Patna High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Shariat law permits Muslim to contract more than one marriage, but it must be borne in mind that merely because an act was lawful, it did not per se become justifiable in married life. Contracting a second marriage by a Muslim may be lawful, but it causes enormous cruelty to the first wife.

right to reconstruct on land where a mosque once existed
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on religious and charitable endowments.

Hemant Soren
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Hemant Soren had resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Jharkhand on January 31, 2024.

Interim bail Arvind Kejriwal
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Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, was arrested on 21-03-2024 in connection with the Delhi Liquor Excise Policy.

Jurisdiction of Special Court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The High Court could have directed the complaint to be withdrawn and presented before the appropriate Court having jurisdiction.”

Reproductive autonomy
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Pregnant persons seeking termination of pregnancy seek predictability for their future. The uncertainty caused by changing opinions of the medical board must therefore balance the distress it would cause to the pregnant person by providing cogent and sound reasons.”

Patanjali Misleading Ads Case
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Supreme Court noted that the misleading advertisements for Patanjali products, which have now been prohibited, are still available on certain online platforms

Oxford Professor to surrender passport to Indian High Commission
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The Oxford Professor’s citizenship was involuntarily and automatically terminated by operation of Section 9 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 upon acquisition of British Citizenship. It was submitted that ‘renunciation’ of citizenship is different from ‘termination’ and Sections 4(1), 4(1A) and 9(1) of the Act, 1955 were challenged for being ultra vires to Articles 14, 19, 21, and 25 of the Constitution.

MPSS exam
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“One lapse on the part of the State is all it took to generate this litigation, impacting multitudes of job aspirants in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The lapse was the amendment of an existing service rule on 17-02-2020 which was recalled thereafter on 20-12-2021, restoring the rule to its original position, but in the interregnum that amended rule was applied to an ongoing recruitment process.”

Supreme Court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the previous order, Supreme Court directed for reserving some of the posts in the Executive Committee of SCBA for women members of the Bar.

Anticipatory Bail Umar Ansari
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Umar Ansari was alleged of threatening the Administration, during the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls, violating the Code of Conduct, which is punishable under Section 171-F and 506 of the IPC.

DMRC v. DAMEPL
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Justice SV Bhatti
Know thy Judge

Justice Bhatti served as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court for 1 month before being elevated to the Supreme Court on 14-07-2023.

Belated claims of Homebuyers in Jaypee Infratech
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The issue of notice will not come in the way of execution or implementation of the resolution plan and the allotment of the unit to the appellant, if made, will be subject to the outcome of the present appeal.”

Intelligently executing deed appreciating its interest is valid
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on Section 129 of the Transfer of Property Act,1882.

Centre to make necessary changes to S. 498-A
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Police cannot be utilised for the purpose of holding the husband at ransom so that he could be squeezed by the wife at the instigation of her parents or relatives or friends and in all cases, where wife complains of harassment or ill-treatment, Section 498-A of the IPC cannot be applied mechanically.”

Contempt notice to two NCDRC members
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The two members of the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission ignored an interim order passed by the Court on 01-03-2024 and issued non-bailable warrants against the directors of Ireo Grace Realtech.

Valid proof of Hindu marriage
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A marriage is not an event for ‘song and dance’ and ‘wining and dining’ or an occasion to demand and exchange dowry and gifts by undue pressure leading to possible initiation of criminal proceedings thereafter. A marriage is not a commercial transaction.”

women reservation in SCBA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court clarified that reservation is only to guarantee a minimum and women members of the SCBA, subject to their eligibility, be entitled to contest the election for all the posts in the Executive Committee.

Vahiwatdar of Trust
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Repeated attempts to attack the Change Reports relating to assumption of office by the new administration of the Trust only indicates their inimical attitude thereto and to the family of the founder, Mallikarjun Mahalingappa Patil”