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Bar Of Limitation Can't Be Avoided By Resorting To Article 136 When Statutory Appeal Available: Supreme Court
A Special Leave Petition filed against an order passed by National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Chennai was dismissed yesterday by a three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra. Pertinently, the Bench made an observation that a bar of limitation cannot be obviated or circumvented by taking recourse...
High Courts While Exercising S.482 CrPC Power Legally Bound To See If Accusations Constitute Any Offence : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court (on December 14), while allowing an appeal seeking quashing of an FIR, opined that while exercising power under Section 482, CrPC, the High Court was legally bound to see if accusations constitute any offence or not.To provide a brief background, the complainant (second respondent) and appellant had a minor daughter. The appellant had already filed a petition for the...
Bhima Koregaon Case | Supreme Court Issues Notice To NIA On Professor Hany Babu's Bail Plea
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 3) issued notice in the bail plea of Delhi University professor Hany Babu, who was arrested by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case.A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Karol was hearing Babu's special leave petition challenging a September 2022 decision of the Bombay High Court to reject his...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre, 13 States On Journalist's PIL Highlighting Caste-Based Segregation In Prisons
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 3) issued notice to the Union Government and thirteen State Governments on a Public Interest Litigation which highlighted the issue of caste-based segregation in prisons in various states.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra was apprised of the state of affairs in several prisons...
Registered Sale Deed Operates From Date Of Execution When Entire Consideration Is Paid; Unilateral Changes After Execution Invalid : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that changes made in a sale deed by one party unilaterally, after the registration of the deed and without the knowledge of the other party, have to be ignored.“In terms of Section 47 of the Registration Act, a registered sale deed where entire consideration is paid would operate from the date of its execution. Thus, the sale deed as originally executed will...
'Thief' Remark| Lucknow Court Rules In Favor Of Ex-UP Minister In Defamation Suit Against AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Awards ₹1 Lakh Compensation
A Lucknow Court on Tuesday decreed a Defamation Suit in Favour of Ex-UP Minister (Presently an MLC) and BJP Leader Dr Mahendra Singh against AAP Rajyasabha MP Sanjay Singh. Sanjay Singh has also been directed to pay 1 Lakh as compensation to Mahendra Singh.The suit was essentially filed by Mahendra Singh (Plaintiff) in response to Sanjay Singh's defamatory and derogatory remarks,...
Investigate If Losses To Indian Investors Due To Short Selling In Adani Shares By Hindenburg & Others Violated Law : Supreme Court
While refusing to order an SIT probe into allegations levelled regarding stock price manipulations against the Adani Group in the Hindenburg Research Report, the Supreme Court today ordered the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the investigative agencies of the Union government, to probe into whether the loss suffered by Indian investors due to the conduct of the...
Supreme Court Stays HC Order Removing Himachal Pradesh DGP Sanjay Kundu
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 3) stayed order passed by the Himachal Pradesh High Court which removed him from the post of Himachal Pradesh's Director General of Police. The Court also stayed the consequent order issued by the State governmentt transferring Kundu as the DGP and posting him as the Principal Secretary of the Ayush Department.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India...
Supreme Court Seeks Lok Sabha Secretariat's Response To Mahua Moitra's Plea Against Expulsion From Lok Sabha
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 3) asked the Secretary General of Lok Sabha to file a reply to the writ petition filed by Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra challenging her recent expulsion from the Lok Sabha over allegations of unethical conduct.A division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta observed that one of the issues will be the jurisdiction of the court...
Adani-Hindenburg : Newspaper Articles & OCCRP Report Not Conclusive Proof To Doubt SEBI Probe, Says Supreme Court
While declining to order an investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into allegations levelled against the Adani Group in the Hindenburg Research report, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 3) refused to accept the reports published by newspapers and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).The three-Judge bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud,...
Understanding The Controversy Surrounding 'Hit and Run' Provision Under BNS
Recently, the All India Transporters has called on a nationwide strike to register their protest against a provision contained in the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) prescribing harsher punishment for causing death in a hit and run cases. What does the new law say on hit-and-run cases? Section 106 (2) of BNS stipulates that “Whoever causes death of any person by rash and negligent driving...