“The Bill of Lading makes it clear that the ‘merchant’ expressly agrees to be bound by all the terms, conditions, clauses and exceptions on both sides of The Bill of Lading whether typed, printed or otherwise. The Arbitration Clause is Clause 25, printed and annexed to The Bill of Lading. Respondent has expressly agreed to […]
Read more "Section 7(5) of The Arbitration Act III"“As early as in 1975, a Four Judge Bench of this Court in Pratap Narain Singh Deo v. Srinivas Sabata, (1976) 1 SCC 289 speaking through Shingal J. has held that an employer becomes liable to pay compensation as soon as the personal injury is caused to the workman in an accident which arose out […]
Read more "The Revival of Ray IX"Legal Journalists obsess over presence of Khanna J in ADM JABALPUR. A presence caused by… Supreme Court quoted recently: Gwalior Rayon, (1974) 4 SCC 98. Judgment of Justices Khanna, Alagiriswami and Bhagwati was delivered by Khanna J. Justice K. K. Mathew gave a Separate Opinion, on behalf of A. N. Ray, CJI and himself. My Lord, […]
Read more "The Revival of Ray VIII"I was aware of Arghya Sengupta, personally, even before I had entered NLSIU. Mr. Sengupta’s words on The Sabarimala Temple Judgment are brilliant, as his words usually are. I am glad, one voice I respect thoroughly has had courage to point out Justice Chandrachud’s error. Here are his words: “That there is something deeply iniquitous […]
Read more "The Sabarimala Temple II: Arghya Sengupta"There is always much to study in a dissenting opinion; dissents in constitutional law matters are remembered/revered; dissents in criminal law matters produce intense causes of concern. How best can one ensure advancement of justice, if Supreme Court Judges disagree on a crime? There would be a day surely when 5/7/9 or perhaps 13 shall […]
Read more "Section 372 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 I"“The Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018 amended Section 14. In the present case, we are not called upon to examine the effect of this amended provision. The issue before this Court is whether Section 14(3)(c)(iii) is a bar to a suit by a developer for specific performance of a development agreement between himself and the […]
Read more "Section 14(3)(c)(iii) of The Specific Relief Act, 1963"My Lord, ‘Venue’ v. ‘Seat’? The Arbitration Clause has to be appositely read to understand its intention so as to arrive at a conclusion on whether it determines the ‘seat’ or not. There is no shadow of doubt that the Arbitration Clause has to be read in a holistic manner so as to determine the […]
Read more "Referred to Larger Bench XIII ANSWERED: Venue v. Seat, Arbitration"Doctrine of Piercing the Corporate Veil is as well settled as the Salomon, [1897] AC 22 principle itself. In Life Insurance Corporation of India v. Escorts Ltd., (1986) 1 SCC 264, this Court held: “Generally and broadly speaking, we may say that the Corporate Veil may be Lifted where a statute itself contemplates Lifting the […]
Read more "Piercing / Disregarding the Corporate Veil II"“In the midst of Ripon’s Viceroyalty, in 1882, for the first time in the history of colonial India, an Indian Judge, Romesh Chunder Mitter, was appointed to act as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, when Chief Justice Sir Richard Garth went on leave. It would take another few decades for an Indian, Badruddin Tyabji, […]
Read more "An Independent Colonial Judiciary"I was born on 5th February. This is Article No. 502. This blog was born on 21st December, 2014. Hon’ble Justice R.F. Nariman in Sabarimala Temple, covered previous decisions of SC on scope and effect of religious freedom contained in Articles 25 and 26. I highlight hereby all decisions mentioned. I bow down to: i) […]
Read more "Article No. 502: The Revival of Ray VII"“Recently on 14 September 2018, Learned Chief Justice, speaking for Present Bench of Three Judges handed down a verdict granting compensation of Rs 50 Lakhs to a Space Scientist who was found upon further investigation by CBI to have been wrongfully implicated and subjected to custodial interrogation. This was on an allegation, he had leaked […]
Read more "Compensatory Jurisprudence of Constitutional Courts VII : James Watson"Writ Petition (Civil) No. 373 of 2006 Hon’ble Justice Indu Malhotra The Petitioners have stated that they learnt of the practice of restricting the entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years in the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala from three newspaper articles written by Barkha Dutt (Scent of a Woman, Hindustan […]
Read more "The Sabarimala Temple I"Joseph Shine v. Union of India, [Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 194 of 2017] Hon’ble Justice Indu Malhotra The issue is whether ‘adultery’ must be treated as a penal offence or a marital wrong. Adultery has the effect of not only jeopardizing the marriage between the two consenting adults, but also affects the growth and moral […]
Read more "Section 497: A Tripartite Labyrinth"While stating, ‘genesis’ of creamy layer principle is to be found in State of Kerala v. N.M. Thomas, (1976) 2 SCC 310 Hon’ble Justice R.F. Nariman quoted a few words of Hon’ble Justice Krishna Iyer in Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta, [Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 30621 of 2011]. Of course, Ray CJ had […]
Read more "The Revival of Ray VI"“Indubitably, Live Streaming of Court Proceedings has the potential of throwing up an option to the public to witness Live Court Proceedings which they otherwise could not have due to logistical issues and infrastructural restrictions of Courts; and would also provide them with a more direct sense of what has transpired. Thus, technological solutions can […]
Read more "An Alive Stream II"Hon’ble Justice A.K. Sikri (CJI, Sikri and Khanwilkar JJ) In Dattatraya Govind Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra, (1977) 2 SCC 548, Spirit of our Constitution was explained thus: “Once we grasp Dharma of the Constitution, new orientation of the Karma of Adjudication becomes clear. Our Founding Fathers, aware of our Social Realities, forged our Fighting […]
Read more "The Aadhaar Judgment : 26.09.2018 / The Revival of Ray V / Dharma of Constitution v. Karma of Adjudication"In Allied Motors, (2012) 2 SCC 1 reference was made to the celebrated Judgment of Privy Council in Nazir Ahmad, AIR 1936 PC 253: “Where a power is given to do a certain thing in a certain way, the thing must be done in that way, or not at all. Other methods of performance are […]
Read more "Lord Roche II / The Revival of Ray IV"It must be true, friendships & rivalries, losses & victories never have an end, only a beginning. Spectacular Judges of Supreme Court have hoped for an impactful conclusion. The irreversibly powerful ones have known more. There is never a last word. Life travels with surety of a pendulum clock, tick tock. We remember, in Puttaswamy, [Writ […]
Read more "The Last Word"A photograph of Justice Sujata Vasant Manohar is present in several scenes of Batti Gul Meter Chalu [2018, dir. Shree Narayan Singh]. Justice Manohar was the First Woman Judge of the Bombay High Court. She went on to become the First Woman Chief Justice of Two High Courts, Bombay and Kerala and eventually ended her career as […]
Read more "Hon’ble Justice Sujata V. Manohar"“In legal parlance, ‘consortium’ is a compendious term which encompasses ‘spousal consortium’, ‘parental consortium’ and ‘filial consortium’. The right to consortium would include company, care, help, comfort, guidance, solace and affection of deceased. With respect to a spouse, it would include sexual relations with deceased spouse; parental consortium is granted upon premature death of a […]
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