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Reportable 2024 INSC161IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No.451 of 2019 Sita Soren Appellant Versus Union of India Respondent Page 1 of 135 JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI Table of Contents A. Reference 4 B. Overview of the judgment in PV Narasimha Rao 8 C. Submissions 14 D. Reconsidering PV Narasimha Rao does not violate the principle of stare decisis 22 E. History of parliamentary privilege in India 34 F. Purport of parliamentary privilege in India 44 I. Functional analysis 44 II. Parliamentary privilege as a collective right of the House 54 III. Necessity test to claim and exercise a privilege 60 G. Bribery is not protected by parliamentary privilege 65 I. Bribery is not in respect of anything said or any vote given 65 II. The Constitution envisions probity in public life 72 III. Courts and the House exercise parallel jurisdiction over allegations of bribery 76 Page 2 of 135 IV. Delivery of results is irrelevant to the offence of...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC532IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.7821 OF2024(ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) No.3792 OF2024 SBI GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. APPELLANT VERSUS KRISH SPINNING RESPONDENT WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.7822 OF2024(ARISING OUT OF SLP(C) No.7220 OF2024 JUDGMENT J.B. PARDIWALA, J.: For the convenience of exposition, this judgment is divided into the following parts: - INDEX A. FACTUAL MATRIX ............................................................................................. 3 B. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT ................................... 14 C. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT ............................... 16 D. ISSUES FOR DETERMINATION .................................................................... 18 E. ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................ 19 i. Whether the execution of a discharge voucher towards the full and final settlement betw...
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