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Class Action – An Obstacle Race for the Minority

by Karthik Seshadri†

MP HC | Right to cross-examine a witness cannot be curtailed, Court holds trial court should be patient and tolerant in their approach towards the Trial Court lawyers

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Subodh Abhyankar, J., allowed a petition which was filed aggrieved by the order whereby the right of the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court directs NOIDA to pay Rs 36 crore compensation in a land acquisition dispute for illegally taking over excess land

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Rohinton Fali Nariman and B.R. Gavai, JJ., settled a decade-old land-acquisition dispute by directing NOIDA

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Judges should exercise restraint and avoid unnecessary remarks against conduct of the counsel: SC orders expunging adverse remarks against advocate with 17 yrs of standing at the Bar

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of R.F. Nariman and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. directed that adverse comments recorded against the appellant─advocate in certain

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Is Article 226(3) of the Constitution Mandatory or Directory?

by Dormaan Jamshid Dalal†

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLT | Malice Intention to start something ‘other than insolvency’ nipped- Releases the Corporate Debtor from ‘rigors of CIRP and moratorium’

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT): The Coram of Justice Abni Ranjan Kumar Sinha,(Judicial Member), and L.N. Gupta, (Technical Member) while exercising their

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Apparent case of greediness; HC imposes Rs 1 lakh cost on the son for attempting to oust his old-aged mother and usurp her property

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Calling it unfortunate, Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., dismissed the petition filed by a man who was trying

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Deliberate act of creating fictitious volumes distorting market equilibrium suffers a monetary penalty even in the absence of disproportionate gains

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Maninder Cheema, Adjudicating Officer, while affirming the violations under Regulation 3 (a), (b), (c), (d)

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Whether service tax is payable on liquidated damages and penalties recovered under the contract? Tribunal answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of Dilip Gupta (President) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) allowed the

Case Briefs High Courts

[Violence against Doctors] Gau HC | Mere installation of CCTV cameras in hospitals is not enough; HC directs to connect Hospital cameras to the nearest Police Station

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ, and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., directed to connect CCTV cameras of

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The Determination of the Victim’s Age in Rape Cases through the Bone Ossification Test: Legal Analysis

by Gaurav Puri†

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Unstamped Arbitration Agreements: Awaiting the Light at the End of the Tunnel

by Sidhant Kumar†

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Will the year of Cryptocurrency ever arrive in India?

by Swarnendu Chatterjee† & Yashika Bhardwaj††

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | In circumstances of death while on duty, can ex-gratia be allotted as per both unamended and amended rules? Court answers

Rajasthan High Court: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J., allowed a writ petition which was filed aggrieved by an impugned order which dealt with

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CAT | Premature retirement does not amount to punishment; Tribunal cannot go into adequacy where adverse facts exist against the employee

Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT): The Bench of Justice L. Narasimha Reddy (Chairman) and Mohd. Jamshed (Member) held that premature retirement does not