Supreme Court Legal News Defendant disentitled to claim any relief of setting aside an ex-parte decree under Order IX Rule 13 when the notice was served upon him: SC held the postal endorsement of refusal of summons shall be considered by the court issuing the summons that the summons was duly served on the defendant. Vishwabandhu v. Sri Krishna And Anr. Decided on 29th September, 2021 For full textclick here

Ramgopal & Anr. v. State of Madhya Pradesh Decided on 29th September, 2021 For full text click here

Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul (Supreme Court of India) (From the judgment in Sivasankaran v. Santhimeenal)

Seniority benefit can accrue only after a person joins service: SC held retrospective seniority cannot be claimed from a date when an employee is not even borne in service. The State Of Bihar & Ors. v. Arbind Jee Decided on 28th September, 2021 For full textclick here

It is the pride of our constitutional order that all power, whatever its source, must, in its exercise, anathematise arbitrariness and obey standards and guidelines intelligible and intelligent and integrated with the manifest purpose of the power. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer (From the judgment in Maru Ram v. Union of India)