Case Comments

MACT Matters- Section 163-A  and the Liability of the Insurer and Owner in case of Accident

Section 163-A and 166 of the MVA read as follows- “163-A. Special provisions as to payment of compensation on structured ...

Supreme Court denounces Borrowers’s attempt to evade legal obligations through baseless FIRs

Case overview: In a significant reaffirmation of the rule of law, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India recently struck a ...

Supreme Court Women Lawyers v. Union of India- Where SC deliberated on the question of ‘Chemical Castration’ of Rapists

Supreme Court women lawyers Association filed a petition in the Supreme Court urging the court to consider imposition of ‘Chemical ...

Bulldozer Action Judgment- Explained

The chilling sight of a bulldozer demolishing a building, when authorities have failed to follow the basic principles of natural ...

A Sketch of Keshvananda Bharthi Judgment by Justice Bhagwati

The present edited excerpt is from Justice Bhagwati's Judgment in Minerva Mill Case Whether there are any limits on the ...

Keshvananda Bharthi v. Union of India (1973) – Summary of Judgments

In Kesavananda Bharati Supreme Court held by a majority that though by Article 368 Parliament is given the power to ...

Right to Fly National Flag- Union of India v. Naveen Jindal (2004)

In this case, the question was before the court whether the right to fly the National Flag by Indian citizen ...

Bombay HC provides clarity on the liability of promoters in joint venture real estate projects

Bombay High Court Diary Introduction Justice Sandeep V. Marne of the Hon’ble Bombay High Court was hearing an appeal filed ...

Seth Hukum Chand v Maharaj Bahadur Singh- the Dispute on ‘Shikharji’

In Sir Seth Hukum Chand v Maharaj Bahadur Singh[1], the dispute concerned two sects of the Jain community with regard ...