non est factum and misrepresentation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Non-framing of an issue, which is otherwise covered in a broader issue and for which there was sufficient pleading and evidence, the suit could not have been dismissed on that ground.”

criminal antecedents of accused
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“FIR in a criminal case is an extremely vital and valuable piece of evidence for the purpose of corroborating the oral evidence adduced at the trial and the delay in the registration of the FIR, by itself, cannot be a ground for quashing of the FIR”.

extended age of retirement
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation does not have any role to play in matters that are strictly governed by the service regulations. This is an exercise that is undertaken by the State in discharge of its public duties and should not brook undue interference by the Court.”

translation of charge sheet
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court clarified that if the accused and his advocate are non- conversant with the language, the question of providing translation may arise because the accused must get a fair opportunity to defend himself by understanding the material against him in the charge sheet.

maternity benefits
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The expression “discharge” is of wide import, and it would include “discharge on conclusion of the contractual period”.”

transfer of property act genuine transaction sham transaction
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

“This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on Transfer of Property Act, 1882.”

grant of remission
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“If the view of the Presiding Judge, based on the judicial record, is mechanically followed, then the discretion of the executive empowered with execution of the sentence, would be denuded of its content”.

dying declaration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“It is just not enough for the court to say that the dying declaration is reliable, as the accused is named in the dying declaration as the assailant.”

allahabad high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Allahabad High Court said that Development Authority is only in possession of part of the land and the scheme for proposed ‘New Kanpur City’ as of now is not viable.

dissenting opinion in arbitration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Dissenting opinion of arbitrators might provide useful clues during procedural issues, which forms a critical part when the hearings are challenged”.

dismiss execution petition
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“If this is allowed to happen, every judgment-debtor who is in possession of the immoveable property till the decree is passed, shall hand over possession to a third party to defeat the decree-holder's right and entitlement to enjoy the fruits of litigation and this may continue indefinitely and no decree for immovable property can be executed.”

test identification parade
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court viewed that after the introduction of Section 54A in CrPC, an accused is under an obligation to stand for Test identification parade.

transfer of gauhati hc judge to patna hc
Appointments & TransfersNews

The reiteration came after the Collegium deliberated over a reconsideration request submitted by Justice Tagia.

writ of certiorari
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The purpose of certiorari is only to confine the inferior tribunals within their jurisdiction, so as to avoid the irregular exercise, or the non-exercise or the illegal assumption of it and not to correct errors of finding of fact or interpretation of law committed by them in the exercise of powers vested in them under the statute”.

attending circumstances
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court noted that there are multiple FIRs that have been registered over a period, thereby attracting the issue of wreaking vengeance out of private or personal grudge as alleged.

justice sanjay karol
Know thy Judge

Justice Sanjay Karol served the High Courts of Tripura and Patna as Chief Justice before his elevation as a Supreme Court Judge on 06-02-2023.

superannuation age of ccras research assistant
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“While granting interim relief for continuation in service, the Court or Tribunal should, therefore, be slow and circumspect, unless prima facie evidence of unimpeachable character was produced because if the public servant succeeds, he can always be compensated. But if he fails, he would have enjoyed undeserved benefit of extended service and merely caused injustice to his immediate junior”.

court cannot modify arbitral award
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court explained that the older Act enabled the Court to modify an award, a power which was consciously omitted by Parliament while enacting the 1996 Act, hinting towards exclusion of power to modify an award.

supreme court ratio decidendi
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A decision in a case takes its flavour from the facts of the case and the question of law involved and decided.”

rosewood logs
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court regarded the same to be a lapse on part of the state for not apprising the High Court of the true and up-to-date facts at the time of final hearing and remitted the matter back to the High Court for being examined afresh.