Supreme Court Allows Amendment of Pleadings and Filing of Documents in Civil Suit: N.C. Bansal vs. Uttar Pradesh Financial Corporation (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a plaintiff should be allowed to amend their pleadings and file additional documents at an initial stage of a civil suit. CASE TYPE: Civil Case Name: N.C. Bansal vs. Uttar Pradesh […]
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Murder Case: Dashrath vs. State of Chhattisgarh (2018) Date of the Judgment: 23 January 2018 Citation: (2018) INSC 23 Judges: R.K. Agrawal, J., R. Banumathi, J. Can a group of individuals be held liable for murder if they share a common intention, even if not all directly inflicted the fatal
Supreme Court Clarifies Jurisdiction in Co-operative Society Employee Disputes: Annamma vs. Cochin Co-operative Hospital Society (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether service disputes between a Co-operative Society and its employees are triable under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 or the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969. CASE TYPE: Labour Law, Co-operative Law Case Name: Smt. K.A. Annamma vs.
Supreme Court Upholds FIR, Rejects Quashing in Land Fraud Case: Dineshbhai Chandubhai Patel vs. State of Gujarat (2018) Date of the Judgment: January 5, 2018 Citation: (2018) INSC 12 Judges: R.K. Agrawal, J., Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. Can a High Court quash an entire FIR after partially quashing it? The Supreme Court of India addressed
Supreme Court Upholds High Court Decision on Worker Count in Factory Closure Case: National Kamgar Union vs. Kran Rader Pvt. Ltd. (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Determination of the applicability of Chapter VB of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, based on the number of workers employed. CASE TYPE: Industrial Dispute Case Name: National Kamgar Union vs. Kran
Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere with Magistrate’s Order in Atrocities Case: Leena Vivek Masal vs. State of Maharashtra (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Supreme Court should interfere with an interim order of a Magistrate issuing process in a case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. CASE TYPE: Criminal. Case
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a permanent injunction can be granted based on possession of property supported by a General Power of Attorney, even without a registered sale deed. CASE TYPE: Civil (Property Law) Case Name: Sunkamma (D) by LRs. vs. S. Pushparaj (D) by LRs. Judgment Date: 14 December 2017 Date of the Judgment: 14 December
Supreme Court Upholds Injunction Based on Possession: Sunkamma vs. S. Pushparaj (2017) Read Post »
LEGAL ISSUE: Determination of co-bhumidari rights in jointly purchased land. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Land Revenue Dispute Case Name: Vijay Kumar and Another vs. Bal Krishan and Others [Judgment Date]: December 8, 2017 Introduction Date of the Judgment: December 8, 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 999 Judges: R.K. Agrawal, J., Navin Sinha, J. Can a
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a Special Investigation Team (SIT) should be constituted to investigate allegations of bribery for favorable court orders. CASE TYPE: Criminal Public Interest Litigation Case Name: Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms vs. Union of India and Others Judgment Date: 1 December 2017 Date of the Judgment: 1 December 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC
LEGAL ISSUE: Interpretation of Order XXIII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 regarding withdrawal of suits. CASE TYPE: Civil Procedure Case Name: Anil Kumar Singh vs. Vijay Pal Singh & Ors. [Judgment Date]: 30 November 2017 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 30 November 2017 Citation: Civil Appeal No. 20007 of 2017 (Arising
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the appointment of the Special Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was valid, given allegations of impropriety and procedural lapses. CASE TYPE: Public Interest Litigation (Service Law) Case Name: Common Cause vs. Union of India and Others Judgment Date: 28 November 2017 Introduction Can an appointment to a high-ranking position
Date of the Judgment: 28 November 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 988 Judges: R.K. Agrawal, J., Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. Can a daily wage worker, whose services were terminated due to a procedural defect, automatically get reinstatement with full back wages? The Supreme Court addressed this issue while hearing an appeal against a Labour Court award.
