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Floods | Persons who violate directions of Corporation, as mandated by law, against deposit of garbage into canals, shall be taken to task under fullest warrant of law: Ker HC

Kerala High Court: Expressing that, as much as this Court does not desire to control the management of the drains or the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court grants interim bail to SP Leader Azam Khan; Directs him to seek regular bail within two weeks

Supreme Court: In a major relief to Samajwadi Party Leader Azam Khan, the 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC │ Vital facts overlooked by the Trial Court; Conviction set aside under Essential Commodities Act, 1955

Calcutta High Court: Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. allowed an appeal which was filed assailing the impugned judgment passed under section 7 (1) (a)

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Disproportionately light punishment humiliates the victim”; Navjot Singh Sidhu to undergo one-year rigorous imprisonment in 1988 road rage case: SC

Supreme Court: Allowing the review petition in the 34-year-old road-rage case involving cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu that resulted into the death of

Case Briefs High Courts

If a husband stops talking to the wife, would that cause mental cruelty? P&H HC elaborates

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a matter with regard to mental cruelty, the Division Bench of Ritu Bahri and Ashok Kumar

Case Briefs High Courts

If divorce is declared in one go and Fatwa is issued, Is muslim wife entitled to maintenance under S. 125 CrPC? All HC answers

Allahabad High Court: Brij Raj Singh, J., while addressing a maintenance case, observed that if a wife proves that she is unable

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC finds Kerala Govt’s failure to compensate 3700 Endosulfan victims for 5 years appalling; says “without health, the faculties of living have little meaning”

Supreme Court: In the issue relating to the use of a toxic pesticide called Endosulfan leading to a spread of mental and

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

[Medical Negligence] Consumer Protection Act should not be a halter round the neck: NCDRC

National Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): In an alleged medical negligence case, the Coram of R.K. Agrawal, President and Dr S.M. Kantikar, Member,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Sheena Bora murder| Indrani Mukerjea gets bail after being in custody for 6.5 years

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and AS Bopanna, JJ has granted bail to Indrani Mukerjea, accused

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Whether unavailability of ‘self-induced intoxication’ as a defence in cases of assault, withstands the challenge of constitutionality? SC of Canada answers

Supreme Court of Canada: The instant matter revolved around a challenge to the constitutionality of Section 33.1 of the Criminal Code which

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Here’s why Supreme Court set AG Perarivalan free after 32 years of incarceration

Supreme Court: In a big relief for A.G. Perarivalan, convicted for assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the 3-judge bench of

Case Briefs High Courts

[POCSO] Ori HC | Proceedings of the High Court cannot be held hostage to the whims of the investigating agency; granted bail to a CCL

Orissa High Court: V Narasingh, J. disposed of the bail application and restrained the Court to not grant any further adjournments and

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Case load on NGT low, No need to set up Benches in every State; High Court’s jurisdiction unaffected: Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of NGT Act

Supreme Court: In the case where the Madhya Pradesh High Court Advocates Bar Association and the District Bar Association, both with their

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion enshrined in Art. 25(1) of the Constitution of India extends even to rites and ceremonies associated with a religion? Read what Madras HC says on Right to Worship

Madras High Court: Expressing that, the right of worship guaranteed under the Constitution to be respected by all concerned and devotees cannot

Case Briefs High Courts

If a person is aged below 58 years, Can Maintenance Tribunal invoke jurisdiction under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act? P&H HC answers

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J., held that the Maintenance Tribunal has no jurisdiction under the Maintenance and Welfare of

Case Briefs District Court

Aggrieved woman needs economic support, in view of domestic violence, perpetrated upon her, by a person, who is in domestic relation with her: Karkardooma Courts

Karkardooma Courts, Delhi: In a matter regarding providing maintenance to wife and children, Ramesh Kumar-1, Principal District & Sessions Judge, expressed that

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether the power exercised by the single member Appellate Tribunal of STAT formed under MV Act would be valid under RERA and within jurisdiction? Chh HC analyses

Chhattisgarh High Court: The Division Bench of Goutam Bhaduri and Sanjay S Agarwal, JJ. directed that the State shall ensure that the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Right to residence under DV Act not restricted to actual residence; Domestic relationship not necessary to be subsisting at the time of filing of application: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah and BV Nagarathna*, JJ has answered three important questions pertaining to the Protection of Women

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Application under S. 151 of CPC maintainable despite the fact that order allowing the application under Or. 7 R. 11 of CPC is appealable; Trial Court directed to restore civil suit

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Dwarka Dhish Bansal, J. allowed a civil revision under Section 115 of CPC against the order rejecting application

Case Briefs Supreme Court

It isn’t the purpose of grace marks to allow reserved category candidate to switch over to general category: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of M.R. Shah* and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., reversed the impugned order of the Rajasthan High Court whereby