Case- State of Maharashtra vs Dr. Maroti s/o Kashinath Pimpalkar [2022 LiveLaw (SC) 898] Bench- Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice C.T. Ravikumar On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) ..
Case Name- Naveen vs State of Haryana [SLP(Crl) 3746 of 2022] Bench- Justices Ajay Rastogi and C.T. Ravikumar In this judgement the Supreme Court reaffirmed that the power granted to a court by Section 319 of the CrPC is an extraordinary and discret ..
A three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in a recent judgment adjudged a case concerning the issue of applicability of the time frame contemplated under Section 11 A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquisition initiated by invoking urgency prov ..
The High Court of Karnataka said that the courts must consider the hardships that might be caused to the parties at the time of deciding an application under Section 24 of CPC for transfer of proceedings from one court to another, rather than lookin ..
The Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme was launched in 2020 to settle pending tax disputes in the area of Direct Taxes. It is an effort to unblock 9.32 trillion rupees (as of November 30, 2019) that has been blocked by over 483,000 appeals that are pending i ..
In July 2022, an order issued by the General Education Department along with a prospectus issued by the Directorate was passed. It was put in place to regulate the admission to plus one Private Aided Higher Secondary Schools for the Academic year 20 ..
The Supreme Court decided the question of whether the cheque issued for a time-barred debt or not be decided under Section 482 CrPC. The bench comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and J. B. Pardiwala held that the question that prevailed was a matter ..
The High Court of Madras held that police have no jurisdiction to freeze bank accounts while summons are being issued under Section 91 of CrPC. When summons are issued under that section, the investigating officer can only summon a person to produce ..
The Supreme Court overruled the decision of a High Court that allowed DNA testing to determine the paternity of two children to verify a claim made by the mother where she stated that she was forced to cohabit and have a physical relationship with h ..
Supreme Court set aside the bail granted to two accused in the NDPS case. A bench comprising CJI UU Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi held that in the face of the mandatory Section 37 of the NDPS Act, the High Court cannot and ought not to release th ..