Farmers Protest
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Supreme Court emphasized that while peaceful protests are a fundamental right in a democracy, there must be a sense of responsibility when engaging in such protests.

promotion to superannuated employee
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Promotion only becomes effective upon the assumption of duties on the promotional post and not on the date of occurrence of the vacancy or the date of recommendation.”

Registration of sale certificate
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Mere filing under Section 89(4) of the Registration Act itself is sufficient when a copy of the sale certificate is forwarded by the authorised officer to the registering authority. As long as the sale certificate remains as it is, it is not compulsorily registrable. It is only when the auction purchaser uses the certificate for some other purpose that the requirement of payment of stamp duty, etc. would arise.”

Refusal to marry abetment of suicide
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“To convict a person for abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC, there has to be a clear mens rea on the part of the accused to abet such a crime and it requires an active act or a direct act leading to the commission of suicide.

commutation of sentence
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on commutation of sentence, dating back to the year 1954.

Yamuna Expressway land acquisition
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court directed that a 64.7% enhancement in compensation would apply in rem, ensuring that uniform benefits would be provided to all affected landowners under the present land acquisition process.

Sambhal Masjid
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The Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna remarked- “In the meantime, peace and harmony must be maintained.”

DA case against O Panneerselvam
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While holding the posts of Revenue Minister and Chief Minister of the State during 2001, he was accused of accumulating properties and pecuniary resources that were disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Delhi air pollution
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Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) is a framework designed to take specific actions based on the level of air quality, with Stage IV being one of the highest stages involving stricter measures such as restrictions on non-essential activities, halting certain industrial operations, and enhancing public health advisories.

S. 14 of Hindu Succession Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Hindu Women’s right to maintenance is not by virtue of any statute, but is found in Shastric Hindu law; maintenance has to be proper, appropriate and adequate, giving the woman so maintained the ability to continue to live the life, similar to what she once lived.”

Unilateral Appointment of an Arbitrator
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by Shalaka Patil† and Surbhi Shah††

Hyderabad land allotment policy
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Government servants, elected legislators, Judges in the Supreme Court and High Court, and prominent journalists do not belong to the “weaker” or per se deserving sections of our society, warranting special State reservations to land allotment.”

Census of tress in Taj Trapezium Zone
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court also emphasized that there needs to be a mechanism for keeping a vigil to ensure that there is no unauthorised felling of trees.

Delhi air pollution
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This directive came in response to an application filed by the parents of some students seeking the reopening of schools.

Spontaneous utterances by deceased
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on Section 6 of Evidence Act, 1872, dating back to the year 1954.

NOIDA Special Economic Zone Authority
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The claims pertaining to the transfer fees, etc., cannot be dealt with by courts or tribunals as the same relates to the commercial wisdom of the Committee of Creditors for they are the best persons to determine their interests, and any such interference is non-justiciable except as provided by Section 30(2) of IBC 2016.

Recording of evidence
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that the High Court fell into grave error of law while interfering in the well-reasoned judgment rendered by the Tribunal whereby, the Tribunal had quashed the order imposing penalty upon the appellant.

Delhi air pollution
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Supreme Court criticized the delay in implementing GRAP stages III and IV, stating that the CAQM’s approach of waiting for AQI levels to improve before taking action violated its 2018 order, which mandated preventive measures for air pollution.

stridhan
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on stridhan, dating back to the year 1954.

Stubble burning
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The compliance reports filed by the Governments of Haryana and Punjab showed that there were a large number of farm fires. The Court found reluctance on the part of both Governments to act in terms of Section 14 of the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021.