Supreme Court
Supreme Court: Mere Creation Of Specific Forum As Substitute For Civil Court Is Not Enough To Accept Inference Of Implicit Non-Arbitrability
Specific Performance Not Equitable After 17 Years of Delay; SC Directs ?3 Crore Compensation to Buyer
Right To Object Appointment Of Ineligible Arbitrator Can’t Be Taken Away Absent Express Waiver; SC Favours Bhadra International & Quashes Arbitral Award
Supreme Court: Erroneous Bail Orders Alone Can’t Attract Disciplinary Action Against Judges
Benefit of Doubt Must Go to Accused When Prosecution Case is Inconsistent: SC Acquits Man Convicted in 2004 Double Murder Case
Arbitral Tribunal Can Decide All Disputes Arising From Contract; Section 21 Notice Not Mandatory For Each Claim: Supreme Court
Charge of Misconduct Against a Judicial Officer Must Be Distinguished From a Mere Erroneous Decision; SC Sets Aside MP HC Order, Restores Officer to Service
Trade Parlance Test Applicable Where Tariff Heading Uses Non-Technical Terms; Supreme Court Upholds Customs Classification of Aluminium Shelving for Mushroom Growing
State Cannot Treat Incentives As Acts Of Grace; Supreme Court Directs OSFC To Release Capital Investment Subsidy To IFGL Refractories
Bail to Accused Summoned Under Section 319 CrPC Requires Higher Threshold Than Prima Facie Case: Supreme Court
SC slams Andhra Pradesh HC for ‘travesty of justice’, Restores ACB FIRs Quashed on ‘Hyper-Technical’ Grounds
Mere Admission to Ayurvedic Nursing Course Does Not Confer Right to Appointment Under State Gov: Supreme Court
Supreme Court Raises Concern Over 23-Year Pendency of Revision Petition in Dowry Death Case
Supreme Court Sets Aside Madras HC Order Quashing Cheating And Forgery Case; Holds Criminal Proceedings Cannot Be Stifled Merely Because Civil Dispute Exists
Supreme Court: Receipt Of Shares Of Amalgamated Company In Substitution Of Stock-In-Trade Give Rise To Business Profits Under Sec 28 Income Tax Act
SC Grants Anticipatory Bail to NRI in FIR Arising From Alleged Failed Relationship; Keeps LOC, Blue Corner Notice in Abeyance
Failure to Consider Relevant Bail Factors Renders Order Manifestly Perverse: Supreme Court Cancels Bail Granted to POCSO Accused
Construction Equipment Vehicles Used Within Defined Enclosed Premises Are Not ‘Motor Vehicle’; SC Relives Ultratech Cement From Gujarat Tax Act
New Law Of Limitation Can’t Revive ‘Dead Remedy’: Supreme Court Holds Section 433 Companies Act Has No Retrospective Effect
Disciplinary Exoneration Does Not Bar Criminal Prosecution Unless It is on Merits: Supreme Court
Date of Commencement of Arbitral Proceedings Is Receipt of Section 21 Notice, Not Filing of Section 11 Petition; SC Sets Aside Karnataka HC Decision
Resorting To Medical Determination Of Age Hinders Legislative Intent Of Sec 94 Juvenile Justice Act; Supreme Court Calls Govt. To Curb Romeo – Juliet Menace In POCSO
Allahabad High Court
Allahabad HC Directs Principal Secretary of Law to Submit Report Regarding Rights and Duties of Addl. Chief Standing Counsel While Representing Private Party
Andhra Pradesh High Court
Andhra Pradesh HC: Electricity Supplied by SEIL to PTC for Onward Transmission to Bangladesh Is Not ‘Export of Goods’
Can Sovereign Seizure Claim Immunity From Compensation If Seized Bullion Is Stolen? Andhra Pradesh HC Directs GST Dept. To Return Vanished Silver
Bombay High Court
Unreasonable Licensing Fee Is No Defence In Copyright Infringement; Bombay HC Injuncts Restaurants Over Unauthorised Broadcasting Of Sound Recordings
“Apology Needs to be Accepted”; Bombay HC Quashes Judgment Awarding Civil Imprisonment for Breach of Injunction Order
Bombay HC: Execution Proceedings Not Maintainable Against Company Dissolved Under IBC; Fraud Allegations Must Be Raised Before NCLT/NCLAT
Cooperative Housing Society Is Neither ‘Industry’, Nor ‘Establishment’ Under Industrial Disputes Act; Bombay HC Denies Gratuity Claim Of Contract Workers
Bombay HC: Medical Incapacitation Certificate Is Not Indispensable For Entitlement To Ex Gratia Payment In Lieu Of Compassionate Appointment
Bombay HC: Statement Of Few Cardholders Having No Grievance Will Not Exonerate Fair Price Shops From Alleged Misappropriation In Quantities Of Food Grains
Dishonest Adoption of Pharmaceutical Brand Amounts to Passing Off; Bombay High Court Imposes ?15 Lakh Costs for Infringement of ZEROVOL-P
Bombay HC Denies Absorption and Compassionate Appointment to Retired Panchayat Worker After Conversion Into Nagar Panchayat
Delhi High Court
Candidates Who Underwent LASIK Surgery Cannot Be Declared Unfit For Desk Job Posts In Absence Of Specific Rule: Delhi HC upholds CAT Order
Shops Given To Tehbazari Right Holders For Running Their Livelihood Is ‘Recompense In Personam’; Delhi HC Refuses To Halt DMRC Construction
Mere Allegations of Fraud Without Specific Pleadings Cannot Circumvent Section 34 SARFAESI Bar; Delhi HC Reaffirms DRT Jurisdiction
Judicial Review Of Aviation Safety & Airport Ecosystem Security Is Detrimental To Public Interest; Delhi HC Affirms Aeronautical Determinations Of AAI
‘Characterised’ Portion of Patent Claim Can’t Be Read in Isolation; Must Be Construed Holistically: Delhi High Court Stays Injunction
Specific Performance Cannot Be Granted Absent Proof of Financial Readiness: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Specific Performance Decree
Anti-Tribunal Suits Barred Under Sections 63 and 231 of the IBC Amount to a Collateral Attack on the Jurisdiction and Functioning of the NCLT; Delhi High Court Imposes ?2 Lakh Costs
Security Cheque Issued As Part Of Commercial Loan Transaction Creates No Fiduciary Relationship; Delhi HC Quashes NBW In Dishonour Case
Husband’s Income Must Be Assessed on Minimum Wages if Disclosure is Incomplete; Delhi HC Enhances Interim Maintenance to Wife
Delhi HC Directs SBI To Pay Last Drawn / Minimum Wages Under Section 17B ID Act; Workman Entitled Till Superannuation
Diversion Of Funds Backed By Forensic Auditor Report Justifies Lifting Of Corporate Veil; Delhi HC Orders Directors To Disclose Assets As Per Form 16A
Delhi HC Raps DoE for Misreading Court Order; Remanded Salary Computation Dispute for Fresh Exercise
‘Speedy Trial Can Only be Sought by State or Accused in State Case’; Delhi HC Directs DHCLSC to Test Sustainability of Proceedings to be Initiated through Free Legal Aid
Delhi High Court Treats FGLA PIL Challenging Empanelment of Central Government Counsel as Representation; Directs Centre to Decide Grievances and Frame Guidelines
Delhi HC Upholds CAT Order Quashing Major Penalty On SSF Constable; Disciplinary Inquiry Vitiated By Procedural Lapses
‘Mental Trauma of Woman Facing Marital Discord Compounds if She is Pregnant’; Delhi HC Sets Aside Summoning Order of Woman Accused of Causing Miscarriage
‘PATANJALI’ House Mark Sufficient To Avoid Confusion; Delhi HC Dismisses Rectification Plea Against ‘PATANJALI GONYLE FLOOR CLEANER’
Delhi HC Partly Upholds Arbitral Award in BHEL–Delkon Dispute; Corrects Commencement Of Post-Award Interest u/s 31(7)(b)
Gujarat High Court
Gujarat HC Grants Bail to Man Accused of Illegally Holding Indian Passport Despite Alleged Bangladeshi Parentage
Cooling-Off Period Under Section 13B of HMA is Not Mandatory; Gujarat HC Restores Mutual Divorce Petition
Jharkhand High Court
Jharkhand High Court Strikes Down Electricity Duty Amendments; Levy Based on ‘Net Charges’ Held Ultra Vires Parent Act
Jharkhand High Court Rejects Bail Plea of an IAS Officer Accused in Khas Mahal Land Scam Case
J&K and Ladakh High Court
‘Offence u/S. 67 of IT Act Cannot be Proved Without Publication or Transmission of Photos/Videos’: J&K and Ladakh HC
Karnataka High Court
Karnataka HC: CGHS Cannot Deny Emergency Reimbursement on Ex Post Facto Technical Opinions; Mandamus Issued to Examine Central-Level Cashless Treatment Mechanism Under CGHS
Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court: Divorced Muslim Woman Entitled to Seek CrPC Maintenance Even After Receiving ‘Matah’; Family Court Must Examine Adequacy
Kerala High Court Strikes Down KDRB’s Role in Guruvayoor Devaswom Appointments; Upholds Managing Committee’s Exclusive Authority
Manipur High Court
Manipur HC Grants Bail to Lamjingba Group MD in ?600 Crore Ponzi Scheme Case
Madras High Court
‘If a Person Keeps and Worships Idol in His Own Premises Peacefully, the Public Cannot Take Law into Their Own Hands by the Majority Might’: Madras HC
“Crosses All Limits”; Madras HC Restrains Publication of Derogatory Book Against Sitting Judge and Initiates Suo Motu Criminal Contempt Against Publishers
Madras HC Restrains Waqf Board from Exercising Powers and Functions for Want of Being Constituted as Mandated by S.14 of UWMEED Act
Madhya Pradesh High Court
MP HC Directs Payment of Advance Increment to Court Employees who Underwent Computer Training from 2006 to 2014 as Arrears of Salary and Pension
MP High Court Grants Bail to Anil Kumar Mishra, Holds Arrest Illegal for Non-Compliance With Constitutional Safeguards
Madhya Pradesh HC Treats Indore Water Contamination As Public Health Emergency; Issues Sweeping Interim Directions, Summons Chief Secretary
Meghalaya High Court
Meghalaya HC Flags Breach of Separation of Powers; Directs District Council Judge To Cease Holding Executive Post
Punjab & Haryana High Court
Punjab & Haryana HC Affirms Assessment of Deceased Driver’s Income as per Wage Notification for Heavy Vehicle Drivers Instead of Minimum Wages for Skilled Labour
Tripura High Court
Resorting Sec 16(2)(C) GST Act To Deny ITC To Purchasers In Bona Fide Transaction Violates Art 265; Tripura HC Quashes Penalty For Seller’s Fault
District Court
Delhi Court Grants Bail To 4 Accused In Alleged Fake Apple Support Call Centre Case
Roundup
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Tribunals
No Transfer of Secured Assets After Section 13(13) SARFAESI Embargo; NCLAT Upholds Adjudicating Authority’s Order
NGT Takes Cognizance of Illegal Construction During GRAP-III & IV, Issues Notice and Directs CAQM to Act
Selective Detention Arbitrary in Absence of Centralised Monitoring Mechanism; CESTAT Kolkata Orders Provisional Release of Used Multifunction Printers
Selling Agent Of Russian Airline Providing Cargo Service Using Domestic Airlines, Is ‘Aircraft Operator’: CESTAT Quashes 45 Cr Tax Demand
Juniper Router Components Classifiable As ‘Parts’, Rejects Extended Limitation; CESTAT New Delhi Allows Bharti Airtel’s Appeal
CGWA Admits Calculation Error; NGT Dismisses Appeal as Infructuous
Chandigarh CESTAT: Revenue Sharing Agreements Between Health Care Organisations And Diagnostic Service Providers Are Not Subject To Service Tax
Kerala AAR: GST Applicable On Interim Wage Payments Made During COVID-19 Lockdown; No Exemption Available For ‘On Duty’ Outsourced Staff
Ink & Insight
[Ink & Insight] Command, Conscience and the Constitution
By Pragya Parijat Singh
[Ink & Insight] From Rape to Deceit: Re-examining ‘False Promise of Marriage’ After the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
By Raghul Sudheesh
[Ink & Insight] Justice on the Clock: Why the Supreme Court Had to Ration Oral Arguments
By Anuja Pethia and Noor Shergill
Interviews
[Interviews] Beyond Winning Arguments: Pavani Sibal on Rethinking Conflict, Building Trust, and Making ADR India’s First Choice
Law Firms
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Crowned Champions of the 17th SILF Turf Cricket League
Delhi Govt Working To Improve Justice Delivery: CM Rekha Gupta
News
“Becoming Whole Lawyers in an Incomplete World”: Justice Suryakant’s Address at CNLU Convocation
Supreme Court Hears Justice Yashwant Varma’s Challenge to Parliamentary Inquiry; Seeks Further Assistance on Limited Issue
Delhi Riots Case: Supreme Court Denies Bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam; Grants Relief to Five Others
SC Notes Bar Councils Can Consider Nomination, Fee Relief for Persons with Disabilities
Coordinate Bench Cannot Dilute Binding Precedent Without Reference To Larger Bench: SC Allows Adani Power Appeal
Four Advocates Appointed as Judges of Patna, Allahabad and Uttarakhand HCs
Petition Filed in MP High Court Challenging Government Advocate Appointments as Arbitrary and Non-Transparent
SC Hears Justice Yashwant Varma’s Plea Challenging Speaker’s Decision To Constitute Inquiry Committee; Court Examines Role Of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman
SC Continues Suo Motu Hearing On Stray Dog Menace; Court Stresses ABC Rules, Data-Driven Approach And Humane Solutions
Delayed Supply of Relied-Upon Material and Grounds of Detention Defeats Article 22(5): Sr Adv Kapil Sibal Argues in Sonam Wangchuk Detention Case
Live Updates on the Stray Dogs Case
Supreme Court Hears Multiple Interventions In ‘Dogs Menace’ Case; Senior Counsels Urge Scientific, Humane & Proportionate Approach
MP High Court Issues Notice on PIL Challenging Appointment of Law Officers in Advocate General’s Office
Public Service, Constitutionalism & Governance In Focus: Global Leaders, Policymakers And Legal Minds Reflect At Fireside Chat In New Delhi
Justice Soumen Sen Sworn In As Chief Justice Of Kerala High Court