Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in POCSO Act Case Based on Sole Testimony of Victim LEGAL ISSUE: Can a conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) be based solely on the testimony of the victim? CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, specifically cases under the POCSO Act. Case Name: Ganesan vs. State […]
Supreme Court Upholds Disqualification of District Judge Candidate Due to Pending Criminal Case: Anil Bhardwaj vs. High Court of Madhya Pradesh (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a candidate can be denied appointment to the post of District Judge due to a pending criminal case, despite being on the select list and subsequently acquitted. CASE TYPE: Service
Supreme Court Directs Renewal of Licenses and Payment of Dues in Seth vs. Mittal Contempt Case (2020) Date of the Judgment: 9 October 2020 Citation: 2020 INSC 483 Judges: Ashok Bhushan, J., M.R. Shah, J. Can a court compel parties to adhere to a settlement agreement when one party is accused of deliberately obstructing its
Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to Review Order in Service Dispute: T.K. David vs. Kuruppampady Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Maintainability of a special leave petition against an order rejecting a review petition when the main order is not challenged. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: T.K. David vs. Kuruppampady Service Co-operative Bank Ltd.
Supreme Court quashes NLSIU’s separate entrance test, mandates CLAT for admissions: Rakesh Kumar Agarwalla vs. NLSIU (2020) INSC 476 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) could conduct a separate admission test instead of using the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). CASE TYPE: Education Law, Public Interest Litigation Case Name: Rakesh
Supreme Court Modifies Penalty on Stamp Duty, Addresses Subsequent Purchaser Liability: M/S. MSD Real Estate LLP vs. The Collector of Stamps (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a subsequent purchaser of a property is liable for the penalty imposed on the previous owner for stamp duty deficiency, and the validity of cancelling building permissions due to outstanding
Supreme Court Reduces Penalty in Stamp Duty Case: Trustees of H.C. Dhanda Trust vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Collector of Stamps was justified in imposing a penalty of ten times the deficient stamp duty on a Deed of Assent. CASE TYPE: Stamp Duty Case Name: Trustees of H.C. Dhanda Trust
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in NDPS Case, Modifies Sentence: Jeet Ram vs. Narcotics Control Bureau (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was right in overturning the acquittal order of the Trial Court in a case involving possession of narcotics. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Narcotics Case Name: Jeet Ram vs. The Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh
Supreme Court Clarifies Maintenance Rights of Unmarried Hindu Daughters LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an unmarried Hindu daughter can claim maintenance from her father under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), even if she is not suffering from any physical or mental abnormality, and whether her right to maintenance extends till her marriage. CASE
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Under NDPS Act: Rizwan Khan vs. State of Chhattisgarh (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the conviction of the accused under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) is valid when based on the testimony of police officers, and whether procedural lapses vitiate the trial. CASE TYPE:
Supreme Court Upholds Pension Rights for Absorbed Employees: Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation vs. Goverdhan Lal Soni (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether employees absorbed from one state public enterprise to another are entitled to pension benefits, even if their previous employer did not have a pension scheme, and the modalities of transfer of funds between the
Supreme Court Revises Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide in Single Blow Case Date of the Judgment: 9 September 2020 Citation: (2020) INSC 395 Judges: Ashok Bhushan, J., R. Subhash Reddy, J., M. R. Shah, J. Can a single stab wound during a sudden fight lead to a murder conviction? The Supreme Court of India recently
