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10/11/2022

02/02/2022

The Hon'ble Supreme Court: (State of U.P. vs Veerpal)
Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna observed:
"In the aforesaid decisions, it is specifically observed and held that there is neither a rule of law nor of prudence to the effect that a dying declaration cannot be acted upon without a corroboration. It is observed and held that if the Court is satisfied that the dying declaration is true and voluntary it can base its conviction on it, without corroboration."

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02/02/2022

In the Hon'ble Supreme Court:
While staying the ex*****on of death sentence, the bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and PS Narasimha, issued following directives and noted that medical condition is an important and relevant supervening circumstance of the death sentence.

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02/02/2022

The Hon'ble Supreme Court:
In the matter of Kamal Anant Khopkar v. Union Of India & Ors. The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant was hearing the 2018 writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution instituted in order to challenge the constitutional validity of Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 on the ground that there is a discrimination in the devolution of the estate of a woman who dies intestate.

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02/02/2022

In the matter of K. Arumuga Velaiah v/s P.R. Ramasamy Justice L. Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna observed that a document of partition is not compulsory for future registration u/s 17 of registration act.

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