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Justice B. V Nagarathna is currently serving as a Judge of Supreme Court of India. She formerly served as a Judge of Karnataka High Court until her elevation to the Supreme Court. Justice Nagarathna is also the potential contender for the first ever woman Chief Justice of India.
In case of a sloppy trial, the Supreme Court kept scope for Manish Sisodia to file another application for bail.
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on partition of Hadapsar lands under Hindu law.
Supreme Court considered what would be fair and just compensation to do justice between the parties so that landowners get a fair and reasonable compensation for losing their land.
“For applying the principles of Res Ipsa Locutor, it is necessary that a ‘Res’ is present to establish the allegation of negligence.”
“When millions of consumers of justice file their cases by knocking at the doors of the courts of first instance, they expect speedy justice.”
“For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for freedom. It is the battle of reclamation of human personality.”- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
“Thrusting upon a woman the guilt of having killed a child without any proper evidence, simply because she was living alone in the village, thereby connecting with one another two unrelated aspects; reinforces the cultural stereotypes and gendered identities which the Court has explicitly warned against.”
Supreme Court wondered “how a Civil Writ Petition for clubbing First Information Reports could be entertained”.
Supreme Court opined that the interpretation, spirit and object of the Ceiling Act as envisaged during enactment and juxtaposed against the regressive impact experienced in different States as indicated in Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Repeal Act required authoritative determination of related issues by a Larger Bench.
Introduction: On 19 October 2023, the Supreme Court delivered a ground-breaking verdict on same-sex marriage. This landmark decision ignited discussions across the
Supreme Court found the case fit for recalling the witnesses for further cross-examination but added that the power to recall witnesses under S.311 CrPC ought to be exercised sparingly and mere hostility by a witness, per se, would not be sufficient grounds to infer misuse of concession of bail.
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on the Preventive Detention Act, 1950.
Camouflage and guise to bypass the statutory mandate of pre-litigation mediation should be checked when deception and falsity is apparent or established.
The PIL sought transfer of cases pending before investigating agencies to any other independent agencies or CBI.
by Siddharth R. Gupta*
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 78
“Upon India entering into a treaty or protocol does not result in its automatic enforceability in courts and tribunals; the provisions of such treaties and protocols do not therefore, confer rights upon parties, till such time, as appropriate notifications are issued, in terms of Section 90(1).”
Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, who has been serving as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India for 4 years is set to retire today, on 20-10-2023. His life has been marked by a relentless pursuit of knowledge, dedication and an unswerving commitment to uphold principles of justice.
NGT had highlighted the serious functional irregularity in efficiency and competence on the part of CECB officials, holding them guilty of offence under Section 26 of NGT Act for failure to comply with NGT order.