Illegal Immigrants – Post-Sentence Detention – Continued Imprisonment Held Illegal – Petitioners challenged the detention of foreign nationals post-completion of sentence under the Foreigners Act—Court held: Any person, whether citizen or not, cannot be imprisoned beyond their sentence—Illegal immigrants must instead be housed in correctional homes/detention centres p...
Simultaneous Proceedings – Departmental Inquiry and Criminal Trial – Petitioners challenged the departmental inquiries initiated during the pendency of their respective criminal trials – Common witnesses in both proceedings cited as a reason for stay – High Court referred to Supreme Court precedents emphasizing that both proceedings can proceed simultaneously unless complic...
Motor Accident Claim – Compensation Assessment – Contributory Negligence and Quantum – Appeal Partly Allowed – Insurance Company contested MACT’s award of ₹4,53,047 on two grounds: improper apportionment of liability between two vehicles and excess compensation – Court held no contributory negligence was proved by insurer regarding second motorbike involved &n...
Civil Law - Commercial Suit – Disclosure of Documents – Order 11 Rule 1 CPC – Leave Rightly Refused – Petitioner’s application to place additional documents on record during Defendant's evidence stage was rejected by the Trial Court – Held: Petitioner failed to disclose these documents along with the written statement despite opportunity and court direction ...
Civil Writ - Mobile Tower Installation – Cancellation of NOC by Gram Panchayat – Violation of Natural Justice – Resolution Set Aside – The Gram Panchayat revoked an earlier granted NOC permitting the petitioners to install a mobile tower, citing public objections regarding health risks from radiation – The High Court held the action arbitrary as no notice or hearing w...
Civil Writ – PIL - Deepfake Regulation – Judicial Mandate Sought – Parallel Proceedings Not Entertained – Petitioner sought framing of rules under the IT Act for watermarking AI-generated content, algorithmic audits, takedown procedures, and creation of a national AI regulatory authority – Court declined to entertain the petition due to similar issues being sub judice...
Competition Law – Dominant Position – Volume-based Target Rebates – Not Discriminatory – The slabbed rebate structure was uniformly applied based on annual purchase volumes – All buyers had equal opportunity to qualify – Rebates justified by operational efficiency of high-temperature continuous furnaces – No foreclosure or discriminatory treatment shown &n...
Labour Law – Section 25-O, 39 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Industrial Closure – Deemed Closure – Appellants, Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd. (HSML), were engaged in biscuit manufacturing solely for Britannia Industries Limited (BIL) for over three decades – Following termination of the Job Work Agreement by BIL effective 27.11.2019, HSML applied for permission to close...
Civil Law - CLAT PG 2024–25 – Disputed Answer Key – Judicial Review Partially Allowed – Petitioners contested the final answer key for four questions citing misapplication of legal principles – Court held that for Questions 21 and 98, the Consortium's answers were incorrect, and directed it to revise scoring accordingly – Held: In case of legal interpretativ...
Vehicle Confiscation – Innocent Owner – Auction Quashed – Compensation Granted – A car belonging to the appellant was confiscated and auctioned due to seizure of a single bottle of liquor found in the possession of a third party – Appellant was not named in the FIR nor connected to the liquor – Held: Respondent-State violated court’s order of status quo an...