Denial of Promotion
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Commandant with Border Security Force (BSF) was denied promotion to the post of Deputy Inspector General from the date his juniors were promoted.

Section 197(1) CrPC
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the matter at hand, the accused was an Executive Engineer, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, and caused wrongful loss in excess of Rs. 13.66 crore to the Government exchequer by changing the terms and conditions of the Detailed Notice Inviting Tender.

Ranveer Allahbadia
Hot Off The PressNews

Earlier, the Court stayed his arrest in two FIRs registered in Maharashtra and Assam, subject to his cooperation in the investigation, while barring him from doing any further shows.

Manual scavenging compensation case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“It appears that the State of Haryana has not paid any attention to our order dated 3-1-2025 nor has looked into the representation filed by the petitioner”

Article 142 marriage dissolution
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“In the interest of justice, equity, and the welfare of the child, we deem it appropriate to grant visitation rights to the wife so that she may gradually rebuild a bond with her daughter.”

Justice K. Vinod Chandran
Know thy Judge

Formerly a Judge of Kerala High Court and Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Justice K. Vinod Chandran was appointed as Judge of Supreme Court in January 2025.

Acquittal of man accused of burning family alive
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“When an appeal against conviction is preferred before the High Court, at the earliest stage, the High Court must examine whether there is a proper statement of the accused recorded under Section 313 of CrPC (Section 351 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023).”

Excess term in POCSO case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The original judgment of the Special Court convicted and imposed a sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years on the convict. However, the convict had already undergone eleven years of actual sentence.

psychotropic substances NDPS Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court further held that in order to meet the ends of justice and with a view to ensure that public interest is safeguarded and to give effect to the salutary object behind the enactment of the NDPS Act, the decision in Union of India v. Sanjeev V. Deshpande (2014) 13 SCC 1, must be given retrospective application.

Ex-Military Nursing Service officers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Effective resettlement of ex-servicemen is necessary to keep the morale of the serving members of the defence forces. If the resettlement of veterans is neglected, the talented youth of the nation may not be motivated to join armed forces.”

Consumers right to peaceful protest
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Homebuyers and developers have not always been the best of friends. Instances are innumerable where the two have been at daggers drawn. This case presents one such instance”

Section 15(2) Copyright Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the present case, the Supreme Court examined the vagaries of IP law and the intrinsic synergy that exists between two independent legislations, namely the Designs Act and the Copyright Act.

DSP post for SC Sports Women
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Once it is accepted that the DSP post in question was reserved for ‘SC Sports (Women)’ as per advertisement, the appellant must be accepted as the only person qualified in her category who could be appointed. This is because she is the only SC woman candidate who successfully cleared all the tests for the post of DSP.”

SC sets aside HC
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The High Courts should direct for CBI investigation only in cases where material prima facie discloses something calling for an investigation by CBI and it should not be done in a routine manner or on the basis of some vague allegations. The “ifs” and “buts” without any definite conclusion are not sufficient to put an agency like CBI into motion.

SC quashes rape case against Judge
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The incident is of the year 2014 and any further litigation, will only prolong the suffering of both the parties, who are living their own separate lives”

DHFL Resolution plan
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“There is a clear distinction between the Avoidance Applications that may be filed by the Resolution Professional in view of Section 25(2)(j), for avoidance of transactions in accordance with Chapter III of the IBC, and the applications that may be filed in respect of the fraudulent trading or wrongful trading under Section 66, which falls under Chapter VI of the IBC.”

Insolvency process
Experts CornerNumen Law Offices

by Lakshmi Raman*

Articles 226 and 227 of constitution
Op EdsOP. ED.

by Hiresh Choudhary* and Surbhi Sharma**

Husband’s acquittal under S. 302
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The High Court unfortunately reversed the acquittal without anything other than a finding on alibi having not been proved and the accused not having offered any explanation regarding the death of the deceased, which occurred while they were living together.

IBC timelines
Experts CornerKhaitan & Co

by Aseem Chaturvedi*, Arpit Kumar Singh**, Siddhant Kumar*** and Amaan Khan****