Commercial Transactions Outside Purview Of Consumer Protection Act 1986: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that complaints seeking recovery of the investment from which the complainant is deriving benefit in the form of interest cannot be entertained under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986. “It was a commercial transaction (investment) and therefore also would be outside the purview of the 1986 Act. Commercial disputes cannot be decided in summary proceeding under the...

Supreme Court Asks CAG To Examine Corruption Allegations Against Arunachal Pradesh Govt During 2007-11 Term

In a public interest litigation raising allegations of corruption in relation to certain tenders floated by Arunachal Pradesh government a decade ago, the Supreme Court on March 20 directed that the complaints be examined by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).The Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi passed the order in a Special Leave Petition where the petitioners...

CAA's Claim Of Protecting Persecuted Religious Minorities Flawed : IUML To Supreme Court

The claim that the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA), 2019 offers protection to persecuted minorities from the neighbouring countries is baseless, argued the Indian Union Muslim League in its written submission filed before the Supreme Court seeking stay of the Act and the Citizenship Amendment Rule 2024.It was contended in the written submission, filed ahead of the hearing scheduled on April...

Supreme Court Seeks Union's Stand On Pension Of Retired Air Force Women SSC Officers

The Supreme Court on Friday (April 5) asked the Union to clarify whether the one-time pensionary benefits granted to retired women airforce officers will be subject to revision or not. The women officers raised concerns about the correctness of the computation done for calculating their pensions, in light of the Apex Court's previous directions. In 2022 the Apex Court had in the exercise of...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (1st April-06 April, 2024)

With another week gone at the Supreme Court of India, Live Law is back with its Supreme Court Weekly Digest, dedicated to keeping our readers abreast of the most recent legal developments in the country's apex court. This digest aims to inform you about the latest judgments, orders, and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed in the Supreme Court during the past week and also the...

The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-II]

Armed Forces The Supreme Court extends disability pension claim of army veteran for 10 years as allowed under pension regulations for the army. Ex L/NK Rajput Ajit Singh v. Union of India, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 831 Are civilian employees of armed forces unit run canteens government servants? the supreme court refers to a larger bench. Union of India v. Vinod Kumar, 2023...

'Identity Of POCSO Victim Cannot Be Disclosed' : Supreme Court Calls For Sensitization Of Judicial and Police Officers in West Bengal

Recently, while expressing concern over the disclosure of the victim's name while recording her statements in the POCSO case, the Supreme Court called for the sensitization of the Judicial and Police Officers in the State of West Bengal. “We therefore feel that an exercise of sensitization of judicial officers as well as the police Officers is required to be undertaken in the State of...

Verdict In 'KA Najeeb' Upholding Right Of UAPA Accused For Bail On Ground Of Delay In Trial Not Disturbed By 'Gurwinder Singh' Judgment: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (on April 05), in the Shoma Sen case, made a crucial observation that the Apex Court's findings in the Gurwinder Singh v. State of Punjab case would not disturb the ratio arrived in the landmark case of Union of India vs. K.A. Najeeb. It may be recalled that K.A. Najeeb's case was pronounced by a three-judge bench comprising Justices NV Ramana, Surya Kant, and...

NEET : Supreme Court Stays Cancellation Of MBBS Admission Over SEBC Certificate, Notes That Candidate Would've Got Admission In General Merit

The Supreme Court on Friday (April 5) stayed the Gujarat High Court's decision to uphold a 'Teli' caste student's cancellation of MBBS admission in Government Medical College (GMC), Vadodara. The said cancellation was done as consequence of refusing recognize the applicability of his Social and Economically Backward Certificate (SEBC) in the state of Gujarat. The bench comprising...

The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-I]

Abkari Act Abkari Act, 1077; Section 57A- Offence under Section 57A is not limited to the holders of the license under the Act, but refers to anybody who mixes or permits to be mixed any noxious substance, likely to endanger human life with any liquor. (Para 43) Sajeev v. State of Kerala, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 974 Abkari Act, 1077; Section 55 - Alcohol as mentioned in Section 55,...

Explainer | EVM-VVPAT Verification Issue Before Supreme Court

On mentioning of the pleas seeking extensive cross-verification of electronic voting machines (EVM) data against voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) records, the Supreme Court clarified on April 3 that the matter will be heard after 2 weeks.The Bench, led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, initially said that the matter would come up next Tuesday or Wednesday. However, later, the likelihood of...

'Police Cannot Be Allowed To Tutor Prosecution Witness': Supreme Court Asks TN DGP To Take Action Against Erring Police Officers

While rebuking Tamil Nadu Police for tutoring the witnesses to depose against the accused, the Supreme Court on Friday (April 05) directed the Tamil Nadu's Director General of Police to make an enquiry into the conduct of the police officials of tutoring witnesses at the concerned Police Station and to take action against the erring police officials in accordance with law. “Thus, the...