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Pat HC | Application for voluntary retirement does not need a specific order of acceptance by authority concerned, to give legal effect to retirement of employee

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Anjana Mishra, JJ. dismissed an appeal for voluntary retirement filed against

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Raj HC | Court grants parole without surety to convict-petitioner due to poor family financial conditions

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ. accepted a writ petition for parole and directed the

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All HC | Bail granted during pendency of appeal after examining the role attributed to appellants

Allahabad High Court: Manoj Misra and Ali Zamin, JJ. granted bail on the ground that the appellant were on bail pending trial

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Sikkim HC | Court refuses to condone delay where application drafted in haphazard manner and with nary a care to detail or explanation

Sikkim High Court: A Division Bench of Vijai Kumar Bist, CJ and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J. dismissed a writ petition filed against the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Liberty of a detenu under COFEPOSA has to be subordinate to the good of the people: SC

Supreme Court: Stating that the subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority under COFEPOSA is not immune from judicial reviewability, the bench of

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Ori HC | Admission of only some facts would not qualify defendants the right to begin first under Or. 18 R. 1 CPC

Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Rath, J. allowed the present petition and quashed an order passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Senior

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Kar HC | Principles of natural justice upheld; Visvesvaraya University to conduct the inspection again for deciding on affiliation

Karnataka High Court: S. Sujatha, J. while preserving the right of the petitioner disposed of this petition. In the instant case, the

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Art. 21 being sacrosanct under Constitutional scheme to be protected regardless whether parties are of marriageable age or not

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J. disposed of the writ petition after issuing necessary direction to Superintendent of Police to

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Cal HC | Public remedy by way of invocation of extraordinary writ jurisdiction in a contractual matter, requires presence of a public element therein

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against order dismissing a petition

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Mad HC | Art. 21 of the Constitution of India applies to all persons, citizens and non-citizens alike, including refugees and asylum seekers

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J. while hearing a petition seeking conferment of citizenship, declined to issue mandamus for the same on

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Application for interim maintenance filed by wife to be decided before disposing of the main case; order listing the matter for evidence quashed

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the petitioner-wife against the order of the trial court listing

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Ker HC | ‘Property’ under S. 405 IPC not restricted only to movable property: Immovable property can also be the subject matter of offence of criminal breach of trust

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. allowed a petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter ‘CrPC’)

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Del HC | Interim stay on Natco Pharma’s generic drug APIGAT quashed; importance of the ‘3 elements’ while granting interim injunction in pharmaceutical patent cases stressed upon

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Dr S. Muralidhar and Talwant Singh, JJ. allowed the appeal filed by Natco Pharma Ltd.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Ayodhya Dispute: SC extends mediation date till July 31; Daily hearing before 5-judge bench from Aug 2

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Court to grant further extension, when an award cannot be made even within the extended period by the Competent Authority

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The instant petition was related to Section 29-A of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 entertained by Jyotsna Rewal

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Utt HC | Subsequent issuance of notice by Nagar Panchayat not barred by res judicata as earlier appeal was allowed on technical ground and not merits

Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. dismissed the instant writ petition where the petitioner sought mandamus to command respondent not to demolish

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J&K HC | Writ under Art. 226 admissible only if there is allegation of violation of a statutory duty on the part of statutory authority

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J. dismissed a writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus against official respondents for

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Interference with Foreigners’ Tribunal order not warranted where no error apparent on the face of record – Petition of person declared a ‘foreigner’, who entered Assam in 1965, dismissed

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Prasanta Kumar Deka, JJ. dismissed a petition filed by a person against

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

US SC | Bladensburg Cross: World War-I Memorial does not violate ‘Establishment Clause’ of the US Constitution – not a religious symbol but a historical landmark

Supreme Court of the United States of America: The Full Court of John J. Roberts, CJ. and Samuel A. Alito, Stephen G.

Case Briefs International Courts

[India v. Pakistan] ICJ | Pakistan ordered to review and reconsider Jadhav’s conviction and sentence; consular access granted to India [Full Report]

International Court of Justice (ICJ), Hague, Netherlands: A 16-Member Bench comprising of President Yusuf; Vice-President Xue; Judges Tomka, Abraham, Bennouna ,Cancado Trindade,