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Supreme Court Holds Order VIII Rule 6A CPC Mandatory for Filing Counterclaim Before Written Statement. Counterclaim Filed After Written Statement Is Not Permissible as Provision Imposes Embargo on Belated Filing.

The Supreme Court of India, in a three-judge bench, addressed a reference regarding the interpretation of Order VIII Rule 6A of the Code of Civil Proc...

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Supreme Court Rejects Recusal Plea in Land Acquisition Reference. Judge Who Decided Smaller Bench Can Sit in Larger Bench to Reconsider Same Issue as Bias Plea Based on Extrajudicial Factors.

This order arises from a reference to a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India concerning the interpretation of Section 24 of the...

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Supreme Court Allows Company's Appeal in Section 630 Companies Act Case — Former Director Must Vacate Property. Company's Right to Recover Property from Erstwhile Officer Upheld Despite Lack of Registered Title.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Hooghly Mills Company Ltd. against the judgment of the Calcutta High Court, which had quashed the orders...

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Supreme Court Reviews Its Own Guidelines on Arrest and Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act. Directions Requiring Preliminary Enquiry and Approval for Arrest Quashed as Legislative Overreach, but Anticipatory Bail Direction Upheld.

The Union of India filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's judgment dated 20.3.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.416 of 2018, which had issued gu...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Anticipatory Bail Plea of Former Finance Minister in INX Media Money Laundering Case. Custodial Interrogation Required Under PMLA as Allegations of FIPB Clearance Irregularities and Receipt of Proceeds of Crime Are Serious.

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by P. Chidambaram, former Finance Minister, against the Delhi High Court's refusal to grant anticipatory bail in...

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Supreme Court Restores FIR in Rape Case Against Employer: High Court's Quashing Set Aside for Exceeding Section 482 CrPC Powers. Allegations of Blackmail and Repeated Rape Require Investigation Despite Claim of Settlement and Consensual Relationship.

The Supreme Court set aside the Gujarat High Court's order quashing an FIR registered against the second respondent for offences under Sections 376, 4...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Accused No. 4 in Property Dispute Case — Quashes Criminal Proceedings for Lack of Prima Facie Case. Lease Deed Based on Registered Document Does Not Attract Criminal Liability Without Evidence of Conspiracy Under Section 482 CrPC.

The Supreme Court dealt with two sets of appeals arising from a common High Court order dated 01.06.2017. The complainant, Fatima Hasna, filed a priva...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Civil Dispute Case — Abuse of Process of Law. Police Officers Justified in Not Registering FIR When Dispute Was Civil and Complainant Had Already Paid Mortgage Money and Got Sale Deed Executed.

The case arose from a dispute over a property sale. The complainant entered into an agreement to sell a house for Rs.54 lakhs and paid the full consid...