Supreme Court overturns rape conviction in consensual relationship case: Naim Ahamed vs. State (NCT of Delhi) (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a sexual relationship based on a promise of marriage, which is later broken, amounts to rape under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Naim Ahamed vs. State […]
Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal in Property Dispute: Developer Group India Pvt. Ltd. vs. Surinder Singh Marwah (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was justified in restraining the alienation of properties of a third party in a winding-up petition of another company. CASE TYPE: Corporate Law, Insolvency, Real Estate Case Name: Developer Group India
Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal, Modifies Injunction in Property Dispute: Developer Group India Pvt. Ltd. vs. Surinder Singh Marwah (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a blanket injunction on all properties of a company is justified when the claim is for a smaller amount and the company is not directly related to the company under liquidation. CASE
Supreme Court Upholds Estoppel in Property Dispute: Elumalai vs. Kamala (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a release deed executed by a father relinquishing his rights in his father’s self-acquired property, for consideration, estops his sons from claiming a share in the same property after the grandfather’s death. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Dispute Case Name: Elumalai @
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Supreme Court Upholds Estoppel on Inheritance Rights Based on Father’s Release Deed: Elumalai vs. Kamala (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a release deed executed by a father relinquishing his inheritance rights, for consideration, estops his children from claiming those rights upon the grandfather’s death. CASE TYPE: Civil – Property Law, Inheritance Case Name: Elumalai @ Venkatesan
Supreme Court Allows Purse Seine Fishing Beyond Tamil Nadu’s Territorial Waters: Fisherman Care Association vs. Union of India (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the State of Tamil Nadu can restrict Purse Seine Fishing beyond its territorial waters. CASE TYPE: Fisheries Law, Constitutional Law Case Name: Fisherman Care, Registered Association vs. The Government of India, Department of
Supreme Court allows Purse Seine Fishing beyond Tamil Nadu’s territorial waters: Fisherman Care Association vs. Union of India (2023) Date of the Judgment: 24 January 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 82 Judges: A.S. Bopanna, J. and Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. Can a State government restrict fishing activities beyond its territorial waters? The Supreme Court of India recently
Supreme Court: Interim Victim Compensation Not a Condition for Anticipatory Bail LEGAL ISSUE: Can interim victim compensation be imposed as a condition for granting anticipatory bail? CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Talat Sanvi v. State of Jharkhand & Anr. Judgment Date: 24 January 2023 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 24 January 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC
Supreme Court Modifies Advance Medical Directive Guidelines: Common Cause vs. Union of India (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Clarification and modification of guidelines for Advance Medical Directives. CASE TYPE: Public Interest Litigation/Constitutional Law Case Name: Common Cause (A Regd. Society) vs. Union of India Judgment Date: 24 January 2023 Date of the Judgment: 24 January 2023 Citation:
Date of the Judgment: 20 January 2023 Citation: Civil Appeal No. 366 of 2023 (@ SLP (C) NO. 1507 OF 2023) (@ DIARY NO. 3379 OF 2022) Judges: M.R. Shah, J. and C.T. Ravikumar, J. Can land acquisition proceedings be deemed to have lapsed if the authorities have taken possession of the land but not
Delhi Development Authority vs. Bhagi Singh: Supreme Court Upholds Land Acquisition Date of the Judgment: 20 January 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 66 Judges: M.R. Shah, J. and C.T. Ravikumar, J. Can a land acquisition be deemed to have lapsed if the authorities have taken possession but not paid compensation? The Supreme Court of India recently
Supreme Court Upholds Land Acquisition: Delhi Development Authority vs. Rambir (2023) INSC 40 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether land acquisition proceedings lapse under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 if compensation is not tendered to the original landowners, despite the possession of the land having
