Supreme Court settles child custody battle
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Courts ought not to prematurely and without identification of individual instances of ‘alienating behaviour’, label any parent as propagator and or potential promoter of such behaviour and that this label has far-reaching implications which must not be imputed or attributed to an individual parent routinely.”

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Termination of arbitration proceedings
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The abandonment of the claim can be either express or implied. The abandonment cannot be readily inferred. There is an implied abandonment when admitted or proved facts are so clinching that the only inference which can be drawn is of the abandonment.”

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Online AOR Exam
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Paper-I (Practice and Procedure of the Supreme Court) of the Advocates-on-Record (AoR) Examination held on 10 June 2024 stands cancelled in view of the technical glitches experienced by candidates appearing for computer-based examination at the examination centre.

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Air India
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court noted that the Division Bench of Bombay High Court, only denied equitable relief under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to the appellants but at the same time, rights of the appellants to claim relief in law before the appropriate forum have been protected.

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Manish Sisodia Bail
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court did not grant relief to Sisodia in his bail plea against Delhi High Court’s decision but granted him the liberty to revive his prayer afresh after filing of the final complaint/Charge sheet on or before 03-07-2024, after considering the assurance by Prosecution.

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Physical Efficiency Test
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Rajasthan High Court had held that there exists no relaxation regarding category of Ex-serviceman and the Rule 19 of the Rajasthan Forest Subordinate Service Rules, 2015 states that the physical efficiency test will be applicable to candidates belonging to all categories including that of the Ex-servicemen.

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Onus to prove service for commercial purpose on service provider
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“If and only if, the service provider discharges its onus of showing that the service was availed, in fact for a commercial purpose, does the onus shift back to the complainant to show that the service was obtained exclusively for the purpose of earning its livelihood by means of self-employment.”

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Merit-cum-Seniority
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“As long as ‘Merit-cum-Seniority’ is applied in the manner as explained in All India Judges’ Association v. Union of India, (2002) 4 SCC 247, wherein both merit and seniority are considered, and merit plays the dominant role, the process of promotion cannot be said to be violative of the principle of ‘Merit-cum-Seniority’.”

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Electronica Trade Mark
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Trade Mark Registry allowed the Form TM-24 Applications of the Electronica Hitech Machines Tools Private Limited for bringing on record their name as the subsequent proprietor. Electronica India Limited challenged the said purported order.

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Constitutionality of ICAI guideline
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“One of the objects of the Chartered Accountants Act, is to ensure that the profession of the Chartered Accountant in the country maintains high professional ethics and renders quality service since Chartered Accountants are necessary for the efficient tax administration in the country”

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