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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Appellant in Murder Case Despite Delay in FIR Dispatch. Delay in compliance of Section 157 CrPC does not vitiate trial where prosecution version is credible and no prejudice is shown....

The appellant Ombir Singh challenged his conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act for the murder of Abhaiveer Singh Bhadoria @ Munna on 15 July 1999. The Al...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Partnership Dispute, Upholds Dissolution Over Retirement. Court clarifies distinction between retirement of a partner and dissolution of a partnership firm under the Partnership Act, 1932....

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals filed by Guru Nanak Industries and Swaran Singh (since deceased, represented by legal representatives) against the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court...

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Supreme Court Dismisses SLP Against Rejection of Review in Arbitration Dispute — Earlier SLP Against Main Judgment Dismissed Without Liberty. Principle of Finality Bars Subsequent Challenge to Review Order....

The Supreme Court dismissed special leave petitions filed by Patel Engineering Ltd. against the High Court of Meghalaya's order rejecting their review petitions. The dispute arose from arbitral awards...

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Supreme Court Allows Bank's Appeal in Consumer Dispute Over Insurance Deficiency — Bank Not Liable for Failure to Insure Hypothecated Assets Where Contract Imposed Primary Obligation on Borrower. The Court held that the bank's liberty to insure did not create a duty, and the borrower's indemnity clause shielded the bank from liability for uncovered losses....

The appellant, Canara Bank, had extended credit facilities to the respondent, Leatheroid Plastics Pvt. Ltd., since 1980. On 4th January 2001, the bank agreed to restructure past debts and provide fres...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Contempt Petitions Against Food Corporation of India for Non-Compliance of Regularisation Orders — No Willful Disobedience Found as Corporation Took Steps Towards Compliance...

The Supreme Court dismissed a batch of contempt petitions filed by workmen unions against the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for alleged non-compliance of the Court's judgment dated 20.8.2018, which ...

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Supreme Court Allows Compassionate Appointment Claim Despite Employee's Pending Retirement Application. The Court held that approval of retirement after death cannot retrospectively cease service, and the case falls under the policy for death while in service....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal against the rejection of a compassionate appointment claim. The appellant's father, an employee of the State of Himachal Pradesh, died on 16 June 2004 while in s...

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Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection to Journalist in Multiple FIR Case Based on News Broadcasts. Court Transfers One FIR for Investigation, Stays Other Proceedings, and Emphasizes Balance Between Freedom of Speech and Criminal Process Under Article 19(1)(a) and Article 32 of the Constitution....

The dispute arose from two news broadcasts by the petitioner, a journalist and editor-in-chief of Republic TV and R Bharat, on 16 April 2020 and 21 April 2020, concerning the Palghar incident where th...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in FCI Lease Dispute — Agreement to Lease Not a Lease Under Section 105 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882. The Court held that the agreement dated 16.12.1976 was an agreement to enter into a lease, not a lease itself, as it did not create a present and immediate interest in the land....

The present appeal arises from a judgment of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh which allowed the appeal of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and dismissed the civil suit filed by the appellants, Ramn...

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Supreme Court Upholds Arbitral Award in Contract Dispute Over 'Change in Law' Clause — High Court Exceeded Jurisdiction Under Section 37 of Arbitration Act. Interpretation of contractual clause by Arbitral Tribunal was plausible and not perverse, hence not liable to be set aside under Section 34....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by South East Asia Marine Engineering and Constructions Ltd. (SEAMEC Ltd.) against the judgment of the Gauhati High Court, which had set aside an arbitral aw...