The Supreme Court recently held that once a sanction to prosecute a public servant has been denied, it cannot be granted again unless new material is presented to the competent authority justifying the subsequent sanction.Read More

The Supreme Court held that a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell must be instituted in the Court within whose local jurisdiction the property -which is the subject of the agreement- was situated as per Section 16 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.Read More

The Supreme Court  expressed strong remarks against the criteria set by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in assessing the performance of lady judicial officers in which the High Court ignored to accommodate the mental and physical ailment suffered by the judge due to miscarriage.Read More

In a crucial decision, the Supreme Court today set aside the conviction of a man accused of committing a rape and murder of a nine-year-old minor who was not afforded proper legal aid during the trial.Read More

“In the case of State of Orissa vs Debendra Nath Padhi, (2005) 1 SCC 568, this Court has reiterated the well-settled law that while considering the prayer for discharge, the Trial Court cannot consider any document which is not part of the charge-sheet..”,Read More

A recent Supreme Court judgment has given clarity as to when a consensual sexual relationship can amount to the offence of rape on the false promise of marriage.Read More

A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih emphasized that High Courts should not impose time-bound schedules for the conclusion of trials when rejecting bail applications.Read More

The Supreme Court today (November 25) dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the inclusion of the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble to the Constitution as per the 42nd Amendment passed in 1976.Read More

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to produce the  indictment of the U S Department of Justic which raised bribery allegations against Gautam Adani and other executives of Adani group of companies.Read More

“a mere breakup of a relationship between a consenting couple cannot result in initiation of criminal proceedings. What was a consensual relationship between the parties at the initial stages cannot be given a colour of criminality when the said relationship does not fructify into a marital relationship.”Read More