adolescent girls to control sexual urge
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The High Court advised the female adolescent, to control sexual urge/urges as in the eyes of society she is the looser when she gives in to enjoying the sexual pleasure of hardly two minutes.

Kolkata Rape and Murder case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that as more and more women join the work force, the nation cannot wait for another rape for things to change on the ground.

Supreme Court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court clarified that if there is any attempt by the parties to obstruct the revenue authorities or the local police from complying with our directions, suitable action will be taken against them.

related eyewitness
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on related eyewitness, dating back to the year 1953.

detention orders under COFEPOSA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The question of law which revolved around right of making representation being seriously jeopardized as detenus were supplied with various documents as parts of relied upon documents (‘RUDs’) which are illegible, incomplete and not readable violating Article 22 (5) of the Constitution of India read with Section 3 (3) of COFEPOSA Act, was kept open.

Senior Advocates
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The newly designated Senior Advocates have been designated with effect from 14-08-2024.

Justice PV Sanjay Kumar
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Justice PV Sanjay Kumar is a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has formerly served as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court and as Judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court as well as Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Tax on Mineral rights retrospective
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

On 25-07-2024, the Supreme Court in 8:1 majority held that royalty paid by mining operators to the Central government is not a tax and that States have the power to levy cesses on mining and mineral-use activities. Whereas, Justice BV Nagarathna gave a dissenting opinion.

Arvind Kejriwal
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was denied interim bail in CBI matter. The CBI arrested him on 26-06-2024, while he was in judicial custody in ED’s matter.

Patanjali Misleading Ads Case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In February 2024, the Court imposed a temporary ban on misleading advertisements and issued contempt of court notices to Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna.

S. 400 of KMC Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court initially took up this matter on 6-08-2024 and stayed the demolition of the subject premises of petitioner till 9-08-2024.

quash NDPS case
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The investigation against the accused was initiated as the main accused had named him but later it was discovered that it was a false accusation, as wife of the main accused had some disputes going on with accused person’s wife, hence, he was falsely implicated.

Justice J B Pardiwala
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A 4th generation lawyer, Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala assumed office as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 09-05-2022 and is in line to become the Chief Justice of India in 2028. Justice Pardiwala is expected to serve a two-year and three months term as Chief Justice of India from 03-05-2028 to 11-08-2030.

13-year-old-murder case supreme court acquittal
Case BriefsSupreme Court

While exercising jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution, the Court does not interfere with the concurrent findings recorded by the courts below, until and unless the evidence has not been properly appreciated, material aspects have been ignored and the findings are perverse.

partial partition
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on partial partition.

NEET-PG 2024
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The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences is all set to conduct the exam on 11-08-2024 in two shifts across 416 centres in 170 cities pan-India.

Rouse Avenue Bar Association
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The Delhi High Court had ruled that the Central Delhi Court Bar Association shall be recognized as the Court annexed Bar Association for the Rouse Avenue District Court Complex in the national capital.

Manish Sisodia bail
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“It will be travesty of Justice if he has to be relegated to Trial Court again. Sisodia has been deprived of the right to speedy trial, which is a sacrosanct right”.

overtake vehicle not negligence supreme court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Regarding appellant’s attempt to overtake a vehicle, the Court stated that he was doing an act which is an everyday occurrence on the road, but resultantly suffered extensive injuries himself. Furthermore, it was proved that the offending vehicle was being driven rashly and negligently.

NEET UG 2024
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Courts may direct the cancellation of an examination or approve such cancellation by the competent authority only if it is not possible to separate the tainted candidates from the untainted ones.”