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Category: Bail Granted

Bail Granted

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 439 – Constitution of India – Article 21 – Bail – Cancellation – Accused cannot be granted bail only on the ground that he was in custody for seven months – Individual liberty is restricted by larger social interest and its deprivation must have due sanction of law.

May 6, 2017 sclaw

(2012) CriLJ 4670 : (2012) 4 JCC 2909 : (2012) 9 JT 155 : (2013) 1 RCR(Criminal) 277 : (2012) 9 SCALE 165 : (2012) 9 SCC 446 SUPREME COURT…

Bail Granted

Bail–Anticipatory–The apprehension that the respondent is in a position to influence, induce or coerce witnesses to desist from furnishing relevant information to the investigating agency cannot be considered to be imaginary and the court ought to have considered that aspect seriously before granting anticipatory bail.

May 1, 2017 sclaw

  2007(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 2543   IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarun Chatterjee The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.K. Balasubramaniyan Criminal Appeal No. 1065…

Bail Granted

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 – Sections 5, 6 and 9 – Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 323, 504, 117, 366A and 373 – Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Sections 437(5) and 439(2) – Rescue of young girls and children from red light area – Challenge to order passed by High Court whereby bail was granted to respondent –

Apr 27, 2017 sclaw

  (2010) CriLJ 1433 : (2009) 14 JT 37 : (2009) 15 SCC 75 : (2009) 11 SCR 761 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA GURIA, SWAYAM SEVI SANSTHAN — Appellant Vs.…

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Arbitration

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34, Section 37 — Challenge to arbitral award — Jurisdiction of arbitrator — Clause in a contract that states one party’s decision is final and cannot be challenged in any court or arbitration is void if it seeks to prevent adjudication on disputed liability, as the determination of breach and liability rests with an adjudicatory forum, not the party alleging breach.

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I B C

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 12A — Withdrawal of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Commercial Wisdom of Committee of Creditors (CoC) — Primacy of CoC’s commercial wisdom in deciding withdrawal of CIRP is non-justiciable and not subject to appeal or review by adjudicating authorities, except on grounds of statutory illegality or jurisdictional infirmity — Supreme Court in a miscellaneous application concerning a disposed SLP from a civil revision cannot adjudicate rival offers or substitute its view for the CoC’s business decision.

Mar 24, 2026 sclaw
Service

Karnataka Recruitment of Gazetted Probationers (Appointment by Competitive Examinations) Rules, 1997 — Rule 11(1), 11(3) & Rule 4(3) — Selection process for Gazetted Probationers — Vacancy arising from non-joining candidate — Claims of next eligible candidate — Held, select list is not an open-ended reservoir of candidates but is prepared for notified vacancies & operates within statutory framework — Inclusion in select list does not confer indefeasible right to appointment — Appointment governed by Rules & notified vacancies — No provision for reserve/waiting list under 1997 Rules — Post left unfilled due to non-completion of pre-appointment formalities or non-joining cannot be filled by operating the same select list & claiming by next candidate in absence of express statutory provision — High Court erred in allowing writ petition & setting aside Tribunal’s order.

Mar 24, 2026 sclaw
Constitution

Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 15(1), 16, 309 — Relaxation in qualifying examination (TET) marks for reserved category candidates — The provision of relaxation in qualifying marks in TET enables reserved category candidates to enter the zone of consideration and does not affect their inter se merit in the main selection process (TAIT) — Migration to the open category is permissible if recruitment rules do not expressly prohibit it or are silent on the matter — Decisions in Pradeep Kumar and Sajib Roy are distinguishable as they dealt with candidates not fulfilling essential eligibility criteria, unlike in this case where relaxation in TET marks is expressly permitted by NCTE guidelines — The High Court erred in not allowing meritorious reserved category candidates to be considered under the general category — Appeals allowed, impugned judgment set aside.

Mar 24, 2026 sclaw