Supreme Court Allows Child to Study in School of His Choice: Nutan Gautam vs. Prakash Gautam (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a child can be compelled to study in a specific school against their wishes. CASE TYPE: Family Law Case Name: Nutan Gautam vs. Prakash Gautam Judgment Date: April 5, 2019 Date of the Judgment: April […]
Supreme Court Restores Stay on Eviction Order: Laxmi Chaudhary vs. Sahib Singh Chaudhary (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a tenant’s stay on an eviction order should be vacated for non-compliance of a conditional order, and the determination of fair compensation for use and occupation of premises. CASE TYPE: Civil (Eviction and Rent) Case Name: Laxmi Chaudhary
Supreme Court Reduces Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide in Sudden Fight Case: Nandlal vs. State of Maharashtra (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction for murder can be reduced to culpable homicide not amounting to murder when the act was committed in a sudden fight without premeditation. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Nandlal vs. The
Supreme Court Upholds Classification of Tank Land Under Andhra Pradesh Inams Act: Sarvepalli Ramaiah vs. District Collector (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether ryotwari patta can be granted for land classified as a tank poramboke under the Andhra Pradesh Inams (Abolition & Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1956. CASE TYPE: Land Law, Inams Abolition Case Name: Sarvepalli Ramaiah
Supreme Court Allows Additional Documents in Eviction Suit: Marwari Relief Society vs. Amulya Kumar Singh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a court can allow additional documents to be submitted in an ongoing eviction suit when those documents were initially filed but went missing during court transfers. CASE TYPE: Civil (Eviction Suit) Case Name: Marwari Relief Society
Supreme Court Clarifies Seniority for Deputy Tahsildar Posts in Tamil Nadu Revenue Service: A. Rajagopalan vs. The District Collector (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Implementation of amended service rules and seniority for promotions to Deputy Tahsildar posts. CASE TYPE: Service Law, specifically concerning promotions within the Tamil Nadu Revenue Subordinate Service. Case Name: A. Rajagopalan ETC. vs.
Supreme Court acquits Savitaben in murder case citing lack of evidence: Savitaben vs. State of Gujarat (2019) INSC 191 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused Savitaben was guilty of murder and house trespass along with her husband. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Savitaben vs. The State of Gujarat [Judgment Date]: 11 March 2019 Date of the
Supreme Court on Demand of Bribe in Corruption Cases LEGAL ISSUE: Whether inferential deduction of culpability of a public servant is permissible in the absence of direct evidence of demand of illegal gratification. CASE TYPE: Criminal (Prevention of Corruption Act) Case Name: Mrs. Neeraj Dutta vs. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) [Judgment Date]: 28
Supreme Court settles the status of Shri Ram Mandir, Indore as a public temple: Shri Ram Mandir Indore vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether Shri Ram Mandir is a public or private temple and the rights of the pujaris. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Religious and Charitable Endowments Case Name: Shri Ram
Supreme Court Upholds Gift Deed Validity: Jagdish Chander vs. Satish Chander (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a registered gift deed can be invalidated on the grounds of alleged consideration, when the document itself indicates that the mentioned amount is for valuation purposes only. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Property Dispute Case Name: Jagdish Chander vs. Satish
Supreme Court limits Section 319 CrPC application in dowry death case: Sunil Kumar Gupta vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a court can summon additional accused under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) based on weak evidence. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Sunil Kumar Gupta and Others vs. State
Supreme Court Reduces Life Sentence in Culpable Homicide Case: Kishan Singh vs. State of Uttarakhand (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder was justified, or whether the offense should be categorized as culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part I of the
