ED not super cop
Case BriefsHigh Courts

When any investigating agency, on the intimation from the ED, commences investigation then the ED can investigate into those aspects provided there are “proceeds of crime” of the predicate offence. However, if no such case is found, then the ED cannot suo-motu proceed with the investigation.

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Scope of Judicial Intervention under Arbitration Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The scope of Section 34 review, though narrow, does permit the court to excise patently illegal portions of an award, even if a granular item-by-item objection was not pleaded, so long as the broad ground was raised and both parties had opportunity to address.”

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Counting Furlough Period Towards Eligible Service
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Furlough Scheme has to be read as a whole, and an employee cannot contend that the beneficial part of the scheme is admissible and the part which provides for furlough period not being counted towards retiral dues separately is not sustainable.”

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IED Blast Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Mere prolonged detention or socio-economic hardship cannot outweigh the serious and grave nature of allegations involving offences against national security.”

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Century Club is public authority
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Without this land, the very existence of the Club would fall into doubt inasmuch as no activities of the Club could be carried out without this land being available to it.”

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Kannappa
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The film Kannappa is based on religious folkfare about Lord Shiva and his devoted follower, capturing the journey of the follower and his transformation in exploring spirituality.

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Class 10 Paper Leak
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Considering the seriousness of the allegations against the accused, the Court viewed that custodial interrogation was necessary.

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advocate threatening to take HC judges to SC
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Not only has the petitioner failed to indicate how she has been intentionally victimized in the matter at hand, she has also made scandalous remarks attacking the integrity of the justice dispensation mechanism.”

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Superintendent’s bail
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Grant of bail to the person accused of such grave offences without assigning reasons shakes the conscience of the Court and would have an adverse impact on the society”.

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Bahraich Dargah Jeth Mela 2025
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“For observance of such usages and customs, sometimes it does not appeal to reason, but all such practices, which assume a ritualistic model amongst the masses of single or multiple faith, bringing harmony and peace to society, cannot be obstructed.”

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Removal of elected representation without mandatory procedure
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In a democratic setup, an elected representative is the voice of the people to whom he represents, hence, much care and caution are required to be taken while removing him from the post he is holding.”

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wife unconditional apology to husband
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Directing the wife to not to use her influence as IPS officer, the Court dissolved the marriage between the parties and stated that guidelines framed by Allahabad High Court vis-a-vis ‘Constitution of Family Welfare Committees’ shall be implemented by the appropriate authorities.

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Shreyas Talpade multi-crore chit fund scam
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In this case, Shreyas Talpade was linked to an alleged financial scam involving a Haryana-based cooperative society, which was accused of defrauding investors.

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Filming Reels On National Highway
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Nuisance on the roads not only puts the life of such people in danger but also the life of the other people passing through the said roads.”

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IELTS Scam magistrate decide summary report
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The ‘B’ Summary report, prepared by the Deputy S.P. in relation to irregularities committed in qualifying the IELTS exam, did not include the handwriting expert’s opinion and was challenged by the State in the Sessions Court.”

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Additional Senior Civil Judge reinstated
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court emphasised that if the Courts were to initiate disciplinary proceedings against a judicial officer based on a judicial order passed by him, there should have been strong grounds to suspect officer’s bona fides and the order itself should have been actuated by malice, bias or illegality.

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woman convicted for fiancé murder
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Mere punishment per se would not constitute a remedy for an act of crime. Therefore, the idea is to reform and rehabilitate the deviant person to bring him back into the fold of society.

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Wrongful confinement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Pertaining to the allegations of wrongful confinement as well as voluntary hurt by way of beatings, the statement of prosecutrix in the FIR is clear and specific that the same was done by both the accused persons with a common intent.”

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Company as victim under CrPC
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Holding Asian Paints as ‘victim’ within CrPC, the Court further stated that victim’s right to prefer appeal under Proviso to S. 372 CrPC is not restricted by any other provision of the CrPC.

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loose sheets as complete evidence
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Even if the figures in the document are hypothetically taken to be correct figures, still the same must be proved with corroborative evidence otherwise the document becomes irrelevant.

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