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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court on ‘Bogus Donations’ made to Trust: Delves to know whether registration under S. 12AA of Income Tax Act was being misused or not

Supreme Court of India: Noting the donations being made to the Trust to be ‘bogus donations’ Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit and

Published on September 30, 2021October 5, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

‘Labour Court’s decision should not be based on mere hypothesis’; SC upholds bank employee’s dismissal in a 33 year old case 

“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.”

Published on September 30, 2021October 8, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Judicial craft entered the forbidden domain of legislative draft; SC sets aside Madras HC’s attempt to re-write Rule 29(4) of Copyright Rules

“Craftsmanship on the judicial side cannot transgress into the legislative domain by re-writing the words of a statute.”

Published on September 30, 2021September 30, 2021By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Explained| Law on grant on bail in NDPS cases

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has elaborately discussed the principles governing the grant of bail,

Published on September 29, 2021September 30, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Disruption of the Mitakshara Coparcenary | Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma: A case comment

by Aparna N.*and Nayana Tara BG**

Published on September 29, 2021September 29, 2021By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Retrospective seniority from a date when employee was not even borne in service? A big no, holds Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of R. Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy*, JJ has held that retrospective seniority cannot be claimed from a

Published on September 29, 2021September 30, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Mutation entry doesn’t confer any right, title or interest in favour of person and the objective is only for fiscal purpose: Supreme Court

Supreme Court of India: Observing the well-settled position of law that, Mutation Entry does not confer any right, title or interest in

Published on September 28, 2021September 30, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Bail| Man with serious allegations against him cannot claim parity with a woman jailed with an infant: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case where a man was allegedly murdered by his wife and colleague, the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*

Published on September 28, 2021September 30, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Compromise cannot be taken to be a solitary basis for reduction of sentence: Supreme Court

In 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.

Published on September 27, 2021September 30, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Elevation of 2 Judicial Officers as Judges in Patna High Court: SC Collegium approves

Elevation of 2 Judicial Officers as Judges in Patna High Court The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of

Published on September 27, 2021October 7, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

SC Collegium approves elevation of 6 Advocates as Judges in Patna High Court

Elevation of 6 Advocates as Judges Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the elevation of the following Advocates as Judges

Published on September 27, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

No more Tareekh pe Tareekh! Repeated adjournments break the back of the litigants; kill justice: Supreme Court

“Any effort which weakens the system and shake the faith of the common man in the justice dispensation has to be discouraged.”   

Published on September 26, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Stalker consumes poison in front of a girl’s house. Can she be tried for abetment of suicide? SC answers

‘Abetment’ involves mental process of instigating a person or intentionally aiding a person in doing of a thing.

Published on September 25, 2021September 30, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

‘False defence no ground to convict if chain of circumstantial evidence is incomplete’. 10 years after wife’s death, SC sets man free

Supreme Court: The bench of Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ has held that when the chain of circumstantial evidence is

Published on September 25, 2021September 30, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Explained| Res judicata: Question of fact or law or mixed question of law and fact? Can it be decided as a preliminary issue?

Supreme Court: In an important ruling on Res Judicata, the 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli, JJ

Published on September 25, 2021September 30, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Law on rejection of plaint under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC as explained by the Supreme Court

Supreme 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

Published on September 24, 2021September 30, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Chairman of party who entered into arbitration, can he be categorised as eligible under Arbitration and Conciliation Act? SC highlights impartiality of arbitrators as a key element while pronouncing this ruling

Supreme Court: Expressing on the aspect of independence and impartiality of the arbitrators, Division Bench of M.R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ.,

Published on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Scope of the Court to enquire in decision of an Executive: Whether Court is concerned with decision-making process or ultimate decision? Supreme Court throws light

“While exercising powers of judicial review, the Court is not concerned with the ultimate decision but the decision-making process.”

Published on September 22, 2021September 23, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Will long possession of a property by a caretaker/servant entitle him to acquire an interest in property? SC decides

Supreme Court: Holding that caretaker/servant can never acquire interest in the property irrespective of his long possession, Bench of Ajay Rastogi and

Published on September 22, 2021September 23, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Supreme Court Collegium recommends for transfer of Chief Justices

Recommendation for transfer of following Chief Justices S. No. Name of the Judge High Court From High Court To 1. A.A. Kureshi

Published on September 21, 2021September 21, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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