Rape, murder of two minors: SC upholds death penalty, Justice Sanjiv Khanna...
The Supreme Court today confirmed the death penalty awarded to a person convicted for rape and murder of two minor children. The judgment was delivered by a Bench of Justices Rohinton Nariman, Sanjiv...
View ArticleKerala ISIS recruitment: Supreme Court restores NIA court conviction of...
In the Kerala ISIS recruitment case, the Supreme Court today convicted Yasmeen Mohammad Zahidi under Sections 120B and 125 of Indian Penal Code and Sectios 38, 39 and 40 of Unlawful Activities...
View ArticleBreaking: Criminalisation of Triple Talaq challenged in Supreme Court
The Constitutional validity of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 which criminalises Triple Talaq has been challenged in Supreme Court. The petition has been filed by Samastha...
View ArticlePart III of Constitution of India alias Bamiyan Buddhas
Shanmugham D Jayan Even a non-legal mind traversing the initial pages of the Constitution of India will be captivated by the beauty of structuring of Part III of the said document. The same is arranged...
View ArticleAyodhya Case: KN Govindacharya moves Supreme Court seeking live streaming of...
Former RSS Idealogue KN Govindacharya has filed a petition in Supreme Court seeking live streaming of the proceedings in Ayodhya case. Govindacharya has placed reliance on the judgment of the Supreme...
View ArticleLok Sabha passes Bill to increase strength of Supreme Court to thirty-three...
The Lok Sabha today passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019 to increase the strength of the Supreme Court to thirty-three (33), excluding the Chief Justice of India. As per the...
View ArticleSection 14(1)(e) of Delhi Rent Control Act: Satyawati Sharma is good law,...
The Supreme Court today held that its 2008 judgment of Satyawati Sharma (Dead) by LRs. v. Union of India & Anr. relating to the interpretation of Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act,...
View ArticleAyodhya: Was Jesus Christ born at Bethlehem or not? Has such a question...
In the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case hearing, the Supreme Court today asked Counsel for Ram Lalla whether an issue relating to birth of Prophets or religious figures has arisen in any court anywhere in...
View ArticleVeracity of Dying Declaration: What the Supreme Court held [Read Judgment]
Based on the Dying Declaration of the deceased wife, the Supreme Court yesterday upheld the conviction and sentence of a man under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The judgment rendered by a...
View ArticleAyodhya: Rajeev Dhavan objects to Bench hearing the case on Miscellaneous Days
Senior Counsel Rajeev Dhavan today raised an objection to the Constitution Bench hearing the Ayodhya case even on Miscellaneous days. Dhavan told the Court that a speculation is doing rounds that the...
View ArticleA non-signatory can be bound by an arbitration agreement on the basis of...
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that a non-signatory can be bound by an arbitration agreement on the basis of the “Group of Companies” doctrine, where the conduct of the parties evidences a clear...
View ArticlePresident cannot modify Article 370 using Article 370: First challenge by...
A Kashmiri lawyer, Shakir Shabir has approached the Supreme Court of India challenging the Presidential Order of August 5 which had paved the way for scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution....
View ArticleArticle 370: Can the Centre unravel Federal Structure under the cover of...
Two Lok Sabha MPs belonging to the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Party have approached the Supreme Court challenging the Presidential Order of August 5 which paved the way for the abrogation...
View ArticleDispelling the labyrinth of Electronic Evidence Certificate under Section 65B...
Pawan Reley and Sajal Awasthi Documentary evidence under Chapter V of the Evidence Act, 1872 is of great importance during the course of trial as the same is the primary piece of evidence. Sections 62...
View ArticleCertificate by Institution of Mechanical Engineers not equivalent to Degree,...
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that Certificates issued by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (India) [IMEI/ appellant] to its Members on successful completion of its bi-annual examination...
View ArticleMotor Accident claims: Multiplier should be computed based on age of deceased...
The Supreme court has reiterated that in Motor accident claims cases, the multiplier to be applied for determining compensation in case of a bachelor, should be computed based on the age of the...
View ArticleSpecial Bench of Supreme Court to hear petitions on Article 370, Kashmir...
A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will hear three important cases on Friday this week. The following are the three cases which will be heard by a Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and...
View ArticleSupreme Court has no judge from Jammu & Kashmir, will hear seven petitions...
On August 5, the Union government by way of an amendment to Article 367 effectively rendered redundant Article 370 which had conferred special status on the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir....
View ArticleAdani Group’s cases listed inappropriately during summer vacation, Dushyant...
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave has alleged that two cases involving Adani Group’s companies were listed out of turn by the Supreme Court during the summer vacation and disposed of in contravention to...
View ArticleAltering Article 370 by purporting to apply Article 367 fraud on...
Retired Military Officers and bureaucrats have filed a petition in the Supreme Court of India challenging the Presidential Orders by which Article 370 of the Constitution of India was abrogated. The...
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