The Supreme Court has held that a doctor’s act of storing small quantities of medicines will not amount to an offence of unauthorized stocking of medicines under Section 18(c) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. “When small quantity of medicine has been found in the premises of a registered medical practitioner, it would not…
Municipal Corporation Act : Supreme Court The Supreme Court recently affirmed a Delhi High Court judgement which stated that once a rural area is urbanized by issuance of notification under Section 507(a) of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, it ceases to be governed by the provisions of Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954. A Bench…
The Supreme Court has held that the presumption under Section 90 of the Indian Evidence Act regarding the genuineness of documents aged more that thirty years old is not applicable to a will. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/will-cant-be-presumed-to-be-genuine-merely-because-it-is-aged-more-than-30-years-old-223865
The Supreme Court has held that a second suit by a mortagor for redemption of mortgage is not barred merely because the first suit was dismissed for dismissed for default, unless the right to redemption of mortgage has been extinguished. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/cause-of-action-for-redemption-suit-is-successive-second-suit-by-mortgagor-not-barred-by-default-dismissal-of-first-suit-supreme-court-223852
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reiterated that omission on the part of the prosecution to explain injuries on the person of the accused assumes greater importance where the evidence consists of interested witnesses or where the defence gives a version which competes in probability with that of the probability with that of the prosecution. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/murder-trial-prosecutions-omission-to-explain-injuries-on-accused-assumes-importance-when-evidence-consists-of-interested-witnesses-supreme-court-223783
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, observed that the direction in Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs v. Dr.Mahindra Bhaskar Limaye And Ors. that, the Central and State Governments are required to make certain amendments to the Consumer Protection Rules, 2020 pertaining to the appointment process at the Consumer Dispute fora is to be carried out on…
In a notable judgment explaining the concept of ’cause of action’ under Article 226(2) of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court held that only those facts, which are relevant to the grant of the relief, will give rise to ’cause of action’. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/article-2262-supreme-court-explains-tests-to-determine-if-cause-of-action-has-arisen-within-jurisdiction-of-high-court-223750
Possession of license to do business in a particular shop does not entitle a party to the allotment of auction platform as a matter of right , particularly, in front of and/or adjacent to their shop, the Supreme Court recently held. https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-possession-of-license-to-do-business-right-to-use-platform-right-to-auction-shop-223477
The Supreme Court has held that a petition filed under Article 32 to challenge a binding judgment passed by the Court is not maintainable. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud made this observation while dismissing a petition which sought to declare that the judgment in Indore Development Authority vs. Manoharlal was…
