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Supreme Court Initiates Contempt Proceedings Against State Authorities for Non-Compliance with Pensionary Benefits Orders. The court found prima facie contempt due to wilful disobedience of orders directing counting of pre-absorption service for pensionary benefits under earlier judicial rulings....

The petitioners, employees who were appointed in various Corporations in the erstwhile State of Bihar prior to 1996 and later sent on deputation to the Treasury Department, approached the Supreme Cour...

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Supreme Court Allows Transfer of Divorce Suit from West Bengal to Uttar Pradesh for Convenience of Wife. Transfer petition granted as wife resides in Shamli, U.P., with pending maintenance proceedings, under inherent powers for matrimonial case transfer....

The dispute involved a transfer petition filed by the petitioner-wife seeking to relocate a divorce suit from West Bengal to Uttar Pradesh. The parties, both doctors, were married on January 17, 2017,...

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Supreme Court Quashes Bail Orders in Murder Case Due to Lack of Reasoning and Non-Compliance with Judicial Directions. The High Court's cryptic bail grants without addressing offence gravity or accused's evasion of court proceedings violated established bail principles under Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973....

The appeals were preferred by the informant appellant, mother of the deceased Yameen, challenging the bail orders granted by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad to six accused persons in Sardhan...

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Supreme Court Quashes Bail Order in Murder Conspiracy Case Due to Inadequate Consideration of Evidence. High Court's grant of bail to accused charged under Sections 302, 120(B), 114 IPC set aside as it failed to assess investigation material and seriousness of offence, relying improperly on circumstantial evidence and deep roots in society....

The Supreme Court heard an appeal by the father of a deceased woman against a bail order granted by the High Court of Gujarat to the accused, who was charged with murder and criminal conspiracy. The i...

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Supreme Court Remands Victim's Appeal in SC/ST Atrocity Case Due to Cursory High Court Order. High Court Failed to Re-appreciate Evidence in Appeal Against Acquittal Under Sections 3(1)(x) and 3(1)(xi) of SC/ST Act and Sections 354, 504, 506 IPC....

The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order dismissing the victim's appeal against acquittal under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and the Indian ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Specific Performance Suit — Agreement to Sell BDA Allotted Site Within Prohibited Period Held Unlawful. Court sets aside decree for specific performance as the agreement violated Rule 18(2) of the Bangalore Development Authority (Allotment of Sites) Rules, 1972, which prohibited alienation for ten years....

The case involves a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell a site allotted by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The first defendant was allotted the site on 04.04.1979 under a ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction and Death Sentence in Child Rape and Murder Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence. Circumstantial evidence including last seen together, disclosure statements, and injuries formed a complete chain under IPC and POCSO Act, with death penalty justified for heinous gang rape and murder....

The Supreme Court dealt with appeals against the High Court of Madhya Pradesh's judgment upholding the conviction and death sentence of the appellant for offences including kidnapping, rape, and murde...

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Supreme Court Interprets Section 29A(h) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Regarding Guarantor Eligibility. The court held that a person who has executed an enforceable guarantee is not disqualified from submitting a resolution plan unless the guarantee has been invoked, as liability crystallizes upon invocation under the amended provisions....

The Supreme Court was called upon to interpret Section 29A(h) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as amended, concerning the eligibility of a guarantor to submit a resolution plan in corporat...