencing to jail

Published on February 7, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

“One of the basic tenets to be followed by every Hindu is tolerance. Tolerance must be his own community or religion and in particular, to also to every other religious practice”: Madras HC

Madras High Court: C.V. Karthikeyan, J., expressed that, “One of the basic tenets to be followed by every Hindu is tolerance. Tolerance

Published on February 7, 2022February 7, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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High Court Round UpLegal RoundUpTribunals/Regulatory Bodies/Commissions Monthly Roundup

8 Legal Stories of the Week: From High Courts to District Courts

“For a contract to be enforceable, the restraint of trade clause must be reasonable.” [Rajesh Kumar Gandhi v. Mukesh Dutt] Read the

Published on February 6, 2022February 7, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Law on S. 311 CrPC | Power to the Court to summon a material witness or to examine a person present in Court or to recall a witness already examined: All HC discusses

Allahabad High Court: Sanjay Kumar Pachori, J., while addressing a matter with regard to recalling of the witnesses expressed that, Section 311

Published on February 5, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

22-year-old woman, burnt and buried due to demand of dowry: All HC denies bail to accused husband 

Allahabad High Court: Noting the brutality with wife a 22-year-old lady and mother of a one year’s infant child in causing her

Published on February 5, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

S. 37 of the NDPS Act mandates a more stricter approach than an application for bail sans the NDPS Act: Cal HC

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Bibhas Ranjan De and Debangsu Basak, JJ., while addressing a bail application in a case

Published on February 4, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Whether a ‘blade’ would be covered under S. 397 IPC as a deadly weapon? Del HC explains in view of settled position of law

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., explained under what circumstances would Section 397 of penal Code, 1860 would be attracted. By the

Published on February 4, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
1 Comment6504 views
Hot Off The PressNews

P&H HC | 75% employment reservation for locals; HC orders stay on controversial Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act

Punjab and Haryana High Court: By a momentous ruling, the Division Bench of Ajay Tewari and Pankaj Jain, JJ.,[i] imposed stay on

Published on February 3, 2022February 3, 2022By Editor_4
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Watch Now

SCC Online Weekly Rewind Episode 47 ft. Devika Sharma

Top Story Inherited property of a female Hindu dying issueless and intestate to return to source In an important ruling on the

Published on February 3, 2022February 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Tis-hazari
Case BriefsDistrict Court

For a contract to be enforceable, restraint of trade clause must be reasonable: Post-termination non-compete clauses are permissible in employment contracts under S. 27 of Contract Act? District Court explains

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: Holding that, post-termination non-compete clauses in employment contracts are “restraint of trade” and it is impermissible under Section

Published on February 3, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Whether proceedings under Ss. 138 and 141 of NI Act can be initiated against corporate debtor during moratorium period? Madras HC answers

Madras High Court: N. Sathish Kumar, J., while addressing a matter with regard to the dishonour of cheques under Section 138 of

Published on February 3, 2022February 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

2 Judicial Officers to be Judges in Bombay HC: SC Collegium reiterates its earlier recommendation

Supreme Court Collegium has, on reconsideration, resolved to reiterate its earlier recommendation for the elevation of the following two Judicial Officers as

Published on February 2, 2022February 2, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Elevation of Advocates as Judges in Patna High Court | Supreme Court Collegium

Supreme Court Collegium has, on reconsideration, resolved to reiterate its earlier recommendation for the elevation of the following two Advocates as Judges

Published on February 2, 2022February 2, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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