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Supreme Court

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

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Ayodhya Dispute: SC to hold day-to-day hearing from Aug 6 after Mediation Committee ‘fails’

Supreme Court: After the the Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla led Mediation Committee submitted the mediation report before the  5-judge bench of Ranjan

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Published on August 2, 2019August 7, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Man rapes a 10-year-old & throws her & her brother alive in canal; SC awards death sentence by a 2:1 verdict

Supreme Court: In a ghastly case involving rape and murder of 2 children, the 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Surya Kant and

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Published on August 1, 2019August 7, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC| Court should refrain from giving finding on merit while relegating matter to the statutory remedy

Supreme Court: In an appeal against the order where the Madras High Court had after giving detailed findings on merits, relegated to

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Published on July 31, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Mere existence of alternative remedy does not create a bar on High Court’s writ jurisdiction: SC

Supreme Court: In the case where the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee, JJ was called upon to decide whether

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Published on July 29, 2019August 1, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC cancels Amrapali Group’s RERA registration for defrauding homebuyers

Supreme Court: The bench of Arun Mishra and UU Lalit, JJ has cancelled the registration of Amrapali Group of Companies under RERA

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Published on July 23, 2019August 1, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Liberty of a detenu under COFEPOSA has to be subordinate to the good of the people: SC

Supreme Court: Stating that the subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority under COFEPOSA is not immune from judicial reviewability, the bench of

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Published on July 19, 2019July 25, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Ayodhya Dispute: SC extends mediation date till July 31; Daily hearing before 5-judge bench from Aug 2

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has

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Published on July 18, 2019July 25, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Karnataka Crisis| Speaker free to decide but 15 rebel MLAs can’t be forced to attend the Trust Vote: SC

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has requested the Karnataka Speaker to

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Published on July 17, 2019July 25, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

‘Conditional’ leave to defend may be granted in case of doubt regarding the genuineness of defence in summary suits

Supreme Court: On the question relating to the power of the court to grant leave to defend in case of sham or

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Published on July 16, 2019July 18, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Ayodhya dispute: SC seeks fresh status report on mediation proceedings

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has

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Published on July 11, 2019July 16, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC| Creation of new state not a ground to treat sales between 2 successor states as intra-state sales

Supreme Court: Deciding an interesting question of law, the 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ

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Published on July 9, 2019July 11, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

A person enrolled in Air Force can’t depart from service at his or her will during the term of engagement: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, JJ has held that “A person who has been enrolled as

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Published on July 4, 2019July 8, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Bihar Custodial deaths of 2 men: SC refuses to entertain plea seeking SIT probe

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has refused to entertain the plea

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Published on July 3, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Section 5B of the KST Act and Rule 6(4)(m)(i) of the KST Rules operate in different spheres: SC

Supreme Court: When the bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ was called upon to decide whether the condition of ‘use

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Published on July 3, 2019July 5, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC directs Meghalaya Govt to transfer Rs 100 Crore from MEPR Fund to CPCB for illegal coal mining [Full Report]

Supreme Court: “Natural resources of the country are not meant to be consumed only by the present generation of men or women

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Published on July 3, 2019July 5, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Can’t grant extension of time for counselling merely because graduate doctors don’t want to do PG in non­clinical subjects: SC

Supreme Court: The vacation bench of Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant, JJ has refused to grant extension of time to respective medical

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Published on June 24, 2019June 27, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia arrested for making objectionable comments against UP CM

Supreme Court: A vacation bench comprising of Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has  granted bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia who was

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Published on June 11, 2019June 27, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Second round of litigation doesn’t lie before Foreigners Tribunal

Supreme Court: Deciding the conflict between sub-paragraph (2) to paragraph 3 and paragraph 8 of the Schedule to the Citizenship (Registration of

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Published on May 23, 2019May 24, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Karnataka Reservation Act, 2018 constitutional; Benefit of consequential seniority to be accorded retrospectively

Supreme Court: Upholding the validity of the Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority to Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation (to

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Published on May 10, 2019May 17, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC explains law on payment of interest on ‘Differential excise duty’ under Section 11AB of Central Excise Act, 1944

Supreme Court: Deciding the question whether interest is payable on the differential excise duty with retrospective effect that become payable on the

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Published on May 9, 2019May 17, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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