Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index(Citations 1 - 16) [January 1 – 9, 2023]

SUBJECT WISE INDEX AYSUH MISSION Operating Guidelines of the National AYSUH Mission - Paragraph 4(vi)(b) - Order for the purchase of Ayurvedic medicines issued by the State of Uttar Pradesh in favour of Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL) - Inviting tenders from the entities is the most transparent and non-arbitrary method of allocation that can be...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- CRIMINAL TRIAL

Criminal Cases Criminal Cases - Disposal of criminal cases by resorting to the triple method of plea bargaining, compounding of offences and under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 - Guidelines issued. Re: Policy Strategy for Grant of Bail, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 889 Role of State Criminal Cases - Role of State - In criminal matters the party who is treated as the aggrieved party...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Constitution of India

Constitution of India Constitution of India, 1950 - After a period of 10 years from the date of execution of the Sale Deed with NOIDA, the petitioner made a representation to it requesting to allot a plot as agreed in terms of the Sale Deed - High Court directed NOIDA to consider the representation - NOIDA rejected it - This was again challenged before High Court by the Petitioner -...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Company Law

Companies Act, 1956 - Appeal against NCLAT order which dismissed appeals against NCLT order denying relief to appellant workmen/employees with regard to their claim relating to salary, which they claimed for the period involving CIRP- Partly allowed - (i) That the wages/salaries of the workmen/employees of the Corporate Debtor for the period during CIRP can be included in the CIRP...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Consumer Protection Law

Consumer Law Consumer Law - Transfer Petition filed seeking transfer of consumer complaints pending before Consumer fora to Bombay High Court - Dismissed - The consumer complaints are filed under the Consumer Protection Act, therefore, such consumer complaints cannot be transferred to the High Court exercising the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Yes bank v....

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Commercial Courts Act 2015

Commercial Courts Act, 2015 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 - Mediation lightens the load of the judges- Section 12A contemplated only for a class of suits not requiring urgent relief- suits which contemplate urgent interim relief, the Law-giver has carefully vouch-safed immediate access to justice as contemplated ordinarily through the courts. The carving out of a class of suits...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022-Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Appeal against High Court order setting aside criminal proceedings on the ground that taking cognizance by magistrate was barred by limitation - Allowed - The High Court made a fundamental error in assuming that the date of taking cognizance i.e., 04.12.2012 is decisive of the matter, while ignoring the fact that...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Code Of Civil Procedure (CPC)

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; The rules of procedure are essentially intended to subserve the cause of justice and are not for punishment of the parties in conduct of the proceedings. (Para 26.1) Prakash Corporates v. Dee Vee Projects Ltd., 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 162 : AIR 2022 SC 946 : (2022) 5 SCC 112 Dominus Litus Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 -...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Administrative Law Administrative Law - Administrative/executive orders or circulars, as the case may be, in the absence of any legislative competence cannot be made applicable with retrospective effect. Only law could be made retrospectively if it was expressly provided by the Legislature in the Statute. (Para 30) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. v. Tata Communications Ltd., 2022 LiveLaw...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index[December 19 – 31, 2022, Citation 1036-1041]

Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019 - Supreme Court directs Centre and IITs to follow the reservation and act as per the reservations provided under the Act. Sachchida Nand Pandey v. Union of India, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 1037 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Order XXX Rule 4 and Order XXII Rule 10 - The death of one of the partners does not foreclose...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index- December 2022 (Citation 999-1041)

Advocates Act 1961 - Disciplinary action against striking lawyers - Bar Council of India to take appropriate action against all the executive members of different Bar Associations on strike contrary to directions of this Court and logically we would expect their licences to be suspended at least till the work is resumed and further action against the members of the Action...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022-Income Tax

Income Tax Act, 1961Income Tax Act, 1961 - Appeal against Gujarat High Court judgment extending the immunity under the "Income Declaration Scheme" (IDS) to an assessee who was not the declarant under the scheme - Allowed - The High Court fell into error, in holding that the sequitur to a declaration under the IDS can lead to immunity (from taxation) in the hands of a non-declarant....