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Maharashtra Slum Areas Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Legal reform through legislative correction improves the legal system and it would require assessment of the working of the law, its accessibility, utility and abuse as well. Executive branch has a constitutional duty to ensure that the purpose and object of a statute is accomplished while implementing it, along with duty to closely monitor the working of a statute and must have a continuous and a real time assessment of the impact that the statute is having.”

Sub-classification of SCSTs
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In E.V. Chinnaiah v. State of A.P., (2005) 1 SCC 394, the Supreme Court five Judge Bench held that Scheduled Castes form homogenous classes and there cannot be any sub-division, and that such sub-classification of SC/STs is contrary to Article 341 of the Constitution.

Chef Kunal Kapur
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Supreme Court has referred the case to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre to explore the possibility of any out-of-court settlement.

Enrolment fees
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court declared that the judgment would have a prospective effect, thus the Bar Councils are not required to refund the enrolment fees collected more than the statutory amount so far.

Tax on mineral rights
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Supreme Court said that authorizing the Central Government to lay down the terms of mining leases and grant approval to concessions, the MMDR Act seeks to ensure that there is uniformity in the terms for working of mines and extraction of minerals.

Royalty is not tax
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

“The payments made to the Government cannot be deemed to be a tax merely because the statute provides for their recovery as arrears”.

District Judicial Service
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The imposition of such a requirement was manifestly proper, as judicial officers are required to appreciate the evidence in the State’s language.

65% reservation
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The Supreme Court refused to grant interim relief at this stage.

damages for breach of contract
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on damages for breach of contract.

GM mustard
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“When a legislative body enacts a legislation there is a presumption of constitutionality unless proven otherwise, similarly, a policy decision when taken by the competent authority enters the fray of enforcement with a presumption in its favour of being in public interest, unless otherwise shown, demonstrated and proven to be among other grounds, manifestly arbitrary.”

tax on mineral rights
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This matter was the oldest pending nine-judge Bench case before the Supreme court. The Bench had reserved its judgment in the matter on 14-03-2024

Stay of bail order
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“An order granting a stay to the operation of the order granting bail during the pendency of the application for cancellation of bail should be passed in very rare cases”

JNU Professor criminal defamation
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In March 2023, the Delhi High Court quashed the summoning order, stating that there is nothing therein that could be defamatory against former Professor

GM mustard
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The failure to adequately assess health and environmental impact of Genetically Modified crops seriously infringes upon intergenerational equity as it potentially endangers the ability of future citizens to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.”

Lakhimpur Kheri violence
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In Lakhimpur Kheri violence, four farmers, one journalist, the driver of one of the vehicles, and two others, were killed. Nearly ten farmers suffered major and minor injuries

City Manager under UDHD
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The only criteria for minimum qualifying marks have been mentioned in the Bihar City Manager Cadre (Appointment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2014 and the advertisement, which states that 32 % for women is the minimum qualifying marks for the written test (70 marks) and not out of 100 marks as interpreted by BSSC.”

NEET UG 2024
Case BriefsSupreme Court

On 22-07-2024 the Supreme Court has asked the Director of IIT, Delhi to constitute a three-member expert committee to give their opinion regarding the correct answer to a multiple-choice question of NEET-UG 2024, for which the NTA awarded marks for two options.

S. 19(b) Specific Relief Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Section 19(b) provides that a specific performance of a contract may be enforced against any other person claiming under him by a title arising subsequently to the contract, except a transferee for value who has paid his money in good faith and without notice of the original contract.

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Kanwar yatra
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The State of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh issued the direction amidst preparations for the Kanwar Yatra, directing the shops and eateries to display the names, addresses, mobile numbers of owners and their staff.