Cruelty to Wife–Arrest–Prevention of misuse of S.498-A IPC—Directions issued that there will be no automatic arrest—Complaint has to be forwarded to a family welfare committee and till committee submits its report there can be no arrest. Cruelty to Wife—Investigation—To be done only by a designated investigating officer of the area. Cruelty to wife—Bail—Recovery of disputed dowry items will not be a ground for denial of bail. Cruelty to wife—Compromise—Quashing—District & Sessions Judge empowered to close the criminal cases with regard to matrimonial discord. Cruelty to Wife—Clubbing of Cases—It would beopen to the District Judge to club all connected cases between the parties arising out of matrimonial disputes. Cruelty to Wife—Prevention of misuse of S.498-A, IPC—Personal appearance of all family members—Trial court ought to grant exemption from personal appearance or permit appearance by video conferencing. Cruelty to Wife—Physical Injuries—Directions issued for prevention of misuse of S.498-A, IPC will not apply to the offences involving tangible physical injuries or death.
2017(2) Law Herald (SC) 1470 : 2017 LawHerald.Org 1139 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Hon’ble Justice Mr. Adarsh Kumar Goel, Hon’ble Justice Mr.Udey Umesh Lalit CRANo. 1265 of…
Accident—Light Motor Vehicle would include a transport vehicle whose unladen weight does not exceed 7500 kgs and no endorsement is required on license of light motor vehicle for driving such transport vehicle.
2017(2) Law Herald (SC) 1441 : 2017 LawHerald.Org 1136 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arun Mishra Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitawa Roy Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay…
Election Law–Election Duty–Teaching staff cannot be put on duty on teaching days and within teaching hours.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3994 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi Civil Appeal No. 5659…
Damages–Bill of Lading–Contention that value of goods had been declared in Bill of Lading–Contention rejected–Invoice is not a part of Bill of Lading. Damages-Carriage of goods by ship from Japan to Madras–Applicability of Act for claiming damages in case of loss.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 4004 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.S. Singhvi Civil Appeal No. 5638 of…
Eviction–Religious Institution–The benefit that has been bestowed upon the religious institution by the Legislature cannot be ignored lightly merely because the issue was decided by way of Review Application.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3985 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.N. Agrawal The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.P. Naolekar The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam…
Voluntary Retirement Scheme–Pension -Employees who apply for voluntary retirement after serving a minimum period of 15 years under a special/adhoc scheme formulated with the specific approval of the Government and the Board of Directors, will be eligible for pro-rata pension for the period of service rendered as if they are to retire on attaining the age of superannuation on that date.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3980 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice H. S. Bedi Civil Appeal No. 3989…
Murder–Even if the recovery of the weapons as claimed was after a long period and those were not sent for forensic examination that does not in any way dilute the evidentiary value of the prosecution version.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3975 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta Civil Appeal No. 462…
Cognizance–Taking of–Bar of Limitation–The relevant date for deciding whether the complaint is barred by limitation is the date of the filing of complaint and not issuance of process or taking of cognizance by Court.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3960 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice C.K. Thakker The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarun Chatterjee Criminal Appeal No. 942 of 2007…
Equal Pay for Equal Work–No employer and employees relationship existed between them–No question of granting parity in pay scale.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3954 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Mathur The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Markandey Katju Civil Appeal No. 1587 of…
Doctrine of Merger–Principles enumerated. Acquisition–Exemption obtained by fraud–Recalling of order by High Court after 13 years; justified.
2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3940 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice C.K. Thakker The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta Civil Appeal Nos. 5097-5099…