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Constitution

Government has no right to walk into the Court as and when they want “We have categorized such cases as “certificate cases” where the only purpose is to approach this court to get a certificate of dismissal of the appeal/petition and such endeavours must be discouraged.”

Jun 24, 2020 sclaw

Filing Of ‘Certificate Cases’ Must Be Discouraged, Says SC [Read Order] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 21 Jun 2020 11:27 AM “We have categorized such cases as “certificate cases” where the only…

Constitution

Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 136 – Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement Rules, 2013 – Rule 70(8) – Grant of contract – Once the bidding process is complete, the appellant is entitled to take work from the successful bidders rather than taking work from the short-term tenderers who were granted contract in exigency of the situation.

Jun 24, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH RAJASTHAN STATE WAREHOUSING CORPORATION — Appellant Vs. STAR AGRIWAREHOUSING AND COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and…

Constitution

IMP ::: Jagannath Rath Yatra – This Court Suggested to the parties that the procession of chariots, i.e., the Rath Yatra itself, could be allowed to proceed, however, without the general congregation which participates in this Yatra and informed that it would be well nigh impossible to ensure that there is no congregation

Jun 24, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ODISHA VIKASH PARISHAD — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Mr. S.A. Bobde, CJ., Mr. Dinesh Maheshwari…

Constitution

Amrapali : SC Directs ED To Transfer JP Morgan’s Attached Money For Construction Purposes HELD that let the attached money of the home buyers, which is diverted as found in the aforesaid order, be transmitted by the Enforcement Directorate to the Amrapali Account [UCO Bank A/c No. 02070210002834] maintained by the Registry of this Court and be utilized for the purpose of construction of the projects.

Jun 20, 2020 sclaw

Amrapali : SC Directs ED To Transfer JP Morgan’s Attached Money For Construction Purposes [Read Order] Nilashish Chaudhary 20 Jun 2020 12:51 PM In a significant development regarding the completion…

Constitution

IN RE : THE PROPER TREATMENT OF COVID 19 PATIENTS AND DIGNIFIED HANDLING OF DEAD BODIES IN THE HOSPITALS ETC. – HELD Court direct that all States shall also constitute an expert team of Doctors and other experts for inspection, supervision and guidance of Government hospitals and other hospitals dedicated to Covid-19 – Chief Secretary of state to comply, within 7 days.

Jun 20, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH IN RE : THE PROPER TREATMENT OF COVID 19 PATIENTS AND DIGNIFIED HANDLING OF DEAD BODIES IN THE HOSPITALS ETC. ( Before :…

Constitution

SC Allows Woman With Twin Pregnancy To Medically Terminate One Foetus With Down Syndrome HELD Medical board found the foetus suffered from incurable “chromosomal abnormality” and the same is classified in the list of “substantial and serious abnormalities” and no termination of abnormal foetus carries negligible risks to the mother “and is proven extremely safe and large seriies with no maternal deaths”

Jun 17, 2020 sclaw

SC Allows Woman With Twin Pregnancy To Medically Terminate One Foetus With Down Syndrome [Read Order] LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 17 Jun 2020 9:15 AM The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted…

Constitution

HELD Invocation of the jurisdiction under Article 32 is not a bona fide recourse to the jurisdiction in a public interest litigation. Consequently, besides dismissing the petition an order directing the imposition of exemplary costs is necessary – This Court accordingly dismiss the petition and impose costs quantified at Rs 5,00,000 on the petitioner.

Jun 13, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH UMEDSINH P CHAVDA — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : D.Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi,…

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Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 223(d) — Persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction may be charged and tried together — Legislative intent is to prevent multiplicity of proceedings, avoid conflicting judgments, and promote judicial economy while ensuring fairness — Segregation without legally recognized grounds like distinct facts, severable evidence, or demonstrated prejudice, is impermissible.

Sep 16, 2025 sclaw
Anticipatory Bail

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 463, 465, 467, 468, 471, 474 read with Section 34 — Offences relating to cheating and forgery — Anticipatory bail — Rejection challenged — Appellants, public servants at the time, accused of certifying mutation entries based on forged documents — High Court rejected anticipatory bail — Supreme Court affirmed the High Court’s decision

Sep 16, 2025 sclaw
Constitution

Waqf Act, 1995 (as amended) — Challenge to constitutional validity of amendments — Petitioners contended that amendments are ultra vires the Constitution, violating fundamental rights including Articles 14, 15, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 300A. Respondents argued for legislative competence and presumption of validity of enactments. Court emphasized that statutes should only be declared unconstitutional if there is a clear, glaring, and undeniable violation of constitutional principles or fundamental rights, or if manifestly arbitrary, and that courts must strive to uphold legislative validity.

Sep 16, 2025 sclaw
Consumer

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 25 — Enforcement of orders — Pre-2002 amendment and post-2019 Act, all orders could be enforced as decrees. The period between 15.03.2003 to 20.07.2020 saw an anomaly where only interim orders (and monetary recovery) were clearly enforceable under Section 25, leaving final non-monetary orders in a gap. Interpretation of Statutes — Casus omissus — Court can fill gaps in legislation using interpretative tools like purposive construction when literal interpretation leads to absurdity or defeats the object of the Act, especially for remedial legislation like the Consumer Act.

Sep 2, 2025 sclaw