Supreme Court Legal News Phrase “soon before” under Section 304 B means existence of “proximate and live link” between the dowry death and cruelty. : SC issues guidelines for sentencing and imposing appropriate punishment for dowry death. Decided on 28th May, 2021 Satbir Singh & Another v. State Of Haryana For full text of judgment CLICK HERE

Supreme Court Legal News Approval of a resolution plan does not ipso facto discharge the liabilities of a personal guarantor of a corporate debtor. : SC upholds the vires of a notification which imposed conditions on the enforcement of Sections 78, 79, 94-187 of IBC in relation to personal guarantors. Decided on 21st May 2021 Lalit Kumar Jain v. Union Of India & Ors. For full text of judgment CLICK HERE

Supreme Court Legal News If the house arrest was not ordered purporting to be under Section 167, it cannot be treated as having being passed under Section 167 of Cr.PC. : SC held while deciding an issue of statutory bail Decided on 12th May 2021 Gautam Navlakha v. National Investigation Agency For full text of judgmentCLICK HERE

Supreme Court Legal News Existence of an arbitration clause does not debar the High Court from entertaining a writ petition under Article 226.: SC held reliefs including monetary reliefs could be granted in a case arising out of a contract. Decided on 12th May 2021 Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. And Anr. v. CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited And Anr. For full text of judgment CLICK HERE

Supreme Court Legal News De-congest the prisons: SC issues directions - High¬-Powered Committees to consider release of prisoners by adopting the guidelines and SOP adopted earlier and guidelines in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar to be followed during arrest Decided on 07th May, 2021 IN RE : CONTAGION OF COVID 19 VIRUS IN PRISONS For full text of judgmentCLICK HERE