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 Allows Review Petition Documents Despite Official Secrets Act Objections: Yashwant Sinha vs. CBI (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Supreme Court can consider documents that were allegedly obtained in violation of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, for the purpose of a review petition. CASE TYPE: Criminal Review Case Name: Yashwant Sinha & Ors. vs.
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
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 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 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 mandates reasoned orders in eviction cases: Kushuma Devi vs. Sheopati Devi (2019) INSC 197 Date of the Judgment: April 08, 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 197 Judges: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J., Dinesh Maheshwari, J. Can a High Court dismiss a writ petition without providing any reasons? The Supreme Court of India addressed this critical
Supreme Court Upholds Interim Maintenance Order Against Brother-in-Law in Domestic Violence Case: Ajay Kumar vs. Lata @ Sharuti (2019) Date of the Judgment: April 8, 2019 Citation: 2019 INSC 338 Judges: Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta. This was a two-judge bench, and the judgment was authored by Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.
Supreme Court Upholds Mortgage by Conditional Sale Despite Separate Agreement: Atul Chandra Das vs. Rabindra Nath Bhattacharya (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a transaction can be deemed a mortgage by conditional sale when the condition for re-transfer is in a separate document, despite Section 58(c) of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. CASE TYPE: Property Law/Mortgage
Seniority Dispute Resolved: Supreme Court Upholds Date of Joining for Sub-Divisional Engineers (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Determination of seniority between Sub-Divisional Engineers promoted through seniority-cum-fitness and those promoted through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE). CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Vinod Verma vs. Union of India & Ors. [Judgment Date]: April 2, 2019 Date of the
Supreme Court Quashes RBI Circular on Stressed Assets: Dharani Sugars and Chemicals Ltd. vs. Union of India (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: The core legal issue revolved around the validity of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circular dated 12.02.2018, which prescribed a revised framework for the resolution of stressed assets, particularly concerning the timelines for referring
Supreme Court Remands Pension Case Due to Unreasoned High Court Order: State of Orissa vs. Chandra Nandi (2019) Date of the Judgment: April 1, 2019 Citation: [Not Available in Source] Judges: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J., Dinesh Maheshwari, J. Can a High Court order be set aside if it doesn’t provide reasons for its decision? The
