Supreme Court

This column will list all the case briefs on the decisions of the Supreme Court

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“The courts’ role is to act as the guarantor and jealous protector of the people’s liberties: be they assured through the freedoms, and the right to equality and religion or cultural rights under Part III, or the right against deprivation, in any form, through any process other than law.”

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Ex-BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur’s nominations were rejected by the returning officer for want of a certificate to the effect that he has not been dismissed for corruption or disloyalty to the State.

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Supreme Court: In an elaborate judgment running into over 90 pages, the bench of AM Khanwilkar* and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has discussed

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Supreme Court: In a case dating back to 1999 where a married woman was found dead in her matrimonial home, the bench

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Proceedings for winding up of a company are proceedings in rem to which the entire body of creditors is a party, hence, by a deeming fiction the petition by even a single creditor is treated as a joint petition.

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Uttar Pradesh Government can now fill up 69, 000 posts in terms of the result declared on 12.05.2020.

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Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta* and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that the High Court is

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State of Uttar Pradesh has accorded a general consent for investigation of cases by CBI in the whole of UP.

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Blacklisting can effectively lead to the civil death of a person.

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Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar* and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has held that for invoking Section 17 of the Limitation Act,

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Supreme Court: In a chilling case where a 21-year-old man was sentenced to death under Sections 302 and to life imprisonment under 376A

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Supreme Court: After a day-long hearing in the matter relating to the arrest of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, Feroz Mohammad Shaikh

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Supreme Court: Refusing to interfere with the Delhi High Courts order staying Delhi Government’s decision to reserve 80% of ICU beds in

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Supreme Court: In the case dating back to 1989, relating to the adulteration of Dalda Vanaspati Khajoor Brand Ghee, wherein the company

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Supreme Court: In a case where the husband and wife both sought transfer of cases filed against by both of them against

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Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA, Bobde, CJ* and AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has directed telecom giants Bharti Airtel

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Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan*, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, JJ has asked the Central Government to consider

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Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta* and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has upheld Kerala High Court’s decision holding

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Supreme Court: In a case where abuses were hurled by a person of upper caste at a person belonging to Scheduled Caste

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Supreme Court: In the case relating to Punjab Civil Services (Judicial) appointments*, where only 28 people have been recruited against a total

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