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SUPREME COURT BAR ASSOCIATION …PETITIONER(S) Vs.
B.D. KAUSHIK …RESPONDENT(S) D.D
02/05/2024
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
SCBA Governance Reforms – SCBA Special General Body Meeting resolutions for amending tenure and eligibility rules for office bearers, and fees structures fail to pass due to lack of required majority – Proposed reforms include changing eligibility for contesting in SCBA elections, adjusting membership fees, increasing the number of members required to convene a general meeting, and rev...
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SHANKAR …APPELLANT(S) Vs.
THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS. …RESPONDENT(S) D.D
02/05/2024
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Law – Proper Use of Section 319 Cr.P.C. – Appeal against High Court’s refusal to quash summoning orders for the appellants to face trial under Section 302 IPC – The trial court summoned the appellants based on an ambiguous witness testimony, despite their names not being included in the final chargesheet post-investigation – The appellants were originally imp...
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CHAITRA NAGAMMANAVAR …APPELLANT(S) Vs.
STATE OF KARNATAKA & ORS. …RESPONDENT(S) D.D
02/05/2024
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Service Law - Reservation in Appointment - Advertisement for Assistant Professor post at Bangalore University reserved for STs included a stipulation for age-based preference under Karnataka Civil Services (Unfilled Vacancies Reserved For Persons Belonging to the SC’s and ST’s) (Special Recruitment) Rules, 2001, Rule 6 - High Court ruled that appointment not adhering to the advertised ...
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SHARIF AHMED AND ANOTHER ...APPELLANTS Vs.
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER ...RESPONDENTS D.D
01/05/2024
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Procedure - Requirements for chargesheet - Chargesheet Content Requirements – Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 – Review of Legal Standards for Chargesheet Content – Held – A chargesheet must provide sufficient detail of the facts constituting the offense, relevant evidence, and material relied upon by the prosecution. Critiques prior insufficient practices wher...
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COMMISSIONER OF TRADE AND TAXES …APPELLANT(S) Vs.
FEMC PRATIBHA JOINT VENTURE …RESPONDENT(S) D.D
01/05/2024
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Tax Law – Refund of Excess Tax Credit – Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 – Refunds claimed by the respondent for excess tax credits amounting to significant sums for specified quarters – Despite timely claims, refunds withheld and adjusted against later issued default notices – High Court quashed adjustment order and directed refund with interest – Supreme Court ...
(6)
DEEPENDRA YADAV AND OTHERS …APPELLANTS Vs.
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS …RESPONDENTS D.D
01/05/2024
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Cancellation of Recruitment Process - Validity - Interpretation of Service Rules - Recruitment process initiated for 571 posts in State services in accordance with the Madhya Pradesh State Service Examination Rules, 2015 (‘the Rules of 2015’) - Amendment of Rule 4 of the Rules on 17.02.2020 and 20.12.2021 - Application of amended Rule to ongoing recruitment process - Subsequent litigat...
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AJAY ISHWAR GHUTE & ORS. …APPELLANT(S) Vs.
MEHER K. PATEL & ORS. …RESPONDENT(S) D.D
30/04/2024
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Civil Procedure - Writ Jurisdiction - Construction of Compound Wall - Impleading Necessary Parties - High Court's exercise of writ jurisdiction under Article 226 to permit construction of a compound wall under police protection - Order based on "Minutes of Order" filed by advocates - Non-joinder of necessary parties (local tribals) who would be affected by the construction - Supreme ...
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COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, BELAPUR ...APPELLANT(S Vs.
JINDAL DRUGS LTD. ...RESPONDENT(S) D.D
30/04/2024
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Central Excise – Definition of Manufacture – Civil Appeal concerning the interpretation of Note 3 to Chapter 18 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 – Appellant (Commissioner of Central Excise, Belapur) argued that the activity of labelling and relabelling by the respondent (Jindal Drugs Ltd.) does not constitute manufacture – Held that the amendment to Note 3 effective f...
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JASOBANTA SAHU ...APPELLANT(S) Vs.
STATE OF ORISSA ...RESPONDENT(S) D.D
30/04/2024
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Law - Murder - Appeal against conviction under Section 302 IPC - Initially convicted under Section 304 Part I by Trial Court, modified to Section 302 IPC by High Court following revisional jurisdiction exercised at behest of informant - Supreme Court revisits eyewitness credibility and evidence handling - Credibility of eyewitnesses (PW1 and PW2) and extra-judicial confession to PW6 quest...