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The Supreme Court held that an income-linked child maintenance clause in a divorce settlement was interim and ceased upon lump-sum payment, upholding dismissal of the execution petition. It declined to…
The Supreme Court ruled that High Courts cannot reappreciate evidence in revisional jurisdiction under Section 115 CPC, and restored eviction based on concurrent findings of bona fide requirement and non-payment…
The Supreme Court affirmed Mehboob Shah's NDPS conviction for possessing smack but reduced his sentence from 14 to 10 years. It held that Section 50 covers only personal searches, non-compliance…
Supreme Court held a CRPF officer reinstated after wrongful removal must be promoted from the original DPC date with full back wages and higher-scale retirement benefits, quashing contempt on payment…
The Supreme Court quashed FERA criminal complaints against Standard Chartered Bank, holding that non-compliance with the mandatory opportunity notice under Section 61(2) FERA vitiates cognizance, and that Section 397 CrPC…
The Supreme Court quashed a Section 340 Cr.P.C. complaint where 'wrong statements' in pleadings were typographical errors, holding that prosecution under Sections 193, 199 and 200 IPC requires deliberate falsehoods…
The Supreme Court held an insurer liable for a bus accident in Nepal, ruling that a valid special permit under the Motor Vehicles Act extends coverage beyond India and that…
The Supreme Court reduced a life-till-natural-life sentence for Section 376-D IPC gang rape to 20 years, ruling that mitigating factors like youth and possibility of reformation rendered the maximum sentence…