Post-conviction mental health & it’s effect on sentencing: SC issues directions
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, MM Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee, JJ held “it needs to be understood that prisoners
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SC asks all parties to submit details of political funding received through electoral bonds
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has directed all the political parties who
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Bhobishyoter Bhoot row: West Bengal Govt to pay Rs. 20 lakhs to the Producers for attempting to silence speech
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, JJ issued a Mandamus restraining the state of West Bengal from
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Practice of summoning public officers not proper as public suffers due to their absence
Supreme Court: In a case where the Allahabad High Court passed orders from time to time to secure presence of the public
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Rafale deal: Centre’s preliminary objections regarding admissibility of the leaked documents dismissed [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph, JJ has dismissed Centre’s preliminary objections
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Woman driven out of matrimonial home can file case under Section 498-A from the place she has taken shelter at [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and SK Kaul, JJ delivered a very important judgment
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Widow can’t claim ownership over a mutated property under Section 14 of Hindu Succession Act
Supreme Court: In a case where a widow claimed possession of a property mutated in her name on the basis of the oral gift from her husband before
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Payment of Gratuity Act applies to employees of the local bodies
Supreme Court: In the case where the employees of Municipal Corporation governed by the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 claimed gratuity
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No bail for businessman Zahoor Watali accused in a terror funding case
Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has set aside the order of the Delhi High Court granting
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SC declares February 2018 RBI Circular ultra vires
Supreme Court: Holding the Reserve Bank of India [RBI] Circular issued on 12.02.2018 ultra vires Section 35AA of the Banking Regulation Act,
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Court can’t directly appoint arbitrator if parties have not exhausted remedies under Arbitration Agreement
Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that the Chief Justice or his Designate, in exercise
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Employee is entitled to full back wages if charges against him are found to be malicious
Supreme Court: The bench of L Nageswara Rao and MR Shah, JJ held that a man, by virtue of the disciplinary proceedings
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Environmental Clearance for development of Airport at Mopa, Goa to be revisited
Supreme Court: In a case challenging the grant of an Environmental Clearance (EC) for the development of a greenfield international airport at
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Saravana Bhavan owner P Rajagopal guilty of murdering his employee in 2001 [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, MM Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee, JJ has upheld the conviction and sentence of life
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SC explains meaning of “total turnover” under the Karnataka Sales Tax Act
Supreme Court: While examining the applicability of the turnover tax as defined under Section 6 B(1) of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957, the bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ held: “the expression ‘total turnover’ which
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No stipulation of period of completion of Serious Fraud Investigations under Companies Act
Supreme Court: The bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and UU Lalit, JJ has held that Section 212 of the Companies Act, 2013
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Integrated Nodal Agency for all Tribunals: 5-judge SC bench seeks Centre’s view
Supreme Court: To ensure “efficient functioning” and “streamlining the working” of tribunals, the 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and N V
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SC acquits man in an 18-year-old rape case
Supreme Court: The bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ acquitted a man convicted for the offence of rape and
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Death due to malaria occasioned by a mosquito bite in a malaria prone area is not an accident
Supreme Court: When the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, JJ was tasked with determining whether a death due to
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SC| Can’t summon additional accused under Section 319 CrPC in the absence of strong and cogent evidence
Supreme Court: In case where a man tried to rope in other relatives of his wife in a criminal proceeding that he
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