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Unregistered Agreement To Sell Admissible As Evidence To Prove Contract In Specific Performance Suit : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that an unregistered agreement to sell may be admitted as evidence to establish the existence of a contract in a suit seeking specific performance. The Court said that this arrangement is made possible under the proviso to Section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908, which allows an unregistered document to be received as evidence of a contract in a suit for...
'Court Can't Compel Any State To Adopt National Education Policy' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Implement NEP In Tamil Nadu
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by a person seeking to direct the State of Tamil Nadu to implement the National Education Policy (2020) including its 'three-language formula'.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan observed that the Court cannot issue any direction under Article 32 of the Constitution to compel any State to...
'Not Court's Duty To Tell Media To Delete' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi HC Order To Remove Wikipedia Page About ANI's Case
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 9) set aside the Delhi High Court order, which directed the deletion of a Wikipedia page on defamation proceedings initiated by news agency Asian News International (ANI) against Wikimedia on the ground that the page was prima facie contemptuous and amounted to interference in court proceedingsA bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan reiterated...
Valid District Survey Report Essential For Environment Clearance; Draft Or Lapsed DSR Can't Be Basis For EC : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (May 8) struck down the Uttar Pradesh government's e-auction notice for sand mining leases which cited reliance on an expired 2017 District Survey Report (DSR), which lapsed in 2022, and a draft 2023 DSR that had not yet been finalized. The Court held that, under the Environment Protection Act, 1986 and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notifications, a valid...
Attempts To Spread Communal Hatred & Indulge In Hate Speech Must Be Dealt With Iron Hand : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that attempts to spread communal hatred and indulge in hate speech must be dealt with an iron hand. It asserted that hate speech cannot be tolerated."Any attempt to cause alienation or humiliation of the targeted group is a criminal offence and must be dealt with accordingly," the Court said.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice...
Supreme Court Delivers Split Verdict On Guilt Of Ex-TN Minister's Wife In Whose Name Disproportionate Assets Were Registered
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 7) delivered a split verdict on the culpability of P. Nallammal, the wife of former Tamil Nadu Minister, for her alleged role in abetting her husband in a disproportionate assets case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act).The bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah delivered a split verdict in a case where A.M. Paramasivam,...
High Court May Grant Article 227 Interim Relief In Arbitration Proceedings In Exceptional Cases : Supreme Court
aThe Supreme Court (May 7) held that while the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”) mandates minimal judicial interference, a High Court may, in exceptional cases, exercise its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution to grant interim relief, particularly where denial of such protection would result in irreparable harm. “We are aware of...