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Explained| Vicarious liability under Section 149 IPC: Impact of reduction in number of convicts below five on account of death of co-accused

Supreme Court: The bench of CT Ravikumar* and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ has held that merely because some of the convicts had died

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Supreme Court| Gift Tax: Equity shares under lock-in period remain unquoted; Cannot be valued by ignoring restrictive conditions on transferability

Supreme Court: In appeals relating to the valuation of shares of BPL Sanyo Technologies Ltd. and BPL Sanyo Utilities and

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Explained| Land Acquisition Act,1894: Will Section 11A apply if, under Section 17(3A), 80% of estimated compensation is tendered and paid?

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Nazeer, AS Bopanna* and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has explained the scope of Section 11A of

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‘Appoint experienced advocates as legal aid counsels’: SC acquits death row convict for want of evidence, finds defence ‘below-average’

The Supreme Court was disappointed with the standard of investigation and the defence put up in a gruesome case relating to murder of wife and 4 children by the accused. The Court observed that while the accused was provided with a legal aid, the cross-examination of each and every witness was below average.

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Why Supreme Court suspended Bombay High Court’s order discharging UAPA accused Prof GN Saibaba & others

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah and bela M. Trivedi, JJ assembled on Saturday to hear the appeal against the Bombay

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Hijab Ban Split Verdict: Justice Gupta says no right to wear Hijab to a secular school; Justice Dhulia bats for right to education of Hijab wearing girls

Supreme Court: The Hijab Ban controversy in the State of Karnataka is far from coming to an end as the bench of

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‘Delays in prosecuting the corrupt breeds a culture of impunity’; Sanction requests under PC Act must be decided within 4 months but proceedings cannot be quashed for delay: SC

The consistent effort made by all branches of the State, the Judiciary, the Legislative, and the Executive, to ensure early decision-making by the competent authority cannot be watered down by lexical interpretation of the expression endeavour in the proviso.

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Dishonour of Cheques| Section 138 NI Act would not attract if cheque does not represent a legally enforceable debt at the time of encashment

Supreme Court: In the case where the Supreme Court was called upon to decide whether the offence under Section 138 of the

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Limitation can be a preliminary issue under Or. 14, R. 2(2)(b) CPC if the question can be decided on admitted facts: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: Principal question before the Division Bench of Ajay Rastogi and C.T. Ravikumar*, JJ., for contemplation was whether the

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Mining Tycoon G. Janardhan Reddy to remain out of Karnataka’s Bellary, 2 AP Districts after Nov 7 till conclusion of trial; Trial to be concluded within 6 months ‘without fail’: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and Krishna Murari has allowed mining baron G. Janardhan Reddy to stay at Bellary upto

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“To be ‘substantial’, a question of law must be…”. Supreme Court summarises principles relating to Section 100 CPC

Supreme Court: The bench of Indira Banerjee* and JK Maheshwari, JJ has explained that to be ‘substantial’, a question of law must

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Failure to produce accused before Special Court while considering extension application under Section 167 CrPC a gross illegality: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ has held that under Section 167 of the Code of

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‘Able-bodied man obliged to earn by legitimate means and maintain wife, children’: Supreme Court, unhappy with Family Court’s verdict, directs husband to pay maintenance to his wife

Supreme Court: In an appeal directed against the judgment passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, confirming the Family Court’s order

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Explained| Commercial Court’s power while dealing with an application under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and Krishna Murari, JJ has explained the scope of powers of a Commercial Court while

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Married daughter cannot claim compassionate appointment as a right; certainly not years after employee’s death: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case where a married daughter of the deceased was claiming compassionate appointment, the bench of MR Shah* and

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Court’s power under Section 9 A&C Act, 1996 wider than CPC; Technicalities of CPC cannot prevent it from securing the ends of justice: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Indira Banerjee* and A.S. Bopanna, JJ., contemplated the scope of Section 9 of Arbitration

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Explained| Difference between Contract of Indemnity and Contract of Guarantee

Supreme Court: In an Insolvency and Bankruptcy case, the bench of Indira Banerjee* and JK Maheshwari, JJ has explained the difference between

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IBC| CIRP proceedings can be initiated against two Corporate Debtors but same amount cannot be realised from both: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Indira Banerjee* and JK Maheshwari, JJ has held that if there are two borrowers or if two

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Supreme Court reaffirms that NCLT under S. 7(5) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has discretionary power to admit or reject an application

Supreme Court: In a review petition filed by Axis Bank against Supreme Court’s judgment in Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd. v.

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Militant’s encounter matter of National Security; Exhumation cannot be claimed as a matter of right: Supreme Court asks Centre to make law

The Court has asked the Union of India to consider enacting an appropriate legislation on exhumation so as to tackle the situations like the one on hand.