Poll Affidavit Case| SC quashes clean chit; Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis to face trial
Supreme Court: In a major blow to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, the 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and
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This column will list all the case briefs on the decisions of the Supreme Court
“Can’t treat all of them as a liar”: SC while partially setting aside the 2018 SC/ST Act verdict [Full report]
Supreme Court: Holding that the Court should not have encroached upon the field reserved for the legislature, the 3-judge bench has partially
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CJM competent to deal with the application moved by the secured creditor under Section 14 of SARFAESI Act
Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has held that the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) is competent to
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Centre to apprise SC on timeline for making & notifying guidelines to curb social media misuse [Full report]
Supreme Court: In the bid to gather information from intermediaries regarding the names of the originators of any message/content/information shared on the
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Section 102 CrPC doesn’t empower police to attach, seize and seal an immovable property
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has held that the power of
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State can’t be estopped from withdrawing the exemption from payment of Excise Duty if such withdrawal is in larger public interest
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, MR Shah and BR Gavai, JJ has held that by invoking the doctrine of
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Words “of the fact that he has attained majority” of Section 32-F of Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 struck down
Supreme Court: Overruling the verdict in Appa Narsappa Magdum [Appa Narsappa Magdum v. Akubai Ganapati Nimbalkar, (1999) 4 SCC 443, the 3-judge
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NGOs substantially financed by Government fall within the ambit of ‘public authority’ under RTI Act: SC
Supreme Court: Holding that nongovernmental organisations substantially financed by the appropriate government fall within the ambit of ‘public authority’ under Section 2(h)
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Portuguese Civil Code applicable to succession of all the properties whether within Goa or outside Goa
Supreme Court: The bench of Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has held that grant of probate has nothing to do with
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Court not bound to grant the relief of specific performance merely because the plaintiff is legally right
Supreme Court: The bench of Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ, while deciding the question whether a vendee who does not perform
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INX Media Case| No anticipatory bail to Chidambaram in ED probe [Full Report]
Supreme Court: In a major blow to Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, the Court has rejected his plea against the Delhi High
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Can’t interpret “by another year” under Rule 105 of Delhi School Education Rules 1973 as “by one year at a time”: SC
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr DY Chandrachud and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has held that the words “by another year” in Rule
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High Court, being the disciplinary authority, has the power to suspend Judicial Officers: SC
Supreme Court: In a case where a Judicial Officer in Delhi Higher Judicial Services, against whom disciplinary proceedings alleging sexual harassment is
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Merely because the period fixed for liquidation is over, the proceedings for recovery of dues do not stand closed: SC
Supreme Court: When the 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, SA Nazeer and MR Shah, JJ was called upon to decide whether under
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Maintain ‘Aadhaar-like’ secrecy for Assam NRC Data: SC to Centre
Supreme Court: The bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and RF Nariman, J has refused to re-open the National Register of Citizens (NRC)
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Big relief for homebuyers as SC upholds the validity of the 2018 Amendments to IBC
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant, JJ has held the Amendment Act to Insolvency and
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Plaintiff can take a plea of adverse possession under Article 65 of Limitation Act, 1963: SC
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, SA Nazeer and MR Shah, JJ has held that the Article 65 of Limitation Act, 1963 not only enables
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SC does ‘temporary patchwork’ in CrPC by granting power to Magistrate order accused to give voice samples
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ, has held, “until explicit provisions are
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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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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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