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Judgments and Orders

Non-consummation of marriage during the honeymoon period does not amount to cruelty.

 10 March 2014

The bench comprising of Justice Shri P.N. Deshmukh and Justice Smt. V.K. Tahilramani set aside a Family Court judgment dissolving the marriage between the parties, by a decree of divorce. The Court ruled that non-consummation of marriage during the h..

Posted in Family Law 1 comments |   4621 hits

Orphanages to be registered under JJ Act, 2000

 05 March 2014

The bench comprising of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Jayant Nath settled the question regarding the legal provisions required for registration and licensing of orphanages and children's home by clearing that the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 wo..

Posted in Civil Law |   4453 hits

SC on powers of Lokayukta.

 27 February 2014

The three judge bench comprising of Chief Justice of India, P.Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh quashed the 'breach of privilege' notices issued by Madhya Pradesh Assembly Secretariat to the Lokayukta for breach of privil..

Posted in Criminal Law 1 comments |   3284 hits

SC grants right to adoption to Muslims

 20 February 2014

The Bench comprising of CJI, P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh granted the Muslim petitioner, Shabnam Hashmi, right to adopt child through the Juvenile Justice(Care and Protection of Children) Act route, despite the Mu..

Posted in Family Law 1 comments |   3419 hits

SC: Appointment of staff in Courts to be in consonance with Art. 14 & 16

 18 February 2014

The Bench comprising of Justice Dr. B.S. Chauhan, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice M.Y. Eqbal directed all High Courts to re-examine the statutory rules dealing with the appointment of staff in the High Court as well as in the subordinate courts a..

Posted in Constitutional Law 4 comments |   3508 hits

SC upholds recommendations of Majithia Wage Board

 07 February 2014

The bench comprising of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh upheld the recommendations of Justice Majithia Wage Board for journalists and non-journalists in the print media on their pay structure and direct..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   3334 hits

SC on power to punish for contempt

 05 February 2014

The bench comprising of Justice Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh set aside the contempt proceedings initiated by the the Madras High Court against Sudhir Vasudeva, Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC...

Posted in Constitutional Law |   3486 hits

SC stays execution of Khalistani terrorist Bhullar

 31 January 2014

The bench comprising of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice S. J. Mukhopadhaya stayed the execution of Khalistani terrorist, Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, who was involved in the bomb blast in Delhi in the yea..

Posted in Criminal Law |   2180 hits

SC orders criminal trial of Jayalalitha

 30 January 2014

The bench comprising of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice A.K. Sikri dismissed the discharge plea of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha and her associate S. Sasikalaa and ordered a trial against them for not filing income tax returns for..

Posted in Taxation 1 comments |   3113 hits

SC dismisses review petitions on its judgment on Sec 377

 29 January 2014

The bench comprising of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya dismissed review petitions against the verdict of the Court in December 2013 which declared gay sex a criminal offence punishable up to life imprisonment...

Posted in Constitutional Law |   2985 hits

SC on scope of arbitration proceedings.

 27 January 2014

The bench comprising of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla set aside the order passed by Bombay High Court restraining World Sport Group from proceeding with arbitration against MSM Satellite over dispute of facilitatio..

Posted in Civil Law 1 comments |   3407 hits

Bombay HC restrains Jubilant Agri from infringing Pidlite's trademark

 24 January 2014

The Bombay High Court restrained Jubilant Agri & Consumer Products Limited not to use words like 'Marine' in its products, which infringes on Pidilite Industries Limited brand 'Fevicol Marine'..


Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur upheld while granting compensation to former HC Judge

 24 January 2014

The three member bench presided by judge C.K. Chaturvedi awarded a compensation of Rs.50,000/- to the complainant, Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh, together as a consolidated damages for deficiencies etc., and award Rs.10,000/- for litigation expens..

Posted in Civil Law 3 comments |   3331 hits

SC landmark judgment on mercy plea

 21 January 2014

Important point from the judgment by Bench comprising Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh: 1. Delay in the decision of mercy plea is relevant ground for commuting death sentence to life imprisonment. 2. D..

Posted in Criminal Law 1 comments |   5406 hits

Delhi HC rejects plea of schools on nursery admission guidelines

 21 January 2014

The Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of unaided private schools, seeking a stay on Delhi government's nursery admission guidelines including scrapping of 20% Management Quota. Important highlights from the judgment by bench comprising Chief Jus..

Posted in Others |   2305 hits

Delhi HC restraining order from reporting allegations against Justice Swatanter Kumar

 17 January 2014

Important highlights from the judgment by Justice Manmohan Singh: ''It is thus a question of fact which has to be examined on case to case basis as to what constitutes the offending publication which may result in future obstruction of justice a..

Posted in Civil Law |   2925 hits

Copyright or Trademark cannot be claimed on Yoga asanas(postures)

 16 January 2014

The Plaintiff, Institute for Inner Studies & Others, filed the suit seeking permanent and mandatory injunction alongwith damages against the defendant, Charlotte Anderson & Others in order to restrain the defendants from carrying out activities of sp..


Court not inclined to award damages in the suit of infringement of copyright and trademark and passing off in certain cases.

 16 January 2014

The Plaintiff, Oriental Cuisines Private Limited, filed the suit alleging passing off and infringement of its trademark and copyright in the mark “THE NOODLE HOUSE” by the defendant, Star Restaurants Private Limited, seeking a decree of permanent..


Rights of an auction-purchaser in the property

 13 January 2014

Rights of an auction-purchaser in the property purchased by him cannot be extinguished. Exceptions: In cases where the said purchase can be assailed on the following grounds: 1. Collusion 2. Fraud ..

Posted in Property Law |   5560 hits

Account of disallowing warrant cost & warranty cost for computing the book profit u/s 115JBV of IT Act

 06 January 2014

This is a set of two revenue’s appeals for A.Y. 2004-05 and 2005-06 on the quantum assessment and the corresponding cross-objections by the assessee. Revenue has also filed appeal against deletion of penalty u/s 271(1)(c) for A.Y. 2005-06...

Posted in Others |   2266 hits