compassionate appointment
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court held that the Punjab and Haryana High Court was not right in setting aside the judgment of the First Appellate Court and restoring the judgment of the Trial Court, granting the respondent compassionate appointment in Bank of Baroda.

condition of right to repurchase
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court also said that the right to repurchase can always be assigned and the contract containing such condition shall be enforceable, with only exception that such a right should not be personal in nature.

justice krishna murari
Know thy Judge

Justice Krishna Murari, who has been serving as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, retires after an extensive career of 4.5 years. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, he had served as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and the Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.

adoption under hindu law
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court's Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1951 on requirements of adoption under Hindu Law.

section 180 ipc
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court reprimanded the DSP and said that a DSP, ought to know that in terms of Section 162 of Cr.PC, no statement made by a person to a police officer in the course of any investigation, which is reduced to writing, is required to be signed by the person making the statement.

lajpat nagar blast
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A prominent market in the heart of the capital city is attacked and we may point out that it has not been dealt with the required degree of promptitude and attention. To our great dismay, we are forced to observe that this may be due to the involvement of influential persons.”

tandav web-series
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The makers and producers of the Amazon web-series ‘Tandav’ were accused of hurting religious sentiments and outraging religious beliefs by inserting controversial dialogues.

supreme court collegium
Hot Off The PressNews

The Seven Supreme Court collegium resolutions were passed on 05-07-2023.

live-in relationship and section 376 of ipc
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court also considered the fact that the inter-faith couple had jointly approached the High Court seeking police protection.

hssc art and craft teachers recruitment
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court clarified that appointments made after the instant judgment would be limited to vacant posts notified under communication of 2006 and could not be extended to vacancies which arose thereafter.

collegium recommends
Appointments & TransfersNews

Supreme Court Collegium took note of factors like Seniority, Merit, Integrity, Diversity & Inclusion while recommending the names of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti for elevation.

raw pet-coke allocation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The allocation of quantities of Raw Pet-Coke (‘RPC’), a residue of the leftover from the refining of petroleum products and sand crude as well as other heavy oils was in issue in the present appeals.

delhi meerut rrts project
Hot Off The PressNews

The funds are needed for the construction of a Regional Rapid Transit System that will connect the national capital with Rajasthan and Haryana.

chain of circumstantial evidence
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court concurred with the Punjab and Haryana High Court that incriminating circumstances were not proved beyond reasonable doubt and chain of evidence was not complete to interfere with a degree of certainty of accused having committed the crime.

supreme court june 2023
Legal RoundUpSupreme Court Roundups

The month of June was a vacation month for the Supreme Court. The Vacation Benches, nevertheless, assembled to pass some orders in important and urgent matters. The retiring judges of the Supreme Court also delivered some important judgments. This roundup covers reports on these judgments and orders and some special posts on the Judges, the Never reported Judgments, interesting cases from SCC Archives, and more.

free wi-fi at supreme court
Hot Off The PressNews

The Supreme Court of India has taken a step ahead on its path towards technological advancement of the institution. All the Advocates,

clarifications of previous law retrospective
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Merely because a provision is described as a clarification or an explanation, the Court is not bound by the said statement in the statute itself but must proceed to analyse the nature of the amendment.

limitation
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1950 on Hyderabad Limitation Act, 1322 Fasli and Sections 14 and 15 of the Limitation Act, 1908.

executing court to decide inter se claims
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court commented that “The situation is indeed disquieting, viewed from the perspective of the decree holders, but the law, as it stands, has to be given effect whether the court likes the result or not.”

new procedure for mentioning
Hot Off The PressNews

The Supreme Court directed the Circular to be provided to Supreme Court Bar Association and Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association, and further requested them to display it on the Notice Boards for information to the Members of the Bar.