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Artificial Intelligence (AI) — Use in Legal Proceedings — Reliance on AI-generated judgments by a court is a serious matter concerning the integrity of the judicial process — Such judgments, if non-existent or fake, amount to misconduct rather than a simple error of judgment — Supreme Court orders examination of consequences and accountability for such practices — Notice issued to the Attorney General, Solicitor General, and Bar Council of India to address this institutional concern. Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) / Power Supply Agreement (PSA) — Interpretation of Contract — Surrounding Circumstances — Evidence Act, 1872, Sections 92, 94, 95 — Contractual terms can be clarified by attending circumstances and conduct of parties, even if contract is reduced to writing, to give meaning to terms that may otherwise be meaningless or unworkable. Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7)(a) — Interest awarded by Arbitral Tribunal — Contractual bar — Where a contract expressly prohibits the award of pre-award and pendente lite interest, an Arbitral Tribunal cannot award such interest, even if termed as compensation, as the arbitrator is bound by the terms of the contract. Contract Act, 1872 — Section 133 — Discharge of surety by variance in terms of contract — A variance made without the surety’s consent in the terms of the contract between the principal debtor and the creditor discharges the surety only with respect to transactions occurring subsequent to the variance. The surety remains liable for the original amount guaranteed. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Committee of Creditors (CoC) — Commercial Wisdom — Legislative intent to vest decisive authority in CoC, which comprises financial creditors who bear economic consequences of failure — Decisions on viability, valuation, and haircuts are commercial, not judicial — Courts do not substitute their assessment for that of the CoC — Adjudicatory authority performs a supervisory role, ensuring statutory compliance and procedural fairness, but refrains from second-guessing economic bodies.

Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 – Section – 2A, 16 – Creation of short-term licences – There is, a rider to it that intimation of the grant of such licence shall be given to the District Magistrate jointly by the licensor and the licensee within one month from the date of occupation of the building or a part thereof –

  (1998) 9 JT 124 : (1998) 9 SCC 208 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA KAMLA DEVI — Appellant Vs. USHA SINGH AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : S. P.…

The order of acquittal recorded by the High Court is wholly unwarranted and unjustified. The prosecution has proved the case against the accused-Respondents beyond reasonable doubt – Court set aside the judgment passed by the High Court and confirm the conviction and sentences recorded by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge.

  (1996) 4 SCALE 385 : (1996) 9 SCC 18 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA STATE OF M.P. — Appellant Vs. MOHANLAL AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : G. N.…

Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 45 — Examination of expert of typewriting and identification of the typewriter — Scientific study of certain significant features of the typewriter peculiar to a particular typewriter and its individuality can be studied by an expert having professional skill in the subject and, therefore, the opinion of the typewriter expert is admissible under Section 45 of the Act.

  AIR 1996 SC 1491 : (1996) 2 JT 186 : (1996) 2 SCALE 37 : (1996) 2 SCC 428 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA STATE THROUGH CBI — Appellant Vs.…

There is no element of compensation involved and, therefore, the High Court was right in the view that it took, namely, that the assessee was not entitled to a deduction under Section 37(1) of the Income-tax Act in respect of the amounts that it had been required to pay under the provisions of Section 17(3) – Appeals allowed.

  (1997) 142 CTR 137 : (1997) 225 ITR 383 : (1997) 10 SCC 659 : (1997) 105 STC 188 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA MALWA VANASPATI AND CHEMICAL CO. —…

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