Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Re – Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons (II)

By our order dated 5th February, 20161 we had drawn attention to over-crowding in prisons and had given directions which would assist in reducing the prison population and generally improve the living conditions of prisoners.

Benson v. State of Kerala

Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 427 — Sentence calculation — Scope — Held, if a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment, such subsequent term...

Vilas V. Sanghai v. Sumermal Mishrimal Bafna & Anr.

Contempt of Court — Criminal contempt — General Principles — S. 15 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Non-compliance of — Proceedings initiated for punishing appellant for criminal contempt — Sustainability — Held, not...

Arun Dev Upadhyaya v. Integrated Sales Service Ltd. & Anr.

Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 50 r/w S. 5 — Judgment of the Single Judge in an international arbitration matter — Whether appealable to the Division Bench — Held, it is limpid that appeal can lie if an...