75% for sports quota
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The objective of introducing the sports quota i.e., 2% of intake, was to promote and encourage those who excelled and gained a certain degree of prescribed proficiency and achievement in defined competitive sports.”

b.ed. graduates ineligible
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that B.Ed. is not a qualification for teachers at Primary level of schooling. The pedagogical skills and training required from a teacher at Primary level is not expected from a B.Ed. trained teacher.

section 12 preventive detention act 1950
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

“This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on Section 12 of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950.”

supreme court judgment on employment notice period
Law made Easy

The transition phase from one workplace to another is a period full of uncertainty and doubts. They say that notice period is your honeymoon period, but for some, it turns out to be a perfect example of “Aag ka dariyaa hai…..doob ke jaana hai”.

justice j b pardiwala
Know thy Judge

“Scrutiny of Judicial Process by Half Truth Knowledgeable is real danger to Rule of Law” — Justice J.B. Pardiwala at ‘2nd Justice

nawab malik
Hot Off The PressNews

Supreme Court clarified that the bail has been granted, solely on medical grounds and not on merits

sanction under pc act declined
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Sanction contemplated under Section 197 of the CrPC concerns a public servant who ‘is accused of any offence alleged to have been committed by him while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty’ whereas, the offences contemplated in the PC Act, 1988 are those which cannot be treated as acts either directly or even purportedly done in the discharge of his official duties.”

delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Delhi High Court cannot exercise power to transfer proceedings between two separate High Courts as the said power of transfer between two High Courts, can be exercised in terms of Section 25 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, by only the Supreme Court.”

sc acquits murder convicts
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court said that the evidence regarding the last seen theory was totally unreliable and the evidence regarding the Call Detail Records also did not inspire any confidence.

pathological laboratories
Case BriefsSupreme Court

It was notified on 06-09-2007, that provisions of Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 would extend to Medical institutions, wherein 20 or more persons are or were employed.

senthil balaji
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court held that the words “such custody” occurring in Section 167(2) of the CrPC, 1973 would include not only police custody but also that of other investigating agencies.

abetting husband suicide
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Earlier, the Supreme Court vide order dated 30-06-2023, had ordered release of the accused on interim bail, as she was pregnant.

women sexual violence in manipur
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court further ordered the judicial committee and Dattatray Padsalgikar to submit separate reports before the Court.

senthil balaji
Hot Off The PressNews

The present case is related to the cash-for-jobs scam, in which the Tamil Nadu Minister and DMK MLA V Senthil Balaji, among others, has been accused of accepting bribes from candidates in exchange of appointment to the State Transportation Corporation

rajasthan high court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court considered the fact that the accused was represented by his son, as the Advocates were on strike in Rajasthan and hence, the petitioner could not properly represent himself before the court of law.

joint estate co-sharer immovable property
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

“This report covers the Supreme Court's Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1951 on Transfer of Property Act, 1882.”

delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The traffic authorities are the best judges to decide the issue of regulation of traffic in the city and the Court while exercising its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India cannot sit over as an Appellate Authority over the decisions taken by the traffic authorities for regulating the movement of traffic in the city.

preeti chandra
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Delhi High Court had granted bail to Preeti Chandra through order dated 14-06-2023.

gyanvapi asi survey
Hot Off The PressNews

The Allahabad High Court upheld the Varanasi District Court’s order directing the Director, Archaeological Survey of India to undertake scientific survey/ investigation/ excavation of the Gyanvapi Mosque.

employer-employee agreements
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court regarded the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 as a special Act expressly and exclusively dealing with the schedule-enumerated conditions of service of workmen in industrial establishments, giving recognition and form to workmen’s hard-won and precious rights.