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Buyer Not Complying With Timeline For Payment Can't Seek Specific Performance Of Agreement To Sell : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in a recent decision held that when a contract stipulates a specific time frame within which the consideration needs to be paid by the 'buyer' to execute the 'agreement to sale' by the 'seller', then the buyer must strictly adhere to such condition, otherwise, the 'buyer' can not avail a remedy of specific performance of the sale deed. Reversing the concurrent judgments...
What Extent Of Minority Presence Required In Administration To Claim Protection Of Article 30? Supreme Court Discusses In AMU Case [Day 2]
The Supreme Court in continuance of its hearing of the Constitution Bench matter on the issue of the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), noted that the requirement to 'administer' under Article 30 of the Constitution may not be absolute for an education institution to qualify the minority character. The Chief Justice of India, in dissecting the arguments of the...
Judicial Officers' Allowances Enhanced With Supreme Court Accepting SNJPC Recommendations : Read Key Points
Recently, the Supreme Court has directed the state governments to pay the arrears to judges in terms of enhanced pay scales as per the recommendations of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC). Most of these recommendations have been accepted by the Top Court. These allowances have to be paid on or before February 29, 2024.“All States and Union Territories shall now act in terms...
Stray Dog Issue | Supreme Court Lists Matter For Final Hearing On February 28
On Wednesday (January 10), the Supreme Court listed the matter concerning curbing stray dog attacks in the country for a final hearing on February 28, 2024. A Division Bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Sudhanshu Dhulia also recorded that pleadings may be exchanged, if any, a week before the above-mentioned date. In the meantime, the parties were allowed to file their...
Sessions Judge Moves Supreme Court To Expunge Adverse Remarks Of High Court Over Directions Against Delhi Police
In a judicial officer's plea seeking expunging of remarks made against him by a Delhi High Court judge, the Supreme Court has sought the High Court's response through the Registrar General."Let the Delhi High Court through the Registrar General to be impleaded as a party respondent in this appeal. Cause title may be amended for this purpose and notice be served upon the Registrar General of...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023 -Indian Penal Code 1860
Indian Penal Code 1860Penal Code, 1860 - Constitutional Courts can impose fixed term sentence even in cases where death penalty was not proposed - "Even in a case where capital punishment is not imposed or is not proposed, the Constitutional Courts can always exercise the power of imposing a modified or fixed-term sentence by directing that a life sentence, as contemplated by “secondly”...
BREAKING | Eknath Shinde Faction Is The Real Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray Had No Power To Remove Him: Maharashtra Speaker
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar today held that Eknath Shinde led faction was the real Shiv Sena when the rival faction emerged within the party on June 22, 2022. He has refused to disqualify any member from both the factions, led by Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray.Both the factions had filed 34 petitions against each other before the speaker in 2022, seeking...
Supreme Court Begins Hearing Pleas To Ban Cultivation Of GM Mustard
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 9) began hearing afresh a batch of petitions challenging the central government's decision to commercially cultivate genetically modified (GM) mustard.Multiple petitioners have challenged this move in the top court. Non-governmental organisation Gene Campaign has filed an interim application in its ongoing public interest litigation (PIL),...
Judicial Service Not Equal To Other Govt Services; Judicial Officers' Service Conditions Must Be Uniform Across Country : Supreme Court
Observing that judicial service cannot be equated with the service of other officers of the Government, the Supreme Court rejected the argument that the pay and allowances of judicial officers and other government officers should be equivalent.The Court made this observation in the judgment passed in the All India Judges Association case directing the States to implement the recommendations...
Supreme Court Adjourns Umar Khalid's Bail Hearing On Joint Request By Both Sides; Posts To January 24
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 10) adjourned the hearing of the petition filed by former JNU scholar Umar Khalid seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, Khalid's lawyer, requested for adjournment as he is engaged in a Constitution Bench hearing today.The Delhi police also sought time citing the unavailability of Additional Solicitor General...
Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 2]
A 7-judge bench of the Supreme Court is hearing today the case relating to the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Surya Kant, JB Pardiwala, Dipankar Datta, Manoj Misra and Satish Chandra Sharma will hear the issue.The bench, among other things, will consider whether minority status can be...