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

Supreme Court Legal News Telecast ban on Malayalam news channel MediaOne lifted: SC refutes centre’s plea of national security and directs renewal of broadcast licence within four weeks Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited v. Union of India and Ors. Bench: Hon’ble Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud & Hon’ble Justice Hima Kohli Date of decision: 05.04.2023

Supreme Court Legal News Daughter, a coparcener by birth entitled to equal share as that of the son in all the properties of late father.: SC reiterates the position in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma and held that the parties can take advantage of the change in law (amendment to S. 6 of Hindu Succession Act) even during the pendency of an appeal. In a partition suit between two daughters and son, the Supreme Court applying the propositions in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma held that, &ldquo...

Supreme Court Legal News Borrower to be heard before classifying their accounts as fraudulent.: SC held rule of audi alteram partem, has to be necessarily read into the Master Directions on Frauds to save it from the vice of arbitrariness. The Supreme Court while considering the question whether the principles of natural justice should be read into the provisions of the Master Directions on Frauds held that the principles of natural justice, particularly the rule of audi alteram partem, has t...