COVER STORIES

• Donor reserved the right of possession and enjoyment of property
• Ex-IAF official's foreign national wife get's retiral benefits
• Magistrate can't order FIR on private complaint
• Victim has right to file appeal to High Court
• Presence of injured prosecution witness beyond doubt, acquittal set aside
• Fraud vitiates every action and it cannot be brushed aside on the ground of delay
• Can a person, whose name is not included in FIR or chargesheet be proceeded against. Held, yes

COVER STORIES

• Office of Chief Justice of India comes under RTI Act
• Signed carbon copy of document permissible evidence
• CJM competent to process the request of secured creditor
• Eviction on the ground of bona fide need
• Administrative policies may change with changing circumstances
• Whether non production of contraband before court entitles accused to acquittal?
• Police officer investigating criminal case cannot attach, seize and seal any immovable property


COVER STORIES

• Murder accused held entitled to benefit of doubt
• Court can "turn the clock back"
• Acquittal does not bar departmental proceeding
• To err is human, Supreme Court tells High Courts
• RERA is not the special statute to over ride general statute
• General category candidate cannot claim consideration against reserve posts

COVER STORIES

• Prosecution failed to prove dowry demand soon before death, conviction set aside
• Demand of development charges on restoration of acquired land, justified
• Need not pick incriminatory dying declaration, rules SC
• CPC does not make main provisions of Arbitration Act inapplicable
• Complex issues like allegations of fraud can be decided only by civil court
• 'Unsatisfactory work' is motive and not foundation of termination of services


COVER STORIES
• Supreme Court concerned over misuse of web
• Magistrate is empowered to collect voice sample
• To limit wife's phone calls to kin, unusual
• In case of termination, formal domestic enquiry is required
• Trial court obligated, to give reasons for imposition of sentence
• Grant of bail vide a non-reasoned order in murder case held not justified
• Provisions of CPC are guiding factors during proceedings under Arbitration Act

COVER STORIES

 

·         Read SC judgements in your language

·         Too much quota may impact right to equal opportunity

·         Brother-in-law liable to pay maintenance to brother's widow

·         When can death sentence be commutated to life imprisonment?

·         Serious doubts about presence of accused arose, conviction set aside

·         Order of detention can be validly passed against a person in custody

·         Right to be considered for promotion accrues on the date of consideration

COVER STORIES

• Single blow could amount to murder
• Can't hide illness when buying policy: SC
• Custody of minor child, habeas maintainable
• Accident insurance claim, compensation set-aside
• Summary disposal of SLP does not conclude the issue on merits
• Whether decree of divorce can wipe out offence under IPC or D.P. Act?
• At what stage power for summoning additional accused can be exercised

COVER STORIES

• Suicide within 7 years of marriage-acquittal recorded by Trial Court, even upheld by Supreme Court
• In joint family, brother-in-law has liability to pay maintenance to domestic violence victim
• Acquittal by Trial Court should not be interfered with unless it is perverse
• Not necessary for the accused to come in witness box to support defence
• Discarding document at stage of granting bail, not permissible
• Illegality of appointment goes to the root of absorption
• Illegal photocopying of documents is theft

COVER STORIES

• Jurisdiction no bar in dowry harassment case
• Consider victim's age to compute compensation
• Complaint filed by wife under Section 498A quashed
• Merely causing hurt is sufficient to attract S. 307 IPC
• Possession of one co-sharer is possession of all co-sharers
• Excise duty chargeable only on price actually paid for goods
• Period for which leave salary is payable, has to be counted towards "qualifying service"


COVER STORIES


• Power to debar advocate from practice cannot be used by the High Court
• Terms of an invitation to tender, ordinarily not open to judicial scrutiny
• Plea of juvenility can be raised, at any stage before any court
• Age relaxation, whether one can claim as a matter of right?
• Life imprisonment is the rule, death penalty the exception
• Amount of compensation ought to be of such level, as to provide relief in reasonable monetary terms


COVER STORIES

• No depravity or brutality proved, death sentence set aside
• SC may curb advocates from speaking on cases
• Isolated one time payment cannot be termed as 'wages'
• Acceptance of resignation not required in case of notice of 30 days
• Words uttered in a fit of anger, cannot be termed as instigation for suicide
• Custody issues be resolved on the touchstone of "best interest of the child"
• Appointments be made in terms of stipulations contained in the advertisement


COVER STORIES

• If woman kills husband for calling her a prostitute, not a case of murder
• Accused is not required to establish the defence
• No bar to trial under two different enactments
• Compassionate appointment as a matter of right
• SC reopened review petition; converts death sentence into life imprisonment
• When complaint dismissed on merits, second complaint barred on same facts
• To not extend benefit to those, who did not approach the court, not equitable

Cover Stories 


• SC declines to examine triple talaq ordinance
• Levy of stamp duty not necessary for enforcement of foreign award
• Whether back wages can be claimed as a matter of right, held no
• To resign is a right of the employee
• SC restored the order of trial court dismissing suit as barred by time
• High Court failed to appreciate crucial factors, order granting bail set aside
• Husband resident of Canada not taking wife to Canada, has to pay maintenance

COVER STORIES

• Arbitration clause has to be interpreted strictly
• No deduction beyond 10 years under Section 80-IC
• Doctor wins custody battle for children from first wife
• Six months waiting period for divorce waived
• Compensation of loss of future earnings under M.V. Act
• Relatives should not be roped in on the basis of omnibus allegations
• Deceased being owner cum driver, insurer not liable to pay compensation


Cover Stories

• Adultery is not a crime, rules SC
• Reinstated staff can't have back wages
• Maintainability of subsequent FIR based on new facts
• Forfeiture of gratuity not automatic on dismissal from service
• Custody of US born female minor child with her mother in India not unlawful
• Presumption regarding existence of any debt has to be rebutted, conviction restored under N.I. Act


COVER STORIES

• Live-in relationship now recognized by legislature
• Restore victim to the position he enjoyed prior to mishap
• Unregistered deed of exchange is inadmissible in evidence
• Notified route; overlapping impermissible
• Conflicting views, court must bow down to the opinion of experts
• Neither wife nor her parents complained about dowry, charge quashed
• Mere allegations of fraud levelled in plaint, not sufficient to decline to refer parties to arbitration

COVER STORIES
• Divorce by mutual consent, strictly abide by settlement
• Widow cannot acquire better right than her husband
• Law is practiced in courts, not on the streets
• Principle of 'pay & recover' invoked
• Undisclosed income can be calculated as a result of search
• Is denial of liability by insurer in toto, referable to arbitration?
• An eviction petition against one of the joint tenant is sufficient against all the joint tenants


COVER STORIES

• Ready to go live on camera: SC
• Promotions should go ahead, says SC
• To pay gratuity amount is duty of state
• No prohibition in law to file second FIR
• Mere abduction of women not sufficient to attract S. 366 IPC
• Whether plea relating to limitation can be considered for the first time in second appeal?
• Medical claim cannot be denied, merely because treatment was in non-empanelled hospital

COVER STORIES

• SC absolves officer of suicide abetment charge
• Domestic Violence Act for divorced women too
• Sale price does not include discount or rebate
• Consent of family not necessary, when two adults agree to marry
• Conditions for grant of bail ought not to be so strict, as to make it illusory
• Relationship not a factor to affect credibility of witness
• Whether termination due to misconduct amounts to retrenchment?

COVER STORIES

• Sexual intercourse in long-term relationship not rape, says SC
• PIL has become an industry of vested interests: SC
• Compensation for functional disability, restored
• Proceeding at nascent stage, FIR quashed
• Power to make rules cannot be substituted by court
• Special provision on certain matter, excludes the general provision
• Whether an award by an arbitrator, on issue of limitation is an interim award?

COVER STORIES 

• Demonstrations not covered under Fundamental rights
• Acquittal does not automatically entitle for appointment to the post
• Whether expression "Tax" in Article 265 covers the expression "fee"
• Initiation of disciplinary proceedings against advocate held, improper
• One out of several grounds is sufficient to evict tenant
• Plaintiff cannot be compelled to prosecute the matter
• Stay on trial will be valid only for six months: SC

COVER STORIES

• Recovery which pertains to commission of crime only is relevant, accused acquitted
• Bail rejected without assigning reason, matter remanded
• Why offence of rape in IPC targeting men alone?
• When adults marry, none should interfere
• A delinquent employee is entitled to a copy of enquiry report
• Land and building cannot be clubbed for determination of gross annual rental value
• Decree for dissolution of marriage granted by invoking powers under Article 142 of Constitution

COVER STORIES
• Top court upheld right of expression of film makers
• Finance business cannot be termed co-operative society
• Sale above MRP Rates, not prevented by any enactment
• Question of limitation has to be decided on the basis of materials on record
• Charging of fee as a percentage of decretal amount, held unethical
• Panchayat secretary's certificate is no proof: SC
• Recovery of loss amount from gratuity, upheld



COVER STORIES

• Validity of will
• Surcharge follows excise duty
• Special courts to try cases against politicians
• Insurance firm liable for hijacked vehicle: SC
• Quashing of FIR on ground of settlement between parties
• Non supply of enquiry report would not warrant re-instatement
• Court cannot record any finding on issues which are not part of pleadings


COVER STORIES

• Object of statutory period of six months is to avoid a hurried decision
• Only remedy to challenge an award of Lok Adalat is civil suit
• Panchayat certificate no proof of citizenship
• No estoppel against statute
• Can't force govt. to frame a law: SC
• Principles for appointment of arbitrator
• When proceedings against Director of company unsustainable?

COVER STORIES

• Admissibility of electronic records
• Minor discrepancies of trivial nature cannot be ground to reject evidence
• Whether further investigation can be directed after framing of charge?
• Importer must clear the goods by paying charges
• No "vested right" exist for promotion
• Sexual intercourse with minor wife is rape
• SC told Punjab to consider appellants by relaxing the maximum age


COVER STORIES

• Liability of insurance company does not cease, because of transfer of ownership of vehicle
• Law cannot be invalidated on ground that legislature did not apply mind
• Children born of void marriage are legitimate
• No accused should be denied a lawyer
• Disproportionate assets, conviction of public servant set-aside
• Transfer of immovable property can only be by a registered document
• Over staying casual leave, resulted in discharge from service simplicitor

COVER STORIES

• Arbitration Act is a self contained code relating to arbitration
• Detention order vitiated due to malice in law
• Tenant cannot dispute the title of landlord
• Food in stomach won't prove time of crime
• Neutral venue can be chosen by parties to arbitration
• Right to inspect police diary not arbitrary
• Supreme Court rips apart its own judgement on S. 377 IPC
• Judicial decision is made as per law and administrative decision as per policy

COVER STORIES

• Rights as an heir to claim shares depend on the law in force, on the day when succession opened
• Conviction of relatives not staying with deceased, set aside
• Complainant's deposition must show sufficient grounds for issue of process
• Court should not pass interim orders in matters of admission
• Jobs secured with forged caste papers invalid
• Mere possession of notes not enough in graft cases
• Fraud must be pleaded and proved and not presumed


COVER STORIES

• Are cattle trade rules good in law?
• In view of bar under SC/ST Act, grant of pre-arrest bail unjustified
• Compassionate appointment cannot be sought as matter of legal right
• False complaints and defamatory statements by wife amounts to cruelty, marriage dissolved
• Maintenance pendentlite under Hindu Marriage Act, financial position of wife's parents immaterial
• Existence of concluded contract is sine qua non for claiming compensation
• Motive can be a reason for crime and a reason for false prosecution also 
• Tenants told to handover vacant possession immediately


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