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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Negotiable Instruments Act
Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 - Section 138, 147 - The nature of offence under section 138 of the N.I Act is primarily related to a civil wrong and is a compoundable offence. (Para 10) 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 75Negotiable Instruments Act 1881; Section 138 - Approval of resolution plan of corporate debtor will not extinguish the liability of erstwhile director for dishonour of cheque. (Para 17,...
Appoint RERA Appellate Tribunal Chairperson ': Supreme Court To WB Govt
The Supreme Court on Friday (January 20) urged the West Bengal government to appoint the chairperson of the appellate tribunal under Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. The top court is monitoring the implementation of an order directing states and union territories to appoint permanent adjudicating officers and establish permanent regulatory authorities and appellate...
'Trial In Absentia' Under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
The Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (“BNSS”) which seeks to replace the existing Cr.P.C. has introduced provisions for conducting in-absentia trial of certain kind of accused. At present, the Cr.P.C. only allows for recording of evidences in absence of the accused but doesn't provide for conducting the trial of an accused and pronouncing the judgment in the absence of an accused. The...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (15th- 20th January, 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, providing a...
Supreme Court Expresses Shock At WB Police Relying On 'Confessions' Of Accused
In an appeal filed by the accused/ petitioner seeking bail, the Supreme Court was shocked to note that the respondent state, in its counter affidavit, has relied upon the confessional statements recorded before the police. “In the counter affidavit filed by the respondent State of West Bengal, shockingly, the State has relied up so called confessional statements of the...
Supreme Court Reduces Contempt Sentence Of Advocate After His Apology For Remarks Against Judges
The Supreme Court on Friday (January 19) set-aside the Delhi High Court order granting a six months imprisonment granted to a lawyer who was found guilty for making “contumacious allegations” and “scandalous imputations” against judges of the High Court as well as the District Court. The Bench comprising of CJI Dr. DY Chandrachud, JB Pardiwala J., and Manoj Mishra J., noted that...
Supreme Court Directs All High Courts To Expeditiously Decide Bail Applications
The Supreme Court in a recent order directed all the courts to scrupulously follow the directions/guidelines issued by it for the expeditious delivery of judgments and disposal of the bail applications.A bench comprising Justices Bela Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma directed that High Courts should scrupulously follow the directions/ guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in...
“Recovery Evidence” Under Section 27 Of The Evidence Act- Questions & Answers By Justice V Ramkumar [Part-XI]
Q.51 The culprit husband who is subsequently made an accused voluntarily goes to the police station soon after committing brutal murder of his wife and tells the Sub Inspector who is the SHO that he butchered his wife to death and reveals the place where he has concealed the chopper. The Head Constable is sent to the place mentioned by the person. The Head Constable finds the chopper...
Law Students Move Bombay High Court Challenging Maharashtra Govt's Declaration Of Public Holiday For Ram Mandir Consecration On Jan 22
Four law students have filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court challenging the Maharashtra government's notification declaring January 22, 2024 a public holiday for the consecration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.A special bench of Justices GS Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale has been constituted to hear the matter tomorrow. The petitioners are students from MNLU, Mumbai, GLC and NIRMA law school....
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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- NDPS Act
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Conditions for personal search as specified in Section 50 of the NDPS Act are applicable only for the search of the physical body of the person and not for the search of any bag carried by the person. (Para 125) 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 856Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Conviction liable to be set aside if samples...
Supreme Court Reprimands Registry For Not Listing Case Violating Judicial Order
The Supreme Court recently expressed displeasure at members of the Registry staff for violating a judicial order regarding the listing of the matters on Regular list.The Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that on November 22, 2023, the subject matters were directed to be listed on December 07, 2023 (Thursday). However, they came to be listed on December 08, when Senior...