Supreme Court invokes power under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant mutual consent divorce
Supreme Court directed the parties to withdraw all the cases pending between them.
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Inside Supreme Court verdict on easementary rights and powers of Appellate Court
“The easementary right is essentially a right claimed by the owner of land upon another land owned by someone else so that he may enjoy his property in the most beneficial manner.”
[Delhi Excise Liquor Policy] | Supreme Court issues notice to ED on Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging arrest
Earlier, the Delhi High Court had dismissed Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest and opined that the same was not in contravention with law.
[Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque case] Supreme Court extends stay on Allahabad HC order appointing commissioner to inspect Mosque
The case is related to the Shahi Idgah mosque at Mathura, which is alleged to have been built after demolishing a temple at the birthplace of Lord Krishna.
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Whether chargesheet filed without FSL report amounts to incomplete chargesheet and entitles accused to default bail? SC refers to larger bench
The matter has been placed before the Chief Justice of India for considering tagging it with Directorate of Enforcement v. Manpreet Singh Talwar [SLP(Crl.) No.5724 of 2023], wherein similar question is still pending before a three-Judge Bench of the Court.
SC enhances Motor Vehicle accident compensation awarded by MP High Court; Says percentage of disability reduced on surmises & conjectures
“Compensation awarded under the head ‘loss of income’ towards permanent disability deserves to be enhanced by construing the whole-body disability at 17%.”
Never Reported Judgment | Sale of joint family property by Karta to pay off debts of business, not being a joint family business, cannot bind other members [(1953) 1 SCC 245]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on sale of joint family property by Karta.
Supreme Court allows husband’s plea for Potency Test on wife’s claim of his impotency
Supreme Court said that as the husband is willing to undergo potency test, the High Court should have upheld the order of the Trial Court to that extent
‘Voter’s right to know not absolute’; SC upholds Karikho Kri’s 2019 election from Tezu Assembly
“Not necessary for a candidate to declare every item of movable property that he or his dependent family members owns, such as, clothing, shoes, crockery, stationery and furniture, etc., unless the same is of such value as to constitute a sizeable asset.”
‘Mere absence of motive does not impinge testimony of reliable eye-witness’; SC upholds conviction in 1993 day-light murder case
“The lack or absence of motive is inconsequential when direct evidence establishes the crime.”
Supreme Court allows DMRC’s Curative Petition against arbitral award in favour of Delhi Airport Metro Express
Supreme Court has applied the standard of a ‘grave miscarriage of justice’ in the exceptional circumstances of this case where the process of arbitration has been perverted by the arbitral tribunal to provide an undeserved windfall to DAMEPL.
[Excise Liquor Policy] | Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal not in contravention with law; Delhi High Court dismisses Arvind Kejriwal’s plea
Delhi High Court clarified that it is a legal matter between the petitioner and the Directorate of Enforcement, not a conflict between political parties. It stressed the need for the court to maintain its focus on the legal merits of the case, without being influenced by political dynamics.
SC allows jailed UP MLA Abbas Ansari to attend his father Mukhtar Ansari’s fatiha ceremony
Abbas Ansari taken to Ghazipur with police security at 5 PM on April 09 to attend the ritual.
SC dismisses Centre’s plea to condone delay of 12 years and 158 days for filing restoration of suit; calls it a ‘mockery of justice’
“The length of the delay is a relevant matter which the court must take into consideration while considering whether the delay should be condoned or not.”
Supreme Court restores YouTuber Sattai Duraimurugan’s bail in 2021 derogatory speech against Chief Minister MK Stalin case
In 2021 Madras High Court granted bail to Sattai. Later, a Division Bench of High Court cancelled the bail. However, in 2022, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to him, and he has been out on bail since then.
Never Reported Judgment| Purchaser cannot be said to be ready and willing to perform his part of contract, if he does not treat the contract as subsisting [(1953) 1 SCC 234]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on personal bars to relief in specific performance of contract.
SC stays Allahabad HC decision holding UP Board of Madarsa Education Act as unconstitutional
In Anshuman Singh Rathore v. Union of India, 2024 SCC OnLine All 857, U.P. Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 was held as unconstitutional for being violative of the principle of secularism, Articles 14, 21 and 21-A of the Constitution and violative of Section 22 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
Supreme Court grants bail to Shoma Sen in Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case
Supreme Court granted her bail subject to the conditions that she will not leave the State of Maharashtra without the permission of the Special Court and have to surrender her passport and furnish her address and mobile number to the investigating officer.
Supreme Court acquits murder convicts; reverses High Court findings based on conjectures and surmises
Supreme Court said that the elaborate exercise of the trial Judge has been washed away by the High Court in a totally cursory manner.
SC directs NMC to submit details of stipend paid to MBBS Interns by medical colleges in all States
Clause 3 of Schedule IV of the National Medical Commission (Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship) Regulations, 2021 provides for payment of stipend to all the interns, as fixed by the appropriate authority applicable to the institution/ University or State.