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Conundrum of res judicata and rejection of plaint: SC summarises guiding principles for deciding an application under Or. 7 R. 11(d) CPC 

Supreme Court: A Division Bench comprising of Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah, JJ. upheld the order of the Karnataka High Court

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Emergency arbitrator’s award is referable to S. 17(1) of Indian Arbitration Act; enforceable under S. 17(2): Scopious analysis of landmark SC ruling in favour of Amazon in dispute with Future Retail

 Supreme Court: Holding that an award passed by Emergency Arbitrator is enforceable under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, a Division Bench

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Writ Jurisdiction and Arbitration — A Balancing Act

by Ajit Warrier†, Arundhati Srivastava†† and Sajal Mendiratta†††

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No bar to amendment of S. 7 IBC petition until final order; Money decree, recovery certificate in financial creditor’s favour gives fresh cause of action to initiate corporate insolvency resolution process: SC   

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. held that there is no bar in law to amendment

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Premature release of convicts who have undergone imprisonment of more than 14 yrs, and less than 14 yrs: With whom lies the power? SC discusses

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Hemant Gupta and A.S. Bopanna, JJ. disposed of a criminal appeal holding, inter alia, that if

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No work should go unpaid | Whether having different extended age of superannuation for doctors under AYUSH and CHS is justified? SC answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ., held that, “…doctors, both under AYUSH and CHS, render

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Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – July 2021

A comprehensive roundup of all the important Supreme Court judgments/orders from the month of July, 2021.

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Supreme Court directs NOIDA to pay Rs 36 crore compensation in a land acquisition dispute for illegally taking over excess land

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Rohinton Fali Nariman and B.R. Gavai, JJ., settled a decade-old land-acquisition dispute by directing NOIDA

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Judges should exercise restraint and avoid unnecessary remarks against conduct of the counsel: SC orders expunging adverse remarks against advocate with 17 yrs of standing at the Bar

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of R.F. Nariman and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. directed that adverse comments recorded against the appellant─advocate in certain

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SC | Is there a scope for interference in case of encashment of bank guarantee? Read on

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta, JJ., while addressing the present matter, remarked that: Fate of

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Arbitrator cannot rewrite contract for parties; Arbitral award based on no evidence or in ignorance of vital evidence comes in realm of patent illegality: SC   

Supreme Court: A Division Bench comprising of R.F. Nariman and B.R. Gavai, JJ. held that an arbitral award which is based on

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Elected legislators cannot claim privilege or immunity to stand above sanctions of criminal law: SC rules out withdrawal of criminal case against MLAs in 2015 Kerala Assembly ruckus

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah, JJ. upheld the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram,

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Real test is to check whether the act was directly concerned with official duty: SC quashes criminal proceedings against clerk accused of conspiring with superiors, for want of S. 197 CrPC sanction

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta, JJ. upheld Rajasthan High Court’s order whereby it had directed

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SCC Online Weekly Rewind Vol.1 Episode 20

SCC Online Weekly Rewind Episode 20 ft. Devika Sharma, Senior Editorial Assistant is out now. The written episode along with the video

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Ocular evidence to be disbelieved only when medical evidence rules out all possibilities of ocular evidence being true: Supreme Court reiterates

Supreme Court of India: The Division Bench of Navin Sinha and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ., reiterated the value of ocular evidence while

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Letter of Intent merely indicates party’s intention to enter into contract; no binding relationship at this stage emerges: SC explains in terms of liability of successful bidder

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta, JJ. reiterated that a Letter of Intent merely indicates a

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Fact Check | Image of Bill to set up four permanent benches of Supreme Court: Fake or Real?

An image of a bill has been doing the rounds in social media which aimed to amend Article 130 of the Constitution

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Compounding of offence under S. 24-A of SEBI Act: SC declares SEBI’s consent not mandatory but high deference to its view must be shown before ultimate decision

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah, JJ. declared that  SEBI’s consent is not mandatory for compounding

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AGR Dues | SC rejects Telecom Service Providers’ application for rectification of errors in calculation of AGR dues as misconceived

Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench of L. Nageswara Rao, S. Abdul Nazeer and M.R. Shah, JJ. dismissed a batch of miscellaneous applications

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Will a subsequent purchaser who steps into the shoes of an original allottee of a housing project have the same rights as that of the original allottee? SC explains

Supreme Court: The Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ., while giving major relief to homebuyers, held