The Supreme Court restored bail to one accused after noting prior custodial interrogation, while permitting limited custody of the other. The ruling balances procedural compliance with individual circumstances in GST-related offences.
The Supreme Court refused to condone a 237-day delay and dismissed the SLP, also holding that the case lacked merit. The ruling underscores strict scrutiny of delay condonation.
The issue before the SC was whether continued custody was justified after filing of the charge sheet. The Court held that documentary evidence, official witnesses, and prolonged custody warranted grant of bail.
The Supreme Court held that bail was wrongly granted without considering medical and eyewitness evidence. The ruling underscores that serious offences require careful judicial scrutiny before granting bail.
The Supreme Court held that belated payment alone cannot defeat society membership where lawful occupation and valid AGM resolutions exist. The key takeaway is that delay affects only financial consequences, not the right to membership.
Project cost or turnover could constitute a relevant and permissible yardstick for quantification of environmental compensation, provided the determination was reasoned, proportionate and bears a rational nexus to the scale of violations.
The case examined whether multiple agricultural properties were joint family assets or self-acquisitions. The Supreme Court upheld findings that ancestral income existed, shifting the burden to prove self-acquisition, which failed.
The dispute concerned whether courts could revisit the validity of an arbitration clause after appointing an arbitrator. The Supreme Court held that once the Section 11 order became final under the pre-2015 regime, the issue could not be reopened.
Supreme Court held Section 29A time can be extended even after a delayed arbitral award; late award is unenforceable, not void, and mandate extension remains permissible.
Supreme Court held High Courts cannot use Article 227 to strike off a plaint when CPC remedies exist; suit restored and defendants directed to pursue Order VII Rule 11 CPC.
