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'Raises Questions About Accountability', Supreme Court Rebukes Gujarat's Commercial Court For 17 Years Delay In Issue Framing
The Supreme Court recently expressed displeasure over the Gujarat Commercial Civil Court's inaction to frame the issues in the recovery suit for more than 17 years. Further, the Court criticized the commercial court's arbitrary manner of concluding the suit by closing the plaintiff's evidence, followed by a consequential dismissal order. “What is shocking, however, is that the appellant...
Mere Scolding Of Student Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Teacher In S.306 IPC Case
The Supreme Court recently discharged a teacher who had been accused of abetment to suicide after a student died by suicide following a scolding by the teacher. The Court said that no mens rea can be attributed to the accused as “no normal person could have imagined that a scolding, that too based on a complaint by a student, would result in such tragedy due to the student so scolded...
Divorced Wife Remaining Unmarried Entitled To Maintenance Reflective Of Standard Of Life She Had During Marriage: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a recent ruling has enhanced the permanent alimony payable to the wife to ₹50,000 per month, nearly doubling the amount previously awarded by the Calcutta High Court, to ensure that she can live with the standard of living she enjoyed during the marriage and which reasonably secures her future.The Court observed that the appellant-wife, who has remained unmarried and...
No Temporary Injunction Can Be Granted In Appeal Against Rejection Of Plaint : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that there ought to be a subsisting plaint to seek an injunction order. The Court added that an injunction order loses its validity upon rejection of the plaint and would be back in operation only when the plaint is restored/revived.The bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and SC Sharma heard the case where the Respondent, along with an appeal against...
POSH Act : States/UTs File Affidavits In Supreme Court Regarding Compliance With Directions To Form LCC, District Officers Etc
Pursuant to a series of orders from the Supreme Court seeking compliance with its December 3, 2024, directions for effective compliance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act), finally, all the States and Union Territories filed their affidavit of compliance. A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra...