Matrimonial Dispute - Quashing of FIRs - Settlement between parties - FIR No. 843/2020 and FIR No. 477/2020 registered at PS New Usmanpur and PS Amar Colony, respectively - Allegations of cruelty, dowry demand, and POCSO Act offenses. [Para 1-2]
Settlement reached between the parties before the Mediation Centre - Mutual consent for separation and divorce granted - Withdrawal of all cl...
Facts - Marriage between petitioners, both physicians, was solemnized on 19.08.2017 - two children, including a son named Agam Pratap Singh born on 01.11.2019. Respondent No.3, the Superintendent of Police, is married to petitioner No.1’s brother but has no children of her own. She took custody of Agam Pratap Singh while petitioner No.1 was away for a fellowship. The case revolves arou...
Intellectual Property - Copyright Infringement - Suit for infringement of copyright and misuse of confidential information - Maintainability of the suit - Plaintiff alleging that defendants, former employees, misused confidential and proprietary information including customer database, marketing material, and copyrighted content - Defendants challenged the maintainability of the suit based on a pr...
Civil Appeal – Property Partition and Mesne Profit – Dismissal by Trial Court, First Appellate Court, and High Court - appellants filed a suit for partition and mesne profit in 1988, claiming ancestral rights over certain properties. The Trial Court dismissed the suit, stating that the land in question is agricultural, and the plaintiffs/appellants cannot claim any right over it. This ...
Employment Dispute – Lecturer Appointment – Open Category vs Scheduled Caste Category - The appellant, a lecturer in English, was appointed in the open category by the second respondent-College. The fifth respondent was appointed in the Scheduled Caste category but contended that she should have been appointed in the open category based on the order of merit. [Para 2-9]
Selection Pr...
Jurisdiction – Revision – Order passed by District Appellate Court allowing the appeal and remanding the matter back to the Trial Court by restoring the civil suit – Petitioner filed a civil revision against this order – High Court of Madhya Pradesh dismissed the revision – Held, process server has not tried to affix the notice as provided under Order 5 Rule 17 of CPC...
Civil Appeal – Retirement Age – Medical Faculty
Appellants, members of teaching faculty in Homeopathic Medical Colleges in Kerala, appeal against High Court's denial of extension of retirement age from 55 to 60 years. High Court held the matter as a policy decision not open for judicial review. [Para 1-4]
Government Policy – Exclusion of Homeopathic Faculty
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Appeal – State of Punjab Against High Court's Directions - State of Punjab appeals against the High Court's order directing the initiation of criminal proceedings against an Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner (AETC) for allegedly taking a false defense in a case related to the sealing of a shop. The Supreme Court scrutinizes the basis of the High Court's directions....
Supervisory Jurisdiction – Invocation of Article 227 of the Constitution – Petitioner seeks quashing of lower court's order relating to a compromise decree – Matter comes under High Court's supervisory jurisdiction. [Para 1]
Estate and Succession – Petitioner alleges fraudulent compromise decree depriving her of the share in her father's estate &nda...
Seizure of Currency – Release of Amount – Petitioner seeks release of Indian currency amounting to ₹15,92,000 seized during a search conducted by the respondent under Section 67 of the CGST Act. The petitioner contends that the seizure was not empowered by the said section. [Para 1, 2, 8]
Arrest and Investigation – Petitioner, along with Asif Khan and Arjun Sharma,...