Supreme Court Quashes FIR in Property Dispute Case: Shivendra Pratap Singh Thakur vs. State of Chhattisgarh (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an FIR and subsequent charge sheet can be quashed if there is a significant delay in filing the FIR, lack of specific details about the incident, and no corroborating evidence from affected parties. CASE TYPE: […]
Supreme Court quashes criminal complaint against SAF officers in land dispute case: Murari Lal Chhari vs. Munishwar Singh Tomar (2024) INSC 168 (4 March 2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a criminal complaint against public servants for actions related to a land dispute should be quashed when a prior contempt petition on the same issue was dismissed.
Supreme Court Quashes Tamil Nadu Land Grabbing Special Cells: Government of Tamil Nadu vs. R. Thamarai Selvam (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Tamil Nadu government can establish special cells to investigate “land grabbing” cases without a clear legal definition of the term. CASE TYPE: Criminal and Civil Case Name: Government of Tamil Nadu & Others
Supreme Court quashes Tamil Nadu’s Anti-Land Grabbing Special Cells: Government of Tamil Nadu vs. R. Thamarai Selvam (2023) Date of the Judgment: May 04, 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 490 Judges: M.R. Shah, J., B.V. Nagarathna, J. Can a state government establish special police cells to investigate “land grabbing” without clearly defining what constitutes this offense?
Supreme Court Quashes Summons Against Company Directors in Property Damage Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether company directors can be held vicariously liable for offenses committed by the company without specific allegations of their individual roles. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Ravindranatha Bajpe vs. Mangalore Special Economic Zone Ltd. & Others Judgment Date: 27 September 2021
Supreme Court Upholds Rejection of Withdrawal of Prosecution Against Kerala MLAs for Vandalism (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the prosecution of Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) for acts of vandalism within the Assembly can be withdrawn by the Public Prosecutor, citing parliamentary privileges and public interest. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Legislative Privileges Case Name: The State
Supreme Court: Past Juvenile Offence Not a Bar to Employment Date of the Judgment: 29 November 2019 Citation: [Not Available in Source] Judges: Uday Umesh Lalit, J. and Vineet Saran, J. Can a past criminal case registered against a person as a juvenile, which resulted in acquittal, be a bar to employment? The Supreme Court
Supreme Court overturns High Court conviction in land dispute case Date of the Judgment: 13 February 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 79 Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J. and Hemant Gupta, J. Can a High Court overturn a trial court’s acquittal simply by re-appreciating the evidence, without finding any perversity in the trial court’s approach? The
