Award of interest by Arbitrator
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court has affirmed the power of the Arbitrator to grant pre-reference, pendente lite, and post-award interest on the rationale that a person who has been deprived of the use of money to which he is legitimately entitled has a right to be compensated for the same.

Maharashtra Slum Areas Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Legal reform through legislative correction improves the legal system and it would require assessment of the working of the law, its accessibility, utility and abuse as well. Executive branch has a constitutional duty to ensure that the purpose and object of a statute is accomplished while implementing it, along with duty to closely monitor the working of a statute and must have a continuous and a real time assessment of the impact that the statute is having.”

regularization of workers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court found the Industrial Tribunal justified in giving an award on a reference by the Central Government, and the Tribunal’s findings as unassailable.

Supreme Court acquits murder convict
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The principle applicable to circumstantial evidence requires that the facts must be consistent with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused.”

up intermediate education act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court did not find any place for a ‘deemed appointment' and held that the selection process concludes only after the mandatory approval of the DIOS is granted.

Open Spaces
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that an owner of land may not have an absolute and unqualified right which is the idea which not unnaturally comes to mind when the idea of ownership is under consideration.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

The woman lost her father during the Covid-19 pandemic and her mother is unwell. She also has a married sister, 10 years older to her. However, all of them showed their inability to raise the child.

Know thy Judge

by Sucheta Sarkar†