Advocate Rajeev Surana & Associates

22/12/2025

07/04/2021

Supreme Court observed that quantity of narcotic substance recovered is a relevant factor that can be taken into account for imposing higher than the minimum punishment under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
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Supreme Court has observed that merely because the accused is a poor man and/or a carrier and/or is a sole bread earner cannot be such mitigating circumstances in favour of the accused while awarding the sentence/punishment in the case of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
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Delhi High Court has dismissed writ petitions challenging the imposition of fines by the Delhi government on persons not wearing masks while travelling alone in personal vehicles. The Court has said that the mask is like a "suraksha kavach" protecting both the person wearing it and those around, making wearing of masks compulsory even while alone in vehicle.
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Delhi High Court has issued notice on and sought responses of the Centre, Delhi Government and others on a plea by a Delhi 2020 riots victim seeking damages worth Rs. 5 lakhs against the looting, burning and destroying of his rented shop in North-East Delhi's Shiv Vihar.
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Delhi High Court has clarified that no notice has been issued by the Court saying that complete functioning of the Court will be conducted exclusively via virtual mode till April 17th in view of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases.
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Bombay High Court has ordered a second post-mortem on the body of a Minor who allegedly died in Police Custody in July 2018. The Court has directed Sir JJ Hospital authorities to conduct a second post mortem of Sachin Jaiswar, a 17-year-old boy whose family had refused to take the body until a second post mortem was done.
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Gujarat High Court has suggested the State Government to take urgent serious steps to curb the situation and impose lockdown for 3-4 days to curb the rising Covid cases.
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Allahabad High Court has observed that non grant of anticipatory bail to an accused only on the ground that charge-sheet has been submitted by the Investigating Officer or cognizance has been taken by the Court against him under Section 204 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 without considering the prima facie veracity of the same, will "not be in the larger interest of justice."
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Allahabad High Court has asked the State Government to consider administering vaccine to all the citizens and not just those who are above 45 years of age, in view of the threat posed by the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. The Court has expressed concern for such students who are to appear in the Uttar Pradesh High School and Intermediate Examinations.
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Allahabad High Court has issued the Modalities & Arrangement related to the functioning of High Court during COVID-19 which would be effective from 7th April 2021 till 9th April 2021. The hearing of cases shall be conducted only through video-conferencing and the Counsels shall not be permitted to enter in the Court Rooms & Corridors. Video-conferencing facility shall also be made available in the V-C Cabins situated in the Mediation Centre.

02/04/2020

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19/10/2019

Supreme Court
VOICE SAMPLE — Fundamental right to privacy cannot be construed as absolute — Same bow down to compelling public interest.
— VIII (2019) SLT 451

24/09/2019

The Supreme Court has held that police does not have the power to attach immovable property during investigation under Section 102 of the Code The Supreme Court has held that police does not have the power to attach immovable property during investigation under Section 102 of the Code

12/09/2019

Apex Court has asked NBCC India and homebuyers of Amrapali group projects to suggest how around 2,000 apartments could be used to raise money for completing flats. The Court also sought to know from banks if they can release loans to homebuyers so that they can complete payments for their flats.
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Apex Court has asked the Director General of Competition Commission of India (CCI) to complete a probe into the allegations of ''predatory pricing'' against Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd within six months. The Court rejected the appeal of Uber challenging a 2016 order of the appellate tribunal directing Director General of CCI to investigate the allegations of predatory pricing made by Meru Cabs.
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Supreme Court has directed a man, who converted from Islam to Hinduism to marry a Hindu girl, to prove his bona fide. Noting that he must be “a loyal husband and not only a great lover”, the Court explained that the Court has asked him to prove his good intentions by filing an affidavit only in order to secure the girl’s future and safety.
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Supreme Court has observed that Justice cannot be bought while coming down heavily on VVIP chopper scam accused Gautam Khaitan in a case related to the black money law. The Apex Court was dealing with the issue as to whether the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 could be allowed to operate with retrospective effect to book and probe offenders. Further the Court also took umbrage at Khaitan for seeking four weeks time to make his stand clear.
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Supreme Court has observed that ‘undue influence’ in ex*****on of a contract cannot be inferred merely because a family member was looking after his family elder. The Court ruled that if some members of the family are looking after the elderly and others by choice or by compulsion of vocation are unable to do so then there is bound to be more affinity between the elderly with those who are looking after them.
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Supreme Court has directed Amazon seller services and direct-selling companies such as Amway India and Modicare to approach the Delhi High Court to challenge a Single-Bench High Court order and seek early hearing, preferably before October. In July, a Single-Judge Bench of the high court had restrained e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal from selling health and beauty products of Amway, Modicare and Oriflame without consent.
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Supreme Court has observed that a vendee who does not perform one of the essential promises in a contract is not entitled to the discretionary relief of specific performance of that very contract.
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Uttarakhand Government has notified and reduced the fines imposed by Centre for traffic violations under the amended Motor Vehicles Act. For example it has reduced the Centre's fine of Rs 5,000 for driving without licence to Rs 2,500 in the State. Further in case someone is found driving with expired licence, the Centre's fine is Rs 10,000, however, the Uttarakhand Government has brought it down to Rs 5,000.
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Jammu & Kashmir High Court has refused to entertain a plea challenging the bifurcation of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories as well as the imposition of curfew and blockade on media and communications in the State.
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Delhi High Court has rejected the writ Petition seeking directions to be issued to the Central Government to make requirement of One Time Password (OTP) essential for transactions on international websites. The Court further observed that the existing security infrastructure was enough to deal with the concerns raised by the Petitioner.

03/09/2019

Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to set up a special investigating team (SIT) led by an Inspector General of police rank officer to probe the charges of sexual harassment and exploitation levelled by a woman law student against former Union Minister and BJP MP Swami Chinmayanand.
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Supreme Court has asked the Centre to file its response to the petition seeking setting up of community kitchens across India to eradicate hunger, malnutrition and starvation deaths prevalent in the country.
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Supreme Court has set aside an order of the National Green Tribunal by which the latter refused to condone the delay in filing of an appeal by villagers of Talaja and Mahuva taluka in Bhavnagar district against the environmental clearance granted to Ultra Tech Cement Limited for limestone mining in the villages of Kalsar, Dayal, and Kotda of Mahuva. The Apex Court has remitted the matter back to the Tribunal.
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Supreme Court while terming parking one of the "most serious problems" has directed the Delhi Government to ensure that proper assessment of parking needs for the next 25 years is done while granting permission for building any structure in the national capital.
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Supreme Court has observed that it wants "fair and speedy trial" in the Unnao r**e case, in which ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is an accused. The Apex Court sought a report from the Special Judge Dharmesh Sharma, who is holding trial in cases related to the Unnao r**e.
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Supreme Court has observed in response to the argument made by the Muslim parties in Court that they should present arguments relevant to the issues. The argument being made by the Muslim parties was that Babri mosque was attacked in 1934 by Hindus who then trespassed in 1949 and demolished it in 1992.
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Apex Court has stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court order imposing a fine of Rs.10 lakh each on activists Tehseen Poonawalla and music composer and singer Vishal Dadlani for mocking Jain monk Tarun Sagar. The Court also issued notice to the Haryana Government on the plea filed by Tehseen Poonawalla against the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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Apex Court has issued notice to the Central and the State Governments on a plea seeking direction to take immediate steps to constitute ''Gram Nyayalayas''. The Court sought reply from the Government on a plea seeking the implementation of the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008.
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Central Government has clarified that utilization of any sound recording during the course of a religious ceremony including marriage procession and any other social festivities associated with a marriage does not amount to violation of copyright.

30/08/2019

Supreme Court has ruled that every breach of promise to marry cannot be a false promise,making a man culpable under the r**e charge if he has sexual relations with a woman. Under the law, a man can be convicted of r**e if it is established that he had sexual in*******se with a woman on the pretext of a false promise of marriage. However clarifying the legal position in this regard, the Court has held that in every case a man cannot be held guilty when he fails to marry a woman despite a promise.
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Supreme Court has ruled that evidence adduced by the Complainant under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881(NI Act) to raise statutory presumption under Section 139 cannot be discarded merely on the ground that there were no such averments in the complaint.
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Supreme Court has observed that the Court cannot be used as a tool by a litigant to perpetuate illegality and observed that a person who has liability but for the interim stay cannot be allowed to reap the advantages on the basis of interim orders of the Court.
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Supreme Court has issued a notice to the company based on a petition that highlighted how DLF had suppressed key information regarding judicial proceedings against its largest chunk of land-bank in Haryana. A notice has also been issued to SEBI, which too is party to the case.
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Supreme Court has ruled that the high court on the administrative side (also known as the full court) can suspend a subordinate judicial officer facing disciplinary proceedings of allegations of sexual harassment. The Court clarified that the High Court’s power to control judicial officers under Article 253 of the Constitution of India, 1950 was not affected by provisions in the law against sexual harassment.
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Apex Court has asked the Hindu parties’ lawyers to present objective evidence to show that a temple, especially one dedicated to Lord Ram, once stood on the Ramjanmabhumi.
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Supreme Court has observed that legal course adopted by wife to protect her rights cannot be termed as inflicting cruelty on the husband. The Court ruled that it was needless to mention that irretrievable breakdown of marriage by itself was not a ground provided under the statute for seeking dissolution of marriage.
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Madras High Court has turned down Congress MP Karti Chidambaram's plea seeking an interim stay in connection with an income tax case filed before a special court for alleged economic offences. The case relates to the alleged non-disclosure of Rs 1.35 crore received by Karti and his wife in cash for the sale of lands in Tamil Nadu's Muthukadu.
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Bombay High Court ruled in a landmark judgment by putting an end to the age-old practice of collecting stamp duty retrospectively on resale of old properties. The Court also ruled against imposing hefty penalty for past sale agreements that are now regarded as insufficiently stamped or not registered.
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Madras High Court has made it clear that it was absolutely not interested, at any point of time, in addressing a plea made by two public interest litigation Petitioners to link Aadhaar or any other government authorised identity proof with social media accounts held by individuals.

30/08/2019

Supreme Court has ruled that a candidate who has applied for General Category cannot claim the seat reserved for disabled candidates at a later stage. The Apex Court rejected the claim of a visually impaired candidate who had filled the application form under General category and later claimed a seat reserved for Persons with disability category in Rajasthan Judicial Service Examination, 2016.

27/08/2019

Supreme Court has observed that the environment of the city of Bangalore has degraded so much and so fast that the time will not be far away for this Court to say that “once upon a time Bangalore was a beautiful city”.
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Supreme Court has held that reports of the defence forces, which contain role of officers at the time of engagement, are not justiciable and that it is not for the Court to order any kind of correction or declaration in these documents. As a result of which the Apex Court has distanced itself from what it appears as a fight among the soldiers to take credit for India’s victory in the Kargil War.
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Supreme Court has clarified that the incriminating material that came in evidence is to be put to the accused during his examination under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the State Government over alleged breach of norms in the constitution of State Wildlife Board while responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) from a Bhopal based wildlife enthusiast.
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Madras High Court has declined to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the State Government to enact a special law to protect statues of political leaders in view of the desecration of an Ambedkar statue in Vedaranyam by miscreants.
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Karnataka High Court has observed that the State’s disaster management is itself “disastrous” due to non-implementation of several crucial provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. This, even though the State witnessed several droughts and floods all these years.
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Bombay High Court has convicted Hemant Mittal, a 38 year old man for r**e, 22 years after the said crime was committed. However the Court did not impose any sentence as Hemant was a juvenile at the time of incident.
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Kerala High Court has ruled that ‘Demo Cars’ which are kept by dealers to demonstrate a vehicle model to a prospective buyer are required to be registered under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that a provision in the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which allows a convict with up to two-year jail term to contest elections, requires scrutiny.
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Special Court has directed Congress leader and Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram to be subjected to further custodial interrogation for four days by the CBI in the INX Media Scam and sent him to the agency's custody till August 30.