Mineral Area Development v. M/S Steel Authority of India & Ors.
The Supreme Courts’ nine-judge bench gave its judgment in Mineral Area Development v. M/S Steel Authority of India, clarifying the legal position on the rights of the States to tax mineral rights and tax lands and buildings both being the distinct taxation powers of the State under the State List. The Bench was asked to determine the correctness of the decision of a 7- judge Bench in Indi…
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- 2024 INSC 554
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SUKANYA SHANTHA v. UNION OF INDIA
FACTS OF THE CASE: Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, currently working at The Wire, published an article titled “From segregation to Labour, Manu’s Caste Law governs Indian Prison System”, which was published on 10 December 2020. This article exposed the caste-based segregation in the Indian prisons. She highlighted that the Model Prison Manual, 2016 which governs the prison law in Indi…
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- 2024 INSC 753
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TATA Sons Pvt Ltd (Formerly TATA Sons Ltd) v. Siva Industries and Holdings Lt…
Introduction Section 29A of the Arbitration Act is interpreted significantly in the case of TATA Sons (P) Ltd. v. Siva Industries & Holdings Ltd., which was heard by the Supreme Court of India and reported in 2023 (SC) 39. This is especially true when it comes to foreign commercial arbitrations. Case Background A share subscription agreement was signed in 2006 by TATA Sons, Siva Indu…
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- In the Civil Arbitration Case No
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- TATA Sons Pvt Ltd (Formerly TATA Sons Ltd) v. Siva Industries and Holdings Ltd & Others, (2023) 5 SCC 421
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Dilip B. Jiwrajka v. Union of India, 2023
Brief Facts of the Case The petitioner, Dilip B. Jiwrajka, had questioned the constitutional validity of various provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IBC"), as amended by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2018. The grievance was particularly against Sections 29A and 240A of the IBC, which disqualified promoters and other connected pe…
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- (2024) 5 SCC 435/ Writ Petition
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- Dilip B. Jiwrajka v. Union of India, 2023
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MK Ranjitsinh & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
Brief Facts of the Case The petition was filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by renowned conservationist MK Ranjitsinh and others, drawing the Supreme Court’s attention to the alarming decline in the population of two critically endangered birds namely, the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and the Lesser Florican. The petition highlighted that overhead power lines, laid across the arid …
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- 2024 SCC OnLine SC 570
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- MK Ranjitsinh & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
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Anjum Kadari v. Union of India, 2024
Facts This case focused on the constitutionality of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 (Madarsa Act), which governed the teaching standards, curriculum, administration, and exams in Uttar Pradesh's madarsas (Islamic religious schools). Additionally, it gave the Board permission to award degrees such as "Fazil" and "Kamil," which were regarded as being on par with degrees fr…
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- Special Leave Petition (C) Nos.
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State Of U.P. vs M/S. Lalta Prasad Vaish And Sons
Facts The case concerns the State of Uttar Pradesh's jurisdiction to control and impose taxes on the production and distribution of industrial alcohol, particularly denatured spirit. In order to deal with denatured spirits, the respondent, Lalta Prasad Vaish and Sons, was granted licenses under Forms FL 16 and FL 17. Through a notice dated May 25, 1999, the State levied a 15% ad valorem lice…
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- Civil Appeal No. 151 of 2007
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- State Of U.P. vs M/S. Lalta Prasad Vaish And Sons
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Supriyo@Supriya Chakraborty vs. Union of India 2023
FACTS OF THE CASE The case gains National attention beginning in early 2023. It originated from two red petitions filed in the Supreme Court on November 14, 2022 by same sex couples seeking legal recognition of their marriage. The first petition was filed by Supriyo Chakraborty and Abhay dark, while the second came from part of Feroze Mehrotra and Uday Raj Anand. The petitioner specially c…
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- W.P. (C) No. 1001/2022 DIARY No.
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- Supriyo@Supriya Chakraborty vs. Union of India 2023
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VANSHIKA YADAV Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS
Facts: the NEET (UG) 2024 examination, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on 5 May 2024, witnessed participation from over 2.3 million candidates across 4,750 centers in 571 cities. Allegations had emerged soon after the exam regarding a question paper leak, particularly at centers in Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) and Patna (Bihar). In response to these allegations, an FIR was lodged und…
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- Writ Petition (Civil) No. 335 of
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Aligarh Muslim University v. Naresh Agarwal
Facts: The landmark constitutional case of Aligarh Muslim University & Ors. v. Naresh Agarwal & Ors. arose in the context of a long-standing and deeply debated issue in Indian constitutional and educational law—whether Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), one of India’s most prominent central universities, qualifies as a minority institution under Article 30(1) of the Constitution o…
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- 2024 SCC OnLine SC 3213
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- Aligarh Muslim University v. Naresh Agarwal
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