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“This Court must be circumspect that the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution do not become a weapon in the arsenal of private businesses to disable regulation enacted in the public interest.”
Year 2021! The year that started with the hope of the COVID-19 Pandemic nearing an end with countries starting vaccination, ended up
Unlike the year 2020, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench has functioned limitedly in the year 2021, with the number of judgments delivered
7 former Chief Justices/Judges of High Courts and 18 Advocates-on-Record/Advocates have been designated as Senior Advocates with effect from 8-12-2021. S. No.
JANUARY Manish Kumar v. Union of India, (2021) 5 SCC 1 The 3-Judge Bench of Rohinton Fali Nariman, Navin Sinha and K.M.
STORY OF THE WEEK Three death row convicts to walk free as SC finds them “not guilty” of murdering six family members
“It is no part of any judge’s duty to strain the plain words of a statute, beyond recognition and to the point
To have capacity to decide to have sexual relations with another person, does a person need to understand that the other person must have the capacity to consent to the sexual activity and must in fact consent before and throughout the sexual activity?
Supreme Court Collegium recommends the transfer of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari, Allahabad High Court to Madras High Court. Collegium Statement Supreme Court
“In matters pertaining to national security, the scope of judicial review is limited. However, this does not mean that the State gets
Supreme Court: In a case where the Patna High Court had granted anticipatory bail to an absconder, the bench of MR Shah*
Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ. and Alok Kumar Verma, J., dismissed an appeal which was filed
Supreme Court: In a major development in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, the bench of AM Khanwilkar*, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar,
“Although furlough can be claimed without a reason, the prisoner does not have an absolute legal right to claim furlough.”
In Sharad Birdhichand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra, (1984) 4 SCC 116, the bench of S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, A. Varadarajan and Sabyasachi
by Balaji Srinivasan†† and Pallavi Sengupta†
“A testamentary court is not a court of suspicion but that of conscience.”
by Swarnendu Chatterjee*and Sneha Rath**
Appointment on compassionate ground is a concession and not a right.