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Sale confirmed; objections of judgment debtor overruled. Can consent decree be set aside in such case? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of R. Subhash Reddy, M. R. Shah* and Ashok Bhushan, JJ., set aside the order of

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Consent decree recognising pre-existing rights created by oral family settlement does not require registration under section 17 of Registration Act, 1908: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan* and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ has held that consent decree recognising pre-existing rights created by

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Can Courts issue mandamus to frame policy? Read this short explainer by the Supreme Court

“Judicial review of a policy decision and to issue mandamus to frame policy in a particular manner are absolutely different.”

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COVID 19 a “lame excuse”: Here’s why SC refused to allow extra attempt for UPSC CSE to last attemptees

“What is being claimed and prayed for under the guise of Covid 19 pandemic is nothing but a lame excuse in taking additional attempt to participate in the Civil Service Examination 2021 to be held in future.”

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Married woman’s heirs on paternal side are not strangers; she can enter in family settlement with such heirs: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan* and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ has held that when heirs of father of a female

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“Technical members of IPAB are legally trained and qualified”; Supreme Court says the Board can function without a judicial member

“These members had practical legal experience of ten to fifteen years. The fact that they were appointed as technical members cannot obfuscate the fact that they are legally trained and qualified.”

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Supreme Court spells out if consumer fora can apply the New India Assurance company Ltd judgment prospectively and accept the written statement beyond 45 days

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has held that consumer fora has no jurisdiction and/or power

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Parties agreeing to out-of-court settlement without judicial intervention under Section 89 CPC can’t be denied benefit of refund of court fees; they are “even more deserving”: Supreme Court

“No justifiable reason why Section 69-A of Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act, 1955 should only incentivize the methods of out-of-court settlement stated in Section 89, CPC and afford step brotherly treatment to other methods availed of by the parties.”

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Will a partition deed effected subsequent to commencement of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act prevent vesting of land with the State? SC decides

Supreme Court: The bench of Mohan M. Shantanagoudar* and Vineet Saran, JJ., addressed the instant appeal against the order of High Court

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‘Reasoned Judgment must be passed alongwith the operative order’; SC asks NCDRC President to discontinue the upsetting trend of delayed reasoned orders

“The rights of the aggrieved parties are being prejudiced if the reasons are not available to them to avail of the legal remedy of approaching the Court where the reasons can be scrutinized.”

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SC confirms life imprisonment in brutal murder of children aged 4 years and 2 years by administering celphos

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi*, JJ., dismissed the instant appeal filed against the order of

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Supreme Court directs compensation of Rs. 5 Lakhs after a bank breaks customer’s locker without just cause. RBI to frame rules for Locker management [Read obligations of bank]

“Banks cannot wash off their hands and claim that they bear no liability towards their customers for the operation of the locker.”

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Does the presence of arbitration clause in a contract with State oust the jurisdiction under Article 226? Supreme Court answers

“The State and its instrumentalities are not exempt from the duty to act fairly merely because in their business dealings they have entered into the realm of contract.”

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Govt deprives owner of possession and enjoyment of land for 45 years. SC decides if State can oust land owner from possession prior to enactment of enabling Act

Supreme Court: The instant appeal was filed by the Conservator and Custodian of Forest challenging the judgment of Division Bench of Kerala

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Police Officers beat a man to death 20 years before offence under S. 324 IPC became non-compoundable. SC refuses to compound such “offence against humanity”

“When the protector of people and society himself instead of protecting the people adopts brutality and inhumanly beat the person who comes to the police station, it is a matter of great public concern.”

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Is issuance of blank cheque and signed blank stamp paper sufficient to attract presumption under S. 139 of NI Act? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant* and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., upheld the judgement of High Court of

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‘No interviews, UP Police to escort’; Supreme Court allows journalist Sidhique Kappan to visit his ailing mother for 5 days

The Kerala journalist was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on his way to Hathras, Uttar Pradesh to report on the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman, who later died in the Hospital.

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“In their blooming and blossoming, we all bloom and blossom”; Read how denial of scribe to a person suffering from writer’s cramp led to SC issuing directions for formulation of new policies

RPwD Act 2016 is based on the simple idea with profound implications that each of us has: “unique powers to share with the world and make it interesting and richer.”

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‘Educated adults choosing their life partners is the way forward to reduce caste and community tensions’; SC comes to the aid of a young couple facing “threats from the elders”

“Educated younger boys and girls are choosing their life partners which, in turn is a departure from the earlier norms of society where caste and community play a major role.”

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E-voting for winding up of Franklin Templeton’s 6 units valid; Consent of unitholders is consent by majority of unitholders who participated in the poll: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In the case relating to winding up of six schemes of the Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund, the bench of SA