Petitioner- Abc Defendant- State NCT of Delhi Citation- 2015 SCC OnLine SC 609 Decided- 6 July 2015 Bench- Vikramajit Sen, Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ Facts The Appellant was a well-educated and financially self-sufficient single Christian mother. Under Section 7 of the G&W Act, she had applied to be the sole guardian of her son. Before… Continue reading Abc vs State NCT of Delhi : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
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National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) vs Union of India : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Case Name: National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) vs Union of India Citation: AIR 2014 SC 1863 Date of Judgement: 15-04-2014 Parties Involved: National Legal Services Authority, Poojya Mata Nasib Kaur Ji Women Welfare Society, Laxmi Narayan Tripathy, and Union of India Facts In this case, members of the Transgender Community seek a legal declaration of… Continue reading National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) vs Union of India : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Ms. Githa Hariharan vs Reserve Bank of India : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Case Name: Ms. Githa Hariharan & Anr. vs Reserve Bank of India & Anr. Citation: AIR 1999, 2 SCC 228 Date of Judgement: 17-02-1999 Parties Involved: Githa Hariharan & Anr. and Reserve Bank of India & Anr. Facts The petitioner and Dr. Mohan Ram were married in Bangalore in 1982 and had a son in… Continue reading Ms. Githa Hariharan vs Reserve Bank of India : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Dimple Gupta vs Rajiv Gupta : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Case Name: Dimple Gupta vs Rajiv Gupta Citation: Criminal Appeal No.1139 of 2002 Date of Judgement: 12-10-2007 Parties Involved: Dimple Gupta and Rajiv Gupta Facts Dimple Gupta, applied section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure through her mother Narain Dassi claiming maintenance at Rs. 500/- per month from the respondent Rajiv Gupta alleging that… Continue reading Dimple Gupta vs Rajiv Gupta : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Sidheshwar Mukherjee vs Bhubneshwar Prasad Narain Singh : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Case Name: Sidheshwar Mukherjee vs Bhubneshwar Prasad Narain Singh Citation: AIR 487, 1954 SCR 177 Date of Judgement: 05-10-1953 Parties Involved: Sidheshwar Mukherjee and Bhubneshwar Prasad Narain Singh Facts The properties in the suit, which are comprised in Tauzi No. 703 of the Champaran Collectorate, belonged admittedly to the defendants’ first party and their ancestors.… Continue reading Sidheshwar Mukherjee vs Bhubneshwar Prasad Narain Singh : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Lakshmi Kant Pandey vs Union of India : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Citation: 1973 AIR 23 Date of Judgement: 6/ 02/ 1984 Parties Involved: Petitioner- Lakshmi Kant Pandey and Respondent- Union of India Facts The petitioner, an advocate of the Supreme Court addressed a letter in the public interest to the Court, complaining of malpractices indulged by social organizations and voluntary agencies engaged in the work… Continue reading Lakshmi Kant Pandey vs Union of India : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Shayara Bano vs Union of India : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Case Name: Shayaro Bano vs Union of India Citation: AIR 2017 9 SCC 1 (SC) Date of Judgement: 22-08-2017 Parties Involved: Shayaro Bano and others, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Union of India Facts Shayaro Bano’s was married to Rizwan Ahmed for 15 years. On 10-10-2015, her husband divorced her through talaq-e-biddat (triple… Continue reading Shayara Bano vs Union of India : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Pannalal vs Mst. Naraini : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Case: Pannalal vs Mst. Naraini Citation: AIR 170, 1952 SCR 544 Date of Judgement: 07-03-1952 Parties Involved: Pannalal and Mst. Naraini Facts On 30-9-1925 Baldev Das, the father of the appellants, who was, at that time the manager of a joint Hindu family, consisting of himself and his sons, executed a mortgage bond in favor… Continue reading Pannalal vs Mst. Naraini : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Ankush Narayan Shingate vs Janabai Kom Rama Sawat : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Case Name: Ankush Narayan Shingate vs Janabai Kom Rama Sawat Citation: AIR 1966 Bom 174, (1965) 67 BOMLR 864 Date of Judgement: 23-04-1965 Parties Involved: Ankush Narayan Shingate and Janabai Kom Rama Sawat Facts About 40 years before 1957 [the date of the suit], one Narayan died intestate of at village Mardhe, living him surviving… Continue reading Ankush Narayan Shingate vs Janabai Kom Rama Sawat : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Prakash v. Phulavati : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis
Citation: (2016) 2 SCC 36 Date Of Judgement: October 16, 2015 Name Of Parties: Petitioner- Prakash; Respondent- Phulavati Facts The dispute was about the ancestral and self-acquired property and retrospective application of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005. The Respondent in the Supreme Court petition had filed a suit in the Trial Court of Belgaum, claiming… Continue reading Prakash v. Phulavati : Case Facts, Issues, Judgement & Analysis