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Bom HC | The day on which accused refused to accept the demand notice is to be excluded while counting the 15 days period contemplated under S. 138(c) NI Act

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., while allowing a writ petition, quashed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881,

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | No laws or regulations forbearing unmarried persons of opposite sex to occupy hotel rooms as guests

“Occupation of hotel room by an unmarried couple, will not attract a criminal offence” Unmarried couples sharing hotel room doesn’t attract criminal

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Acquittal from offence under S. 138 NI Act upheld where cheque not drawn on account maintained by the accused

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. rejected this petition in which the petitioner prayed to file an appeal against the judgment

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Can a “witness” in course of investigation be compelled to give voice samples? — 3 questions referred to larger Bench

Calcutta High Court: Rajasekhar Mantha, J., has referred to three important questions, which in the Court’s opinion are required to be settled by

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Vehicles registered prior to 01-10-2017 liable to remit Motor Vehicle Tax in respect of stage carriage on seating capacity only

Kerala High Court: A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J. disposed of the writ petition after hearing the parties. As the motor vehicle of the

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Compensation of Rs 25 lakhs granted to Advocate who lost his son to dengue for gross medical negligence of non-diagnosis thereof by doctors

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pradeep Singh Baghel and Piyush Agarwal, JJ. was hearing a PIL inviting the attention of

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Court directs lodging of complaint against litigant for contumacious conduct of forging thumb impression on Vakalatnama, imposes costs of Rs 10,000

Bombay High Court: Ujjal Bhuyan, J., while dismissing a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution, imposed costs of Rs 10,000 on

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Larger period of limitation for filing appeals prescribed in Hindu Marriage Act would prevail over the period prescribed under Family Courts Act

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq and Narendra Singh Dhaddha, JJ. quashed the appeal which pointed out that the

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC directs deployment of CAPF in Court complex, expresses dismay at inability of police to control situation

Dangerous situation of anarchy within Court complex

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Accused facing trial under Negotiable Instrument Act not competent to file an affidavit for evidence

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Surinder Gupta, J. dismissed a petition dealing with the question whether accused under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | “Capable of earning” different from “actual earning”; Capacity to earn is no ground to reduce maintenance awarded to wife

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J. dismissed a revision petition filed against the order of the Family Court whereby the petitioner-husband was

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Husband cannot be ordered to procreate during pendency of petition for restitution of conjugal rights; Family Court’s conclusion a shock to judicial conscience

Bombay High Court: Ravindra V. Ghuge, J., while allowing the present petition and setting aside the impugned order of the Family Court,

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Suspension order passed even by an authority superior to Competent Authority not maintainable

Allahabad High Court: Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J. while issuing the writ of mandamus commanded the opposite parties to reinstate the petitioner and

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Right to free speech and expression includes within it the right to information; RTI is implicit and inbuilt under Art. 19(1)(a) of Constitution

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.C. Dharmadhikari and R.I. Chagla, JJ., addressed a PIL that sought effective enforcement and implementation of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Google India fails to gain protection under Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000; To face trial in a 2008 defamation case

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph, JJ has asked Google India to face trial in a 2008 criminal

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Accused serving sentence in a non-bailable offence directed to be released on bail; Principle of parity applied

Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J. allowed the interim application of the appellant by granting bail on the basis that the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC notice to Tripura Govt. over sexual assault and killing of minor victim by her tormentor

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that minor victim of sexual assault was

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Company’s name restored in Register of Companies where Registrar failed to comply with S. 248(6) of Companies Act

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Bench of Justice Jarat Kumar Jain, Member (Judicial) and Balvinder Singh and Dr Ashok Kumar Mishra,

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

State legislature can’t enact a law that touches the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; Section 13(2) of the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act held unconstitutional

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has declared Section

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

UK SC | Court has jurisdiction to grant equitable relief from forfeiture of rights to make specific use of neighbouring land granted in a perpetual licence

United Kingdom Supreme Court: A Full Bench of Lord Carnwath, Lady Black, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin, JJ. dismissed the