Not the first time when Mathews Nedumpara has ‘attempted to browbeat and insult Judges’: SC
Supreme Court: Holding advocate Mathew Nedumpara guilty of contempt, the bench of RF Nariman and Vineet Saran, JJ has issued notice to
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Clauses stipulating ‘deposit-at-call’ before invoking arbitration defeats the purpose of ADR process
Supreme Court: In the case where a Notice Inviting Tender had a clause asking the parties invoking arbitration to furnish a “deposit-at-call”
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10% reservation to EWSs: SC to consider on March 28 if matter should be referred to Constitution Bench
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ refused to pass any order on
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SC ‘fixes’ it’s January 7 verdict; Teachers can now claim gratuity under Payment of Gratuity Act
Supreme Court: The Bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Indu Malhotra, JJ has held that pendency of any writ petition by itself
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SC| Revisionary Court shouldn’t act like an Appellate Court
Supreme Court: Reminding the Courts of the scope of their powers, the bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has
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Ayodhya Dispute to be settled by a ‘confidential’ Court monitored mediation; No Gag order passed [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has
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SC awards Rs. 10 Lakh compensation in a medical negligence case to ‘send message’ to medical practitioners
Supreme Court: In a case of medical negligence where a minor surgery resulted in amputating a woman’s arm, the bench of Abhay
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SC elaborates on the scheme of determining additional purchase price under Clause 5A under Sugarcane Control Order, 1966
Supreme Court: On the question relating to assessment of the taxable income of a Co-operative Society engaged in the business of production
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SC asks Centre to set up Motor Accidents Mediation Authority if feasible
Supreme Court: When a practicing advocate, had suffered in nasty accident at the young age of 18 years, in which his entire
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Documents related to Rafale deal stolen from Defence Ministry; Govt. tells SC
Supreme Court: The government has told the Supreme Court that documents related to the Rafale fighter jet deal have been stolen from
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SC acquits 6 falsely implicated death row convicts in a 16 year old crime; orders reinvestigation
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. AK Sikri, SA Nazeer and MR Shah, JJ has acquitted 6 death row convicts and
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Should Ayodhya dispute be decided by mediation? SC reserves order
Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has said
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Can High Court quash proceedings for offences under Section 307 IPC? Here’s what SC said
Supreme Court: On the issue relating to the power of compounding of offences conferred on a court under Section 320 Cr.P.C. and
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SC| No reinvestigation required into Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination
Supreme Court: The bench of SA Bobde and L Nageswara Rao, JJ has held that there are “no grounds” to recall its
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SC| There cannot be a uniform qualification/disqualification for the Board of Directors under the Banking Companies Act
Supreme Court: The bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Indu Malhotra, JJ has held that there cannot be a uniform qualification or/and
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Motilal Pesticides overruled as it missed the difference in the terms ‘Income’ and ‘Gross Total Income’
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. AK Sikri, SA Nazeer and MR Shah, JJ decided an issue relating to interpretation of
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Direction to implement ‘short-term measures’ for funding for infrastructure of subordinate judiciary issued
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has directed the short-term measures
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Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – February 2019
TOP STORIES SC orders forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribals from from forestlands across 16 states The Court has directed
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Is it permissible to draw inference of guilt of illegal gratification in case of death of complainant? Larger bench to decide
Supreme Court: Stating that it has some reservation in respect of the observation and findings recorded by the 3-judge bench of former
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SC directs arrest of Amrapali Group CMD, Anil Sharma and two other directors
Supreme Court: In the case relating to non-delivery of around 42,000 flats to homebuyers by the beleaguered Amrapali Group, the Court has allowed Delhi
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