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September 13, 2025

Sale Without Payment of Consideration Is Not a Sale in Law — It Is Void, Not Voidable: Supreme Court Applies Section 54 of Transfer of Property Act

By: sayum

“If There Is No Consideration, There Is No Sale — Title Doesn’t Transfer Even If Deed Is Registered”: In a judgment carrying far-reaching implications for property transactions, the Supreme Court,...

September 13, 2025

Injury May Be Grievous, But Intention to Kill Is Crucial: When Exactly Does Section 307 IPC Apply?” – Supreme Court Explains the Line Between Attempt to Murder and Murder

By: sayum

“Section 307 IPC is not a fallback for delayed death—if the injury was intended to cause death and is sufficient in the ordinary course to do so, the offence is...

September 13, 2025

Reservation for Disabled Is Not a Charity — It's a Right: Supreme Court Flags Structural Discrimination in Denial of Upward Movement to PwD Candidates

By: sayum

“It is a matter of grave concern that persons with disabilities, though meritorious, are denied upward movement — this constitutes hostile discrimination and defeats the very purpose of reservation.” —...

September 13, 2025

Article 65, Not Article 59, Governs Suits Challenging Void Transactions — No Need to Cancel a Document That Never Had Legal Existence: Supreme Court Clarifies

By: sayum

“A Suit for Possession Based on Title Can Be Filed Within 12 Years — Article 59 Has No Role Where Sale Deed Is Void Ab Initio”: In a pivotal ruling...

September 13, 2025

Direction to File a Separate Challan Is Ultra Vires: Trial Court Cannot Interfere with Investigative Discretion: Supreme Court

By: sayum

“Trial Courts Cannot Direct Filing of Charge-Sheet—That Power Lies with Investigating Agencies Alone” — In a powerful reaffirmation of the separation of powers between the investigating agency and the judiciary,...

September 13, 2025

Certification of Mutation Entries on Forged Documents by Revenue Officers Is Not a Mere Procedural Lapse: Supreme Court Denies Anticipatory Bail in 1996 Land Fraud Case

By: sayum

"Delay in Lodging FIR Cannot Wash Away Allegations of Abuse of Official Position in Facilitating Fraudulent Land Transfers" - Supreme Court of India upholding the Bombay High Court’s refusal to...

September 13, 2025

Inordinate Delay in Deciding Anticipatory Bail Applications Is Constitutionally Impermissible: Supreme Court Reprimands Judicial Delay in Bail Matters

By: sayum

“Applications Affecting Personal Liberty Must Not Be Kept Pending Indefinitely”: In a sharp rebuke to the judiciary on the issue of prolonged and unjustified delays in deciding anticipatory bail applications,...

September 13, 2025

Legislative Intent Was to Keep Building Projects Outside ‘General Conditions’: Supreme Court Slams NGT’s Overreach in Landmark Environmental Ruling”

By: sayum

“A plain reading of the EIA 2006 Notification reveals that the General Conditions were never attracted to projects falling under Items 8(a) and 8(b). The NGT has not construed the...

September 13, 2025

Possession Can Be Claimed Without Cancelling a Fraudulent Sale Deed If It Is Void Ab Initio – Supreme Court Explains Why Article 65, Not Article 59, Applies to Void Transactions

By: sayum

“A Plaintiff Not Party to a Fraudulent Sale Deed Is Not Obligated to Cancel It — Can Ignore It and Sue for Possession”: In a detailed and legally rich judgment...

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