scope powers of the Appellate Court Section 37 A&C Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Merely for the reason that the view of the Appellate Court is a better view than the one taken by the arbitral tribunal, is no ground to set aside the award”.

Supreme Court Roundup September
Legal RoundUpSupreme Court Roundups

Several controversies and incidents made their way to the corridors of Supreme Court in September. This roundup revisits it all, providing a track of all the recent updates, landmark rulings, collegium recommendations, along with some statistics from NJDG.

Unlawful school closure DSGMC
Case BriefsSupreme Court

DSGMC cannot be allowed to take shield of Rule 47 of Delhi Education Rules to claim that burden of re-employment and payment of salaries of surplus teachers and non-teaching staff upon closure of school. The question of absorption only arises when the closure of the school is done in accordance with law, which requires full justification and prior approval of the Director as per Rule 46.

Dalit student IIT fee issue
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court acknowledged that the petitioner’s admission had been delayed through no fault of his own. It requested the Director of IIT Dhanbad to utilize his good offices to facilitate the petitioner’s ability to complete the coursework for the time already elapse.

Tirupati Laddu Controversy
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Four writ petitions have been filed seeking various prayers, inter alia, including an independent enquiry and directions for establishing regulatory frameworks with respect to the religious trust and specifically the preparation of the prasadam”

1992-93 Bombay Riots
Hot Off The PressNews

The 1992 and 1993 riots in Bombay were triggered by the demolition of Babri Masjid and led to unfortunate 900 death, 168 persons missing and about 2036 suffered injuries.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

While the impugned orders are elaborate and explicitly cite specific provisions and clauses of the Haj Policy, 2023, which the petitioners were found to be violating, the show cause notices do not refer to any violations of the Haj Policy, 2023, attributable to the petitioners.

Bombay Public Trusts Act 1950
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950, dating back to the year 1954.

Computer software error
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Central Board for Direct Taxes was also directed to take necessary steps for rectifying the software as the issue may not be resolved by the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer.

Interim relief
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“When a party is relegated to the High Court to pursue its remedies, it would not be proper, in the normal course, to bind the said High Court with directions in relation to the proceedings to be impugned before such Court.”

Delhi Air Pollution
Hot Off The PressNews

Stubble burning is the practice where farmers ignite straw stubble left in the fields after harvesting grains such as wheat and paddy. This method is used to ready the land for the next crop cycle. While it is the most convenient and cost-effective way to clear fields, it significantly deteriorates air quality.

V Senthil Balaji bail
Case BriefsSupreme Court

V. Senthil Balaji was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 14-06-2023 for an alleged offence under Section 3 of PMLA.

Judges remarks
Hot Off The PressNews

“Casual observation may indicate personal biases especially when perceived to be directed at a certain gender or community. One must be wary of making patriarchal or misogynistic comments”

NRI quota admissions
Hot Off The PressNews

Supreme Court called broadening the definition of NRI candidate a ‘money-spinning tactic’.

Arbitral Autonomy
Experts CornerVasanth Rajasekaran

by Vasanth Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**

Discrimination among homogenous group
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“It will be improper to discriminate inter se among a homogenous group of students admitted for the academic session 2009-10. It could not be that those students admitted in the first round of counselling would be eligible, even with less than 50% marks in graduation, while the others admitted in the subsequent rounds of counselling would not be.”

judicial precedents and res judicata
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on judicial precedents and res judicata, dating back to the year 1954.

petition without petitioner knowledge
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“There is a great sanctity attached to the proceedings conducted in the Court. No professional much less legal professional, is immune from being prosecuted for his/her criminal misdeeds.”

Competition Commission of India Jurisdiction
DSK LegalExperts Corner

by Danish Khan* and Aakrit Aditya Sharma**

Manipulated listing of cases
Hot Off The PressNews

Supreme Court suspected potential manipulation, indicating that someone might be purposely controlling the listing process.