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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | In absence of an accused, can Appellate Court pronounce Judgment in an appeal against conviction? HC considers

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., observed that, “The practice of pronouncing Judgments in appeal against conviction in absence of the accused, thereby

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Can a country made pistol (katta) be considered as a “deadly weapon” even if it is in a state of disrepair under S. 398 IPC? HC elaborates

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J., in the present petition observed that, “A deadly weapon is one, which is lethal and is likely

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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Pak SC | Dying Declaration: Exception to direct rule of evidence – requires demonstration of no extraneous prompting by anyone to declarant

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ. set

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Gau HC | Mere fixing of matter for judgment on a subsequent date by itself cannot be construed as termination of trial; petition challenging summoning of witness dismissed

Gauhati High Court: Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J. dismissed a petition against the order of the trial court whereby it had summoned the

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Megh HC | Justice S.R. Sen’s “Hindu Rashtra” judgment set aside for being offensive to secular fabric of country, legally flawed

Meghalaya High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, CJ and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. set aside the controversial judgment passed last

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Utt HC | Courts not to sit in judgment over decision of competent authority in imposing stringent punishment

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and N.S. Dhanik, J. contemplated a writ petition filed in pursuant to

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HP HC | Executing Courts have no authority to go beyond the judgment/decree passed by the Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Sandeep Sharma, J. hearing a revision petition against an order of District Judge, held that

Case BriefsHigh Courts

In absence of any defence on record, judgment and decree passed cannot be sustained: Punjab and Haryana HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This appeal was preferred before a 2-Judge Bench of Rakesh Kumar and  Anupinder Singh, JJ., against the

Case BriefsSupreme Court

UPPSC 2018: Judgment of Allahabad HC disturbing the answer key reversed holding it to be excessive use of jurisdiction

Supreme Court: While addressing the ongoing issue relating to the discrepancy in preliminary examinations conducted for Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission  2018,

Case BriefsHigh Courts

A ‘judgment’ passed without discussion of issues and rationale is not a judgment as is understood in law

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench dismissed objections filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 against an

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Reproducing few passages from the trial Court order without analysis cannot be a ‘reasoned order’

Supreme Court: Discouraging the practice of the appellate courts of reproducing the passages of the lower court’s order without proper analysis, the

Case BriefsSupreme Court

A judgment announced but not available on records cannot be considered a ‘judgment’

Supreme Court: Reminding the courts of their judicial duties, the bench of Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy, JJ said that a trial