Prachi Bhardwaj, Author at SCC Times

Supreme Court year-end roundup| From important judgments to unmissable facts and stories, here’s a comprehensive roundup of all that happened in 2020

2020 has been a year of COVID-19, challenges, and changes. Of many things that this year has taught us, one of the

When can members of a group be held individually guilty for an offence? Supreme Court explains applicability of Sections 34 and 149 of IPC

Supreme Court: Explaining the difference between Sections 34 and 149 of the IPC, the 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, Surya Kant* and

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2020 Roundup: 11 Constitution bench judgments, 17 judges, Zero dissent

♦ Did you know? In the year 2020, All the Constitution bench verdicts were unanimous with no dissenting opinion. 9 out of

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“Open category is open to all”; SC directs appointment of OBC female candidates with higher marks than General Category female candidates as Constables by UP Police

“Any selection which results in candidates getting selected against Open/General category with less merit than the other available candidates will certainly be opposed to principles of equality.”

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Are strict principles of evidence and standards of proof like in a criminal trial applicable in Motor Accident Claims cases? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: The bench of Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has held that the strict principles of evidence and standards of

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Why are Landlord-tenant disputes under TP Act arbitrable but those under Rent Acts non-arbitrable? [‘Vidya Drolia’ explainer by Supreme Court]

Supreme Court: Three days after the Court overruled the ratio in Himangni Enterprises v. Kamaljeet Singh Ahluwalia, (2017) 10 SCC 706 wherein it was held

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FIR is not a detailed chronicle of all intricate and minute details of an offence: Supreme Court [Read what a valid FIR is]

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has held that the true test of a valid FIR is only whether

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MLA casts vote in Rajya Sabha election in morning, gets convicted in the afternoon. Such vote will still be valid despite MLA’s consequent disqualification, holds SC

“To hold that a Member of the Legislative Assembly stood disqualified even before he was convicted would grossly violate his substantive right to be treated as innocent until proved guilty.”

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Supreme Court issues contempt notices to comic Kunal Kamra and cartoonist Rachita Taneja

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, JJ has issued notice to cartoonist Rachita Taneja

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COVID-19| Pandemic is spreading like a wild fire. Take strict action against those violating Guidelines “whoever he may be”; make treatment affordable: Supreme Court

“Even if one survives from COVID-19, many times financially and economically he is finished.”

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Bombay High Court could not have granted Scheduled Tribe status to “Gowari” community, holds SC. Read what happens to admissions, employment secured so far

Supreme Court: In a case where the Bombay High Court declared that tribe “Gowari” is a part of Scheduled Tribe “Gond Gowari”

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COVID-19| Do you see authorities pasting posters outside COVID-19 positive persons’ homes? They can’t do that [Read SC Order]

No such direction has been issued by the Government of India.

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After a suicide note made it to newspapers in a dowry death case, Supreme Court says ‘Selective leaks to media neither fair to accused nor to victims’

“To expect that the family of the deceased should be scouring the pages of the print and electronic media before reporting the crime is a mockery of the human condition.”

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Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Allahabad High Court’s order quashing Dr. Kafeel Khan’s detention

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has refused to interfere with Allahabad

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Farmers’ protest can continue peacefully without impediment. Supreme Court calls for constitution of a committee to resolve the issue

“Indeed the right to protest is part of a fundamental right and can as a matter of fact, be exercised subject to public order.”

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Ola, Uber do not facilitate cartelization or anti-competitive practices between drivers, holds SC but says no to imposing “heavy cost” on the informant

“When the CCI performs inquisitorial, as opposed to adjudicatory functions, the doors of approaching the CCI and the appellate authority, i.e., the NCLAT, must be kept wide open in public interest.”

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Activist with “an urge to positively contribute to the society” files plea u/s 482 CrPC seeking expedition of a criminal trial. ‘You have no locus standi’, holds SC

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan*, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, JJ has reiterated that an application by a

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‘Physically impossible for me to commit rape’, claims a one-handed man convicted for rape of a 6-year-old. SC says “there is no such impossibility”

Supreme Court: In a 20-year-old case relating to rape of a 6-year-old, the 3-judge bench of RF Nariman*, Navin Sinha and KM

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COVID-19| Financial disability of parents/guardians should not hinder education of children restored from Child Care Institutions; Supreme Court issues directions

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has issued directions to ensure education of

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Daughter-in-law’s right to residence under DV Act versus right of in-laws to seek eviction under Senior Citizens Act, 2007| Here’s how SC solved the conundrum on these competing interests

“Rights in law can translate to rights in life, only if there is an equitable ease in obtaining their realization.”