S. 138 NI Act case transfer
Case BriefsSupreme Court

For the purpose of transfer of any case or proceedings under Section 406 of the CrPC, the case must fall within the ambit of the expression “expedient for the ends of justice”.

Dalit student IIT fee issue
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court acknowledged that the petitioner’s admission had been delayed through no fault of his own. It requested the Director of IIT Dhanbad to utilize his good offices to facilitate the petitioner’s ability to complete the coursework for the time already elapse.

Anticipatory bail
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“When procedural law doesn’t preclude the investigating agency from arresting a person in relation to a different offence while he is already under custody in some previous offence, the accused too cannot be precluded of his statutory right to apply for anticipatory bail only on the ground that he is in custody in relation to a different offence.”

S. 34 Arbitration Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court requested the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court to assign the hearing of the petition under Section 34 to a Judge other than the Judge who heard and passed the impugned order.

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.

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.”

Disciplinary Proceedings
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Sexual harassment in any form at the workplace must be viewed seriously and the harasser should not be allowed to escape from the clutches of law.”

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that the delivery will be conducted by AIIMS at the appropriate time and the Union Government will bear all the medical costs for the delivery.

Enrolment fees
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court will be examining the validity of exorbitant enrolment fees charged by State Bar Councils

Know thy Judge

by Arunima Bose†

Appointments & TransfersNews

Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of the following Chief Justice / Judge of the High Courts, as Judges in the