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Supreme Court Hears Appeal in Gas Supply Contract Dispute Over Redaction of Evidence Affidavits. The Court examines whether oral evidence can be led regarding internal documents already held irrelevant in a suit for specific performance of a gas sale and purchase agreement....

The dispute concerned a commercial suit filed by NTPC Limited against Reliance Industries Limited seeking a declaration that a binding contract existed for supply of natural gas, and consequently spec...

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Supreme Court Examines Whether Agreement to Sell Between Landlord and Tenant Terminates Tenancy Under Section 111 Transfer of Property Act. Part Payment of Consideration with Clause for Refund and Restoration of Possession Did Not Evidence Surrender or Cessation of Landlord-Tenant Relationship....

The litigation arose from a dispute over a shop premises in Pune. The original plaintiff, predecessor of the respondents, owned a shop and let it to the petitioner/defendant at a monthly rent of Rs.15...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Murder Case Upholding Concurrent Conviction Under Section 302 IPC. Sole Eyewitness Testimony of Deceased's Daughter Found Credible and Corroborated by Medical Evidence; Accused Acted with Common Intention....

The Supreme Court of India heard a criminal appeal against the judgment and order dated 29.09.2022 passed by the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in Criminal Appeal No. 158/2003. The appellant Balku Or...

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Supreme Court Upholds Valuation of Body-Built Vehicles Including 10% Notional Profit but Rejects Extended Limitation Under Section 11A. Assessee Job Worker Liable to Include 110% Chassis Value in Excise Duty Computation, Yet Department Cannot Invoke Extended Period Absent Wilful Suppression....

The appeals arose from a dispute between job workers engaged in body-building of motor vehicles and the Central Excise and Service Tax Department. The appellants received chassis from manufacturers fo...

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Supreme Court Holds High Court Erred in Retrospectively Applying 2019 POCSO Amendment to Sentence Accused in Child Sexual Assault Case. Pre-2019 Section 6 of POCSO Act, Not Amended Section, Applies to Offence Committed in 2016, as Article 20(1) Bars Retroactive Penal Enhancement....

The case arose from an incident on 17.02.2016 in which a three-year-old girl was subjected to aggravated penetrative sexual assault. The victim's father, Dinesh Tope (PW-2), lodged FIR No. 35/2016 at ...

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Supreme Court Reviews Remand of Property Item in Partition Suit Under Limitation Act and CPC. Court References Precedents Requiring First Appellate Court to Decide on Available Material Rather Than Remand Under Order 41 Rule 23 CPC....

Background: The dispute arose from a suit for partition and declaration concerning ancestral properties of a Hindu Undivided Family. The Appellant, Shivappa, was Defendant No.2, a purchaser of suit sc...

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Supreme Court Hears Writ Petition by Presiding Officers Seeking 6th Pay Commission Pay Scales for CGIT-cum-Labour Courts. Petitioners Claim Parity with Other Central Tribunals and Challenge Grouping with District Judiciary Under Articles 14 and 16 of Constitution....

The writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution was filed by two Presiding Officers of Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs) seeking implementation of the 6th...

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Supreme Court Finds High Court's Custodial Death Compensation Inadequate and Directs Accountability. Custodial Death of 34-Year-Old Detenu in Chhattisgarh; Section 176 CrPC Inquiry Report Confirmed Head Injury; State Officials' Failure to Register FIR Held Unacceptable....

The case arose from the custodial death of Shravan Suryavanshi @ Sarvan Tamre, a 34-year-old man who was arrested on 18 January 2024 in connection with FIR No.47 under Section 34(2) of the Chhattisgar...

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Supreme Court Considers Criminal Appeal Against Concurrent Conviction for Murder and Robbery Under IPC. Court Reiterates Principles of Circumstantial Evidence and Juvenile Justice Consequences....

The Supreme Court of India heard a criminal appeal arising from a common judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dated 18 September 2009, which affirmed the conviction of the appellant and co...