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Invocation of insolvency proceedings or the moratorium under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 cannot become a legal device to indefinitely stall redevelopment. The IBC was never intended to be used as a shield for non-performance at the cost of human rehabilitation.
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The accused had been apprehended with pouches of MDMA, charas and ganja. The MDMA was later found to be methamphetamine by the forensic lab report.
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“There is no lien on the certificate of the students since the certificate of the student is his/her property.”
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“The relief sought is not in respect of any specific incident or against any person who may have committed any such incident as is alleged in the writ petition or the relief clause.”
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The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be used for summary property disputes.
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The Court held that Nescafe Premix is classifiable under Entry C-II-3 and not under the general Entry C-II-18(2) of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959.
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“In interpreting items in statutes whose primary object is to raise revenue and for which purpose they classify diverse products, articles and substances, resort should be had not to the scientific and technical meaning of the terms or expressions used, but to their popular meaning.”
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“The moment a higher court stays a conviction, the anathema of conviction goes out of the window and the person against whom such conviction is stayed, though not absolved, cannot be stated to be a convicted person.”
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The Court observed that the husband, being a judicial officer holding a responsible public position, owed a heightened duty of fair, adequate, and dignified financial security for his wife and daughter.
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A statement made by a deceased person, regarding the cause of his death or to the circumstances which led to his death, to a Police Officer and recorded under Section 161 CrPC, shall be relevant and admissible under Section 32(1) of the Evidence Act, 1872.
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CCI has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of abuse of dominant position in the broadcasting market, irrespective of TRAI’s regulatory framework.
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The Court observed that administrative procedures should avoid complexity, redundant requirements, and unnecessary burdens, which waste time, expense, and disturb peace of mind.
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“Even assuming the married lady had some relation prior to her marriage with the applicant, and that the applicant had lent money to her on assurance of marriage, that cannot be construed as giving a license to the applicant to post objectionable post over the social site.”
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The Court directed that directions issued in L. Muruganantham v. State of T.N., 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1444, shall be extended to all the States and the Union Territories, to ensure that the principles are adopted mutatis mutandis within their prison systems as well.
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“No religion prescribes that prayers should be performed by disturbing the peace of others nor does it preach that they should be through voice amplifiers or beating of drums.”
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The Court ordered reconsideration of a herbicidal composition patent application.
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“Copyright protection is granted to an artistic work under the Act, only if the said work meets the threshold of originality.”
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BPL Ltd., having knowingly entered into the bill discounting agreement, was bound by its terms. Since it defaulted on repayment for years, the stipulated 36% compound interest could not be considered burdensome or oppressive.
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“Prolonged incarceration without trial amounts to infringement of right of an accused enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.”
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“Only the Southern Cult residents of Kancheepuram are entitled to Adhiapaka Mirasi. Northern Cult members may join only as ordinary worshippers.”
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