Property Rights

supreme court april 2023
Legal RoundUpSupreme Court Roundups

April was not the regular, run-of-the-mill month for the Supreme Court of India as it not only delivered some big judgments and began hearing the momentous Marriage Equality matter but also dealt with some unusual cases like Mr Put Mine, Advocate’s appearance, Justice Gangopadhyay controversy; and case of the Judge who lost job over unprepared judgments. This Roundup covers all of that and more!

daughters right on ancestral property
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Since the daughter had not signed the alleged settlement deed, the Supreme Court clarified that “In a suit for partition of joint property, a decree by consent amongst some of the parties cannot be maintained”.

Legal RoundUpSupreme Court Roundups

This roundup revisits the analyses of Supreme Court’s judgments/orders on constitutionality of Demonetisation; Freedom of Speech of Ministers; Guidelines to withhold life support of a terminally ill patients; Tussle between Delhi Government and Centre, and more. It also covers reports on Justice SA Nazeer’s retirement; the career trajectory & important decision of Justice CT Ravikumar; Explainers on important law points; five ‘Did You Know’ facts; Cases Reported in SCC Weekly in the month of January; and a throwback from SCC Archives.

Legal RoundUpSupreme Court Roundups

“When the daughter belonging to the non-tribal is entitled to the equal share in the property of the father, there is no

Legal RoundUpSupreme Court Roundups

With 1263 judgments delivered; three Chief Justices of India taking turns to lead the judiciary; a number of judges retiring and a

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by Yash Vardhan Garu and Hetvi Mehta

Law School NewsMoot Court Announcements

    [10th — 13th February 2023]  About UPES  UPES, Dehradun, founded in 2003, is one of the top-ranking universities in India which offers

Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The continued presence of an unconstitutional law on the statute book, or the claim that such law was not challenged before Constitutional

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of UU Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia*, JJ has held that a counter claim under

Case Briefs

Justice Shri A.K. Mishra, Chairperson of, National Human Rights Commission, India today said that leaving widows to fend for themselves has to

Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

Lok Sabha passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019. Purpose of