Judgments Online https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Dishonour of Cheque: Reinstating Acquittal: When Presumptions Fall Short Cruelty Conviction: A Second Chance at Probation Sanction Required for Prosecuting Public Servants A Father’s Betrayal: Death Sentence Commuted SC Upholds 498A IPC: Misuse Does Not Invalidate Anti-Dowry Shield Waqf Board Membership: SC Clarifies Tenure Linked to Bar Council Status SC Upholds Strict Adherence to Commercial Court Timelines Supreme Court Clarifies Second Appeal Scope in Karnataka Property Row Land Compensation Overhaul: Case Redefines Market Value Unclaimed Compensation Crisis: Supreme Court Mandates Nationwide Reforms Gruesome Family Tragedy: Acquittal Upheld Despite Shocking Incident Medical Negligence: Hospital Held Vicariously Liable MACT: Income Tax Returns: Not the Final Word on Compensation Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: Arbitral Award Nullified by Resolution Plan SC Upholds Deemed Conveyance While Preserving Right to Civil Suit Arbitration Awards: Supreme Court Reinforces Limits of Judicial Intervention Cheque Bounces & Arbitration: SC Approves Consensual Settlement Contempt of Court : Divergent opinions expressed by Judges – matter be placed before the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Fair Land Compensation Victory: SC Clarifies Land Acquisition Valuation Date Registration of society : Basic criteria or the pre-requisite for the registration of society not fulfilled Service Law : Recruitment – Principles of natural justice cannot be invoked to validate the fraud that has occurred Arbitration award : Limitation – Last date of appeal is second Saturday when the court was not working Quashing of Summoning : Sanction for prosecution – Quashed SC Overturns High Court’s Technical View on Appellate Judgments Justice Served: Excess Imprisonment Leads to Immediate Release Employee Compensation: Penalty Burden to be bear by Employer Civil Dispute or Criminal Offence It is not for the courts to extend limitation periods based on “misplaced sympathies” when the legislature’s intent is clear Unraveling Ties: Supreme Court Dissolves Marriage on “Irretrievable Breakdown” Limitation : Acknowledgment – Limitation extended Oral Partition : Suit property was never recorded in the name of the plaintiffs Supreme Court Overturns High Court’s Bail in Sexual Assault Case Land acquisition : Market value Industrial Dispute – Pension – order of removal modified – Entitled for pension Dishonour of cheque : Interim moratorium under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code – No stay on prosecution Merely recovery at the site of the incident of a wheel spanner, would not be enough for holding the appellant guilty of having caused the death of the deceased Insolvency and Bankruptcy : Limitation for appeal Fresh Challenge to Compromise Decree bared Service Law : Qualification – Acquired requisite qualifications within time Service Law : Recovery of Excess Payment – Lack of misrepresentation and the undue hardship Specific Performance : Supression of material facts Service Law : Qualification – Cutoff date MACT : Mere fact that initially the FIR records the vehicle as unknown would not be fatal Anti-Corruption Law: Supreme Court Refers Key Questions to Larger Bench Consumer : Insurance contract of vessel – Rule of contra proferentum SEBI : Show cause notice – Res judicata Supreme Court Reinstates “Cheating” Investigation, Rebukes Premature Quashing Insurance : Quantum of Compensation Statutory bail order, rightly granted Home