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Prahlad Singh Bhati Vs N.C.T. Delhi and Anr on 23 Mar 2001

ShadesOfKnife — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:51:18 +0000

A division bench of Supreme Court held as follows, The jurisdiction to grant bail has to be exercised on the basis of well settled principles having regard to the circumstances of each case and not in an arbitrary manner. While granting the bail, the court has to keep in mind the nature of accusations, the […]

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Pooja Ramesh Singh Vs JnK Bank and Anr on 02 Jul 2026

ShadesOfKnife — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:55:06 +0000

A division bench of Apex Court was surprised to know that fake judgments mentioned in NCLT Judgment were not caught by NCLAT. From Paras 15 and 16, 15. It is not in dispute that the judgments relied upon by the NCLT are non-existent, and some AI-generated paragraphs are wrongly attributed to genuine citations. An independent […]

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A.S.S.K.Durga Prasad Vs NCDRC and Ors on 24 Jun 2026

ShadesOfKnife — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:54:53 +0000

A division bench of AP High Court held that Advocate services do not come under the ambit of Consumer Protection Act and as such litigation against such services is not maintainable. From Para 4, 4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner could not satisfy about the maintainability of the complaint against an advocate for alleged deficiency […]

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Ayush Bajpai Vs State of U.P. and Ors 25 Jun 2026

ShadesOfKnife — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:09:26 +0000

A division bench of Allahabad High Court held as follows, The other aspect, in this case, is that the petitioner is an Advocate. He can be paid his fee by the Government, by a respectable man or a man who is not so respectable. An Advocate could be defending an accused who is indeed involved […]

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Mohanlal Shamij Soni Vs UOI and Anr on 22 Feb 1991

ShadesOfKnife — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:35:54 +0000

A division bench of the Apex Court held that under section 311 of Cr.P.C. (read along with the Section 165 of Evidence Act), a Criminal Court has wide power to summon any person as witness, at any stage of the case, even after completion of defence evidence and argument stages. From Para 9, 9. The […]

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Sachin Arora Vs Manju Arora on 02 Jul 2026

ShadesOfKnife — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:20:05 +0000

A division bench of Supreme Court was not interested to interfere with the Delhi High Court Judgment. Citations: Other Sources: https://www.livelaw.in/supreme-court/supreme-court-refuses-to-interfere-with-delhi-hc-order-allowing-wife-to-seek-husbands-hotel-cdr-records-to-prove-adultery-539935 The following is the impugned Delhi High Court Judgment. The husband may have to have a serious discussion with his Counsel at Family Court, where the Reply was filed with certain admissions. Thoroughly self-sabotaging […]

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Payal Sharma Vs State of Punjab and Anr on 26 Nov 2024

ShadesOfKnife — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:53:02 +0000

A division bench of the Apex Court held as follows, From Para 22, 22. The fact that the present complaint which ultimately culminated in the impugned order was filed by the complainant subsequent to the grant of divorce between the first accused and the complainant’s daughter, is a fact discernible and indisputable. This had occurred […]

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RS Tamilvendan Vs The Secretary and Ors on 21 May 2026

ShadesOfKnife — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:40:20 +0000

A division bench of Madras High Court held as follows, From Para 5, 5. None can deny there is corruption in the Judiciary. There were and are corrupt Judges. While addressing a legal conference in Kollam, Kerala, former CJI Bharucha implied that 20 per cent of the Judges in this country were corrupt. The startling […]

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Vijay R. Nair Vs Lijitha on 12 Jun 2026

ShadesOfKnife — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:44:53 +0000

A division bench of Kerala High Court held that since the wife contracted a second marriage, the issue of permanent alimony requires fresh adjudication. Phew… 20 Lakhs is a big amount. Hopefully saved. From Para 11, 11. On the issue of award of permanent alimony of Rs.20,00,000/- to be respondent, we find, as rightly pointed […]

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Pavul Yesu Dhasan Vs Registrar SHRC of TN and Ors on 30 Apr 2025

ShadesOfKnife — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:19:29 +0000

A division bench of Supreme Court held that there was a violation of human rights on the part of the Police Inspector, who failed to register FIR and abused the mother of the complainant. From Para 6, 6. The facts of this case, to say the least, are shocking. The third respondent visited the Police […]

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