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Private Complaints for False Election Affidavits: Overruling the Bar of Section 195 CrPC

This appeal addressed an important, undecided question of law: whether Section 125-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RoP Act)—which penalizes filing false information or concealing facts in an election nomination affidavit—must pass muster the rigours of Section 195(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), thereby

The Limits of Part-Performance and Limitation in Property Law

This appeal arose from a long-standing property dispute relating to Plot No. 8, Friends Colony, New Delhi, initially allotted to late Shri Sohan Singh under a 1952 Agreement to Sell. Because Sohan Singh failed to raise construction within the stipulated three-year timeframe and explicitly requested the housing society via a

The Limits of Letters Patent Appeal Against Writ Court Orders

This appeal addressed the vital question of law regarding the scope, powers, and jurisdiction of a Division Bench under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent to interfere with an order passed by a Single Judge exercising writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. The appellant, a Deputy Registrar at

Weaponizing Atrocity Laws: Criminal Prosecution Against Bank Officials Quashed

This criminal appeal arose from a High Court order refusing to quash criminal proceedings and an FIR initiated under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against bank officials. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and quashed the criminal proceedings, holding that a beleaguered business enterprise

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