sexual intercourse false promise of marriage
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court opined that the chats depicted the stark reality about the behavioural pattern of the complainant who appeared to be having manipulative and vindictive tendency.

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Justice Lanusunglcum Jamir Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao
Appointments & TransfersNews

The appointments were made in consequence of elevation of Chief Justices of Gauhati and Karnataka High Court as Supreme Court Judges.

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3 new Judges of Supreme Court of India
Appointments & TransfersNews

The Collegium recommended the name of the 3 Judges on 26-5-2025 and their appointment was confirmed by the Ministry of Law and Justice on 29-5-2025.

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appointment of Supreme Court Judges
Appointments & TransfersNews

On 26-5-2025, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of 3 new Judges to the Supreme Court.

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Amazon non-delivery of Rakhi
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

The DCDRC stated that it is the duty of Amazon that it should verify the whereabouts as well as the status of the seller before accepting the order of a respective product.

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20-year rigorous imprisonment under POCSO
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Trial Court hadn’t given any separate sentence to the convict under Sections 376(3), 377, 506 of the IPC and Section 4 of the POCSO Act in view of Section 42 of the POCSO Act.

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maternity leave
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the instant case, the appellant was denied maternity leave for a third child on account of her re-marriage. The Supreme Court held that the appellant was entitled to grant of maternity leave.

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Justice T. Vinod Kumar telangana high court
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Justice T. Vinod Kumar was appointed as Judge of the High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and sworn-in on 26-8- 2019.

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transfer of 4 High Court Chief Justices
Appointments & TransfersNews

The Collegium consisting of senior-most Judges of the Supreme Court, made the recommendations on 26-5-2025.

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21 high court judges transfer
Appointments & TransfersNews

The Collegium comprising of 5 senior-most Supreme Court Judges, made the recommendations in a meeting conducted on 26-5-2025.

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woman civil judge past govt service
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court emphasised on the necessity of women’s participation in the judiciary and said that country will greatly benefit from a judicial force that is competent, committed and most importantly, diverse.

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SC Collegium 5 High Court Chief Justices
Appointments & TransfersNews

Collegium recommended appointment of Chief Justices for Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gauhati, Patna and Jharkhand High Courts.

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judges appointment supreme court
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In his first meeting as head of the Collegium, CJI B.R. Gavai recommended the elevation of 2 High Court Chief Justices and 1 High Court Judge to the Supreme Court.

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bail application adjourned 27 occasions
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“In matters of personal liberty, the High Courts are not expected to keep the matter pending for such a long time and do nothing, except for adjourning from time to time”.

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Justice Suresh Kumar Kait MP HC CJ
Know thy Judge

Retiring after a tenure of 8 months as Chief Justice of MP High Court, Justice Suresh Kumar Kait’s rise from a modest background to higher echelons of the legal world is a perfect example of “where there is a will, there is a way”.

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permanent adjudicatory forum consumer disputes
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The essence of consumerism is embedded within the Constitution, there is absolutely no reason to fill up the Consumer fora with tenure based offices for the Staff, Members and Presidents”.

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unregistered document
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In S. Kaladevi v. V.R. Somasundaram, (2010) 5 SCC 401, the Supreme Court had held that an unregistered document may be received as evidence of a contract in a suit seeking specific performance.

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Justice D. Krishnakumar
Know thy Judge

Justice Krishnakumar, who was the senior-most puisne Judge of Madras High Court, took the reins as Manipur High Court’s Chief Justice on 22-11-2024.

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Supreme Court Sports Event 2025 inauguration
Hot Off The PressNews

Organising Committee for the Sports Events have received 3636 entries from 1752 employees of the Supreme Court for 13 sports events.

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justice k somasekhar Manipur High Court
Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Somashekar will take charge as the High Court’s Chief Justice after retirement of Justice D. Krishna Kumar, who demits office on 21-5-2025.

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