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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Erstwhile Directors in First Insolvency Case, Holding IBC Overrides State Moratorium. Corporate Debtor's Belated Defence of Non-Disbursal Under Master Restructuring Agreement Rejected as After-Thought....

The case arose from the first application under the newly enacted Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The appellant, a multi-product company, faced financial difficulties from 2012 and could not ser...

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Supreme Court Allows Regulatory Appeal on Trial Forum under Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. Procedural Amendment to Section 26 by the 2002 Amendment Act Held Retrospective, and All Pending Trials for Pre-2002 Offences Must Proceed Before Special Court as per the 2014 Amendment....

The Supreme Court addressed a batch of appeals and writ petitions concerning the correct forum for trial of offences under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. Private parties were ac...

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Supreme Court Allows Default Bail in PC Act Case, Holds Detention Period of 60 Days Applies When Maximum Sentence is Not Explicitly at Least Ten Years. The Court Interprets 'Imprisonment for a Term Not Less Than Ten Years' in Section 167(2) CrPC to Grant Default Bail When Charge Sheet Not Filed Within 60 Days....

These Special Leave Petitions were preferred against the order of the Gauhati High Court dated 11.01.2017 rejecting the bail application of the petitioner, Rakesh Kumar Paul. The case stemmed from FIR...

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Supreme Court Allows Default Bail to Accused in Corruption Case Due to Expiry of 60-Day Detention Without Charge Sheet. Interpretation of 'Imprisonment for a Term Not Less Than Ten Years' Under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Clarified; Bail Right Accrues on Expiry of Maximum Detention Period, Not Defeated by Later Filing of Charge Sheet....

The Supreme Court addressed the right to default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in a case arising from a corruption investigation. The petitioner, Rakesh Kumar Paul...

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Supreme Court Directs Suspension of Mining Operations and Investigation into Illegal Mining in Odisha. Lessees Operating Without Statutory Clearances Under Environment and Forest Laws Ordered to Stop Mining, and CEC to List Violators....

These writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution brought to light a massive mining scandal in the Keonjhar, Sundergarh, and Mayurbhanj districts of Odisha, where lessees were alleged to have ...

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Supreme Court Orders Central Empowered Committee to Identify Mining Leases Operating in Violation of Environmental and Forest Laws in Odisha. Court Finds Prima Facie Case of Illegal Mining and Directs Preparation of List of Defaulting Lessees for Interim Relief Under Article 32....

The writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution were filed by Common Cause and Prafulla Samantra, alleging rampant illegal mining in the Keonjhar, Sundergarh, and Mayurbhanj districts of Odish...

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Supreme Court Passes Interim Orders to Curb Illegal Mining in Odisha and Directs Central Empowered Committee to Identify Violating Lessees. Mining Operations Require Mandatory Clearances Under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; Non-Compliance Renders Operations Illegal and Subject to Immediate Intervention Under Article 32....

Two writ petitions were filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by Common Cause and by Prafulla Samantra and Anr. against the Union of India and others, highlighting large-scale illegal mining in t...

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Supreme Court Hears Appeals Against High Court's Restoration of Land Acquisition Withdrawal Notification Under Section 48 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The appeals raise the issue whether the State Government could validly withdraw from acquisition after possession had been taken, and whether the writ petition by land owners was barred by res judicata....

The dispute pertains to the acquisition of land for the formation of BTM Layout by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). In 1977, the State of Karnataka issued a preliminary notification under Se...

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Supreme Court Examines Validity of Notification Withdrawing Land from Acquisition Under Section 48 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 After Possession Taken. Issue Concerns Whether Withdrawal Is Permissible When Acquisition Proceedings Had Attained Finality and Possession Was Taken Years Earlier....

The dispute concerned the validity of a notification under Section 48 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 withdrawing Survey No. 50 (6 acres 20 guntas) from acquisition proceedings initiated for the BTM...