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SC directs political parties to publish criminal antecedents of candidates & give reasons for their selection

Supreme Court: In a major judgment today, a bench of RF Nariman and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has directed all political parties

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | No-objection of all legal heirs not necessary for issuance of survival certificate

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ and Arindam Lodh, J., allowed and disposed of an appeal filed aggrieved

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

APTEL | Rejection of claim by the CERC under Regulation 14 of Tariff Regulations set aside for lack of justification

Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL): A Coram of Justice Manjula Chellur (Chairperson) and S.D. Dubey (Technical Member) allowed an appeal filed against an

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Laying of an Ordinance before State Legislature sub-serves the purpose of legislative control over the ordinance-making power

Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J., while dismissing the present petition held that, Legislature has before it a full panoply of legislative powers

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Appeal for renewal of firearm license allowed considering the threat perception by the applicant

Gujarat High Court: A.Y. Kogje, J., allowed and disposed of an appeal challenging the order passed by the Joint Secretary, Home Department

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Court allows disbursement of loan amount decided under an expired settlement scheme, grants extension of time for remitting the amount

Kerala High Court: Alexander Thomas, J., considered a time extension sought by the petitioner for payment of the due amount and directed

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Writ of Mandamus to be issued only in case of public or statutory duty; Court rejects appeal

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of Janak De Silva and N. Bandula Karunarathna,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Nirbhaya Case| Supreme Court Issues Notices To 4 Death Row Convicts

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has sought response from the four death row

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Allegations of Cruelty and Harassment, in absence of specific details, would not attract ingredients of Ss. 304B and 498-A IPC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and V.G. Bisht, JJ., dismissed the criminal appeal on finding the trial court’s

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Coaching Classes do not fall within the definition of ‘Education Institutions’; Matters of Educational Institutions do not fall under Consumer Forum

National Consumer Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Bench of R.K. Agarwal (President and V.K. Jain and M. Shreesha, Members, while taking into consideration

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | HC does not sit in appeal over decision of detaining authority and cannot substitute its own opinion, when grounds of detention are precise & relevant

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Tashi Rabstan J., in a matter relating to preventive detention declined to provide opinion over that of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Centre & States to pay Rs. 5 lakh each for failing to file reply on PIL for community kitchen

Supreme Court: Irked over repeated failures of the Centre and States to file their replies, the bench of N V Ramana, Ajay

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Shaheen Bagh infant death| SC issues notice to Centre & Delhi Govt over participation of infants & children in protests

Supreme Court: A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde has issued a notice to Centre and Delhi government asking it to respond

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Court rejects appeal in case of murder; convicts to be hanged

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of K.K. Wickremasinghe and K. Priyantha Fernando, JJ.,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 [Full Report]

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has upheld the constitutional validity of the

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Sabarimala| Questions of law can be referred to larger bench while hearing a review petition; Issues framed

Supreme Court: The 9-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, M M Shantanagoudar, S A

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Permission to acquire firearm license for crop protection granted

Gujarat High Court: A.Y. Kogje, J., allowed and disposed of a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India aggrieved

Case Briefs High Courts

Mad HC | Non-service of copies of plaint is not a ground for converting a summary suit filed under Or. 37 CPC into a regular suit

Madras High Court: V. Bharathidasan, J., dismissed a revision petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby the application filed by

Case Briefs Supreme Court

State not bound to collect quantifiable data relating to adequacy of representation of SCs & STs if it decides to provide no reservation

Supreme Court: The bench of L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta, JJ has held that no mandamus can be issued by the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Larger bench to decide if Labour and Industrial Courts have power to order regularisation

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has called for the reconsideration of the division bench verdict