In a notable judgment, the Supreme Court has held that a document can produced during cross-examination in a civil trial to confront a party to the suit or a witness. The Court also held that there is no distinction between a party to a suit and a witness in this regard.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Sanjay Karol set aside a judgment of the Bombay High Court which held that...
Lamenting the long delay in the execution of decrees, the Supreme Court observed that under Section 47 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Executing Court can only go into questions that are limited to the execution of decree and ...
Synopsis The court was hearing an appeal by a woman challenging the decision of the trial court, whereby it has dismissed her petition seeking divorce from the man on the ground of cruelty and desertion While granting divorce to a woman ...
In today's globalized economy, money laundering poses a significant threat to financial systems and institutions, including law firms. As facilitators of various financial transactions, law firms are often targeted by money launderers seeking to legitimize illicit funds. Anti-Money Laundering (AML) ...
The Rajya Sabha has passed the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganization) Bill, 2019, which is set to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories – Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legislature, and Ladakh, which will ...
After perusing the state reply Friday, the bench said it reflected that the counselling process had not been done yet. “It is not reflected, it is not being done,” said Justice Oka. The Supreme Court Friday pulled up the Uttar ...
The Supreme Court in a recent decision held that when a contract stipulates a specific time frame within which the consideration needs to be paid by the 'buyer' to execute the 'agreement to sale' by the 'seller', then the buyer ...