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Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 – Sections 34 and 37 – Curative petition – The Court found that the arbitral tribunal’s decision was not perverse or irrational and that the CMRS certificate did not conclusively prove that defects were cured within the cure period – The Court emphasized the tribunal’s domain to interpret the contract and the limited scope of judicial interference in arbitral awards – The Supreme Court concluded that the curative petition was maintainable and that there was no miscarriage of justice in restoring the arbitral award. Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 302, read with 34 – Murder – The Supreme Court found that the High Court did not properly address whether the Trial Court’s acquittal was a plausible conclusion from the evidence – The Supreme Court emphasized that the burden of proof lies with the prosecution and that the accused do not have to prove their innocence unless there is a statutory reverse onus – The Supreme Court concluded that the evidence did not warrant overturning the acquittal, as the Trial Court’s view was possible and not perverse. Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 302 – Murder – Dispute over a blocked pathway – The Court found no evidence of provocation by the deceased that would justify the appellants’ brutal attack, nor any exercise of the right to private defence – The Court applied principles from previous judgments to determine the lack of private defence and the presence of intention to cause harm – The Supreme Court concluded that the appellants’ actions were not in self-defence and that their intention was to inflict harm, affirming the lower courts’ decisions. Consumer Law – Insurance Act, 1938 – Section 45 – Policy not to be called in question on ground of mis-statement after two years – The Court found no suppression of material facts and criticized the NCDRC for not requiring proper evidence from the respondent – The judgment discusses the principles of ‘uberrimae fidei’ (utmost good faith) and the burden of proof in insurance contracts – The Court concluded that the insurance company failed to prove the alleged suppression of facts, thus the repudiation was unjustified. Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 302 read with 34 and 120B – Murder – The Court found that the prosecution failed to establish that the discovery of the body was solely based on the appellants’ statements and that the chain of evidence was incomplete – The Court applied the principles for circumstantial evidence, emphasizing that the circumstances must fully establish the guilt and exclude all other hypotheses – The Supreme Court concluded that the prosecution did not prove the case beyond reasonable doubt, leading to the acquittal of the appellants.

Period of three months, extended by one more month for legal consultation, is mandatory – Consequence of non-compliance with this mandatory requirement shall not be quashing of the criminal proceeding for that very reason – The competent authority shall be Accountable for the delay and be subject to judicial review and administrative action by the CVC under Section 8(1)(f) of the CVC Act.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH VIJAY RAJMOHAN — Appellant Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CBI, ACB, CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai…

Contempt of Court – Deliberate and willful disobedience of order – Direction issued to Telangana Power Utilities viz. TS Genco, TS Transco, TSSPDCL and TSNPDCL to pay salary and other service benefits to the petitioners from the day they are relieved by the respective Andhra Pradesh Power Utilities, to be implemented within two weeks.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH Y. SAI SATYA PRASAD AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. D. PRABHAKARA RAO AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and A.S. Bopanna,…

Union of India to evolve a mechanism to ensure that whenever conflicting stands are taken by different departments, they should be resolved at the governmental level itself. direct the Registry to furnish a copy of this judgment to the learned Attorney General for India to use his good offices and do the needful.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH CENTRAL WAREHOUSING CORPORATION — Appellant Vs. ADANI PORTS SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE LIMITED (APSEZL) AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai and C.T.…

Abetment of suicide – Cruelty – Conviction of the appellants is solely based on the oral evidence of mother and sister of the deceased, who are interested witnesses – Complaint against the appellants was filed after 3 weeks of the death of the deceased -deceased was also undergoing treatment for depression -Appeal allowed

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MARIANO ANTO BRUNO AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE — Respondent ( Before : M. R. Shah and Krishna Murari, JJ.…

HELD a chiller machine is attempting to masquerade as a heat pump, to gain concessional tariff benefits – Conclusion therefore is inevitable that the MVAC machine must not be categorized as a Heat Pump – falls in Sub-heading 8418.10 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985, in the category of refrigerating equipment.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S THERMAX LTD. THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR — Appellant Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, PUNE-1 — Respondent ( Before : K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy,…

U/S 56 r w S 15 of the N I Act, 1881, an endorsement may be made by recording the part-payment of the debt in the cheque or in a note appended to the cheque – If the unendorsed cheque is dishonoured on presentation, the offence u/ S 138 would not be attracted since the cheque does not represent a legally enforceable debt at the time of encashment.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DASHRATHBHAI TRIKAMBHAI PATEL — Appellant Vs. HITESH MAHENDRABHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kohli, JJ.…

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