News Supreme Court Holds That Compulsorily Redeemable Preference Shares Create a Financial Debt: “Commercial Effect of Borrowing Is the Governing Test — Substance Prevails Over Form” RawlawNovember 7, 20256 min read
News Supreme Court Clarifies Procedure Under Section 195A on Witness Intimidation — “Courts Cannot Rewrite Statutes to Cure Legislative Gaps” Threatening a Witness Is a Cognizable Offence RawlawNovember 7, 20256 min read
News Supreme Court Declares: ‘Breach of Professional Confidence Is an Abuse of State Power’ “Lawyers Cannot Be Summoned to Reveal Client Secrets” RawlawNovember 7, 20255 min read
News Supreme Court Sets Aside Death Sentence in Child Rape-Murder Case “Circumstantial Evidence Must Exclude Every Hypothesis Except Guilt” RawlawNovember 7, 20256 min read
News Supreme Court Clarifies That Special Courts Retain Full Power To Grant Interim Custody — ‘Rules Cannot Override the Parent Statute’: Vehicle Seized in NDPS Case Ordered to Be Released RawlawNovember 7, 20256 min read
News Supreme Court Quashes Termination After 17 Years — ‘A Wait List Must Match Reasonable Anticipated Vacancies’: Court Orders Reappointment or Minimum Pension in Class IV Recruitment Dispute RawlawNovember 7, 20256 min read
News Supreme Court Flags Urgent Need to Amend Employee Compensation Law — ‘A Widowed Sister Who Is a Minor Is Practically Impossible Today’: Court Dismisses Appeal but Highlights Legislative Gap RawlawNovember 7, 20256 min read
News Supreme Court Orders Consolidation of Patent Litigation, establishes clarity on consolidation of overlapping IP litigation in different High Courts — ‘To Prevent Conflicting Findings, Suits Must Travel Together’: Transfer of Patent Infringement Suit to Bombay High Court RawlawNovember 7, 20257 min read
News Supreme Court Restores CAT’s Order After Finding Charges ‘Unproved and Unsupported’ — ‘Judicial Review Is Warranted When Findings Are Perversion of Evidence’: A Detailed Ruling on Departmental Enquiries and Fair Hearing RawlawNovember 7, 20256 min read
News Supreme Court Restores Patent Infringement Suit After Rejection for Non-Compliance of Mediation- Urgent Relief Exists Even in Delayed IP Suits ‘Urgency Lies in the Ongoing Injury, Not the Age of the Cause’ RawlawNovember 7, 20256 min read
