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...
Civil Law - Pleadings – Rejection of Plaint – Order VII Rule 11 CPC – Limitation and Customary Law – Rejection Not Permissible Without Evidence – The petitioner sought rejection of a plaint invoking Order VII Rule 11 CPC, arguing that the claim of inheritance based on a 1926 mutation and the Customary Law barring inheritance through daughters disclosed no cause of act...
Civil Law - Order 18 Rule 17 CPC – Scope and Purpose – Witness Recall Rejected – Petitioner sought recall of plaintiff witnesses PW-2 to PW-4 for further cross-examination on the ground that certain material questions were omitted earlier – Held: Provisions of Order 18 Rule 17 CPC are meant for clarification of doubts by the Court and not to fill lacunae in a party’s ...
Matrimonial Law – Contempt - Visitation Terms – Alleged Violation of Family Court Order – Contempt Petition Filed – Petitioner alleged that respondent breached visitation conditions by taking videos and disrupting her workplace during court-permitted visitation with children – Held: No merit in allegations; conduct of petitioner and her associates was provocative &nda...