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Failure To Serve S.80 CPC Notice Nullifies Decree ; Executing Court Bound To Consider Plea Of Nullity : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that the plea regarding the decree being 'nullity' can be raised at the executing stage, and the Executing Court is bound to decide the same on merits. “As per Section 47, the Executing Court is empowered to examine the questions relating to execution, discharge, or satisfaction of the decree. It cannot go beyond the decree; but at the same time, when a...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 8, 2025
Links of today's Supreme Court reports :'Mother' Needn't Be Biological Mother : Supreme Court Urges IAF To Revisit Exclusion Of Stepmothers From Family PensionCan Voters Be Denied NOTA Option In Elections With Only One Candidate? Supreme Court Asks ECISupreme Court Dismisses CBI's Review Petition Against 'Ritu Chhabaria' Judgment That Incomplete Chargesheet Won't Defeat Default BailAfter...
Income Tax Act | Supreme Court Delivers Split Verdict On Timelimit For Assessments Under S.144C
The Supreme Court on Friday (Aug. 8) delivered a split verdict on the interpretation of the limitation period under Section 144C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (“Act”), governing the timeline for passing assessment orders by the Assessing Officer in cases involving eligible assessees, such as foreign companies and transfer pricing matters.The judgment was delivered by the bench of Justices...
'One More Order From Allahabad HC With Which We're Disappointed' : Supreme Court On HC Ignoring Law On Sentence Suspension
The Supreme Court again expressed displeasure with an order of the Allahabad High Cour which declined to suspend the fixed-term sentence without applying the settled position of law on sentence suspension. The Court set aside the High Court's order, observing that it had failed to properly assess the circumstances justifying the denial of sentence suspension in a fixed-term conviction, as...
Justice Yashwant Varma Case | Videos, Photos Shouldn't Have Been Published, But In-House Inquiry Not Vitiated: Supreme Court
While upholding the overall sanctity of the in-house procedure, the Supreme Court has stated that the video and pictures of cash at Justice Yashwant Varma's official residence should not have been published on the Court's website. To that extent, the Court has said that there is nothing contemplated in the in-house procedure that the incriminating evidence should be published in the...
CJI Has Authority To Recommend Removal Of Judge While Forwarding In-House Inquiry Report To President & PM : Supreme Court
While dismissing the writ petition filed by Justice Yashwant Varma against the in-house committee report which indicted him in the unaccounted cash controversy, the Supreme Court held that the Chief Justice of India has the authority to forward the report to the President and the Prime Minister recommending the removal of the Judge.The Court held that the provision (paragraph 7(ii)) in...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest July 14 - 20, 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 693 to 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 730Advocates Act, 1961 - High Court of Orissa (Designation of Senior Advocate) Rules, 2019- Rule 6(9)- Suo moto power to the full court of High Court to designate an advocate as 'Senior Advocate'- the 2019 Rules were formulated in the backdrop of the Indira Jaising v Supreme Court of India (2017)- High Court held Rule 6(9) to be ultra vires...
Electricity A Public Good; Disproportionate Increase In Regulatory Assets Must Be Avoided : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Aug. 6) while directing the Electricity Regulatory Commissions (“ERC”) to timely liquidate the regulatory assets, to avoid accumulation of rightful cost due to the DISCOMS, has issued ten points relating to regulatory assets, determination of tariff and accountability of ERCs, and powers of the APTEL to avert regulatory failure. The bench comprising...
Incestuous Sexual Violence Committed By Parent Requires Severest Punishment : Supreme Court Upholds Father's POCSO Conviction
Incestuous sexual violence cannot be condoned under any circumstances as it shakes the very foundation of the familial trust, observed the Supreme Court while upholding the conviction of a father who repeatedly raped his minor daughter aged ten years.Upholding the life sentence imposed on him for the offence of penetrative sexual assault under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from...
