Case Notes
Anticipatory Bail
48. Criminal jurisprudence requires that the liberty of an individual should not be curtailed without sufficient cause. The law of anticipatory bail i...
Anticipatory Bail
58. Thus, the power to grant anticipatory bail is not to be exercised in a routine manner and the Courts are expected to use this provision with a gre...
Anticipatory Bail
<strong>Limitations on Investigating Agency:</strong> An order of anticipatory bail does not in any manner limit or restrict the rights or...
Start of 2023 with the Demonetisation Verdict
The Constitution Bench upheld the Centre's 2016 demonetisation scheme in a 4:1 majority. It was held that demonetisation was proportionate to the...
Ministers and their Freedom of Speech
The court ruled against imposing further restrictions on the freedom of speech of Ministers, considering the balance with the right to life and person...
Euthanasia Judgment guidelines modified by Supreme Court; Procedure to withhold life support simplified
The bench modified the guidelines for living wills and advance medical directives established in Common Cause v. Union of India (2018) 5 SCC 1. The pr...
Appointment of Election Commissioners by 3-member Committee of Prime Minister of India, Leader of Opposition, and Chief Justice: SC
The 5-judge Constitution Bench settled the dispute regarding the appointment of members of the Election Commission of India. It held that the Chief El...
Bhopal Gas Tragedy | Supreme Court Constitution Bench dismisses Centre's plea for enhanced compensation from Union Carbide Corporation
The Constitution Bench dismissed the curative petition seeking enhancement of compensation for the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy....
Grant of divorce under Article 142 of Constitution on grounds of irretrievable breakdown of marriage
The Constitution Bench held that the Supreme Court has the discretion to dissolve a marriage by passing a decree of divorce by mutual consent, without...
The Mega Political Crisis between Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray of Maharashtra
The Constitution Bench upheld the Governor's decision to invite Eknath Shinde to form the Government in Maharashtra and refused to quash Uddhav T...