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Borrower’s offer to pay Rs.71 lakhs as a purchaser of mortgaged property will not discharge him from entire outstanding liability of approx 1.8 crores: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of M. R. Shah* and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ., held that the entire liability outstanding against the borrower

Case Briefs High Courts

[IT Act] AP HC | ”…being an educated man and Software Engineer, he is not justified in making such irresponsible comments against the Judiciary and the High Court”, Bail denied

Andhra Pradesh High Court: Cheekathi Manavendranath Roy J. dismissed the criminal petition and granted bail to the accused advocates and denied bail

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Court directs AMC to set up proper slaughterhouses and ensure garbage disposal in scientific manner

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of Indrajit Mahanty and S.G. Chattopadhyay, JJ. issued directions for construction of slaughter houses and ensuring

Case Briefs High Courts

People using cyberspace to vent out anger and frustration by travestying key-figures holding highest office in country, is abhorrent and violates right to reputation: All HC

“Posting & sharing unhealthy materials with unparliamentary language and remarks, etc. on social media without any solid basis cause a deleterious effect

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Handing out punishment is not the sole form of delivering justice; Court allows compromise

Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. allowed the compromise to bury the difference between parties and gives them their lives as

Case Briefs District Court

Children less than 12 years of age are “asexual” and normally take time to recognize that disguised love, affection or warmth by perpetrator is sinful: Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi

Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi: Dharmesh Sharma, Principal District & Sessions Judge, found a 28-year-old man guilty of committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault

Hot Off The Press International Courts News

ICJ | Ukraine institutes proceedings against Russian Federation and requests Court to indicate provisional measures

As per the press release of the International Court of Justice, Ukraine filed an Application instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation before

Case Briefs District Court

Every common woman travelling in public transport have experienced incidents of inappropriate touch by male gender, but ignored: Is this the reason why such assaults go unreported? Read detailed decision on one such incident

Court of Special Judge under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Fort Greater Mumbai: Expressing that essence of a

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | It would be open for RPSC to conduct written main examination on the rescheduled date, Single Judge bench order stayed

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi CJ and Sudesh Bansal J. stayed the impugned judgment and left it open

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Group of leading artistes asked to vacate Government allotted premises under Discretionary Quota: Right to continue in public premises infinitely? Detailed report

Delhi High Court: Expressing that a state of indecision could not have given rise to a legitimate expectation, Yashwant Varma, J., held

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Advocate an officer of the Court; May be appointed by CMM/DM to assist in execution of order passed under Section 14(1) of SARFAESI: SC

Supreme Court: Holding Advocates to be officers of the Court, the bench of AM Khanwilkar* and CT Ravikumar, JJ t has held

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | More than 1000 ‘Rare’ Birds dead, no carcasses found; Court directs committee inspection

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of S.G. Chattopadhyay and Indrajit Mahanty, JJ., took up a PIL which was filed on the

Case Briefs High Courts

AP HC considered alleged attempt to threatening witness as a vague allegation; Cancellation of bail sought was rejected

Andhra Pradesh High Court: Cheekati Manavendranath Roy, J., dismissed the criminal petition being devoid of merits. This criminal petition under Section 439(2)

Case Briefs High Courts

Where the residence is a shared household, would it create any embargo upon owner to claim eviction against his daughter-in-law? Read what Del HC says

Delhi High Court: Yogesh Khanna, J., held that right of residence under Section 19 of the Domestic Violence Act is not an

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Is independent suit questioning a compromise decree maintainable or one has to approach the same Court which recorded the compromise to challenge it? SC answers

“If clever drafting of the plaint has created the illusion of a cause of action, the court will nip it in the bud at the earliest so that bogus litigation will end at the earlier stage.”

Appointments & Transfers Case Briefs News Supreme Court

Supreme Court invites applications seeking conferment of designation of Senior Advocates

On 25.02.2022, the Supreme Court has invited applications seeking conferment of designation of Senior Advocates from retired Chief Justices/ Judges of High

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Merely writing “cancelled” on registered power of attorney wouldn’t make it null and void: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of K.M. Joseph* and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, JJ., held that mere writing the word “cancelled” or drawing

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Compassionate Appointment cannot be denied to children born from the second wife of a deceased employee: SC

“A policy cannot discriminate against a person only on the ground of descent by classifying children of the deceased employee as legitimate and illegitimate and recognizing only the right of legitimate descendant.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Can an Admin of a messaging service group be held criminally liable for the offensive content posted by member of a group? Kerala HC addresses

Kerala High Court: While addressing the question of whether the creator or administrator of a WhatsApp group is criminally liable for offensive

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | No angle of Political victimization; Imprisonment upheld in bribery case

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Sampath B Abayakoon, J. while deciding on an appeal against conviction