Supreme Court Flags Misuse of Legal Aid Petitions: “Filing SLP Only Because Legal Services Authority Directed It Is Misuse of Process” Reinforces that SLPs must reflect the petitioner’s own volition, not institutional compulsion — Delay of Over Six Years Not Explained
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Supreme Court Flags Misuse of Legal Aid Petitions: “Filing SLP Only Because Legal Services Authority Directed It Is Misuse of Process” Reinforces that SLPs must reflect the petitioner’s own volition, not institutional compulsion — Delay of Over Six Years Not Explained

Court’s Decision The Supreme Court dismissed a special leave petition filed with a delay of 2,298 days, holding that the delay was wholly unexplained and that the petition had been…
November 7, 2025
Supreme Court: “A Wrong Concession on a Question of Law Cannot Bind the Government” — Waitlisted Candidate Cannot Seek Appointment After Recruitment Process Ends, Ensure fair opportunity for future aspirants under Articles 14 and 16 of the constitution.
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Supreme Court: “A Wrong Concession on a Question of Law Cannot Bind the Government” — Waitlisted Candidate Cannot Seek Appointment After Recruitment Process Ends, Ensure fair opportunity for future aspirants under Articles 14 and 16 of the constitution.

Court’s Decision The Supreme Court of India, in a judgment authored by Justice Atul S. Chandurkar and concurred by Justice P.S. Narasimha, allowed the Union of India’s appeal and set…
October 17, 2025
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Supreme Court: “Substance of the Deed, Not Its Title, Determines Stamp Duty” — Court Upholds Allahabad High Court’s Finding That ‘Security Bond cum Mortgage Deed’ Executed Without Surety Is Chargeable Under Article 40, Not Article 57 of the Indian Stamp Act

Court’s Decision The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered by Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Prashant Kumar Mishra, dismissed two civil appeals challenging the orders of the Allahabad High Court, which…
October 10, 2025