On 23rd September 2022, Justice Indira Banerjee has bid adieu to the Supreme Court of India by taking retirement from judgeship. While speaking for the Constitution Bench, Justice Banerjee held that Section 13 of the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011, is unconstitutional as the State Legislature lacked legislative competence to enact a provision providing direct appeal to Supreme Court of …
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a judgment delivered by a larger bench will prevail irrespective of the number of judges constituting the majority. To illustrate, the judgment of a 7-judge bench delivered with 4:3 majority will prevail over a unanimous 5-judge bench.A 5-judge bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee, Hemant Gupta, Surya Kant, M. M. …
