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Successive Applications For Recalling Witnesses Should Not Be Encouraged: SC

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   21 February 2019 at 12:43

To begin with, while strongly deprecating the reprehensible and retrograde tendency of filing of successive applications for recalling witnesses, the Supreme Court has in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Swapan Kumar Chatterjee v Cent ..


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Court Has to Confine Itself To The Four Corners Of Disobeyed Order While Exercising Contempt Jurisdiction: SC

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   21 February 2019 at 12:43

To start with, in a significant observation, the Supreme Court just recently on February 6, 2019 in a latest case titled Er. K. Arumugam v. V. Balakrishnan & Ors in Civil Appeal No. 1510 of 2019 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 30317 of 2017) has firml ..


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Mere Inability To Repay Loan Does Not Constitute Cheating: SC

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   21 February 2019 at 12:43

It has to be acknowledged, appreciated and applauded right at the outset that in a landmark and laudable judgment titled Satishchandra Ratanlal Shah v State of Gujarat and another in Criminal Appeal No. 9 of 2019 [arising out of SLP (Cri) No. 5223 o ..


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Inability To Establish Motive In A Case Of Circumstantial Evidence Not Always Fatal: SC

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   21 February 2019 at 12:42

It must be said first and foremost before saying anything else that in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Sukhpal Singh v State of Punjab in Criminal Appeal No. 1697 of 2009 and delivered on February 12, 2019 has very elegantly and expl ..


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No Authority Can Claim Privilege Not To Comply With SC Judgment: SC

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   14 February 2019 at 13:23

With much satisfaction it has to be remarked right at the outset that in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment by a two-Judge Bench of Apex Court titled Anil Kumar v Union of India and others in Civil Appeal No. 888 of 2019 (arising out of SLP ..


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Lieutenant General (Rtd) Cannot Be Tried In A General Court Martial Consisting Of Members Below His Rank: SC

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   12 February 2019 at 16:35

It has to be said right at the outset that a three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice AK Sikri, Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice MR Shah in Ex Lt Gen. Avadhesh Prakash v. Union of India & Anr. in Criminal Appeal No. 140 of 2 ..


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Death Sentence Only When The Alternative Option Is Unquestionably Foreclosed: SC

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   11 February 2019 at 13:44

It has to be conceded right at the outset that the Supreme Court has by a catena of decisions in recent years sought to send out a loud and unequivocal message to the entire nation that death sentence shall not be imposed at the drop of a hat and it ..


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Long Pendency Amounts To A Special Reason For Imposing Lesser Penalty In Corruption Case Involving Meager Bribe Amount: SC

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   11 February 2019 at 13:44

To begin with, it has to be said right at the outset that in a rare departure from the past, the Supreme Court has just recently in a notable case titled Ambi Ram v State of Uttarakhand in Criminal Appeal No. 1723 of 2009 dated February 5, 2019 has ..


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Autonomy Of the Bar Cannot Be Taken Over By The Court: SC Quashes Madras HC Disciplinary Rules For Lawyers

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   08 February 2019 at 11:09

It has to be said with consummate ease that in one of the most commendable, significant and noteworthy judgments delivered by the top court in the last couple of years, the Supreme Court has just recently on January 28, 2019 very rightly quashed Rul ..


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Casual Act Of Possession Over Property Does Not Confer 'Possessory Title': SC

  Adv. Sanjeev Sirohi   06 February 2019 at 11:45

While clearly and convincingly holding that possessory title over property cannot be claimed merely on the basis of �casual possession�, the Supreme Court in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Poona Ram v. Moti Ram (D) Th. L ..


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