LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) should have exercised its right of first refusal (RoFR) over the sale of Cairn India Limited (CIL) shares to Vedanta Resources Plc. CASE TYPE: Public Interest Litigation, Contract Law, Corporate Law Case Name: Arun Kumar Agrawal vs. Union of India & Others Judgment Date: May […]
Date of the Judgment: May 8, 2013 Citation: 2013 INSC 368 Judges: Dr. B.S. Chauhan, J., Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, J. Can an eye-witness account alone be sufficient to convict a person for murder? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a criminal appeal, examining the reliability of an eye-witness and the corroborative
Date of the Judgment: 8 May 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 371 Judges: P. Sathasivam, J., Ranjan Gogoi, J. Can a court modify its final order after it has been passed? The Supreme Court addressed this question when it was asked to clarify its earlier order regarding the sale of a property. This case involves a
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was justified in vacating an interim order in a property dispute. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Dispute Case Name: Gazal Taneja & Ors. vs. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. & Anr. Judgment Date: May 8, 2013 Date of the Judgment: May 8, 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 343 Judges: Justice H.L. Dattu
Date of the Judgment: May 6, 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 325 Judges: G.S. Singhvi J., H.L. Gokhale J. Can a court increase the compensation awarded by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a case concerning a road accident victim. The court enhanced the compensation, emphasizing the need
Date of the Judgment: May 6, 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 318 Judges: H.L. Gokhale, J. and Ranjan Gogoi, J. Can a government order clarifying promotion rules unintentionally create new preferences? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this question in a case concerning promotions of typists to Section Officers in the Kerala Administrative Secretariat. The
Date of the Judgment: May 6, 2013 Citation: [2013] INSC 310 Judges: G.S. Singhvi, J., Kurian Joseph, J. Can a High Court compel the government to complete land acquisition proceedings? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a case concerning land acquisition in Karnataka. The Court clarified that it cannot force the government
Date of the Judgment: 03 May 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 376 Judges: Altamas Kabir, C.J.I., Anil R. Dave, J., Vikramajit Sen, J. Can a television show broadcast a dramatized version of a case when an appeal is pending? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a case involving a television show based on
LEGAL ISSUE: The reliability and evidentiary value of multiple dying declarations. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: State of Rajasthan vs. Shravan Ram & Anr. Judgment Date: May 1, 2013 Date of the Judgment: May 1, 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 317 Judges: K.S. Radhakrishnan, J., Dipak Misra, J. Can a conviction be based solely on
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether cut-off marks can be applied mid-recruitment. CASE TYPE: Service Law. Case Name: Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission vs. Tage Habung. Judgment Date: May 1, 2013 Introduction Date of the Judgment: May 1, 2013 Citation: 2013 INSC 325 Judges: Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice M.Y. Eqbal Can a Public Service Commission change the
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a prolonged delay in deciding a mercy petition is grounds for commuting a death sentence to life imprisonment. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law. Case Name: Mahendra Nath Das vs. Union of India and others. Judgment Date: May 1, 2013 Introduction Date of the Judgment: May 1, 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 312 Judges: G.S.
Date of the Judgment: February 12, 2013 Citation: 2013 INSC 102 Judges: Dr. B. S. Chauhan, J. and V. Gopala Gowda, J. Can a company that fails to develop land as per the lease agreement, still claim rights to it? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a case between the Rajasthan State
