Supreme Court

Scroll Down To Discover

Sort by:

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Allows Government Appeal Against Declaration of Lapsed Land Acquisition Under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Possession Taken Prior to Act's Commencement Precludes Deemed Lapse Despite Non-Payment of Compensation....

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed against the judgment of the Delhi High Court which declared that the acquisition of land in question had lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compens...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Land Grant Case: Upholds Resumption of Granted Land Under Karnataka SC/ST (PTCL) Act, 1978 Despite Delay. The court held that the absence of a limitation period in the Act and the welfare nature of the legislation allow enforcement of statutory rights even after 28 years from the Act's commencement....

The case involves a dispute over 4 acres of agricultural land originally granted to Somalanayak, a Scheduled Caste person, in 1957 under the Depressed Class Rules with a condition prohibiting alienati...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Arbitration and Specific Relief Act Case — Dispute Over Development Agreement Held Arbitrable Despite Prayer for Cancellation of Agreement. Action under Section 31 of Specific Relief Act, 1963 is not in rem and does not bar arbitration....

The present appeal arises from a civil suit filed by the respondent-plaintiff against the appellant-defendant. The respondent claimed ownership of a suit property and had executed a Development Agreem...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Upholds Development Charges Under U.P. Urban Planning Act, Quashes Other Levies as Unauthorized. The Court holds that only development fees under Section 15(2-A) are valid, while inspection fee, sub-division charges, stacking charges, and impact fee imposed via executive orders under Section 41 are ultra vires and violative of Article 265....

The Supreme Court disposed of a group of appeals arising from common judgment(s) of the Allahabad High Court concerning the validity of various demand notices issued by Development Authorities and the...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Inter-University Transfer Pay Fixation Case — Discrimination Found in Denial of Promotion Benefits. The Court held that denying pay fixation benefits to an employee transferred between universities, while granting them to others, violates the principle of equal treatment....

The case involves two civil appeals arising from a Division Bench judgment of the Kerala High Court, which reversed a Single Bench order that had allowed the appellant's writ petition. The appellant w...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in CPC Application Rejection Case - Application under Order VII Rule XI of CPC for rejection of plaint was rightly dismissed as the appellants failed to establish grounds for rejection....

The dispute arose from a property partition involving land in Survey Nos. 700/A7B and 706/A9 of Nandyal Town, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh. The original owner, Nasyam Jamal Saheb, died, and his fi...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Constitutional Challenge to State Admission Policy. The Court upheld the State of Madhya Pradesh's policy reserving 75% of seats for residents in B.Ed (Part-time) courses, finding it not violative of Articles 14, 15, and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India, based on precedent....

The dispute involved a training institute, run by Veena Vadini Samaj Kalyan Vikash Samiti, which offered B.Ed (Part-time) courses in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The institute challenged the State of Madh...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Criminal Complaint Quashing Under Section 482 CrPC. The court quashed the criminal complaint as an abuse of process, without deciding on the co-existence of wakf and trust or jurisdiction of Wakf Tribunal....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Kerala High Court rejecting a petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, filed by the appellants to quash a criminal complaint against the...