Key Takeaways Courts need to address the issue of shortage of judges. Improvement should be made to the judge to population ratio Uninterrupted legal work should be ensured to deliver justice.Background Recently appointed SC judge Justice Abhay Oka w ..
Case Name: Bessie Paul v. Station House OfficerKey Takeaways The Victim Protection Scheme in the State of Kerala exists only on paper. Kerala High Court observes that proper implementation of the Scheme is required.Background The accused was a relati ..
Ram Milan v. State of U.P. and 2 OthersKey Takeaways A general trend to have a firearm license by an Advocate without any good reason is not appreciable and it is not in the interest of the noble profession It would be a very dangerous practice if an ..
Case name and citationK. Anusha Vs Regional Manager, Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd.LL 2021 SC 571Key takeaways Contributory negligence is not applied if one person doesn’t take an extraordinary precaution to avoid a collision.Background The ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Karnataka High Court ruled that the principles applicable to judicial review of a bank's response to its customers will differ from those applicable to judicial review of statutory functionaries' actions. The above observati ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS According to the Supreme Court, the principle of res judicata will apply to execution proceedings as well. The Court also stated that a judgement debtor cannot object to installment execution. This observation was made by a Bench compri ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS In the case of a usufructuary mortgage, the Supreme Court has stated that there is no limitation period. The above observation was made by a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian.BACKGROUND The bench was hearing an appeal ..
Case name and CitationNitaben Dinesh Patel vs Dinesh Dahyabhai PatelCitation: LL 2021 SC 570Key Takeaways In Nitaben Dinesh Patel vs Dinesh Dahyabhai Patel, it was held that amendment can be made to the written statement if facts are brought to lig ..
Case name and CitationMr. Rajeev Nowhar vs Chief Controlling Revenue Authority Maharashtra Case, PuneLL 2021 SC 569Key Takeaways The expression “by any other means” in Section 47 of the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 refers to the stamps bei ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court declared that a testamentary court is responsible to examine and investigate materials produced by the parties to the case rather than basing the trial on ethical reasoning. Unless there is a presence of circumstances ..