Supreme Court

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

Watali Judgment
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali v. National Investigating Agency, 2018 SCC OnLine Del 11185, the accused under various provisions of IPC and UAPA was released on bail by the High Court, conducting a mini trial and determining admissibility of certain evidence which clearly exceeded the limited scope of a bail proceeding, hence, the Supreme Court in NIA v. Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, (2019) 5 SCC 1, cancelled the said grant of bail.

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Border Tax
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said the petitioners must consider challenging the State provision in the Act and that they should have first approached their jurisdictional High Courts to challenge their respective State enactments.

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insufficiently stamped instrument
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Should the Court find the instrument to be chargeable with duty, but it is either not stamped or is insufficiently stamped, it is bound by Section 33 of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 to impound the same. Section 34 also places a fetter on the Court’s authority to admit an instrument which, though chargeable with duty, is not duly stamped.

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Bigamy
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The deserved punishment proportionate to the gravity of the offence is a continuous and continuing demand based on civic sense and unfailing in categories of serious offences where more than individual interest is also involved, the above rule of proportionality in providing punishment should not failed as otherwise it will impact the society.”

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Reservation for transgender persons
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India, (2014) 5 SCC 438, the Court directed the Centre and State Governments to treat transgender persons as ‘Socially and Educationally Backward Classes’ of citizens and extend reservation in admission in educational institutions and for public appointments.

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Army Welfare Education Society
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Legitimate expectation, jurisprudentially, was a device created to maintain a check on arbitrariness in state action. It does not extend to and cannot govern the operation of contracts between private parties, wherein the doctrine of promissory estoppel holds the field.”

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cashier’s custodial death
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that the finding of the Trial Court on the ground to proceed against the accused is based on suppositions and suspicions, having no foundational support from the materials produced by the prosecution.

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BMW
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Telangana High Court’s order quashing the cheating case against BMW was upheld and the direction for the replacement of the old defective vehicle with a new vehicle was set aside.

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2021 Nagaland killings
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In 2022, the Supreme Court had stayed the criminal prosecution against the accused Army men, after noting that the sanction under AFSPA has not been obtained.

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Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Satish Chandra
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Committee shall identify the number of investors and database of investors, and also determine the amount to be refunded to each investor. An Escrow Account with a bank designated by SEBI, shall be opened and all sale proceeds shall be deposited in that interest-bearing account.

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CIC power to constitute benches
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Administrative bodies must have the freedom to establish and implement internal procedures and regulations that best suit their unique mandates and operational needs”

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Mercedes to pay Rs. 36 lakhs
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“People do not purchase the high-end luxurious cars to suffer discomfort more particularly when they buy the vehicle keeping utmost faith in the supplier who would make the representations in the brochures or the advertisements projecting and promoting such cars as the finest and safest automobile in the world.”

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interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Any undue indulgence and latitude to the ED will be deleterious to the constitutional values of rule of law and life and liberty of persons. An officer cannot be allowed to selectively pick and choose material implicating the person to be arrested. They have to equally apply their mind to other material which absolves and exculpates the arrestee.”

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Divorced Muslim woman
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the case at hand, the husband had argued that in view of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, a divorced Muslim woman is not entitled to maintain a petition under Section 125 of the CrPC and has to proceed under the provisions of the 1986 Act.

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Menstrual leave policy
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court clarified that this order will not stand in the way of the State Governments independently taking an appropriate decision

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Misuse of CBI
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The State of West Bengal had challenged the CBI’s action of registering Suo moto cases for offences that occurred within its territory without any direction from the competent court or prior consent by the State.

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Appointment of VC in West Bengal
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Chairperson has been authorized to constitute separate or joint Search­cum­Selection Committees for one or more Universities, keeping in view the nature of subjects/disciplines.

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NEET UG 2024
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“If the breach of the exam’s sanctity is widespread and if it is not possible to segregate tainted and untainted candidates, a retest may be ordered, but if beneficiaries are identified and limited, then a retest won’t be needed”

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Persons with disabilities
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Words cultivate institutional discrimination. Terms such as “cripple” and “spastic” have acquired devalued meanings in societal perceptions about persons with disabilities. They contribute to the negative self-image and perpetuate discriminatory attitudes and practices in society.”

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Live location bail condition
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court was considering whether a bail condition requiring an accused to share Google Maps Pin with the investigating officer to access his location violates right to privacy guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.

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