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

Supreme Court Legal News Discharge is a valuable right.: SC held bar under Section 379(2) Cr. PC not applicable as HC can in its revisional Jurisdiction interfere in orders framing charges or refusing discharge as they are neither interlocutory nor final in nature Decided on 07th May, 2021 Sanjay Kumar Rai v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. Fot full text of judgmentCLICK HERE

Supreme Court Legal News No restraint on media from reporting court proceedings : SC upholds the freedom of media in Election Commission’s case against the oral remarks of Madras High Court. Decided on 06th May, 2021 Chief Election Commissioner of India v. M.R Vijayabhaskar & Ors. For full text of judgmentCLICK HERE