Later High Court Order Cannot Restart Section 28A Limitation
New Delhi — The Supreme Court has held that a later High Court order merely following an earlier appellate ruling does not create a fresh...
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Trials Cannot Be Split After Evidence Begins
The Supreme Court has ruled that a civil court cannot separate one issue for preliminary determination after a composite trial has already begun. The dispute...
Arbitral Tribunals Require Genuine Party Consent
The Supreme Court has invalidated an arbitral tribunal’s appointment after finding no evidence that the opposing party consented to it. The tribunal had proceeded despite...
Pitch-Dark Night Made Identification Impossible, Supreme Court Acquits Four in 2001 Odisha Murder Case
The Supreme Court has acquitted four men who had been convicted in connection with the 2001 murder of Dhruba Pradhan in Odisha, finding that the...
The Supreme Court has held that circulars issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) cannot bind courts when their interpretation is inconsistent with the provisions of the Income Tax Act.
A bench comprising Justice SVN Bhatti and Justice NV Anjaria dismissed a batch of appeals concerning claims for deductions under Section 80HHC of the Income...
Principal Employer Cannot Be Saddled With Gratuity Liability For Contractor’s Workers, Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court has clarified that a principal employer cannot be made responsible for gratuity payable to workers engaged through an independent contractor when no...
Supreme Court Restores 1979 Land Sale, Rejects Refund-Based ‘Equity’ After Four Decades
The Supreme Court has ruled that a property transaction completed pursuant to a decree for specific performance cannot be undone decades later by replacing the...
NCLAT Says Suspended Directors Must Protect Confidential Resolution Plan Information
Suspended directors cannot claim unrestricted access to resolution plans during insolvency proceedings without also agreeing to keep commercially sensitive information confidential, the National Company Law...
Darkness and Weak Circumstances Undo Murder Convictions
The Supreme Court has acquitted four men convicted of a 2001 murder in Odisha after finding that neither the eyewitness account nor the circumstantial case...
Completed Property Sale Cannot Be Replaced With Refund
The Supreme Court has restored a 1979 decree for specific performance, holding that a completed court-executed sale cannot be displaced decades later by an enhanced...
Gujarat HC Allows Surat Advocate to Withdraw Plea Challenging Rape FIR Over Marriage Promise
The Gujarat High Court has permitted a Surat-based advocate to withdraw his petition seeking quashing of a rape case registered on the complaint of a...
Supreme Court: Document’s Admissibility Must Be Tested at Trial, Not at Order VII Rule 11 Stage
The Supreme Court has clarified that the admissibility of a document relied upon by a plaintiff cannot be used as a ground to reject the...