All courts and tribunals have been advised by the Supreme Court to number all orders and judgements. This statement was issued in a ruling by a bench made up of Justices Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah after seeing that the High Court’s contested decision was not numbered paragraph by paragraph. Read more
According to Rajesh Katariya, a special judge, there are good reasons to think that Navlakha is guilty of the charges leveled against her. A Mumbai court rejected the activist’s request for bail, finding that the Bhima Koregaon case suspect Gautam Navlakha was a part of the outlawed terrorist group Communist Read more
Introduction: Facts: Issue: Contentions of the Petitioners: The petitioner Sajjan Singh contended that the 26th Amendment Act, which abolished the princely privileges and privy purses of the rulers of the former princely states, violated the fundamental rights guaranteed to him under the Indian Constitution. The contentions of the petitioners are Read more
This article is written by Kavya Lakshmi, Intern at Legal Vidhiya. INTRODUCTION: Every nation in this world has acivilised societies and in order to carry out its activities and functions, it becomes necessary to establish certain basic organs or agents. For the state to function effectively it requires laws, rules, Read more
This article is written by Anupriya Chatterjee, an intern under Legal Vidhiya INTRODUCTION Banking consists of various activities that is done through financial institutions to accept deposits from individuals and other entities which for example can be company shares or shares in the markets which is like a loop of Read more
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that government workers cannot be refused the annual raise just because they will be retiring the day after receiving it. In an appeal brought by the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd., a bench made up of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar Read more
CASE NAME: The Commissioner Hindu Religious Endowment Madras v. Shri Laxmidhar Tirtha Swamiyar of Shirur Mutt CITATION: 1954 AIR 282, 1954 SCR 1005 JUDGEMENT DAY: 16/03/1954 COURT: Supreme Court CASE TYPE: Civil Case CASE NUMBER: Civil Appeal No 38 of 1953 PETITIONER: THE COMMISSIONER, Read more
Background This case arose from a collection of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Constitution Act (99th Amendment) Act and the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act of 2014. These acts result in the replacement of the collegium system used to appoint judges to higher judicial positions. The National Judicial Appointments Read more
This article is written by Zeerak Jabeen of Dept. of Law, University of Kashmir, an intern under Legal Vidhiya “A lis pendens is a sword and a shield. It can be used offensively to impair a defendant’s ability to transfer property, and defensively to protect a plaintiff’s interest in the Read more
Case Name: Romesh Thappar v. State of Madras Equivalent Citation: AIR 1950 SC 124: 1950 SCR 594. Date of Judgement: 26 May 1950 Court: Supreme Court of India Case no.: Petition no. XVI of 1950 Case type: Writ of Prohibition and Certiorari Petitioner: Romesh Thappar Respondent: The State of Madras Read more
