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'Homemakers' Rights, Protection For Live-Ins, Blackmoney Curbs' : Activist Judgments Of Justice Sanjay Karol
Supreme Court Judge Justice Sanjay Karol demitted office on August 22 after more than three-and-a-half years at the Supreme Court and over 19 years as a judge of the constitutional courts. Justice Karol leaves behind a body of judgments that frequently travelled beyond the immediate dispute before the Court. A recurring feature of his judicial work has been the willingness to treat an individual case not merely as a contest between two parties, but as an opportunity to examine a larger...
Supreme Court Sets Aside NGT Order Holding 'Art Of Living' Liable For Yamuna Riverplain Damage; Directs Rs 5 Crore Refund
The Supreme Court today(August 22) set aside an order of the National Green Tribunal, which directed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living International Centre to pay Rs. 5 crore for the damage caused to the river Yamuna floodplains due to its World Culture Festival organised by Vyakti Vikas Kendra in March 2016.A bench comprising Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice NK Singh, allowed the appeal filed by Vyakti Vikas Kendra, an entity running the Art of Living International Centre, against...
'Child Witness Testimony Not Convincing' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Murder Conviction
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 20) overturned the murder conviction of a man accused of killing his wife and child, after finding that the child witness testimony relied upon by the trial court was suspect to tutoring and unsupported by any corroborating material.A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court's judgment which had interfered with the trial court's decision to acquit the Appellant. The prosecution's case was that...
Mere Mutation In Revenue Records Cannot Extinguish One's Title In Property: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 20) reiterated that a revenue record entry neither creates nor extinguishes title to immovable property. A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih heard a case in which title rights in a joint family property were declared extinguished because of a subsequent entry in the revenue records in the name of another person. The case involved agricultural land originally held by one Bhagwansingh, who had two sons, Ramprasad and Vasudev....
Multiplier Method Under Motor Vehicles Act Cannot Be Applied To Electrocution Death Cases : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently clarified that the multiplier method used in computing compensation in motor accident claim cases cannot be applied for computing compensation in electrocution death cases. “…the multiplier method cannot be applied to determine compensation in cases of electrocution. Since the calculation paradigm as provided for in connection with the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988...
Reserved Candidate Selected On Open Merit Can Claim Better Reserved-Category Post Than Reserved Candidate Having Lower Marks: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that a candidate belonging to a reserved category, who is otherwise eligible and has been selected in the open category on merit, is entitled to a better post under the reserved category than a reserved-category candidate who has secured lower marks.The bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B Varale said the legal position was settled and had...
Contract Act | Limits Of Agent's Authority : Supreme Court Explains Law Of Agency
The Supreme Court has held that an agent's implied authority cannot extend to enlarging a risk or dispensing with a statutory precondition which the principal itself is not permitted to assume. The observation was made while hearing an appeal filed against an order passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), wherein the Commission had directed the appellant to pay...
