1988 Archives

Supreme Court’s Landmark Benami Act Ruling Explained: Why the 2016 Amendment Is Retrospective, What ‘Fiduciary Capacity’ Means, and When Confiscation Follows

The Court directed the confiscation of the property where a claim, which was presented to be based on a will, but was in substance an attempt to obtain judicial recognition of a benami transaction.

Co-accused right of hearing on pardon application

Case Briefs District Court

Co-accused Cannot Claim Right to Hearing on Pardon Application under Section 306 CrPC as Matter of Right: Delhi CBI Court

“It is worthwhile to mention that CBI has been doing somersault and blowing hot and cold, with regard to the role of applicant/A-23.”

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC| In a democratic polity governed by the rule of law, State cannot deprive a citizen of their property without the sanction of law

“The State being a welfare State governed by the rule of law, cannot arrogate to itself a status beyond what is provided by the statute”