In an important and significant judgment having social implications, the Supreme Court held that a daughter enjoys the same rights as a son as a coparcener in the joint Hindu family property irrespective of whether the father coparcener was alive on September 9, 2005, or not. The main issue, in this case, was the…
Amend Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act ;Magistrates Should Record Reasons Before Converting Summary Trial To Summons Trial: SC Re Expeditious Trial Of Cases Under Section 138 of N.I Act . Citation:LL 2021 SC 217 The second proviso to Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act empowers the Magistrate to convert the summary trial to summons…
In a case titled as State of Rajasthan v. Ashok Kumar Kashyap, Criminal Appeal No. 407 of 2021 (Arising from SLP (Criminal) No. 3194 of 2021) decided on : 13-04-2021, the Honourable Supreme Court of India has held that at the stage of considering framing of charge, only prima facie evidence is to be seen…
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its Judgment titled as Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Company Ltd. v/s Union of India & Ors Writ Petition No.534/2020 dated 16.3.2021 passed a number of directions regarding disbursement of compensation as well as speedy disposal of cases pending before the various MACTs. These directions are reproduced below: …