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Notaries Act, 1952

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VASAVDATTA ATULBHAI BHATTversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

38-RULE ABSOLUTE/ALLOWED @ FH

The applicant, a 75‑year‑old notary and practising advocate, was arrested under IPC sections 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120B and was granted pre‑arrest bail with condition 2‑D requiring surrender of her passport and prohibition on leaving India without court permission. She complied by depositing her …

THARAMMEL PEETHAMBARAN AND ANOTHERversusT. USHAKRISHNAN AND ANOTHER

2026 INSC 134Dismissed

The plaintiff, sister of the first defendant, executed a limited Power of Attorney (PoA) on 31 July 1998, which she later cancelled after learning that the first defendant had used it to sell her immovable properties to the second and third defendants on 15 March 2007. The plaintiff alleged that the …

BHAGWAN SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. & ORS.

2024 INSC 708Disposed off

The Supreme Court examined criminal appeals filed in the name of Bhagwan Singh, who alleged that his son‑in‑law and daughter had fabricated vakalatnamas, affidavits and other documents to lodge a Special Leave Petition and related proceedings without his knowledge, thereby attempting to falsely …

BAR COUNCIL OF ANDHRA PRADESHversusB. NARAYAN SWAMY & ANR.

2014 INSC 1004Appeal(s) allowed

The Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh disciplined advocate B. Narayan Swamy for attesting blank stamp papers in his capacity as a Notary, finding him in violation of the Notaries Act and Section 35 of the Advocates Act. The State Bar Council imposed a lifetime debarment, which the Bar Council of India …

AFZAL AND ANR.versusSTATE OF HARYANA AND ORS.

1996 INSC 84Disposed off

Two minor boys were illegally detained by police to coerce a criminal suspect. The Supreme Court ordered the police to file counter‑affidavits denying the detention, but the affidavits were later found to be false and the signature of Superintendent M.S. Ahlawat was forged by a head constable on …