Words of Wisdom Justice M R Shah in Kailash Vijayvargiya v. Rajlakshmi Chaudhuri Every criminal case, it is stated, is a voyage of discovery in which truth is the quest. Right from the inception of the judicial system, it has been accepted that discovery, vindication and establishment of truth are the primary purposes underlying the existence of the courts of justice. However, the supremacy of truth is easier to assert than to define. Often this task becomes difficult when contradictory factu...

Supreme Court Legal News Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) has legislative power over services excluding public order, police and land under Entry 41 List 2. LG shall be bound by the decisions of GNCTD on services. : SC Constitution Bench held unanimously In a long standing tussle of power between Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi and the union government regarding the issue of who would have control over the services in the national capital territory o...

Supreme Court Legal News Even though Speaker and Governor acted contrary to law the status quo ante cannot be restored because Mr. Thackeray did not face the floor test and tendered his resignation.: SC Constitution Bench held unanimously in the political imbroglio in the State Legislature of Maharashtra Here are the conclusions rendered by the SC : The correctness of the decision in Nabam Rebia (2016 (3) KLT SN 77 (C.No. 66) SC) is referred to a larger Bench of seven judges; This Court ...

Supreme Court Legal News Applications for default bail filed on the basis of SC judgment Ritu Chhabaria v. UOI to be deferred A three Judge Bench was constituted to consider the recall of the recently pronounced Supreme Court judgment Ritu Chhabaria v. UOI dated 26th April, 2023 (2023 KLT OnLine 1328(SC)) where in it was held that the trial court, in cases where a chargesheet, if filed by an investigating authority without first completing the investigation, cannot continue to remand an arres...

Supreme Court Legal News SC can invoke Article 142 to dissolve marriages on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage : SC Constitution Bench Shilpa Shailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL; HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA; HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABHAY S. OKA; HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH & HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI Date of decision: 01.05.2023