Supreme Court Restores Additional Compensation in Land Acquisition Case: Ambalal Babulal Patel vs. ONGC (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was justified in reducing the additional compensation awarded by the Reference Court in land acquisition cases. CASE TYPE: Land Acquisition Case Name: Ambalal Babulal Patel ETC. ETC. vs. The Group General Manager, ONGC & […]
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence in Haryana Assault Case: Ram Kumar & Anr. vs. State of Haryana (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court erred in not extending the benefit of reduced sentence to all accused when their roles were similar in an assault case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Ram Kumar & Anr. vs.
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence in Haryana Assault Case: Ram Kumar & Anr. vs. State of Haryana (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was justified in reducing the sentence of some accused while not extending the same benefit to the other accused in the same case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Ram Kumar & Anr.
Supreme Court Reinstates Murder Conviction in Fatal Assault Case: State of UP vs. Jai Dutt (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction for murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 can be converted to a conviction for causing grievous hurt under Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, when the victim dies
Supreme Court Reinstates Murder Conviction in Uttar Pradesh Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court erred in converting a murder conviction to grievous hurt based on the time of death and absence of a skull fracture. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: State of U.P. vs. Jai Dutt and Anr. Judgment Date: 19 January 2022 Date
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence in Atrocities Case: Vetrivel vs. State (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the sentence imposed under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was excessive given the circumstances of the case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Atrocities Act Case Name: Vetrivel vs. State Represented by its Deputy Superintendent of Police
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Supreme Court Reduces Sentence in Atrocities Case: Vetrivel vs. State (2022) INSC 722 LEGAL ISSUE: Reduction of sentence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, based on the facts and circumstances of the case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Appeal Case Name: Vetrivel vs. State Represented by its Deputy Superintendent of Police
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Supreme Court Upholds Inspector General’s Authority in Police Promotions: Sushil Kumar vs. State of Haryana (2022) Date of the Judgment: January 19, 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 40 Judges: K.M. Joseph, J., Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, J. Can an Inspector General (IG) of Police overrule a promotion recommendation made by a Superintendent of Police (SP)? This question
Supreme Court Upholds Forest Land Vesting, Rejects Tax Mandamus: Village Officer vs. Chunayamakkal Joseph (2022) Date of the Judgment: January 19, 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 49 Judges: M.R. Shah, J. and B.V. Nagarathna, J. (authored by M.R. Shah, J.) Can a High Court direct revenue authorities to accept basic tax on land that has been
Supreme Court Upholds Trademark Infringement: Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. v. B. Vijaya Sai (2022) Date of the Judgment: 19 January 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 70 Judges: B.R. Gavai, J., L. Nageswara Rao, J., B.V. Nagarathna, J. (authored by B.R. Gavai, J.) Can a hotel use a name that is substantially similar to a registered trademark,
Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction of Competition Commission in Lottery Tender Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of bid rigging and cartelization in the tender process for appointment of lottery distributors, specifically when lotteries are considered ‘res extra commercium’. CASE TYPE: Competition Law, Tender Process, Lottery Regulation
Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction of Competition Commission in Lottery Tender Cases Date of the Judgment: 19 January 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 64 Judges: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J., M.M. Sundresh, J. Can the Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigate potential bid rigging in the tender process for state lotteries? This was the core question before the
