Disabled Prisoners
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“We make it clear that these directions are issued in the larger public interest to uphold the dignity, and healthcare rights of prisoners with disabilities in all custodial settings. The obligations herein are rooted in India’s constitutional guarantees, statutory mandates, and international human rights commitments.”

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stem cell banking
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Summons and letters were issued to the appellant demanding service tax for the period from 01-07-2012 to 16-02-2014. Furthermore, a show cause notice demanding service tax of Rs. 2,07,29,576 along with interest for services during the afore-stated period was also issued.

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resumption of 395-acre land
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In July 2022 State of West Bengal had expressed its intention to resume the 395 acres of land and called upon the petitioners to furnish project plan for the proposed EV project detailing requirement of the land and justification. By an order dated 9-11-2022, State had resumed 395 acres of land.

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review of a review not permissible
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The respondents submitted that the action of the Petitioners in conducting another Review Medical Examination is clearly illegal, ultra vires, and without authority, and therefore deserves to be set aside in its entirety.

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1158 assistant professors
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Quashing of the entire recruitment process may cause hardships for the selected candidates, but at the same time, there is no equity in the favour of selected candidates as challenge to the recruitment was made during the pendency of the process.”

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power of attorney holder when becomes executant
Case BriefsSupreme Court

While deciding the case concerning the validity of a registered Irrevocable General Power of Attorney, the Court came across contradiction between the statutory scheme in Registration Act and Supreme Court’s interpretation in Rajni Tandon, (2009) 14 SCC 782.

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SC Stays 'Pay Minus Pension' Rule
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Pay Minus Pension is a salary fixation method applied to retired government employees who are re-employed or appointed to new government positions after retirement. Under this rule, the employee’s monthly salary is adjusted by deducting the amount of pension they receive from their gross pay in the new job. Essentially, the employee is paid the difference between their new pay scale and the pension amount, preventing them from drawing a full pension and full salary simultaneously.

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Handling DNA Evidence Long Incarceration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The case involved commission of serious offences which led to the sentence of death penalty. However, the Supreme Court took strict note of the faulty investigation and faulty treatment of the DNA evidence that rendered the samples useless.

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Secretly recorded spousal conversations
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Spousal communications were deemed privileged under Section 122 of Evidence Act for the purpose of protecting the sanctity of the marital relationship, and not for safeguarding individual privacy rights.”

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designation of Senior Advocates by Full Court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The conferment of Senior Advocate status is a privilege, not an entitlement, and must be governed strictly by the principles of fairness, accountability, and institutional integrity”.

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voter identity
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“An important question has been raised in these bunch of petitions, including Public Interest Litigations, before this Court. The question, petitioners would argue, goes to the very root of the functioning of a democracy – the question of ‘Right to Vote’ of the electorate.”

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M3M Group
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The property proposed for substitution comprises unsold commercial units within the project titled “M3M Broadway,” located in Village Fazilpur Jharsa, Gurugram, Haryana.

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SREI Equipment
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court has stepped in to examine whether SREI Equipment Finance Ltd, is bound by circulars issued by the Reserve Bank of India. The case arises amid a challenge to the company’s proposed debt assignment under the Swiss Challenge Method, with the Court granting an interim stay and setting the next hearing for August 5, 2025.

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Anticipatory bail to Jagan Moorthy
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Jagan Moorthy’s application for anticipatory bail was rejected by the Madras High Court on 27-06-2025, on the ground that there was prima facie material indicating his involvement in the alleged offence.

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Investigating Agencies authority to summon Lawyers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The development comes in the wake of a recent controversy over the Enforcement Directorate’s summons to Senior Advocates Arvind Datar and Pratap Venugopal, which has raised serious concerns within the legal fraternity about the sanctity of client-counsel confidentiality and the independence of the legal profession.

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PPL v Azure hospitality Copyright Infringement
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The case pertains to alleged exploitation of PPL’s sound recording in the bars and restaurants owned by Azure Hospitality without taking any license from PPL.

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gang-chart approval Supreme Court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“We are at pains to observe that authorities, entrusted with the solemn duty of safeguarding life and liberty treat it with such casual indifference, truly a case of the fox guarding the henhouse.”

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1% duty drawback CBEC circular
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Being explanatory in nature, the Circular in question cannot be construed as an adoption of a fresh fiscal regime for rebate of customs duty, intended to affect vested rights or impose new burdens upon the Department. It was passed to resolve the ambiguity qua the meaning & threshold of the previous Notifications.

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S 11 SARFAESI Act scope
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“There is no need for an explicit written arbitration agreement to attract Section 11 of the SARFAESI Act. The provision creates a legal fiction as regards the existence of an arbitration agreement”

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