The Supreme Court of India is the highest court in the country and its verdicts have a significant impact on the country’s legal system. However, there have been instances where the Supreme Court itself has failed to deliver judgments promptly, despite issuing directions to do so. One such instance is Read more
The Delhi high court recently restrained Green Lights Foods Private Limited on using the title of ‘Monsoon Harvest’. The Plaintiff, Preetendra Singh Aulakh filed the suit before the court due to their trademark infringement. Justice Navin Chawla while considering such a case observed that the mark of ‘Monsoon Harvest’ has Read more
The appellant, the mother decided to commit suicide with her children, and she bought pesticides and poisoned them. Her niece pushed it down when she was about to consume it herself. She was convicted under sections 302 and 309 of IPC and was sentenced to undergo life imprisonment. The state Read more
Parties Cannot Directly Approach Supreme Court Under Article 32 Seeking Divorce On Ground Of Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage: SC The Indian Supreme Court recently ruled that parties cannot directly approach the court under Article 32 seeking a divorce on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. This means that Read more
CASE NAME Narain Vs. Superintendent, Central Jail, New Delhi EQUIVALENT CITATION AIR 1971 SC 178 DATE OF JUDGMENT December 7, 1970 Case no. AIR 1971 SC 178 Case type : civil writ petition Petitioner Narain RESPONDENT Superintendent of Central Jail, New Delhi BENCH/JUDGE Justice J.C. Shah, Justice K.S. Hegde, and Read more
The present case clearly depicts how much a victim has to fight as well as suffer to get justice. It took 3 decades to put accused behind the bars so that justice can prevail. The case is the criminal appeal filed against the appellant (Ashi Devi & Ors) by the Read more
THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CASE NO.: Appeal (crl.) 1119-1120 1998 PETITIONER: STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI RESPONDENT: SUNIL AND ANOTHER BENCH: K. T. Thomas, R.P.Sethi INTRODUCTION – The case of State Govt of Nct of Delhi vs. Sunil and another is one such case where heinous crime was Read more
Keywords: Arbitration Agreement, Joint Venture, Constituents, Patna High Court The Patna High Court has recently ruled that a Joint Venture’s arbitration agreement cannot be invoked by its constituents. This decision came as the court was dealing with a petition under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking Read more
The Kerala high court on Friday refused to stay the release of the controversial movie “The Kerala story”. The submission of the producer that the teaser of the movie which claimed that 32,000 women from Kerala were recruited to ISIS will be removed from the social media account. “The film Read more
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition that aimed to challenge the validity of Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. This section states that individuals who are convicted of a crime and sentenced to a minimum of two years in prison will be disqualified as a Read more