stability of child
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that the fact that when custody of the child was handed over to the aunt , she was un-married, and is now married having two children will not be a deterrent for this Court to come to the conclusion that best interest of the child still remains with the aunt as the child is living with her ever since she was 3-4 months old.

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limitation period
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court, while allowing the present petition, appointed Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, to act as the sole arbitrator.

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Pakhro Tiger Safari project
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“This is a classic case that shows how the politicians and the bureaucrats have thrown the public trust doctrine in the dustbin.”

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Non-implementation of RTE Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

A social activist group dedicated to the common cause for imparting education to the children, alleged that several schools in the district of East and West Champaran were in bad condition.

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abetment of suicide
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court raised doubts that if prosecution version was to be believed, there had to be presence of syringe and needle or a container at the scene of occurrence.

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Section 194-H of IT Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court clarified that the legal position of a distributor and agent was not similar, for a distributor is an independent contractor, not being a communicator between principal and the third party unlike an agent, free from control of his employer.

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SECI
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court added that if the payment of Rs.10 crores along with interest as directed, is not refunded within six months from the date of this order, SECI will be entitled to recover Rs. 10 crores plus interest as per the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003.

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principles of Adverse Possession and Limitation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A person claiming adverse possession should show, as to on what date he got the possession; the nature of his possession; whether the factum of possession was known to the other party; how long his possession has continued; and that his possession was open and undisturbed.”

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Disqualification for having more than 2 children
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Rule 24(4) of the Rajasthan Police Subordinate Service Rules, 1989 provides that “no candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the service who has more than two children on or after 01-06-2002”.

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jurisdiction
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that once the parties committed themselves to a written contract, whereby they reduced the terms and conditions agreed upon by them to writing, the same would be binding upon them.

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NDPS accused
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court directed the accused to report to the local Police Station twice in a month, and directed his passport to be deposited with the Investigating Officer /with the Court concerned

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Permanent Commission
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that if a proportional increase in the vacancies is required to be created to accommodate the petitioner, then this should be carried out without creating any precedent for the future.

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District Collectors summoned under S. 50 PMLA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The District Collectors of several Districts of Tamil Nadu were summoned by the Directorate of Enforcement for various offences under the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, including some of them being scheduled offences.

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IPC Section 306
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court commented that “the criminal justice system of ours can itself be a punishment” as happened in the instant matter which started in 1993 and came to an end in 2024, after 30 years of suffering.

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Intention to cheat in marriage proposal
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“To make out an offence under cheating the intention to cheat or deceive should be right there from the beginning”.

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Non-disclosure of criminal case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Broad brushing every non-disclosure of criminal case as a disqualification from the recruitment will be unjust.”

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curative petition
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court highlighted that the provision for filing curative petitions was incorporated in Order XLVIII of the 2013 Rules.

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illegally constructed Mosque
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In 2023, Madras High Court had held that the mosque was illegally constructed without any building sanction plan.

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Home Science lecturers post
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Service jurisprudence must begin and end with rules that govern the process of qualification, recruitment, selection, appointment and conditions of service.”

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Food Safety and Standards Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court in the instant matter explained that when offence under Sections 272 and 273 was made out, offence under Section 59 of FSSA would be attracted.

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