“Town Meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science; they bring it within the people’s reach” -Alexis de Tocqueville It was with the noblest of… Read more “Muncipal Council, Ratlam v. Vardichand and it’s Jurisprudential Salience.”
Category: Case Comments
Shor V. State of Uttar Pradesh
SHOR V. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANR. Date of Judgement: 5August 2020 Composition of the Bench: Division Bench. Hon’ble Justice Mr. Fali S. Nariman, Hon’ble Justice… Read more “Shor V. State of Uttar Pradesh”
Scope of Judicial Review in Matters of Presidential Clemency.
The Supreme Court discussed and delineated the scope of judicial review in Executive orders of clemency when a death row convict in the infamous Nirbhaya rape case challenged the rejection of his mercy petition on multiple grounds.
The Canons for Grant or Rejection of an Application for Bail.
MYAKALA DHARMARAJAM & ORS. ETC. THE STATE OF TELANGANA & ANR. Date of Judgement: 07 January 2020 Composition of the Bench: Division Bench- Hon’ble Justice Mr. L.… Read more “The Canons for Grant or Rejection of an Application for Bail.”
Scope of Section 439 of The Code of Criminal Procedure
State Rep. by the Inspector of Police v. M. Murugesan & Anr. Date of Judgment: 15 January 2020 Composition of the Bench: Division Bench- Hon’ble Justice Mr.… Read more “Scope of Section 439 of The Code of Criminal Procedure”
Case Comments: P.A. Inamdar & Ors vs State Of Maharashtra (2005)
The judgement of an eleven judge bench of the apex court in the Pai Foundation case (2002) caused much contention. The phraseology of the principles adumbrated in… Read more “Case Comments: P.A. Inamdar & Ors vs State Of Maharashtra (2005)”
Family Law IV: Mrs. Kanika Goel v. State of Delhi
Facts of the Case The present lis arose as a result of a Special Leave Petition. The appellant, Mrs. Kanika Goel impugned a judgment of the Delhi… Read more “Family Law IV: Mrs. Kanika Goel v. State of Delhi”
The Pertinence of Natural Justice: Case Comments- Kamal Kapri v. State of Uttarakhand
Facts of the Case The petitioner Mr. Kamal Kapri in the instant case invoked the writ jurisdiction of the Uttarakhand high court in the nature of Certiorari… Read more “The Pertinence of Natural Justice: Case Comments- Kamal Kapri v. State of Uttarakhand”
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