Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest-Code Of Criminal Procedure [Jan – June, 2024]

Appeal against conviction – Held, Conviction is confirmed. The impugned judgments do not suffer from any infirmity warranting any interference. (Para 49 & 50) Sukhpal Singh v. NCT of Delhi, 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 359 : AIR 2024 SC 2724. Read More>>

'Post-Investigation' FIR Suspicious: Supreme Court Holds Probe Tainted As Police Concealed Actual First Information

The Court found that the FIR was registered not on the basis of the actual first information, but on the basis of a subsequent complaint. The Court said that such a "post-investigation" FIR does not inspire confidence. Read More>>

How To Determine Conversion Of Arbitral Award In Foreign Currency To Indian Currency? Supreme Court Explains

In a significant judgment relating to International Commercial Arbitration, the Supreme Court has decided the two important questions on the enforcement of an arbitral award expressed in foreign currency to Indian Currency. Read More>>

Consumer Cases Monthly Digest: July 2024

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld orders of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) granting relief to two companies who had purchased cars from luxury car company Mercedes-Benz for the use of their directors. A bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Pankaj Mithal was dealing with appeals arising out of a case of a car developing heating issues and another case of an accident wherein the airbags of the car did not deploy. Read More>>

Offence Of 'Penetrative Sexual Assault' Under POCSO Act Can Be Invoked Against Woman, Not Restricted To Male Offender: Delhi High Court

Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani held that the word “he” in Section 3 of the POCSCO Act (penetrative sexual assault) cannot be given a restrictive meaning to say that it refers only to a male but, must include within its ambit any offender irrespective of gender of the offender. Read More>>