Supreme Court Allows Review Petition Based on Leaked Documents: Yashwant Sinha vs. CBI (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Admissibility of leaked documents in a review petition and the extent of government privilege over such documents. CASE TYPE: Criminal Review Petition Case Name: Yashwant Sinha & Ors. vs. Central Bureau of Investigation Through Its Director & Anr. Judgment […]
Supreme Court Upholds Appointment Based on Experience Certificates: Food Corporation of India vs. Rimjhim (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employer can reject a candidate for not submitting an experience certificate with the application when the advertisement does not explicitly require it, and when the candidate possesses the required experience. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name:
Supreme Court Clarifies Blacklisting in Tender Processes: Caretel Infotech Ltd. vs. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a show cause notice for blacklisting amounts to initiation of blacklisting, disqualifying a bidder from a tender process. CASE TYPE: Contract Law, Tender Process. Case Name: Caretel Infotech Ltd. vs. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. & Ors.
Supreme Court clarifies daughters’ inheritance rights after family partition: Shailndra Kumar Jain vs. Maya Prakash Jain (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether daughters are necessary parties in a suit concerning the partition of ancestral property, particularly when a prior partition had occurred among male family members. CASE TYPE: Civil Law, Property Law, Inheritance Law. Case Name: Shailndra
Supreme Court Reverses Conviction in Cheque Dishonor Case: Basalingappa vs. Mudibasappa (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused successfully rebutted the presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, regarding a cheque issued for a legally enforceable debt or liability. CASE TYPE: Criminal Appeal (Cheque Dishonor) Case Name: Basalingappa vs. Mudibasappa [Judgment Date]: April
Supreme Court Restrains High Court Order to Vacate Premises: Pradeepkumar Gordhandas Patel vs. Chandrakant Jivanlal Patel (2019) Date of the Judgment: April 9, 2019 Citation: 2019 INSC 341 Judges: R. Banumathi, J. and R. Subhash Reddy, J. Can a High Court direct a party to vacate premises when the lower court has not passed any
Supreme Court overturns conviction in dowry death case: Sampat Babso Kale vs. State of Maharashtra (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was right in overturning the acquittal by the trial court based on the dying declaration of the victim. CASE TYPE: Criminal Appeal Case Name: Sampat Babso Kale & Anr. vs. The State of
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Double Murder Case: Palakom Abdul Rahiman vs. State of Kerala (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused persons could be convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for murder, when the charge under Section 302 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code,
Supreme Court Upholds Property Rights: Leelavathi vs. Shankarnarayana Rao (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether properties purchased with financial assistance from a father in the names of his sons are considered benami transactions. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Law. Case Name: Smt. P. Leelavathi (D) by LRs vs. V. Shankarnarayana Rao (D) by LRs. [Judgment Date]: April 9,
Supreme Court Upholds Patta Grant, Dismisses Title Suit: Jagdish Prasad Patel vs. Shivnath (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a patta (lease) granted to the forefathers of the defendants/appellants can be deemed valid in the absence of any formal order of abandonment or revocation of a prior patta granted to the plaintiffs/respondents’ forefathers. CASE TYPE: Civil Property
Supreme Court overturns High Court conviction in dowry death case: Sham Lal vs. State of Haryana (2019) Date of the Judgment: April 09, 2019 Citation: [Not Available in Source] Judges: L. Nageswara Rao, J. and M.R. Shah, J. Can a High Court reverse a trial court’s acquittal based on a different interpretation of evidence? The
Supreme Court Directs Land Allotment to Municipal Corporation for Primary School: Jawed Urdu Primary School vs. Collector of Mumbai (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the land reserved for a primary school should be allotted to a private trust or the municipal corporation, especially when neither applicant fully met the application criteria. CASE TYPE: Land Allotment/ Education
