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This column will list all the case briefs on the decisions of the Supreme Court
The Court issued the direction for relaxation as the advertisement and selection process had commenced prior to Supreme Court’s directions in All Indian Judges Association v. Union of India, 2025 SCC Online SC 1184.
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“In matters concerning liberty, bail courts must be sensitive and ensure that constitutional ethos is upheld. While docket explosion remains a chronic challenge, cases involving personal liberty deserve precedence”.
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“In a secular republic, the State must not turn a citizen’s faith into either a privilege or a handicap. When the law recognises Anand Karaj as a valid form of marriage yet leaves no machinery to register it, the promise is only half kept”.
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The proceedings highlight the Supreme Court’s emphasis on procedural clarity and its resolve to tackle systemic issues in property disputes, carrying significant implications for due process in the registration and sale of immovable property.
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The Court further restored the case of the file of the High Court for fresh decision in accordance with law as neither the High Court nor the Trial Court has enlisted the entire evidence available on record; therefore, it was difficult for the Court to take a decision with precision.
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“Beggars’ homes cannot be conceived as quasi-penal facilities. Their role must be restorative, not retributive — places of recovery, skill-building, and reintegration into society”.
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Supreme Court upheld the Kerala HC decision that political parties are not legally obligated to establish an Internal Complaints Committee under the POSH Act, because there is no employer-employee relationship among the members of political parties, and they do not meet the criteria of a “workplace” as defined under the Act.
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Supreme Court held that a State has no locus standi to challenge a Will of a private citizen by claiming to be a person interested in the estate of the deceased due to the action taken under Escheats Act.
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A faculty member of WBNUJS had alleged that the Vice-Chancellor had sexually harassed her and threatened her with dire consequences vis-a-vis her career.
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While the Supreme Court directed re-sealing of Justice Chelameswar led SIT Report, it also directed that summary of the investigation, finding and recommendations of the SIT shall form part of the Order copy.
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The Court also specified 6 Key Areas of focus for Project Ability Empowerment and directed the Centre to present their explanation on issues concerning Reservation for the differently abled.
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“The grounds on which a legislation can be declared invalid is with regard to the legislative competence of legislature or that such a legislation is in contravention of any of the fundamental rights stipulated in Part III of the Constitution or any other provision of the Constitution or that it is manifestly arbitrary.”
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Where two views were possible, the one favourable to the accused had to be adopted. In the instant case, the prosecution failed to prove motive, the ‘last seen theory’ stood contradicted, and the scientific evidence was marred by inconsistencies and loopholes. In such circumstances, it was held wholly unsafe to uphold the conviction, much less the extreme penalty of death.
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The appellant had alleged that he was assaulted by unknown persons during riots and was eyewitness to the murder of another victim; however, the Akola City Police Department failed to discharge their duties vis-a-vis the appellant’s medico legal case.
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The Supreme Court of India has barred photography and videography inside its High Security Zone, empowering security personnel to restrict violators and directing disciplinary action against advocates, litigants, interns, media personnel, and staff found breaching the new guidelines.
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“The High Court failed to consider these relevant issues which clearly demonstrate that the uncontroverted allegations in the chargesheet, in the teeth of order dated 25-04-2018 do not disclose essential ingredients of cheating or forgery.”
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The complaint case categorically asserted that the nursing home was ‘inadequately and ill equipped’ to handle emergencies during deliveries. There were no allegations that the antenatal care and management of Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, were deficient in any manner.
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“Whether a reserved candidate, who has availed relaxation in fees/upper age limit, to participate in open competition with general candidates may be recruited against unreserved seats, would depend on the facts of each case”.
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“It is cardinal in law that justice must not only be done but must also be seen to be done. It is high time that sometimes those who investigate must also be investigated to keep alive the faith of the public at large in the system”.
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The practice of delay in uploading the reasoned judgment deprived the aggrieved party of the opportunity to seek further judicial redressal, particularly in criminal matters wherein the appeal was dismissed affirming the judgment and order of conviction passed by the Trial Court.
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