Supreme Court settles child custody battle
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Courts ought not to prematurely and without identification of individual instances of ‘alienating behaviour’, label any parent as propagator and or potential promoter of such behaviour and that this label has far-reaching implications which must not be imputed or attributed to an individual parent routinely.”

Supreme Court on refund of stamp duty
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The appellant paid the stamp duty of Rs.25,34,350 and purchased the stamp duty for registration of conveyance deed. However, the conveyance deed was not registered as the vendor had earlier sold the property in question to a third party in 1992.

Termination of arbitration proceedings
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The abandonment of the claim can be either express or implied. The abandonment cannot be readily inferred. There is an implied abandonment when admitted or proved facts are so clinching that the only inference which can be drawn is of the abandonment.”

AOR Exam Cancellation
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Last date for submission of options to take the fresh examination in Paper-I will be 30-06-2024. Options must be submitted on advocate- on-record@sci.nic.in mentioning the name of the candidate, cell phone number and roll number allotted to the candidate for the present examination

NEET UG 2024 counselling
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Allegedly, many candidates scored the perfect score of 720 in NEET-UG 2024.

Online AOR Exam
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Paper-I (Practice and Procedure of the Supreme Court) of the Advocates-on-Record (AoR) Examination held on 10 June 2024 stands cancelled in view of the technical glitches experienced by candidates appearing for computer-based examination at the examination centre.

Delhi Water Crisis
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In the earlier order, Supreme Court has directed Himachal Pradesh Govt. to release 137 cusecs of water to Delhi and also directed Haryana to facilitate the flow of water from Hathnikund to Wazirabad, so it reaches Delhi without obstruction, and the residents get drinking water.

Vinay Kulkarni in BJP worker's murder case
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The deceased was a BJP worker from the Dharwad zila panchayat from Hebballi constituency and was murdered on 15-06-2016. The matter was investigated by the CBI.

appeal as an indigent for enhanced compensation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court allowed the ‘indigent woman’ to file an appeal as an ‘indigent person’, as her indigency was not extinguished by the compensation awarded, for she did not actually receive the money at the time of filing the appeal.

AAP to vacate Delhi office premises by August 10
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The premises in question was allotted in 2020 to expand the footprint of district judiciary.

Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on partial partition.

Bail to PFI Members
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“We are conscious of the legal position that we should be we are slow in interfering with the order when the bail has been granted by the High Court, however it is equally well settled that if such order of granting bail is found to be illegal and perverse, it must be set aside.”

Delhi Water Crisis
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Supreme Court said that due to the acute water shortage, there should be no wastage of water by the Delhi Government for which it should adopt the measures suggested by the Board.

Air India
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court noted that the Division Bench of Bombay High Court, only denied equitable relief under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to the appellants but at the same time, rights of the appellants to claim relief in law before the appropriate forum have been protected.

Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Once gender identity is given horizontal reservation, it follows that the transgender community, being a socially and educationally backward community discriminated based on gender identity, should also be entitled to similar reservation.”

Manish Sisodia Bail
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court did not grant relief to Sisodia in his bail plea against Delhi High Court’s decision but granted him the liberty to revive his prayer afresh after filing of the final complaint/Charge sheet on or before 03-07-2024, after considering the assurance by Prosecution.

Permanent status for TN Medical Services Corporation Employees
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Corporation was covered under the definition of ‘industrial establishment’ and the employees uninterruptedly continued in service for 480 days or more for 24 months.”

Grounds of Arrest in UAPA Offences
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Physical Efficiency Test
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Rajasthan High Court had held that there exists no relaxation regarding category of Ex-serviceman and the Rule 19 of the Rajasthan Forest Subordinate Service Rules, 2015 states that the physical efficiency test will be applicable to candidates belonging to all categories including that of the Ex-servicemen.

relaxation of postal ballot norms
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The mandatory requirement of mentioning the name and designation of the authorised officer in Form 13A was dispensed with, and after the relaxation of norms, only the specimen signatures of all such officers are required.