Specific Performance Suit | Plaintiff Need Not Seek Cancellation Of Subsequent Sale Deed Executed With Prior Knowledge Of Agreement To Sell : Supreme

The Court said that a suit for specific performance of the contract would be enforceable against the third person (subsequent transferee), who had purchased the suit property, despite knowing that the sale of the suit's property was to be executed in favor of the plaintiff. Read More>>

Press Exempted From Prosecution For 'Sting Operation' Done To Uncover Truth & Inform Public Without Maladies : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court laid down that Freedom of the Press may not include Sting Operations in all cases, but Sting Operations conducted by recognized media persons have to be considered differently, given their crucial role as the Fourth Estate in a democracy. It stated that the Court should assess whether the Sting Operation was carried out with bonafide intention to uncover the truth and inform the public and this must be determined on a case-to-case basis. Read More>>

'State Can't Alter Schedule Caste List Published Under Art. 341', Supreme Court Strikes Down Bihar Govt Resolution To Merge EBC Community In SC List

The Court said that the State Government had no competence/ authority/power to tinker with the lists of Scheduled Castes published under Article 341 of the Constitution. Read More>>

How Many TV Channels Shut Down In Past 3 Years For Non-Renewal Of License? Supreme Court Seeks Data From Union

The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the petition filed by M/s Power Smart Media Private Limited which operates the Kannada news channel. The petitioner challenged the division bench order of the Karnataka High Court which refused to interfere with the stay order passed by the single bench against the broadcast of the channel. Read More>>

Supreme Court Dismisses Petition To Review Judgment Which Refused SIT/CBI Probe In Adani-Hindenburg Matter

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra dismissed the review petition filed by one of the PIL petitioners, Anamika Jaiswal, saying that "there was no error apparent on the face of the record" of the January 3 judgment. Read More>>