Supreme Court Legal News Acts of vandalism cannot be said to be manifestations of freedom of speech so as to claim immunities and privileges under Article 194. :SC upheld the High Court Order which disallowed the application for withdrawal of prosecution made by the public prosecutor under Section 321 of Cr.PC. State of Kerala v. K. Ajith & Ors. Decided on 28th July, 2021 For full textclick here

Supreme Court Legal News Magistrate can order an investigation under Section 156(3) without following the mandate of Section 200 Cr.PC of examining the complainant on oath. :SC held M/s Supreme Bhiwandi Wada Manor Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. Decided on 26th July, 2021 For full textclick here

Supreme Court Legal News Letter of Intent merely indicates a party’s intention to enter into a contract with the other party in future and cannot be construed as a binding contract. :SC held South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. & Ors. Vs. M/S. S. Kumar’s Associates Akm (Jv) Decided on 23rd July, 2021 For full text click here

Supreme Court Legal News Power of compounding must be expressly conferred by the statute which creates the offence. :SC while issuing guidelines for compounding of the offence under Section 24A of the SEBI Act held SAT or the Court must obtain the views of SEBI before compounding an offence under Section 24(1). Prakash Gupta v. SEBI Decided on 23rd July, 2021 For full text click here

Supreme Court Legal News SC by a majority of 2:1 strikes down Part IXB of the Constitution which relates to Co-operative Societies but saves the 97th Amendment. Decided on 20th July, 2021 Union Of India v. Rajendra N Shah And Anr. For full text of judgmentclick here