“Perfectly in order”, the Supreme Court said of the High Court order that made a Rs 9.25 lakh marriage-promise settlement unenforceable, while deleting the Rs 5 lakh penalty on the woman who lodged the FIR. New Delhi: Declining to disturb a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that made a Rs 9.25 lakh settlement in […]
Eighteen pending cases across Odisha, Maharashtra, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh ended with one order, as the Supreme Court granted Divorce By Mutual Consent under Article 142 on the strength of a full settlement. New Delhi: By a single order under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has dissolved the marriage of an estranged […]
The Delhi High Court has dismissed Ankit Kumar Singh’s plea to quash an FIR and POCSO proceedings, holding that the victim’s present choice, their September 2025 marriage and their child cannot retrospectively supply legal consent to sexual intercourse during her minority, and leaving him free to approach the Supreme Court under Article 142.
Weeks after a written order fixed a Rs 35 lakh divorce settlement as full and final, a petitioner-wife tried to reopen it before the Supreme Court, prompting Justice B.V. Nagarathna to draw a firm line, shield the young lawyer the litigant had turned on, and deliver the instantly-viral line: “We don’t lose our cool because […]
The Supreme Court sharply questioned a Greater Noida Executive Magistrate’s notice requiring a student to furnish a ₹5 lakh peace bond over the CJP protests, days after it quashed the FIRs and barred coercive action. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sharply questioned a notice issued by an Executive Magistrate in Greater Noida to […]
The Supreme Court used Article 142 to quash NEET-protest FIRs so they “cease to exist,” bypassing the closure-report route. Here’s how the mechanism works and why it matters. New Delhi: When the Supreme Court quashed the FIRs against the July NEET-protest students on Tuesday, the most consequential part of the exercise was not that the […]
The Centre is set to ask the Supreme Court to quash FIRs against July’s student protesters under Article 142, days before the CJP’s September 5 march, with a carve-out for grave offences. New Delhi: The Central Government is set to move the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIRs registered against students who took part […]
The Supreme Court held that injuries caused by a falling tree branch on a stationary autorickshaw do not automatically qualify as a motor vehicle accident. However, invoking Article 142, the Court enhanced compensation for the claimant, emphasizing that a proximate connection between the vehicle and accident is necessary.
