by The Legal Blog | Sep 3, 2011 | Legal Concepts, Practice and Procedure
Justice G.S. Singhvi Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court in Arun Kumar Aggarwal Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh has examined the concept of ‘obiter dicta’ and the binding nature of statements / observations by Judges. We have already covered a judgment on...
by The Legal Blog | Sep 1, 2011 | Consumer Protection Act, Legal Concepts, Practice and Procedure
Justice Dalveer Bhandari Supreme Court of India In a landmark judgment in C. Venkatachalam Vs. Ajitkumar C. Shah, the Supreme Court held that an ‘agent’ appointed by a party can plead a case before the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, even though he may...
by The Legal Blog | Aug 30, 2011 | Civil Procedure Code, Legal Concepts, Practice and Procedure
Justice R.M. Lodha Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court in M/s Shiv Cotex v. Tirgun Auto Plast Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. has lamented the conduct of unscrupulous litigants in delaying the justice delivery system in the country. Justice Dalveer Bhandari in an earlier...
by The Legal Blog | Aug 29, 2011 | Arbitration, Legal Concepts
Justice R.V. Raveendran Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court recently in Bharat Rasiklal Ashra Vs. Gautam Rasiklal Ashra had the occasion to deal with Section 11 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996. The question posed before the Supreme Court...
by The Legal Blog | Aug 28, 2011 | Criminal Law, Legal Concepts, Practice and Procedure
Justice A.K. Ganguly Supreme Court of India In our previous post we have dealt with the principles relating to the framing of charge in criminal prosecutions. In another judgment the Supreme Court, in Mohan Singh v. State of Bihar, has examined the law relating to...
by The Legal Blog | Aug 24, 2011 | Constitutional Law, Legal Concepts
Justice M.K. Sharma Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court in Zameer Ahmed Latifur Rehman Sheikh Vs. State of Maharashtra has examined the law relating to the Doctrine of Repugnancy. In essence, Part XI of the Indian Constitution describes the legislative relations...
