SUPREME COURT RULES RESPONDENT NOT A JUVENILE IN 2011 MURDER CASE CASE SUMMARY - In Suresh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr., the Supreme Court overturned lower court rulings that deemed the accused, Devi Singh, a juvenile during a 2011 murder. The Court ruled that...
CASE SUMMARY - In Urmila Devi & Others vs. Balram, the Supreme Court quashed a criminal complaint filed under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, and 471 IPC concerning a family inheritance dispute. The testator had bequeathed his property to his daughters-in-law via a...
CASE SUMMARY - In Subha Prasad Nandi Majumdar v. State of West Bengal, the Supreme Court addressed whether 10 years of teaching experience outside West Bengal qualifies for retirement age extension under a 2021 State Notification. The Calcutta High Court's Division...
VISHAKA AND OTHERS VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN GIST OF THE CASE Vishaka and Others v. State of Rajasthan (1997) was a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of India that addressed the issue of sexual harassment of women at the workplace in the absence of specific...
SC STRIKES DOWN LIFETIME BAN ON FORMER RANJI PLAYER SANTHOSH KARUNAKARAN In Santhosh Karunakaran vs Ombudsman Cum Ethics Officer, KCA & Another, the Supreme Court quashed the Kerala High Court and Ombudsman’s orders that had dismissed the appellant’s plea for...
SUPREME COURT QUASHES FIR AGAINST BADMINTON STARS CHIRAG AND LAKSHYA SEN In Chirag Sen & Anr vs. State of Karnataka & Anr, the Supreme Court quashed a 2022 FIR accusing badminton players Chirag and Lakshya Sen of age fraud for age-restricted tournaments. The...