High Courts inherent jurisdiction DV Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“When it comes to exercise of power under Section 482 CrPC in relation to application under Section 12(1), the High Court has to keep in mind the fact that the DV Act, 2005 is a welfare legislation. Therefore, while exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC for quashing proceedings under Section 12(1), the High Court should be very slow and circumspect”.

Court Managers regularisation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Court Managers having served for years, after rendering their services for such a long period, if they are not made permanent and are to be thrown away at this stage, it would cause a great hardship to them”

framing mandatory guidelines criminal appeals
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“We say so being fully cognizant of the fact that the judiciary’s efficient functioning is a necessary pre-requisite to maintain the trust and faith of the consumers of justice in the justice delivery system”.

Supreme Court High Courts reserved judgments
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“We request the Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority to take immediate necessary steps to provide legal assistance in terms of the decision taken by the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee and ensure that the convicts like the petitioners are not left remediless.”

Pending execution petitions
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“It is said that the woes for the litigants in this country start once they are able to obtain a decree in their favour and are unable to execute and reap its fruits for years together.”

High Court October 2024 weekly roundup
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Judgments on PMLA
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jharkhand high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Jharkhand High Court said that one of the issues involved relates to determination of valuation of excisable goods and/or rate of duty of excisable goods, amongst other things, for the purpose of assessment.

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Mentioning of caste be ceased
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The caste or religion of parties should not be mentioned in the memo of parties of a petition/proceeding filed before the Court, irrespective of whether any such details have been furnished before the Courts below.”

High Courts to enact rules on post-retirement benefits
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Chief Justice does not have the power, under Article 229, to make rules pertaining to the post-retiral benefits payable to former Chief Justices and Judges of the High Court”.

High Court Judges Elevation Collegium
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writ of certiorari
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The purpose of certiorari is only to confine the inferior tribunals within their jurisdiction, so as to avoid the irregular exercise, or the non-exercise or the illegal assumption of it and not to correct errors of finding of fact or interpretation of law committed by them in the exercise of powers vested in them under the statute”.

arnesh kumar guidelines
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court opined that the Jharkhand High Court fell into error in adopting such a casual approach and set aside the impugned order. Thus, granted bail to the husband.