Latest posts

DNA Tests Encompass Right to Privacy, Cannot Be Performed as A Matter of Course: Supreme Court

January 9, 2023

The top court set aside the direction of a trial court that ordered DNA testing of two girls who were alleged to be born out of a forced physical relationship between the complainant and her brother-in-law
Read more
‘State Governed by Rule of Law, Not Rule of Men’: HC Orders K’taka Govt to Allot Properties Only Via Public Auctions

January 9, 2023

A bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order in a writ petition, questioning the allotment of 700 sqm at the Fish Conservation Centre, Malpe, Udupi as a special case. Allot properties only by way of public auction and not as a product of favouritism or political interference by terming them special, the Karnataka High…
Read more
Verdict pertains to recall process, not outcome: opposition

January 7, 2023

Opposition parties argued on Monday that the Supreme Court order was not an endorsement of the Narendra Modi government’s demonetisation decision of 2016 since it pertained only to the procedure followed for the currency notes recall, even as they privately conceded that the majority verdict had put to rest the remnants of their political plank
Read more
SARFAESI – Burden Is On Borrower To Prove That Secured Properties Are Agricultural Lands : Supreme Court

January 6, 2023

The Supreme Court held that, in SARFAESI proceedings, the burden is upon the borrower to prove that the secured properties are agricultural lands and actually being used as agricultural lands and/or agricultural activities. In this case, the DRT, while dismissing the Securitization Application filed by the borrowers observed that the land in question were not
Read more
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने ओबीसी कोटा के बिना यूपी स्थानीय निकाय चुनाव कराने के इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट के निर्देश पर रोक लगाई

January 5, 2023

Posted On | 4 Jan 2023 6:48 PM सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने बुधवार को उत्तर प्रदेश राज्य चुनाव आयोग को ओबीसी आरक्षण के बिना शहरी स्थानीय निकाय चुनावों को अधिसूचित करने के इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट के निर्देश पर रोक लगा दी। कोर्ट ने साथ ही उन स्थानीय निकायों में सुचारु प्रशासन सुनिश्चित करने के लिए जिनकी शर्तें
Read more
Non-Banking Finance & Leasing Companies Not Liable To Pay Interest Tax On Instalments Paid Under Hire Purchase Agreement : Supreme Court

January 5, 2023

Posted On | 5 Jan 2023 10:23 AM The Supreme Court has held that non-banking finance and leasing companies are not liable to pay tax on the interest component included in the hire-purchase instalment paid under the hire purchase agreement. Issue for Consideration in the Civil Appeal A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M
Read more
Section 5 Limitation Act – ‘Suffficient Cause’ Is The Cause For Which A Party Could Not Be Blamed : Supreme Court

January 5, 2023

Posted On:5 Jan 2023 10:37 AM The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered on Wednesday, gave a simple and short definition for the term ‘sufficient cause’ in Section 5 of Limitation Act, 1963. ‘Sufficient Cause’ is the cause for which a party could not be blamed , Justice C T Ravikumar, who authored the judgment,
Read more
Anti-Conversion Law: Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Against High Court Order

January 3, 2023

The high court, in an interim order, had directed the state government not to prosecute under Section 10 of the MP Freedom of Religion Act (MPFRA) adults who solemnise their marriage on their own volition.
Read more
Additional Restrictions Not Found In Article 19(2) Cannot Be Imposed On Right To Free Speech : Supreme Court

January 3, 2023

3 Jan 2023 10:49 AM The Supreme Court Constitution Bench comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer, B.R. Gavai, A.S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian and B.V. Nagarathna has held that additional restrictions, not found in Article 19(2), cannot be imposed on the exercise of right to free speech under Article 19(1)(a) of Ministers, MPs and MLAs. It held
Read more
RBI Didn’t Independently Apply Its Mind In Recommending Demonetisation, Entire Exercise Carried Out In 24 Hours : Justice BV Nagarathna

January 3, 2023

2 Jan 2023 1:41 PM In her dissenting judgment in the pleas challenging demonetisation, Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna observed that there was no independent application of mind by the Reserve Bank of India in recommending the cancellation of entire Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes as proposed by the Central Government. Justice Nagarathna formed this
Read more