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Judgment Debtor’s right under Rule 60 of Second Schedule of Income Tax Act a valuable right to save his property; cannot be taken away on technical ground or bona fide mistake for which he is not at fault: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has held that the right available to the judgment debtor under

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Can accused be tried under NI Act as well as under IPC on similar set of allegations or will it amount to double jeopardy? Larger SC bench to decide

Supreme Court: The bench of SA Nazeer and JK Maheshwari*, JJ has called upon a larger bench to decide if on similar

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Prophet Remark Row| All FIRs against Nupur Sharma clubbed; Read why Supreme Court refused to form SIT

Supreme Court: The bench of Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala, JJ has, in a relief to politician and lawyer Nupur Sharma, has

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CJI NV Ramana names Justice UU Lalit as his successor | Know Justice UU Lalit and his judgments

The Chief Justice of India, Justice NV Ramana has named Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as his successor. Set to become the 49th

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Right to cross-examination cannot be denied as a punishment for failure to deposit interim compensation under Section 143A NI Act: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case where an offender under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act) was denied the

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Prosecution version helps man accused of murdering brother get benefit of provocation exception; SC holds that accused may rely on prosecution case for discharge of burden

Supreme Court: In an interesting case, where a man was convicted for murder of his younger brother, the bench of Sanjiv Khanna*

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Explained| What happens when a candidate, in a competitive exam, uses different language in answer sheet than that filled in application form?

Supreme Court: In the case where a candidate appearing for examination for recruitment to the post of Constables in Railway Protection Force

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Supreme Court July 2022 Roundup| PMLA constitutional; Bail Act; Abu Salem’s scheduled release; Unmarried women’s right to abortion; and more

Top Stories Your cheat sheet to Supreme Court’s 545 pages long Money Laundering verdict The 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari

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Mother, being the only natural guardian after biological father’s death, can decide child’s surname; can even give the child in adoption: SC

“When a child takes on to be a kosher member of the adoptive family it is only logical that he takes the surname of the adoptive family and it is thus befuddling to see judicial intervention in such a matter.”

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Your cheat sheet to Supreme Court’s 545 pages long Money Laundering verdict

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar*, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar, JJ has, in 545-pages-long judgments, has dealt with various

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Supreme Court holds “twin conditions” under Section 45 of PMLA reasonable: Applicability to anticipatory bail, non-cognizable offences discussed; Exception highlighted

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar*, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar, JJ has, in 545-pages-long judgments, has dealt with various

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Confessional Statements made under Section 67 of NDPS Act inadmissible: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case relating to a drug racket spread across three States namely, U.P., Punjab and Rajasthan, the 3-Judge Bench

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Trial Court not a ‘mere post office’; must apply its mind while framing charges: SC unimpressed with discharge of murder accused based on postmortem report only

Ultimately, upon appreciation of the entire evidence on record at the end of the trial, the trial court may take one view or the other i.e. whether it is a case of murder or case of culpable homicide. But at the stage of framing of the charge, the trial court could not have reached to such a conclusion merely relying upon the port mortem report on record.

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Criminal justice machinery relentlessly employed against Zubair; process itself has become a punishment: SC

The Court refused to bar Mohd Zubair from tweeting as it would amount to an unjustified violation of the freedom of speech and expression, and the freedom to practice his profession

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‘India needs a Bail Act’: Supreme Court asks Centre to consider the suggestion; lays down guidelines for disposal of Bail Application

“Criminal courts in general with the trial court in particular are the guardian angels of liberty. Liberty, as embedded in the Code,

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Woman cannot be denied right to safe abortion only on the ground of her being unmarried: Supreme Court

“Denying an unmarried woman the right to a safe abortion violates her personal autonomy and freedom.”

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Prophet Remark Row| Here’s why Supreme Court has stayed Nupur Sharma’s arrest for now

Supreme Court: After politician and lawyer Nupur Sharma approached the Court claiming that there is an imminent necessity for the Court to

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Supreme Court grants bail to Mohammed Zubair in all FIRs against him; All cases from UP transferred to Delhi

Multiple FIRs have been registered against Alt News co-founder and fact checker Mohammed Zubair for allegedly hurting religious feelings through his tweet.

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Twin conditions of furnishing declaration within time limit “mandatory” for exemption relief under Section 10B (8) of IT Act: Supreme Court

Karnataka High Court and ITAT committed a “grave error” in holding that the requirement of furnishing a declaration under Section 10B (8) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) is mandatory, but the time limit within which the declaration is to be filed is not mandatory but is directory.

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Lack of enthusiasm of ACB, ADGP not relevant for deciding bail application of accused; SC stays Karnataka HC order against ADGP Seemant Kumar Singh

Supreme Court: In a bail application, after the single judge Bench of Karnataka High Court criticised the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and the