Supreme Court Clarifies “Standard Aircraft” in Insurance Policy: Bharti AXA vs. Priya Paul (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Interpretation of “standard type of aircraft” in an insurance policy. CASE TYPE: Consumer Law/Insurance Law Case Name: Bharti AXA General Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Priya Paul & Anr. Judgment Date: 07 February 2020 Date of the Judgment: 07 February […]
Supreme Court Quashes Second FIR Based on Same Facts: Prem Chand Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2020) Date of the Judgment: February 7, 2020 Citation: 2020 INSC 123 Judges: Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Krishna Murari Can a person be tried twice for the same offense? The Supreme Court of India addressed this crucial
Supreme Court Sets Aside NCDRC Order Holding Bank Liable in Insurance Claim Dispute: State Bank of India vs. New India Assurance Company Limited (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) can hold a bank liable for an insurance claim when the borrower has not challenged the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission’s
Supreme Court Clarifies Specific Performance in Property Reconveyance: C.S. Venkatesh vs. A.S.C. Murthy (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a sale deed can be considered as security for a loan, and the requirements for proving readiness and willingness in a specific performance suit for reconveyance of property. CASE TYPE: Civil (Specific Performance) Case Name: C.S. Venkatesh vs.
Supreme Court Upholds Disallowance of MODVAT Credit as Deduction: Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. vs. Commissioner of Income Tax (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether unutilized MODVAT credit can be claimed as a deduction under Section 43B of the Income Tax Act. CASE TYPE: Income Tax Case Name: Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. vs. Commissioner of Income Tax Judgment
Supreme Court refers ONGC Regularisation Case to Larger Bench Date of the Judgment: February 7, 2020 Judges: Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J and Ajay Rastogi, J. Can a temporary employee of a public sector undertaking, who has worked for more than 240 days, automatically become a permanent employee? The Supreme Court of India grappled with
Supreme Court quashes High Court order staying transfer of government employee: Union of India vs. Deepak Niranjan Nath Pandit (2020) Date of the Judgment: February 7, 2020 Citation: 2020 INSC 123 Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J and Indu Malhotra, J. Can a High Court interfere with a routine transfer order of a government employee?
Supreme Court Settles Inheritance Rights of Sons Born Before Adoption: Kalindi vs. Manohar (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether sons born to a Hindu man before his adoption are entitled to inherit his property in his adoptive family. CASE TYPE: Civil – Inheritance Law Case Name: Kalindi Damodar Garde (D) By Lrs. vs Manohar Laxman Kulkarni (D)
Supreme Court Upholds Sugar Pricing Policy: Oudh Sugar Mills vs. Union of India (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Central Government’s decision to classify a sugar mill in a specific zone for levy sugar pricing was discriminatory and arbitrary. CASE TYPE: Civil law, specifically concerning the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and pricing of levy sugar. Case
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Supreme Court Upholds Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell: Vundavalli Ratna Manikyam vs. V.P.P.R.N. Prasada Rao (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell was barred by limitation. CASE TYPE: Civil (Specific Performance) Case Name: Vundavalli Ratna Manikyam & another vs. V.P.P.R.N. Prasada Rao Judgment Date: 06 February 2020
Supreme Court on Insurance Claims for Farmers’ Stored Produce Date of the Judgment: 06 February 2020 Citation: (2020) INSC 128 Judges: S. Abdul Nazeer, J. and Deepak Gupta, J. Can farmers claim insurance benefits for their stored agricultural produce when a fire occurs, even if the insurance policy is not directly in their name? The
Supreme Court acquits accused in attempted murder case due to lack of common intention: Chhota Ahirwar vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused could be held guilty of attempt to murder with the aid of Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, based on common intention. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case
