Allahabad High Court: Annual Digest 2021 [Compendium Of 250 Orders/Judgments]

As the year 2021 is coming to an end, LiveLaw brings to you a yearly Round-up of important updates from the Allahabad High Court. This yearly digest includes 250 orders and judgments, divided into 22 different subject heads.Criminal Law Cases1.Anticipatory Bail Matters Concern Liberty Of Citizens and Required to be Given Priority: Allahabad High Court Directs State To Ensure...

Resist Being Co-opted By An Ideology Or The State; News Mixed With Views A Dangerous Cocktail : CJI Ramana To Journalists

Delivering the keynote address while awarding the Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Awards, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana spoke about the pressures faced by journalists in the age of cut-throat competition and social media amplification. Underscoring that press freedom was integral for the proper functioning of democracy, CJI Ramana reminded that journalists should resist being co-opted by...

'Man With Magical Eye' : CJI Ramana Presents 'Journalist Of The Year' Award To Late Danish Siddiqui

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Wednesday presented the Mumbai Press Club's RedInk 'Journalist of the Year' award posthumously to Reuter's photojournalist late Danish Siddiqui. Siddiqui's wife Frederike Siddiqui accepted the award at a virtual function.Paying tributes to Siddiqui, who was killed in Afghanistan in July this year while reporting the Taliban uprising, CJI Ramana said "he was...

Arbitration Supreme Court Digest 2021 : Major Judgments

1. High Court's Power Under Article 226/227 To Interfere With Arbitration Process Needs To Be Exercised In Exceptional RarityThe Supreme Court in Bhaven Construction v. Executive Engineer Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. has observed that the power of the High Courts under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India to interfere with an arbitration process needs to be exercised in...

All India Family Law Digest 2021 : Judgments Of Supreme Court & High Courts

As the year 2021 is coming to an end, LiveLaw brings to you an yearly Round-up of important updates in the subject of Family Law from the Supreme Court and various High Courts. This yearly digest includes 100 orders and judgments, divided into 18 different heads.Orders Pertaining to Marriage, its Registration & its Validity 1. Consent Of Family, Community Or Clan Not Necessary Once...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2021 - Part 2 [Citations 251 to 500]

As the end of year 2021 is nearing, LiveLaw brings to you an yearly Round-up of Supreme Court judgments. This yearly digest includes 766 orders and judgments, listed in the order of LiveLaw citation index.Due to the bulky size of the digest, it is being published in three parts. Part 1 covered citations from 1 to 250. Part two will cover citations from 250 to 500 and part three will...

There Cannot Be Two Different Pay-Scales For Employee Appointed On Compassionate Ground & On Regular Basis: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has affirmed that there cannot be two different pay-scales for the employee appointed on compassionate ground and the employee appointed on regular basis, and that the moment a person is appointed on a particular post, that person is entitled to the pay-scale of the very post, even if the appointment is on compassionate ground. The bench of Justices M. R. Shah and B....

Cancellation Of Exams, Conduct Of Online Classes, School Fees : How Supreme Court Dealt With Students' Issues In 2021

​​​​How Has Supreme Court Come To Rescue Of Students In 2021

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code : Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2021

1. Supreme Court Upholds Sections 3, 4 & 10 Of IBC Amendment Act 2020 [Judgment dated: 19.01.2021] [Citation : LL 2021 SC 25] [Bench: Justices R.F. Nariman, Navin Sinha and K.M. Joseph] [Author: Justice K.M. Joseph] In Manish Kumar v. Union of India And Anr., the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 3, 4 and 10 of the Insolvency...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2021-Part 1 [Citations 1 To 250]

As the end of year 2021 is nearing, LiveLaw brings to you an yearly Round-up of Supreme Court judgments. This yearly digest includes 765 orders and judgments, listed in the order of LiveLaw citation index.Due to the bulky size of the digest, it is being published in three parts. This part covers citations from 1 to 250. Part two will cover citations from 250 to 500 and part three will...

Bank Doesn't Hold Customer's Deposit In Trust; Banker-Depositor Relationship That Of Creditor-Debtor: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that the money that is deposited by the customer in the bank is not held by it as a trustee but it becomes a part of the banker's fund who is under a contractual obligation to pay the sum deposited by a customer to him on-demand with the agreed rate of interest.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli made...

Supreme Court Death Penalty Digest 2021

In 2020, the Supreme Court had affirmed death penalty in 8 cases (10 prisoners) and commuted death sentence to life imprisonment in 3 cases (4 prisoners). The year did not witness any acquittals. However, 2021 began with acquittal (1 prisoner) and ended with one (3 prisoners), as well. The Apex Court commutations totalled at 4 cases (5 prisoners). In one of these 4 cases, the Supreme...