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May 13, 2025

Overruling a Decision Is Not Creation of New Law—Only a Clarification of What the Law Always Was: Supreme Court Applies NDPS Interpretation Retrospectively

By: sayum

“Article 20(1) Does Not Prohibit Judicial Clarification of Law—Only Bars Creation of New Offences by Legislature”: Supreme Court declines to apply doctrine of prospective overruling to ndps interpretation, holds decision...

May 13, 2025

Mere Absence in Schedule I of NDPS Rules Irrelevant—Dealing in Psychotropic Substances in NDPS Act Schedule Is an Offence: Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Section 8(c)

By: sayum

“It Would Be a Grave Error to Assume That Psychotropic Substances Not in NDPS Rules Schedule I Are Outside the NDPS Act”: - Supreme Court of India, in a pivotal...

May 13, 2025

Existence of Arbitration Agreement Is Not Defined by Signature, But by Consent: Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Tribunal’s Jurisdiction Over Non-Signatories

By: sayum

“Tribunal Derives Jurisdiction From the Arbitration Agreement, Not from the Referral Court’s Appointment” – Supreme Court of India resolving a long-standing ambiguity under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The...

May 12, 2025

Exemption from Sales Tax at Seller’s End Does Not Bar Purchase Tax at Buyer’s End: Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Sections 5A (Kerala) and 7A (Tamil Nadu)

By: Deepak Kumar

“Purchase Tax Is a Self-Contained Levy on the Act of Purchase, Not on Subsequent Use or Dispatch” — In a landmark ruling Supreme Court of India, through a Full Bench...

May 12, 2025

When an Employee Goes Abroad and Fails to Return, It Is Not Termination—It Is Abandonment of Service: Punjab & Haryana High Court

By: sayum

“Absence from duty for a long period may amount to voluntarily abandoning service and in that eventuality, the bonds of service come to an end automatically”— In a crucial decision...

May 12, 2025

Termination Without Enquiry Invalid Even if Employee Did Not Join Transfer Post: Andhra Pradesh High Court Upholds Labour Tribunal’s Order

By: sayum

“Discharge That Stigmatizes Employee’s Career Without Domestic Enquiry Violates Natural Justice”— In a decisive judgment upholding the principles of natural justice in employment law, the Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed...

May 12, 2025

Admission is the best evidence unless shown to be made under a bona fide mistake: Punjab & Haryana High Court Affirms Legal Heirship

By: sayum

Punjab & Haryana High Court dismissed a second appeal, upholding the concurrent findings of the trial and first appellate courts that recognized Rajwanti as the widow of Ram Bhagat by...

May 12, 2025

A Woman’s Right to Refuse Unnatural Sex Must Be Respected, Even in Marriage” – Allahabad High Court

By: sayum

“A woman, despite being a wife, also has an individual right to particular sexual orientation and dignity” – Court Declares Unnatural Intercourse Without Wife’s Consent Punishable Under Section 377 IPC...

May 12, 2025

Declared Legal Heir Cannot Be Denied Death Benefits Merely Due to Administrative Apathy: Andhra Pradesh High Court

By: sayum

"Even After This Much of Legal Battle, the Individual Cannot Get Anything Relating to the Death of His Own Sister" – Andhra Pradesh High Court passed a compelling judgment concerning...

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