SC grants divorce decree
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The wife took advantage of the settlement executed before the Mediator and managed to get the matrimonial case instituted by the husband withdrawn and also accepted a sum of Rs. 50 lakhs from the husband as permanent alimony.”

Can Bail be cancelled by Court granting it
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Bail once granted, ought not to be cancelled in a mechanical manner, however, an unreasoned or perverse order of bail is open to interference by the superior Court.”

NEET UG 2024
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On 13-06-2024, SC has accepted Centre and NTA’s decision to cancel grace marks awarded to 1,563 NEET-UG candidates who did not get the requisite time to finish the exam, with an option to take a re-test later in June.

Justice Pankaj Mithal
Know thy Judge

Sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Pankaj Mithal began his tryst with law in the 1980s.

husband's conviction after killing wife in 1990
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The wife was found dead in the house in May, 1990. It was after several attempts for years, that the husband was apprehended on 09-08-2000 nearly ten years after the incident.

mens rea bad faith
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on essentiality of mens rea.

SC allows demolition of Pracheen Shiva Temple
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court rejected to halt the demolition of the temple but clarified that the Temple Samiti was not precluded from pursuing its remedies before the High Court in the pending proceedings.

Right to property
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The seven sub-rights may be procedures, but they do constitute the real content of the right to property under Article 300A, non-compliance of these will amount to violation of the right, being without the authority of law.”

Release of Hamare Baarah
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Supreme Court gave the petitioner liberty to raise the objection regarding constitution of the committee by the CBFC before the High Court

NEET UG 2024 retest
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It was clarified that everyone cannot apply for re-examination but only those candidates whose time was reduced.

Delhi water crisis
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In the earlier order, the Supreme Court deferred the hearing after noting that the defects in the Delhi Government’s petition copy have not been removed.

Supreme Court settles child custody battle
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Courts ought not to prematurely and without identification of individual instances of ‘alienating behaviour’, label any parent as propagator and or potential promoter of such behaviour and that this label has far-reaching implications which must not be imputed or attributed to an individual parent routinely.”

Supreme Court on refund of stamp duty
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The appellant paid the stamp duty of Rs.25,34,350 and purchased the stamp duty for registration of conveyance deed. However, the conveyance deed was not registered as the vendor had earlier sold the property in question to a third party in 1992.

Termination of arbitration proceedings
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The abandonment of the claim can be either express or implied. The abandonment cannot be readily inferred. There is an implied abandonment when admitted or proved facts are so clinching that the only inference which can be drawn is of the abandonment.”

AOR Exam Cancellation
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Last date for submission of options to take the fresh examination in Paper-I will be 30-06-2024. Options must be submitted on advocate- on-record@sci.nic.in mentioning the name of the candidate, cell phone number and roll number allotted to the candidate for the present examination

NEET UG 2024 counselling
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Allegedly, many candidates scored the perfect score of 720 in NEET-UG 2024.

Online AOR Exam
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Paper-I (Practice and Procedure of the Supreme Court) of the Advocates-on-Record (AoR) Examination held on 10 June 2024 stands cancelled in view of the technical glitches experienced by candidates appearing for computer-based examination at the examination centre.

Delhi Water Crisis
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In the earlier order, Supreme Court has directed Himachal Pradesh Govt. to release 137 cusecs of water to Delhi and also directed Haryana to facilitate the flow of water from Hathnikund to Wazirabad, so it reaches Delhi without obstruction, and the residents get drinking water.

Vinay Kulkarni in BJP worker's murder case
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The deceased was a BJP worker from the Dharwad zila panchayat from Hebballi constituency and was murdered on 15-06-2016. The matter was investigated by the CBI.

appeal as an indigent for enhanced compensation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court allowed the ‘indigent woman’ to file an appeal as an ‘indigent person’, as her indigency was not extinguished by the compensation awarded, for she did not actually receive the money at the time of filing the appeal.