In the said case, the hon’ble Supreme Court issued the following directions for expeditious culmination of trials under s. 138 of the NI Act, 1881. (1)Immediate cognizance-… Read more “Guidelines of the hon’ble SC in Indian Bank Association and ors v. UoI and Ors. (2014)”
Category: Case Comments
Bachhu Lal Sharma And Others v. State Of M.P. (2012)
A single judge bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court delineated the difference between application of 156(3) and 202 CrPC. Date of Judgement: 5 December 2012 Composition… Read more “Bachhu Lal Sharma And Others v. State Of M.P. (2012)”
S.R.Sukumar vs S.Sunaad Raghuram (2015)
Can a complaint be amended and when can a Magistrate be said to have taken cognizance of a case? A division bench of the apex Court delineated-… Read more “S.R.Sukumar vs S.Sunaad Raghuram (2015)”
Sujay Mitra vs State of West Bengal (2015)
A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court enumerated the guidelines to be adhered with for admitting the testimony of the litigants via video conferencing in… Read more “Sujay Mitra vs State of West Bengal (2015)”
Manik Taneja & Anr vs State Of Karnataka & Anr (2015)
Would a comment under the Facebook page of Bangalore police be construed as “Criminal intimidation” and whether such a complaint could be quashed at a preliminary stage?… Read more “Manik Taneja & Anr vs State Of Karnataka & Anr (2015)”
Sampelly Satyanarayan Rao vs Indian Renewable Energy (2016)
In the instant case the Court considered whether s. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 would be attracted when post dated cheques were issued as a… Read more “Sampelly Satyanarayan Rao vs Indian Renewable Energy (2016)”
M/s Meters and Instruments v. Kanchan Mehta (2017)
Date: 5 October 2017 Composition of the bench: Single judge bench of hon’ble Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel. Facts in brief: 15 July 2016: One Kanchan Mehta filed… Read more “M/s Meters and Instruments v. Kanchan Mehta (2017) “
Vinod K. V. State of Punjab
Date: 21 January 2015 Composition of the Bench: Division bench of Hon’ble Justice Deepak Misra and Hon’ble Justice R.F. Nariman. Facts in Brief: The complainant Baj… Read more “Vinod K. V. State of Punjab”
Sukhbir v. Ajit Singh (2021)
In the present case, the Supreme Court primarily considered whether the lower courts were justified in modifying the judgement and decree passed by the lower Court in… Read more “Sukhbir v. Ajit Singh (2021)”
Jurisprudential Salience of the Som Prakash Lekhi Case
“What’s in a name that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. And the State is fragrant with fundamental rights whatever… Read more “Jurisprudential Salience of the Som Prakash Lekhi Case”