KLT OnLine Exclusive Deep Cuts “The face of an order passed by a quasi judicial authority or even an administrative authority, affecting the rights of parties, must speak. It must not be like the inscrutable face of a sphinx.” Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly M/s. Kranti Associates Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Masood Ahmed Khan [(2010) 9 SCC 496]

Supreme Court Legal News Two more Judges sworn in: Supreme Court to function with full strength In the swearing-in-ceremony held at the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administered the oath to the two new judges. With the swearing in of Justice Rajesh Bindal, and Justice Aravind Kumar as judges of the Supreme Court, the Apex Court is all set to function with full strength of 34 judges.Their names were cleared by the Centre on 10th February, 2023 on the SC Collegium re...

Supreme Court Legal News SC dismisses the WP challenging the appointment of L C Victoria Gowri as Additional Judge of Madras High Court: L C Victoria Gowri sworn in as Additional Judge Amid huge uproar against the controversial appointment of L Victoria Gowri, as an additional Judge of High Court of Madras, who has sworn in today, the SC Bench comprising Justices B.R.Gavai and Sanjiv Khanna has declined to interfere in the appointment. Her appointment came under the scanner after her name wa...

Five new Judges sworn in as SC Judges: SC furthers its strength to 32 Today five new Judges from various High Courts who have been elevated to the top court have sworn in as Supreme Court Judges. The new Supreme Court Judges are as follows:- Justice Pankaj Mithal Justice Sanjay Karol Justice PV Sanjay Kumar Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah Justice Manoj Misra The Apex Court was functioning with 27 Judges including the Chief Justice against its total sanctioned strength of 34 and with the new ad...

Supreme Court Legal News The underlying principles in Section 51, TP Act and the principle of estoppel under Section 115 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 are converse and cannot co-exist. A legal status expressly denied by a statute could not be conferred on the basis of estoppel. The mere delay in instituting the suit, especially when it was filed well within the period of limitation prescribed, should not be held as amounting to acquiescence. In a case where the owner of the land filed s...