nomination of arbitrator by ineligible persons
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Two Benches of the Supreme Court had expressed their disagreement with the view taken in Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. ECI-SPIC-SMO-MCML (JV), therefore, the matter was referred to larger Bench.

bail to juvenile delinquent
Case BriefsSupreme Court

A chargesheet was filed against the Juvenile Delinquent for offences under Sections 363, 366-A, 368, 376 of the IPC and Section 3, 4, 16 and 17 of the JJ Act.

article 14
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The question before the Court was whether an application remaining pending for an unreasonable period could in itself be classified as an arbitrary and unreasonable act?

article 370
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The hearing of the matter will begin from 02-08-2023. Here is all you need to know about the Article 370 of the Constitution case.

condition of right to repurchase
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court also said that the right to repurchase can always be assigned and the contract containing such condition shall be enforceable, with only exception that such a right should not be personal in nature.

section 180 ipc
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court reprimanded the DSP and said that a DSP, ought to know that in terms of Section 162 of Cr.PC, no statement made by a person to a police officer in the course of any investigation, which is reduced to writing, is required to be signed by the person making the statement.

tandav web-series
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The makers and producers of the Amazon web-series ‘Tandav’ were accused of hurting religious sentiments and outraging religious beliefs by inserting controversial dialogues.

raw pet-coke allocation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The allocation of quantities of Raw Pet-Coke (‘RPC’), a residue of the leftover from the refining of petroleum products and sand crude as well as other heavy oils was in issue in the present appeals.

clarifications of previous law retrospective
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Merely because a provision is described as a clarification or an explanation, the Court is not bound by the said statement in the statute itself but must proceed to analyse the nature of the amendment.

purpose of auction
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The process of bidding takes place in a situation where large number of people show their willingness to buy a particular product or a service and auction is a process that involves buying and selling goods and services by offering them for bids, taking bids and selling the item to the highest bidder.

justice j.k. maheshwari
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In August 2021, Justice J.K. Maheshwari became the first Chief Justice from Sikkim High Court to be elevated to the Supreme Court.

security by surety
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the case at hand, the Security was a ‘shop’, which was not owned by the surety, but by the Municipal Corporation, Lucknow.

extension of time for investigation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court also reiterated that the grant of sanction is nowhere contemplated under Section 167 of the CrPC.

partition suit
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court said that allegations of fraud require special pleadings in terms of Order VI, Rule 4 CPC, 1908.

railway compensation claim
Case BriefsSupreme Court

‘Passenger’ would include a person who has purchased a valid ticket for travelling by a train carrying passengers on any date or a valid platform ticket and becomes a victim of an untoward incident.

riico
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court further held that when the actions of a Committee constituted by Cabinet are validated by the Council of Ministers and the rest of the Council, it ensures that the Rules of Business were followed by the State Government in the course of decision-making process.

eviction of cultivating tenant
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court said that Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenant Protection Act provides for restoration of possession only in limited cases and that too when the default is of only one year of lease amount to be paid.

sc sets aside conviction
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court said that the case in hand was a quintessential case where to solve a blind murder, occurring in a forest in the darkness of night, bits and pieces of evidence were collected.

stamp duty liability for sale deed
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled that the value of the plant and machinery must be considered and ascertained for payment of stamp duty on sale deeds.

contempt of court by indian based us resident
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The contempt petition against the US resident was outcome of matrimonial dispute as he had committed breach of settlement orders and showed scant respect for the Court by defying the orders of the Court.