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“No leniency should be shown to an accused who is found to be guilty for the offence under the NDPS Act. Those persons who are dealing in narcotic drugs are instruments in causing death or in inflicting death blow to a number of innocent young victims who are vulnerable.
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Supreme Court: Explaining the scope of jurisdiction of ITAT, the bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has held that the
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“For vitiating the proceedings, something more than a mere lack of authority has to be established.”
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“There is a bounden duty cast on the Courts to elicit information of all the relevant factors and consider those regarding the possibility of reformation, even if the accused remains silent.”
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“Once the contractor agrees that he shall not be entitled to interest on the amounts payable under the contract, including the interest upon the earnest money and the security deposit, the arbitrator in the arbitration proceedings being the creature of the contract has no power to award interest”
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Supreme Court: In a case where the Gujarat High Court had quashed criminal proceedings at the behest of persons who were not
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Supreme Court: In a case where Rajasthan High Court had granted bail by merely “keeping in view the facts and circumstances of
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“Mere receipt and recording of such information (through an FIR) by itself does not mean that the investigation has also commenced. Rather, the investigation commences when the police takes the first step (of proceeding to the spot or collecting evidence or speaking to a witness or arresting the accused person) on the basis of such information.”
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Supreme Court: In the case where two different criminal appeals were being heard against two sets of accused, on account of one
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“Preventive detention in independent India is to be exercised with utmost regard to constitutional safeguards.”
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“How an individual copes up with a threat- both physical and emotional, expressing (or refraining to express) love, loss, sorrow and happiness, varies greatly in view of the multi-faceted nature of the human mind and emotions.”
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SCC Online Weekly Rewind Episode 33rd ft. Nilufer Bhateja, Associate Editor is out now. The written episode along with the video episode
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Supreme Court: The 3-judg bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna, JJ has upheld the validity of Sections 52
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“The IBC, as a prescriptive mechanism, affecting rights of stakeholders who are not necessarily parties to the proceedings, mandates diligence on the part of applicants who are aggrieved by the outcome of their litigation.”
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“Although furlough can be claimed without a reason, the prisoner does not have an absolute legal right to claim furlough.”
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Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna, JJ has lucidly laid down the principles governing
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The settlement agreement subsumes the original complaint.
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Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna, JJ has held that a Preliminary Enquiry is
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Whether the State had the legislative competence to levy duty on the sale of electricity to an intermediary distributor is a question of law.
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“Craftsmanship on the judicial side cannot transgress into the legislative domain by re-writing the words of a statute.”
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