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Supreme Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case After 22 Years of Incarceration; High Court Erred in Dismissing Jail Appeal on Grounds of Delay. Conviction Based on Unreliable Sole Eyewitness Testimony Set Aside Due to Discrepancies and Investigation Lapses....

The case involved a criminal appeal by a convict who had been sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The appellant, having already served 22 years in prison, ...

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Supreme Court Examines Legality of Order Compelling Accused to Provide Voice Sample for Investigation Purposes. Court Considers Scope of Self-Incrimination Protection and Implied Powers of Magistrate Under Criminal Procedure Code and Identification of Prisoners Act....

The Supreme Court heard an appeal arising from a criminal investigation where the police sought a voice sample of the appellant, Ritesh Sinha, to compare with a recorded conversation between him and c...

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Supreme Court Examines Whether Election Petition Against President Merits Regular Trial. Petitioner Raises Office of Profit Disqualification Under Article 58(2) as Chairman of Indian Statistical Institute....

The petitioner, a candidate in the Presidential elections held on 19 July 2012, challenged the election of the respondent to the office of President of India. The respondent had received votes of the ...

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Supreme Court Hears State's Appeal on Classification of Bid Lands Under Agricultural and Urban Land Ceiling Laws. The core issue is whether Bid lands of former princes are agricultural lands subject to ceiling under the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 or excluded under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976....

The State of Gujarat and the Mamlatdar filed a civil appeal in the Supreme Court against the judgment of the High Court of Gujarat which had set aside the order of the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal in a ce...

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Supreme Court Examines Land Owner's Right to Insist on Acquisition under Section 126 MRTP Act After Town Planning Scheme Reservation. The Court frames the legal issue regarding the interrelationship between Chapters V and VII of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 in the context of land reserved for public purposes....

The appeal arose from a dispute regarding a plot of land reserved for Municipal Office in a Town Planning Scheme under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act). The original own...

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Supreme Court Tags Civil Appeals and Transfer Cases on Inter Se Seniority Between Direct Recruit and Promotees in Income Tax Department. Core Question is Whether Seniority of Direct Recruits Should be Based on Date of Appointment or Date of Vacancy....

The Supreme Court of India heard a batch of civil appeals and transfer cases concerning the inter se seniority dispute between direct recruits and promotees in the cadre of Income Tax Inspectors, Inco...

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Supreme Court Considers Appeal Against High Court's Rs. 50 Lakh Cost and CBI Probe in Habeas Corpus Case Involving Allegations of Illegal Detention and Political Mudslinging. High Court Had Found the Petition an Abuse of Process, Imposed Costs, and Directed CBI Investigation Against the Petitioner....

The appeal arose from an order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Lucknow Bench) dated 7 March 2011, dismissing a habeas corpus writ petition filed by the appellant as next friend of three ...

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Supreme Court Hears Writ Petition by Foreign State Against Union of India Regarding Criminal Jurisdiction Over Its Military Personnel for Deaths at Sea. The Petitioners Challenge the Jurisdiction of Kerala Police and Invoke Sovereign Immunity, Relying on International Law, Maritime Zones Act, 1976, and UNCLOS, Seeking Transfer of Custody to Italy....

The case arose from an incident on 15 February 2012, when the Italian commercial vessel M.V. Enrica Lexie, with a Military Protection Detachment on board, encountered an Indian fishing vessel, St. Ant...

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Supreme Court Considers Scope of Section 45 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act in International Commercial Disputes. Multiple Issues Framed on Reference to Arbitration in Multi-Party Joint Venture Agreements....

The dispute arose from a series of joint venture and ancillary agreements executed between Indian company Chloro Controls (I) P. Ltd. and foreign collaborators forming the Severn Trent group for the m...

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Supreme Court Allows Workman's Appeal on Distribution of Company Assets in Liquidation. Holds that Secured Creditors Have Pari Passu Charge Only Over Properties Specifically Charged, Not All Assets; Workmen Have Priority for Uncharged Properties Under Sections 529 and 529A Companies Act, 1956....

The dispute arose from the winding up of U.M.I. Special Steel Limited, a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956. The company became sick, and the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstru...