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“Before the enactment of the Succession Act, succession to the property of Hindus, whether ancestral or self-acquired, was governed by the pristine principles of Hindu law as embodied in the Shastric texts and Smritis.”
“After accepting the policy, and availing the premium year after year, the insurer cannot later repudiate the claim on the ground of some ambiguity. In such cases, the principles of estoppel come into picture, which prevents the insurer from taking advantage of its own failure in disclosing the entire aspect with respect to the coverage of insurance.”
“The audio clip and letter found, alleged coercion of ED officers to implicated CM Pinarayi Vijayan and other political leaders in a case involving seizure of 30 kg of gold worth Rs 14.82 crore at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on 06-07-2020, which was allegedly marked as ‘Diplomatic Baggage’ and was being sent to the UAE Consulate.”
“The misappropriated amount showed that the foreign liquor found in shortage was a gigantic quantity and therefore, prima facie, it could not be held that the shortage occurred because of some unintentional omissions or oversights.”
“The land stated to be a playground was situated 500 meters away from the school and the fact that it was earlier used for conducting District and State Level School Sports Meets could not be used to indicate that the playground belonged to the school”
“The prima facie conclusion that the accused had not committed any offence under Sections 376(2)(n) and 506 IPC, automatically lead to a conclusion that they had not committed an offence under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act.”
“The Magistrate had taken cognizance of the offence under Section 376-B IPC upon the final report filed by the Malappuram Police, against the legal embargo contained in Section 198-B CrPC.”
“If the mother operated the account of minor children, the amount deposited in all three accounts taken together would be clubbed for the limit prescribed under the Scheme from time to time.”
“A person utilising the service of a sex worker at a brothel cannot be termed a customer. To be a customer, a person should buy some goods or services. A sex worker cannot be denigrated as a product”
“Following the 2005 amendment, the creation of posts became subject to the decision of the Government, and the Syndicate’s role was shifted to approving appointments in accordance with that decision.”
“The prosecution could not convince the Court that the custodial interrogation of the accused was necessary but opined that he must subject himself to interrogation for the purpose of completing the investigation under a limited custody”
“If the State, whose duty it was to bring the offenders to justice, took sides with an accused and permitted him to dictate the manner in which the investigation against him was to progress, it would be antithetical to the concept of ‘the rule of law’.”
“The Court remarked that it was unfortunate that Dr. Issac was compelled to be subjected to such a petition and had to file an affidavit to reiterate his credentials.”
“Even though all necessary formalities might have been completed, as per Section 14A of the of the Pakistan Citizenship Act 1951, a Renunciation Certificate is mandatory, and it cannot be waived of stating that the documents produced are sufficient to show that the respondents have renounced their Pakistani citizenship and, as such, they still continue to be citizens of Pakistan.”
“In the absence of any specific law enabling the acquisition of property belonging to a minority educational institution, it was not possible for the State to acquire the Venkateswara School’s land.”
The Collegium recommended appointing 6 Permanent Judges for Bombay High Court and 3 Permanent Judges for Kerala High Court.
“Merely because the power of appointment and removal was delegated to the Administrator, he could not be held as the competent authority to remove the accused, who was appointed prior to the delegation by the President”
“On 16-04-2022, 5 accused persons came on three two-wheelers, and inflicted grievous injuries on Sreenivasan and killed him by hacking his head and other parts of his body with choppers.”
“The State Government shall forthwith issue an Office Memorandum highlighting the clarifications noted above for the purpose of informing all the stakeholders of the contents of this order.”
“While negligence was an omission to do something which a reasonable man would do, or the doing of something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do, medical negligence occurred when a healthcare professional breached his duty of care, causing harm to a patient.”