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What is the difference between joint tenancy and tenancy-in-common?
Continue reading →: What is the difference between joint tenancy and tenancy-in-common?In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court has reiterated that the heirs of a Hindu male dying intestate succeed under sections 8 and 19 of the Hindu Succession Act, and so they take as tenants-in-common, with their shares fixed at one-fifth each by section 10. Since each heir holds a…
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The limits of the ‘last seen together’ theory
Continue reading →: The limits of the ‘last seen together’ theoryThe Supreme Court, recently, acquitted two men convicted of a 2013 abduction and murder in Karnataka, holding that the “last seen together” theory could not sustain a conviction once the discovery evidence relied upon as corroboration was found to be inadmissible. The judgment is an occasion to set out what…
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1940 Arbitration Act | Can parties arbitrate a dispute during a pending civil suit? Section 21 requirement, explained
Continue reading →: 1940 Arbitration Act | Can parties arbitrate a dispute during a pending civil suit? Section 21 requirement, explainedA recent Supreme Court ruling has revived a basic question of arbitration law: can parties arbitrate a dispute that is already before a civil court? This explainer sets out what section 21 and section 47 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 require, and why an award obtained without the court’s leave…
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Arbitral award obtained without court’s leave during a pending suit cannot defeat it : Supreme Court
Continue reading →: Arbitral award obtained without court’s leave during a pending suit cannot defeat it : Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has held that an arbitral award passed under the 1940 Arbitration Act during a pending civil suit, without the court’s leave under section 21, cannot be used to defeat that suit. The award could not bind the plaintiffs in the absence of their post-award consent under the…
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CBI arrests mother-in-law Giribala Singh in Twisha Sharma death case, court grants five-day custody
Continue reading →: CBI arrests mother-in-law Giribala Singh in Twisha Sharma death case, court grants five-day custodyThe CBI has arrested retired judge Giribala Singh, mother-in-law of Twisha Sharma, a day after the Madhya Pradesh High Court cancelled her anticipatory bail. A Bhopal court has sent her to five-day CBI custody.
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Supreme Court sets three-month limit for high courts to deliver reserved judgments, orders bail decisions in a day
Continue reading →: Supreme Court sets three-month limit for high courts to deliver reserved judgments, orders bail decisions in a dayWhat did the Supreme Court rule on delayed high court judgments? It has directed that reserved judgments be pronounced within three months and that bail orders be passed and communicated to jails the same or next day, so undertrials are not kept in jail after winning their liberty.
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MP High Court quashes anticipatory bail of mother-in-law Giribala Singh in Twisha Sharma death case
Continue reading →: MP High Court quashes anticipatory bail of mother-in-law Giribala Singh in Twisha Sharma death caseThe Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed the anticipatory bail granted to retired district judge Giribala Singh in the Twisha Sharma death case, holding that the trial court had overlooked six antemortem injuries on the body and the statements of prosecution witnesses while granting her pre-arrest protection. THE Madhya Pradesh High…
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What is the Twisha Sharma case?
Continue reading →: What is the Twisha Sharma case?Twisha Sharma, a 33-year-old woman, was found dead at her Bhopal matrimonial home in May 2026. Her husband, a lawyer, and her mother-in-law, a retired judge, stand accused of dowry harassment. Here is what the case is about and where it stands. THE Twisha Sharma case concerns the death of…
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After Zeba Khan, every bail application needs this affidavit: Supreme Court lays down six-head disclosure framework for all courts
Continue reading →: After Zeba Khan, every bail application needs this affidavit: Supreme Court lays down six-head disclosure framework for all courtsIn Zeba Khan v. State of U.P., the Supreme Court laid down a six-head disclosure framework requiring bail applicants to disclose criminal antecedents, custody details, trial status, and coercive processes, supported by an affidavit. This explainer examines the framework, its implications for criminal practice, and provides a draft affidavit for…
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Documents generated through a public AI chatbot are not protected by attorney-client privilege: United States v. Heppner
Continue reading →: Documents generated through a public AI chatbot are not protected by attorney-client privilege: United States v. HeppnerThe US District Court for the Southern District of New York has held that 31 documents a criminal defendant created using Anthropic’s Claude chatbot are not protected by the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine. This explainer examines the legal reasoning in United States v. Heppner and compares the…
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- What is the difference between joint tenancy and tenancy-in-common?
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