August 8, 2026 In Blog THE LIMITS OF REVISIONAL JURISDICTION IN CHEQUE DISHONOUR CASES INTRODUCTIONIn Kuntegowda v. Thurubaiah (decided on 04 August 2026), the Supreme Court of India, speaking through Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, reinforced two important legal principles. First, once the execution of a cheque is admitted, the law raises a statutory
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WHEN A DEFECTIVE COMPLAINT CANNOT BE RESURRECTED: THE LIMITS OF SECTION 319 IN CHEQUE DISHONOUR PROCEEDINGS
August 8, 2026 In Blog WHEN A DEFECTIVE COMPLAINT CANNOT BE RESURRECTED: THE LIMITS OF SECTION 319 IN CHEQUE DISHONOUR PROCEEDINGS INTRODUCTIONThe Supreme Court of India, in Manjula Kapoor v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr., 2026 INSC 789, examined whether a company, which had not been arraigned as an accused in a complaint under
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[Varun Soni is a recent graduate from the National Law School of India University, and an incoming associate at AZB and Partners] In Commissioner of Income Tax (Central)-I, New Delhi v. Vatika Township Private Limited, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court grounded the rule against retrospective tax liability in a simple proposition by making the following
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... Continue Reading.Don’t Let Your Bail Application Fail: Follow This 7-Step Pre-Filing Checklist
The strength of a bail application is determined long before it reaches the courtroom. Thorough preparation, verified facts, procedural compliance, and a clear understanding of the legal and factual issues often make the difference between a well-founded application and one that is vulnerable to rejection. Many bail applications are weakened not because the law is
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... Continue Reading.Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC: Witness Recall Cannot Fill Evidentiary Gaps
The Supreme Court of India has once again reaffirmed an important procedural principle governing civil trials: Order XVIII Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), is not a mechanism for parties to improve their case after evidence has concluded. The provision exists to assist the court in clarifying doubts arising from the
... Continue Reading.Case Summary: Commissioner of Central Excise, Hyderabad-IV v. M/s Xerox India Ltd. & Ors. (2026) | Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of ‘Manufacture’ Under the Central Excise Act
The dispute in this case required the Court to interpret Section 2(f) of the Central Excise Act, 1944, read with Note 6 to Section XVI of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. While the Revenue contended that Xerox India manufactured photocopier machines by assembling imported modules at its warehouses, the assessee maintained that it merely
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