This year, top court has reexamined Vanashakti, Bhushan Power & Steel, stray dogs and Uchhain panchayat pradhan cases after spotting errors & noting suppression of facts.
SC quashed instant triple talaq in 2017 but left other forms of unilateral divorce, including Talaq-e-Hasan, untouched. Latter now under scrutiny for its place in ‘civilised society’.
The apex court while listening to a plea challenging section 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 urged all Hindu women to make a will of their acquired property.
A retired executive officer of Kaithal municipal corporation found Rs 6.63 missing from his PNB account, authorities said they had adjusted 'excess amount' paid earlier.
Judges used ‘instructed eye’ test to sink Aqualite’s appeal against interim order barring it from manufacturing & selling slippers that mirror Relaxo’s patented ‘side-ridge’ design.
A group of Karnataka Municipal Administrative Service officers moved top court, which sought response from govt within six weeks. Rules were ultra vires, the officers contended.
The Supreme Court 3-judge bench overturns its May ruling that struck down retrospective green clearances, saying judgment ignored precedents. One judge dissents.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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