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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Communidade Against Refusal to Permit Compromise in Tenancy Proceedings. Proposed Consent Terms Found to Contravene Goa, Daman and Diu Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1964 and Goa Land Use (Regulation) Act, 1991, Constituting Abuse of Process....

The appeal arose from the refusal of the Administrative Tribunal, Goa, to grant permission to the appellant, a Communidade under the Code of Comunidades, to compromise tenancy proceedings with private...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Rally Organizers for Lack of Prima Facie Offence Under IPC and Police Act. Peaceful Dharna Without Permission Did Not Constitute Public Nuisance or Wrongful Restraint Under Sections 290 and 341 IPC and Section 34 Police Act, 1861....

The case arose from a criminal prosecution initiated against the appellants, who were the Chairman and son of a private educational institution, for organizing a rally and dharna to protest the non-re...

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Supreme Court Examines Validity of Orissa High Court's Senior Advocate Designation Rule Allowing Suo Motu Power. High Court on Administrative Side Challenges Judicial Order Quashing Rule 6(9) as Ultra Vires Indira Jaising Guidelines....

The dispute arose from a challenge by the High Court of Orissa on its administrative side to a judicial order passed by the same High Court. The judicial side, in a common judgment dated 10.05.2021, h...

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Supreme Court Adjudicates Civil Appeal Regarding Ancestral Property Distribution Based on Registered Will and Oral Family Arrangement. Widow and Son of Deceased Farmer Dispute Title Over Agricultural Lands in Dasnapur Village....

This judgment concerns two civil appeals arising from a dispute over a parcel of agricultural land measuring 4 acres 16 guntas in village Dasnapur. The parties are the legal representatives of late Me...

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Supreme Court Allows Tamil Nadu Housing Board's Appeal, Upholds Cancellation of Commercial Plot Allotment and Directs Eviction of Allottee for Chronic Default. Court Holds Board Not Bound by Clerical Error in Computing Dues and Emphasizes Public Interest in Management of Public Property Under Tamil Nadu Housing Board Regulations....

The dispute arose from an auction held in 1986 by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board for a prime commercial plot in Chennai. The respondent, S. Ganesan, emerged as the highest bidder with an offer of Rs.4,7...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Agricultural Land Specific Performance Case; Pendente Lite Transferees' Objections Rejected Under Section 52, Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Readiness and Willingness of Purchasers Inferred from Conduct; No Collusion Found....

The Supreme Court heard two appeals together: the first by the original seller of agricultural land challenging the concurrent findings of lower courts that the plaintiff purchasers were ready and wil...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Civil Appeals in Will Validity Dispute, Upholding that Non-Mention of Wife and Reasons for Disinheritance Constitutes Suspicious Circumstance Invalidating Will. Court Holds Propounder Failed to Dispel Suspicion Surrounding Will Dated 16.05.1991 Under Sections 63 and 68 of Indian Succession Act and Indian Evidence Act....

The dispute concerned the estate of Maya Singh, who died on 10.11.1991. The appellant, Gurdial Singh, nephew of Maya Singh, propounded a registered Will dated 16.05.1991 bequeathing the suit land to h...

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Supreme Court Cancels Bail of Superintendent of Women's Protection Home in SC/ST Act Case Over Sexual Exploitation Allegations. High Court's Bail Order Set Aside for Violating Victim's Right to Hearing Under Section 15A(3) of SC/ST Act and Ignoring Gravity of Offences....

The Supreme Court allowed an appeal by the victim against a Patna High Court order granting bail to respondent No.2, a former superintendent of a women's protection home, in a case involving allegatio...

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Supreme Court Considers Appeal Against Conviction for Kidnapping and Rape of Minor, Focusing on Evidentiary Value of Birth Certificate. The Court analysed whether the school register alone could prove the victim's minority without examining the person who provided the date of birth, under Section 35 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872....

The Supreme Court heard a criminal appeal by Birka Shiva challenging his conviction under Sections 376, 363, and 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for kidnapping, wrongful confinement, and rape of a...

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Supreme Court Heard Appeal by Disabled Advocate Challenging Inadequate Compensation for Human Rights Violations During Arrest and Incarceration. High Court Enhanced Compensation and Issued Directions for Police Sensitization and CCTV Monitoring....

The appellant, an advocate with 70% loco-motor disability (Becker Muscular Dystrophy) and autism, was arrested on 29.02.2020 based on an FIR for IPC offences, allegedly lodged at the instance of a rel...