Category: Digest Of Supreme Court Cases

In this case, deceased was assaulted by three accused including appellant (A-2) who attacked deceased with wooden log on his head and pushed him down. The cause of death of…

Legality of refusal of application to file suit as indigent person, on ground of res judicata and lack of cause of action, determined. When having prima facie found that the…

Instead of depositing entire decretal amount as directed by High court, the deposit as directed by State Government of Rs 45,00,000 can be taken as sufficient compliance of direction issued…

Transfer petition disposed of with order of dissolution of marriage dispensing with 6 month period as stipulated in S. 13-B(2) of the HMA, 1955. The parties arrived at an amicable…

Grant of such relief is discretionary in nature. Requirements for exercise of such power, namely: specific, clear and categorical admission of facts and documents on record are necessary. Power under…

The expression “domestic relationship” is a comprehensive one-Hence, every woman in a domestic relationship in whatever manner the said relationship may be founded, has a right to reside in a…

Though opinion of CVC is only advisory, it is nevertheless a valuable input in the decision-making process of the appointing authority. However, the final decision of the appointing authority must…

Ratio of Neeharika, (2021) 19 SCC 401, clarified and reiterated, that grant of any stay of investigation and/or any interim relief while exercising powers under S. 482 CrPC/Art. 226 of…

Plea of “legal privilege” under S. 129, for non-disclosure of documents/opinions to the accused is untenable, where such documents/opinions form basis for initiating criminal prosecution. Held, SEBI could not have…

Validity of test identification parade (TIP), determined. If identification in the TIP has taken place after the accused is shown to the witnesses, then not only is the evidence of…