Jurisdiction of Special Court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The High Court could have directed the complaint to be withdrawn and presented before the appropriate Court having jurisdiction.”

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Reproductive autonomy
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Pregnant persons seeking termination of pregnancy seek predictability for their future. The uncertainty caused by changing opinions of the medical board must therefore balance the distress it would cause to the pregnant person by providing cogent and sound reasons.”

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MPSS exam
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“One lapse on the part of the State is all it took to generate this litigation, impacting multitudes of job aspirants in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The lapse was the amendment of an existing service rule on 17-02-2020 which was recalled thereafter on 20-12-2021, restoring the rule to its original position, but in the interregnum that amended rule was applied to an ongoing recruitment process.”

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Supreme Court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the previous order, Supreme Court directed for reserving some of the posts in the Executive Committee of SCBA for women members of the Bar.

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Belated claims of Homebuyers in Jaypee Infratech
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The issue of notice will not come in the way of execution or implementation of the resolution plan and the allotment of the unit to the appellant, if made, will be subject to the outcome of the present appeal.”

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Centre to make necessary changes to S. 498-A
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Police cannot be utilised for the purpose of holding the husband at ransom so that he could be squeezed by the wife at the instigation of her parents or relatives or friends and in all cases, where wife complains of harassment or ill-treatment, Section 498-A of the IPC cannot be applied mechanically.”

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Contempt notice to two NCDRC members
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The two members of the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission ignored an interim order passed by the Court on 01-03-2024 and issued non-bailable warrants against the directors of Ireo Grace Realtech.

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Valid proof of Hindu marriage
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A marriage is not an event for ‘song and dance’ and ‘wining and dining’ or an occasion to demand and exchange dowry and gifts by undue pressure leading to possible initiation of criminal proceedings thereafter. A marriage is not a commercial transaction.”

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women reservation in SCBA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court clarified that reservation is only to guarantee a minimum and women members of the SCBA, subject to their eligibility, be entitled to contest the election for all the posts in the Executive Committee.

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Vahiwatdar of Trust
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Repeated attempts to attack the Change Reports relating to assumption of office by the new administration of the Trust only indicates their inimical attitude thereto and to the family of the founder, Mallikarjun Mahalingappa Patil”

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financial debt and operational debt
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“While deciding that whether a debt is a financial debt or an operational debt arising out of a transaction covered by an agreement or arrangement in writing, it is necessary to ascertain what is the real nature of the transaction reflected in the writing.”

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POSCO accused
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court viewed that the accused is entitled to be enlarged on bail pending trial, especially when no antecedents of the accused have been brought on record.

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Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru bail
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, an Indian seer and pontiff was accused of sexually assaulting minor girls and was arrested under the POCSO Act and was released on bail on 08-11-2023.

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Assistant Engineers in Tamil Nadu PWD
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that the attempt of the Association of Engineers to grab all the posts available, even those apportioned for the candidates promoted from subordinate services, is totally unequitable.

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Child Care leave
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Participation of women in the work force is not a matter of privilege, but a constitutional entitlement protected by Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution; besides Article 19(1)(g).

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Employer’s financial capacity factor in fixing wage
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The application of industry-cum-region test is the standard criteria, followed by the industrial adjudicator, while determining the revision of wages and other facilities, which implies that the prevailing pay and other allowances should be compared with equally placed or similarly situated industrial units in the same region.

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Police Official alleged of taking bribe
Case BriefsSupreme Court

An FIR was registered against the ASI and the Police Inspector, alleging the demands for bribe and providing a chargesheet in lieu of Rs.80,000/-.

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attempt to murder
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court directed that the accused be released on bail on such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the Trial Court in connection with FIR.

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Pernod Ricard's penalty for loss of liquor in transit
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A repealed provision will cease to operate from the date of repeal and the substituted provision will commence to operate from the date of its substitution.”

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Eggshell Skull rule
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that the Compensation by its nature must be just, and described the compensation awarded to the appellant as ‘paltry’.

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