Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [March 22 to March 28 2021]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. 'Structures Of Our Society Created By Males For Males' : Supreme Court Holds Army's Evaluation Criteria To Grant Permanent Commission For Women Officers ArbitraryCase Title : Lt Col Nitisha and othes v Union of India and othersCitation : LL 2021 SC 181A division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah declared that the...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [March 15 to March 21, 2021]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Default Bail : State Cannot Take Advantage Of Filing One Charge Sheet First And Seeking Time To File Supplementary Charge-sheets To Extend The Time Limit U/S 167(2)Case: Fakhrey Alam vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [CrA 319 OF 2021] Citation: LL 2021 SC 165 The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R. Subhash Reddy observed that the time period for...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [March 8 to March 14 2021]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Supreme Court Asks Govt Employees Holding Post Of State Election Commissioner To Immediately Step Down As SECCase Title : State of Goa and another v Fouzia Imtiaz Shaik Citation : LL 2021 SC 158 While holding that serving government employees cannot simultaneously function as State Election Commissioners, the bench comprising Justices RF Nariman, BR Gavai and Hrishikesh...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [March 1 to March 7 2021]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. No Allegation That Promise To Marry Was False At The Inception: Supreme Court Quashes Rape CaseCase: Sonu @ Subhash Kumar vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [Criminal Appeal No 233 of 2021] Citation: LL 2021 SC 137 A Division Bench comprising of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah quashed an FIR alleging rape observing that there is no allegation to the effect that the promise...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [22nd February to 28th February 2021]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Ossification Test Conducted On An Accused Aged Around 40-55 Years Cannot Be Conclusive To Declare Him As A Juvenile On The Date Of The Incident: Supreme CourtCase: Ram Vijay Singh Vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh [Cr. A 175 OF 2021] Citation: LL 2021 SC 117The bench comprising Justices RF Nariman, Hemant Gupta and BR Gavai observed that ossification test conducted on a...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [14th February to 21st February 2021]

Live Law (LL) Citation Count Crossed Its 100 Mark Within Just 52 Days Into 2021 This Week.

High Courts Weekly Roundup [Feb 8 – Feb 14]

Summation of important Judgments/Orders this week Allahabad High Court 1. Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea By Two Sisters Claiming Ownership of Land Offered for Ayodhya Mosque [Rani Kapoor Punjabi v. Union of India & Ors.] A Bench of Justices DK Upadhyay and Manish Kumar dismissed a petition filed against the allotment of land in Ayodhya's Dhannipur village for...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up [8th February to 13th February 2021]

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Dishonour Of Cheques- Blank Cheque Would Attract Presumption U/s 139 NI Act If Signatures Are Admitted: Supreme CourtCase: M/s. Kalamani Tex v. P. Balasubramanian [CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 123 of 2021] Citation: LL 2021 SC 75Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices NV Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose observed that 'reverse onus' clauses under Section 118 and Section...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Franklin Templeton: SEBI Appoints Observer On The Basis Of Supreme Court's December 9 Order [Chennai Financial Markets & Accountability V. The Securities Exchange Board of India & Ors.]Securities & Exchange Board of India has appointed an Observer regarding e-voting of unit holders of six schemes of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund. This comes in light of an order passed by top court...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing December 6 to December 13, 2020

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

TOP STORIES1. Attorney General Grants Consent For Contempt Action Against Artist Rachita Taneja For Illustrative Tweets Against Supreme CourtThe Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal has granted consent to a law student for initiating contempt of court proceedings against a comic illustrator Rachita Taneja, for her illustrative tweets depicting Supreme Court being hand in glove with the...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing November 22, 2020 to November 29, 2020