Romesh Thappar v State of Madras

CITATIONS 1950 AIR 124, 1950 SCR 594. BENCH Justice Fazal Ali, Saiyid (CJ) Kania, Harilal Sastri, M. Patanjali Mahajan, Mehr Chand Das, Sudhi Ranjan Mukherjea, B.K. JUDGEMENT GIVEN ON 26 May 1950 FACTS AND BACKGROUND OF THE CASE Romesh Thappar was a publisher of a weekly magazine called Crossroads; certain articles were published in hisRead More

Aparna Bhat vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Case Number Criminal Appeal No. 329/2021 Equivalent Citation 2021 SCC OnLine SC 230 Bench Justice S Ravindra Bhat Justice AM Khanwilkar Decided On March 18, 2021 Relevant Act/Sections Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 Brief Facts & Procedural History The petition was filed by AdvocateRead More

Babloo Chauhan v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi

Case Number CRL.A. 157/2013 Equivalent Citation 247 (2018) DLT 31 Bench Justice S Muralidhar, Justice IS Mehta  Decided On November 30, 2017 Relevant Act/Section Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 The Indian Electricity Act, 1910 The Indian Penal code The Companies Act, 1956 Brief Facts and Procedural History An exhaustive judgment given on September 15, 2016,Read More

Mardia Chemicals Ltd. vs Union of India

Case Number Transfer Case (civil) 92-95 of 2002 Equivalent Citation 2004 (2) Mh.L.J. 1090 Bench Chief Justice Vishweshwar Nath Khare Justice Brijesh Kumar Justice Arun Kumar Decided On April 8, 2004 Relevant Act/Section Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002 Essential Services (Maintenance) Ordinance Repeal Act, 2001 TransferRead More

PANDEMIC AND THE NEW NORM OF LIVE STREAMING OF CASES

INTRODUCTION One of the most unprecedented crisis ever in modern human history unfettered its wings in the form of a virus transmission namely Covid-19. The pandemic shook all spheres of life ranging from regular personal issues to the most intriguing aspect of our life. The Legal field was no exception to this havoc and itRead More

Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Ors.

Equivalent Citation [1992 SCR (1) 686, 1992 SCC Supl. (2) 651] Bench By Hon’ble Justice Sharma, L.M.,By Hon’ble Justice Venkatachalliah, M.N.,By Hon’ble Justice Verma, Jagdish Saran,By Hon’ble Justice Reddy, K. Jayachandra andBy Hon’ble Justice Agrawal, S.C Date of Judgment February 18, 1992 Provisions Involved Articles 102(2), Article 122(1), Article212(1), Article 368 of Constitution of IndiaRead More

Shilpa Mittal v. State of NCT of Delhi

Bench By Hon’ble Justice Mr. Deepak Gupta and By Hon’ble Justice Mr. Aniruddha Bose Advocates Pritha Srikumar, Arunima Kedia (Appellant Side) & B.V. Balaram Das, Hrishikesh Baruah (Respondent’s Side) Cases Referred Dr. Subhramanium Swamy And Ors vs Raju through the Member Juvenile Justice [, SC (2014) 8 SCC 390] Factual Observations A juvenile ‘X’, agedRead More

Dahiben v. Arvindbhai Kalyanji Bhanusali

Bench Justice Indu Malhotra, Justice L. Nageswara Rao Date of Judgment 9th July 2020 Provisions Order VII Rule 11(a) & 11(d), CPC, Section 73AA of Land Revenue Code, The Limitation Act, 1963 Cases Referred Vidyadhar v. Manikrao [(1999) 3 SCC 573], Chandrashankar Manishankar vs. Abhla Mathur and others [AIR (39) 1952 Bombay 56] Introduction InRead More

ARJUN PANDIT RAO VS KAILASH KUSHANRAO

Introduction In Arjun Pandit Rao v. Kailash Kushanrao, the Supreme Court held that electronic recordings require a certificate under Section 65B (4) of the Evidence Act (“Act”) to be accepted. The certificate acts as verification of the identity of an electronic record and contains information on any equipment used in its creation. It is signedRead More

Hafsal Rahman N.K. vs The State of Kerala

CASE NUMBER Bail Appl. No. 8346 of 2018 CITATION 2019 SCC OnLine Ker 13012 BENCH THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V DECIDED ON Decided on January 24, 2019 FACTS OF THE CASE The applicant is a PMSAMA Higher Secondary School Urdu teacher. He oversaw the NSS’s activities. On November 6, 2018, the victim, aRead More