In this judgment delivered by Justice K. Vinod Chandran, the Supreme Court of India upheld the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s (NCLAT) decision, which had affirmed the forfeiture of the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) and additional deposits made by a successful auction bidder under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
In a landmark ruling addressing the alarming rise of false criminal accusations in bitter matrimonial disputes, the Supreme Court emphasized that children often become the worst sufferers when parents engage in vicious custody battles. The case involved a father (‘R’) and mother (‘E’) locked in a prolonged custody battle over
This appeal was filed by the mother of a 17-year-old victim who was brutally raped and murdered in October 2012 in Dharmasthala Village, Karnataka. Challenging the High Court’s dismissal of the writ petition, the Supreme Court expressed profound shock over systemic lapses and tainted investigations conducted by local police, the
This criminal appeal was filed by the State of Himachal Pradesh challenging the High Court’s judgment that acquitted the respondents of charges under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for which they had been sentenced to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court dismissed the State’s appeal, upholding
This appeal addressed whether the restriction under Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, requiring trademark infringement suits to be instituted before a court not inferior to a District Court, is overridden or rendered ineffective by notifications under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, which empower Civil Judges (Senior Division)
These civil appeals arose from an impugned order of the High Court directing the entertainment of applications filed by party respondents under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Supreme Court allowed the appeals and set aside the High Court’s order, holding that an application under Section 28A
These civil appeals arose from an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had quashed the acceptance of the technical and financial bids of the highest ($H_1$) bidder (Micky Traders) and directed the issuance of a Letter of Acceptance to an eligible tenderer. The Supreme Court dismissed the
