Explained| Can, in a declaratory suit, plaintiff be subjected to DNA test against his will?
“Indian law leans towards legitimacy and frowns upon bastardy. The presumption in law of legitimacy of a child cannot be lightly repelled.”
Continue reading“Indian law leans towards legitimacy and frowns upon bastardy. The presumption in law of legitimacy of a child cannot be lightly repelled.”
Continue reading“Time has now come to change the work culture and get out of the adjournment culture so that confidence and trust put
Continue reading“Such litigants cannot be permitted to have their way only because they can plead and write anything they feel like and keep on approbating by sometimes apologising and then again bringing forth those allegations.”
Continue reading“Judicial discretion, it is trite, cannot be exercised either whimsically or capriciously. It may scrutinize or analyse the evidence but what is important is how it does so.”
Continue readingSupreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has elaborately discussed the principles governing the grant of bail,
Continue readingSupreme Court: The bench of R. Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy*, JJ has held that retrospective seniority cannot be claimed from a
Continue readingSummoning of an accused in a criminal case is a serious matter. Criminal law cannot be set into motion as a matter of course.
Continue readingSupreme Court: In a case where a man was allegedly murdered by his wife and colleague, the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*
Continue readingIn a case where a compromise was reached between parties, 28 years after an incident left the victim crippled for life, the Court said that such a brutality cannot be ignored which is not against the individual but the crime is against the society which has to be dealt with sternly.
Continue reading“Any effort which weakens the system and shake the faith of the common man in the justice dispensation has to be discouraged.”
Continue reading‘Abetment’ involves mental process of instigating a person or intentionally aiding a person in doing of a thing.
Continue readingWhen a candidate suppresses material information and/or gives false information, the choice/option whether to continue or not to continue such an employee always must be given to the employer.
Continue readingSupreme Court: The bench of Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ has held that when the chain of circumstantial evidence is
Continue readingSupreme Court: In an important ruling on Res Judicata, the 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli, JJ
Continue readingSupreme Court: The bench of L. Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai*, JJ has lucidly explained the law on rejection of plaints under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC
Continue readingSupreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and AS Bopanna, JJ has held that once an officer of the department is appointed
Continue readingThe two proceedings, criminal and departmental, are entirely different. They operate in different fields and have different objectives.
Continue readingSupreme Court: The bench of R. Subhash Reddy* and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has held that reinstatement with full back wages is not
Continue reading“The power cannot be exercised in a casual and cavalier manner.”
Continue readingSupreme Court: In a case where a man was convicted for killing his wife on the suspicion of her infidelity and was
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