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Whether the State had the legislative competence to levy duty on the sale of electricity to an intermediary distributor is a question of law.

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The Investigating Agency, deserves a free hand to investigate the role of the Respondent-Mother-in-law, if any, in the unnatural and untimely death of her daughter in-law.

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Supreme Court: The bench of SA Nazeer* and Krishna Murari, JJ has held that if the contract contains a specific clause which

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Supreme Court: Explaining the doctrine of merger in case of dismissal of Special Leave Petitions (SLPs), the bench of L. Nageswara Rao

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“Overall activities and functions of the Irrigation Department would have to be considered while deciding the question whether it is carrying on manufacturing activities.”

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“Time has now come to change the work culture and get out of the adjournment culture so that confidence and trust put

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“Such litigants cannot be permitted to have their way only because they can plead and write anything they feel like and keep on approbating by sometimes apologising and then again bringing forth those allegations.”

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Supreme Court of India: Noting the donations being made to the Trust to be ‘bogus donations’ Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit and

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“Judicial discretion, it is trite, cannot be exercised either whimsically or capriciously. It may scrutinize or analyse the evidence but what is important is how it does so.”

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“Craftsmanship on the judicial side cannot transgress into the legislative domain by re-writing the words of a statute.”

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Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has elaborately discussed the principles governing the grant of bail,

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by Aparna N.*and Nayana Tara BG**

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Supreme Court: The bench of R. Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy*, JJ has held that retrospective seniority cannot be claimed from a

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Supreme Court of India: Observing the well-settled position of law that, Mutation Entry does not confer any right, title or interest in

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Supreme Court: In a case where a man was allegedly murdered by his wife and colleague, the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*

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In a case where a compromise was reached between parties, 28 years after an incident left the victim crippled for life, the Court said that such a brutality cannot be ignored which is not against the individual but the crime is against the society which has to be dealt with sternly.

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Elevation of 2 Judicial Officers as Judges in Patna High Court The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of

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Elevation of 6 Advocates as Judges Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the elevation of the following Advocates as Judges

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“Any effort which weakens the system and shake the faith of the common man in the justice dispensation has to be discouraged.”   

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‘Abetment’ involves mental process of instigating a person or intentionally aiding a person in doing of a thing.