Petitioner No 1 which is a limited company owned a textile undertaking called Minerva Mills situated in the State of Karnataka. This sick textile mill was nationalised and taken over by the Central Government under the provisions of the Sick Textile ..
To what extent could the Constitution be amended after the passage of the 24th Amendment? Whether the ‘power’ (no longer merely the procedure) to amend the Constitution was subject to any restrictions, implied or express, after the 24th amendment...
Chandrachud, J held that in a sense, the relationship between fundamental rights and directive principles can be understood as the inherent tension between a dynamic objective (the just society contemplated by the Fundamental Rights) and a static and..
Section 188 CrPC deals with offences committed outside India. In the present case it was held by the Supreme Court that if the accused is not an Indian citizen and the crime committed overseas, then none of the conditions given under Section 4 of the..
The clause (4) of Article 329A was struck down on the ground that it violates the principle of free and fair elections which is an essential postulate of democracy and which in its turn is a part of the basic structure of the Constitution..
The Supreme Court unanimously held that amendments adding new laws in 9th Schedule after Keshavnanda judgment in 1973 were subject to basic structure requirement but fundamental rights especially Articles 14, 15, 19 and 21 are parts of basic structur..
The Supreme Court held that the husband is entitled to pay maintenance even if the wife is well educated and enhanced the maintenance amount to Rs.25,000...
The court held that maintenance can be claimed under the provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (Domestic Violence Act) even if the claimant is not a legally wedded wife and therefore not entitled to claim of maintenan..
The present case deals with the defence of fair dealing available under Section 52 of the Copyright Act. The court has gone further and summarized the broad principles of law on “ fair dealing” enunciated in various judgments...
The court held that; railway is a commercial activity and by establishing Yatri Niwas to provide housing and living facilities to passengers on charges is a part of the commercial activity of the Union of India and it can’t be equated with Sovereign ..
The Court in the present case reiterated the principle that basic structure of the Constitution is beyond the amending powers of the Parliament...
Being accused of an offence just because of suspicion or due to false claims and being denied access to speedy justice undermines the existence of an individual. Hence the Court considering the fact that, justice delayed is justice denied made speed..
The Court by upholding the validity of the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act,1964 held that the Parliament has complete authority to amend all parts of the Constitution including the Fundamental rights. However, this decision of the SC was ov..
The court held that the plea had been raised on the wrong impressions under Disabled Persons Act. The Indian railways stand not liable on the basis of contract which was admittedly made with a foreign railway. The burden of proving that the car was l..
The court held that the contentions of the defendant do not appear to be correct in the facts of the present case. The contract in itself had indicated the terms in which the respective obligations were to be performed by the parties. The court provi..
The present case revolves around the issue whether version recordings protected under Section 52(1)(j) can be considered as original musical work...
Cover versions refer to a sound recording made following Section 31C of the Copyright Act. The provision was added to the Act by the 2012 amendment. Before the 2012 amendment, making cover versions was permitted under Section 52(1)(j). The 2012 amend..
The rights guaranteed under Articles 25 and 26 are always subject to public order, morality and health. Since Tandava dance performed by the petitioner’s group in the present case was against public order and morality the Court obstructed their perf..
Not all religious practices are obligatory only those which form the core principle of the religion becomes obligatory in nature. And only such practices are given protection under Article 25 of the Constitution. ..
Though the Court upheld the validity of Article 323A and various provisions of the Administrative tribunals Act in Sampath Kumar v. Union of India, the decision was overruled by the SC in the case of L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India holding that, j..
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