May 31, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

SUPREME COURT DENIES BAIL TO KABIR TALWAR IN HEROIN SMUGGLING CASE

The Judgment in the Case of Harpreet Singh Talwar @ Kabir Talwar v. The State of Gujarat through National Investigating Agency, CRIMINAL APPEAL No. ____/2025 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 8878/2024) was delivered by…

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May 31, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

SUPREME COURT HOLDS ENCHASHMENT OF BANK GUARANTEES DOES NOT AMOUNT TO PAYMENT OF CUSTOM DUTY

Introduction On 19th May, 2025, a two judge bench, presided by Justice Oka and Justice Bhuyan, decided the Appeal titled M/S Patanjali Foods Limited (Formerly Known As M/S Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd.) v. Union of…

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May 31, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

SUPREME COURT REAFFIRMS THAT RETIRED PARTNERS OF REGISTERED FIRMS MUST AHDERE TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE PARTNERSHIP ACT TO AVOID LIABLITY

In a significant Supreme Court ruling that reiterates the statutory requirements for a partner’s effective retirement from a registered firm, a Bench comprising of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih in the…

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May 26, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

Understanding India’s Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021: A Journey Through Ethics and Law

  For years, India stood as a prominent global destination for surrogacy, a phenomenon driven by lower costs, the availability of surrogate mothers, and an initially permissive legal environment. However, this largely unregulated landscape, while…

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May 24, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

The Role of Technology in Modern Trials

With the changing times of court trials, technology has become an integral part of contemporary trials. Right from case preparation to presentation in the courtroom, technology is crucial in determining the way trials are being…

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May 24, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

Allegation Of Political Vendetta In Itself Not Sufficient To Grant Anticipatory Bail: SC

It is certainly in the fitness of things that while displaying zero tolerance for corruption, the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled P Krishna Mohan Reddy vs State…

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May 23, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

Phonetic similarity alone could be sufficient to establish deceptive similarity

Introduction: The case of K.R. Chinna Krishna Chettiar vs. Sri Ambal & Co., Madras & Anr., decided by the Supreme Court of India on April 14, 1969, is a landmark judgment concerning trademark law, particularly…

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May 17, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

A CURSORY VIEW INSUFFICIENT IN DETERMINING THE GUILT UNDER 498A AND DOWRY ACT: SUPREME COURT

The Apex Court on May 13, 2025, while deciding an appeal titled “Rajesh Chaddha v. State of Uttar Pradesh SLP (Crl) Nos. 2353-2354 of 2019”, arising out of a wife’s complaint against husband and in-laws…

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May 17, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS MUST REMAIN OPEN TO PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND LEGITIMATE CRITIQUE; SUB JUDICE MATTERS MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO DISCUSSION BY THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

On Friday, May 9, The Hon’ble Supreme Court recently overturned a Delhi High Court order that had directed the removal of a Wikipedia page concerning defamation proceedings initiated by the news agency Asian News International…

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May 17, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

Reinforcing Accountability: Supreme Court Affirms Conviction for Facilitating Concealment of Disproportionate Assets

Introduction In a landmark ruling on corruption and abetment, the Supreme Court of India delivered its judgment in the case of P. Shanthi Pugazhenthi v. State [SLP(Criminal) No. 3472 of 2018]. The Court upheld the…

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