Qualified Privilege immunity self- incriminating statement by witness
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court further held that there cannot be an absolute embargo on the Trial Court to initiate process under Section 319 CrPC., merely because a person, who though appears to be complicit, has deposed as a witness.

detention order under COFEPOSA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“In the matters pertaining to personal liberty of the citizens, the Authorities are enjoined with a constitutional obligation to decide the representation with utmost expedition. Each day’s delay matters in such a case.”

non recording reasons appointment junior ranked officer Judge Advocate
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court stated that subsequent mentioning of the reasons for appointment of junior ranked officer as Judge Advocate in the appellant’s copy of the convening order, especially after putting signatures by the issuing authority, was unauthorised and impermissible.

Dhol Tasha Zanj units
Hot Off The PressNews

The NGT had directed to restrict the total number of Dhol, Tasha, Zanj Groups to only 30 per group along with real time monitoring of noise pollution around each Ganesh pandal and initiating criminal proceedings against the violators.

National Medical Commission
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Making a party run from Court to Court to seek permission, specifically when the institute concerned is not a new institute and has been running for the last 18 years, is only an attempt to harass the institution. Particularly, when the approval granted earlier for the academic year 2023-2024 was withdrawn, no deficiency, except non-grant of COA, was pointed out”

Impleading non-signatories to arbitration
DSK LegalExperts Corner

by Prashant Pakhiddey* and Manav Gill**

black and white photographs in pleadings
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“For a long time, the parties are placing on record black and white photocopies of photographs, mostly which are blurred.”

shashi tharoor 2018 defamatory statements against PM Modi
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Shashi Tharoor while addressing the audience at the Bangalore Literature Festival in 2018 had quoted lines from the article published by the Caravan magazine and which said that “Mr. Modi is like a scorpion sitting on a Shivling; you cannot remove him with your hand, and you cannot hit it with a chappal either.”

export of military equipment to Israel supreme court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Considering the petition seeking directions for the Union Government to cancel existing licenses/permissions and to stop the grant of new licenses to Indian companies, the Court stated that the self-imposed restraint on Courts entering into areas of foreign policy is grounded in sound rationale which has been applied across time.

Anticipatory bail
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“When procedural law doesn’t preclude the investigating agency from arresting a person in relation to a different offence while he is already under custody in some previous offence, the accused too cannot be precluded of his statutory right to apply for anticipatory bail only on the ground that he is in custody in relation to a different offence.”

Incidence and measure of Tax
Experts CornerTarun Jain (Tax Practitioner)

by Tarun Jain*

Custody of toddler
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that this is not a case where custody of the child can be disturbed in a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

Descheduling of caste
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court reiterated that neither State Government nor Courts have the authority to modify Scheduled Castes list promulgated by Presidential order

murder and dacoity conviction set aside
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on murder and dacoity, dating back to the year 1953.

rape convict sentence reduce
Case BriefsSupreme Court

‘No reason to interfere with the well-considered findings.’ The High Court’s and Trial Court’s decision for convicting the man for offence under Section 376 of IPC was upheld.

Elevation of District Judges
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“This appears to be a case where there was no collective consultation amongst the three Constitutional functionaries of the High Court i.e. the Chief Justice and the two senior-most companion judges. The absence of plurality, in reconsideration as directed by the Supreme Court Collegium, is discernible.”

Bhushan Steel former MD Neeraj Singal
Hot Off The PressNews

Neeraj Singal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on 09-06-2023 in a bank fraud and money laundering case

RG Kar College corruption case
Hot Off The PressNews

Sandip Ghosh was the Principal of the RG Kar Hospital and College where the brutal rape and murder of a doctor took place on 9-08-2024. The Calcutta High Court on 13-08-2024 had transferred the investigation to CBI relating to the doctor’s death.

Jaypee Infratech resolution plan
Case BriefsSupreme Court

About 538 home buyers, who paid more than 80% of the demand, will be given this option for allotment of the flat, in which event, the said home buyers will be treated on par with other home buyers.

termination of judicial officers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Regarding the reinstatement of other two judicial officers, the Court will hear the matter on 24-09-2024, as the Full Court decided to not revoke their earlier resolutions and would place the adverse remarks and other materials against them before the Supreme Court in a sealed cover.