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The Court directed the revenue officer to undergo a six-month training program to improve their understanding of judicial and quasi-judicial responsibilities when they pleaded inability to understand court order to reopen mutation file.
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“A provision vesting “inherent powers” on a Court or Tribunal are to be used sparingly and should not be used to imply and read in substantive powers where the statue itself does not prescribe such powers.”
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The Congress candidate Narendra Patel filed an election petition alleging that the BJP MP Gyaneshwar Patil suppressed material information in his affidavit in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections for the Khandwa constituency.
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On 05-07-2023, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Chief Justice, High Court for the State of Telangana to the Supreme Court of India. Upon acceptance of the recommendation by the Law Ministry, Justice Bhuyan took oath as Supreme Court Judge on 14-07-2023.
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The Court dismissed the bail application with the liberty to the applicant to renew his bail application after the co-accused surrenders.
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The NCLT noted that Form AA, meant for individual Insolvency Professionals, had been modified by the Insolvency Professional Entity to fit its consent as no separate form for IPEs exists.
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The Court stated that the applicants had not acted in good faith, as they failed to take necessary steps to maintain the road or close/regulate traffic despite knowing the hazardous condition.
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“There is no explanation given by the Police before the writ Court, as well as before this Court as to why no action was taken on the complaint made by the petitioner about the missing of her son.”
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“The Court laments the fact that it took almost five decades for the Central Government to realise its mistake; to acknowledge that an internationally renowned organisation like RSS was wrongly placed amongst the banned organisations of the country and that its removal therefrom is quintessential.”
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The Court stated that the State may recover the amount of cost after fixing the “responsibility on some erring officer who has derelicted in not complying with the order in time”.
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“There are a lot of other deprecating, fundamentalist, superstitious and ultra-conservative practices prevalent in the society that are clothed in the name of faith and belief.”
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The Court reiterated that the court cannot open its own order on merits specifically in the light of the bar as contained under Section 362 of CrPC.
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“It was imperative on the part of the Investigating Officer that investigation of an offence such as dowry-death maintains a high level of accuracy and candidness.”
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Born on 21-07-1962, in the picturesque city of Erode, Justice M.M. Sundresh has achieved remarkable milestones in his legal career, culminating in his appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 26-08-2021. His journey from a small town to the highest echelons of the Indian judiciary serves as an inspiration to many aspiring legal minds.
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The Court held that a writ petition against a show-cause notice is generally not maintainable, as established in Union of India v. Kunisetty Satyanarayana, (2006) 12 SCC 28.
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The Court stated that the petitioner’s failure to provide sufficient details and his criminal background further undermined his petition
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The Court noted that the additional issue which states that “whether the registered sale deed dated 13.7.2017 was illegally executed” already covers all the ingredients which are necessary for execution of a valid sale deed.
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The Court stated that “if an FIR is registered prior to 01-07-2023 under the CrPC, it would amount to a pending enquiry/investigation within the meaning of Section 531(2)(a) of BNSS.”
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The Court set aside the SDO’s order, and subsequent appellate decisions and remanded back the case to the SDO for a fresh enquiry.
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The Court opined that the objective of a preliminary inquiry is to screen out frivolous and motivated complaints, not to ascertain the veracity of the information received.
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