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ARBITRAL AWARDS ARE FINAL AND REASSURANCE WITH THE SAME ARE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF JUDICIAL PURVIEW

  CASE DIARY Name of the case NTPC Limited v. M/s Deconar Services Pvt. Ltd. Application Ref. Civil Appeal No. 6483 of 2014 Appellant NTPC Limited Respondent M/s Deconar Services Pvt. Ltd. Judiciary Supreme Court of India Bench ·          Chief Justice N V Ramana ·          Justice Surya Kant ·          Justice Aniruddha Bose Date of judgment March 04, 2021 OVERVIEW ·       The Apex Court on 4 th day of March 2021 was considering an appeal filed by Appellant involving substantial question of law viz. whether the judiciary is empowered or bound to interfere with the arbitral award issued by the arbitrator under the Arbitration Act, 1940.   · ...

LIVELIHOOD CONDITION NOT A MITIGATING FACTOR FOR LESSER IMPRISONMENT SENTENCE UNDER THE NDPS ACT, 1985

CASE DIARY Name of the case Gurudev Singh v. State of Punjab Application Ref. Criminal Appeal No. 375 Of 2021 Appellant Gurudev Singh Respondent State of Punjab Judiciary Supreme Court of India Bench ·          Justice Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud ·          Justice M R Shah Date of judgment April 06, 2021 PART - A: OVERVIEW ·     The Apex Court on 6 th day of April 2021 was considering an appeal filed by Appellant before the jurisdiction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court pertaining to the reduction of sentence awarded by the Special Court and as reaffirmed by the High Court for conviction under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter “NDPS Act”) ·      The Court deal...

NON HOLDING OF ENQUIRY PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION OF A WORKMAN DOES NOT NEGATE THE TERMINATION ITSELF – VIEW OF THE APEX COURT

CASE DIARY Name of the case State of Uttarakhand & Ors.   v. Smt. Sureshwati Application Ref. Civil Appeal No. 142 Of 2021 (arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 9864 of 2020) Appellant State of Uttarakhand & Ors. Respondent Smt. Sureshwati Judiciary Supreme Court of India Bench ·          Justice L Nageswara Rao ·          Justice Navin Sinha ·          Justice Indu Malhotra Date of judgment Jan 20, 2021 PART - A: OVERVIEW ·      The Apex Court on 20 th day of January 2021 was considering a special leave petition filed by Appellant challenging the dictum passed by the Uttarakhand High Court dated 28.08.2019 involving substantial ques...