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Supreme Court Upholds State's Resumption of Assigned Land Due to Violations of Transfer Prohibitions. Resumption Validated as Land was Not Alienable Under the 1977 Act....

The case involved multiple civil appeals concerning the resumption of land assigned to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe persons in the 1960s. The disputes originated from a policy decision by the Reven...

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Supreme Court Alters Conviction in Culpable Homicide Case — Reduces Sentence. The court found that the appellant acted with knowledge of likely consequences rather than intent to kill, warranting a lesser conviction under Section 304 Part II of IPC....

The case involved an appeal by a convict accused against a judgment by the High Court of Judicature at Madras, which affirmed his conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section...

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Supreme Court Allows Secured Creditor's Appeal in Customs Duty Priority Dispute Over Wound-Up Company's Hypothecated Goods. Held that customs authorities do not have priority over secured creditors under Section 529A of Companies Act, 1956 for sale of warehoused goods under Customs Act, 1962....

The appeal by Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) challenged the judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which held that customs authorities have the first right to sell imported goods under...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Property Dispute Between Brothers — Concurrent Findings of Courts Below Restored. Sale Deed by Co-owner Faqir Singh Held Valid as He Had Exclusive Possession of Suit Property, and High Court Erred in Reversing Concurrent Findings Without Framing Substantial Questions of Law Under Section 100 CPC....

The present appeals arise from a property dispute between two brothers, Gurbachan Singh (appellant) and Gurcharan Singh (respondent), concerning a piece of land measuring 4 marlas. Their father, Suche...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Murder Case Due to Lack of Representation and Failure to Consider Individual Role — Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside for appellant who was unrepresented before High Court and whose role was not distinguished from co-accused....

The appellant, Niranjan Das @ Niru Das @ Mahanto, was Accused No.2 before the Trial Court and was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder. The Trial Court also convicted ...

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Supreme Court Quashes FIR in Gang Rape Case Due to Inordinate Delay and Lack of Credible Explanation — Allegations of Repeated Rape Over Seven Years Found Highly Improbable and an Abuse of Process of Law....

The appellant, Haji Iqbal @ Bala, was the original accused No. 2 in FIR No. 195 of 2022 registered at Mirzapur Police Station, District Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, for offences under Sections 376-D (ga...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Injured Claimant in Motor Accident Case — Restores 100% Functional Disability for Loss of Earning Capacity Due to Amputation. Amputation of right lower limb renders gunman permanently unfit for duty, warranting full compensation for loss of earning capacity under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The appellant, Sarnam Singh, met with a motor accident on 24.11.2013 involving a tempo, resulting in severe injuries leading to amputation of his right lower limb. He was hospitalized from 24.11.2013 ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Police Recruitment Case — Upholds Candidature of Appellant Found Eligible Despite Typographical Error in Application. Error in Date of Birth Column Did Not Render Candidate Disqualified Where Actual Age Was Within Limits and No Fraud Was Alleged....

The appellant, Aish Mohammad, applied for the post of Constable in the Haryana Police. In the application form, he inadvertently entered his date of birth as 01.01.1972 instead of the correct date 01....

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by City Montessori School in Nazul Property Dispute — Conversion Order and Sale Deed Set Aside as Illegal. State Largesse Must Be Distributed Fairly and Transparently; Conversion of Leasehold to Freehold During Pendency of Writ Petition Without Notice to Competing Claimant Violates Article 14....

The dispute pertains to a Nazul plot in Lucknow originally leased to Gursharan Lal Srivastava in 1961. The leasehold interest was sold to M.M. Batra (the alleged lessee) in 1962. In 1994, the alleged ...

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Supreme Court Allows Contractor's Appeal in Arbitration Dispute Over Time-Barred Claims and Legal Misconduct — Award Set Aside by Lower Courts Restored. The Court held that the arbitrator had jurisdiction to decide limitation and contractual issues, and the award was not vitiated by legal misconduct under the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940....

The case involves a dispute arising from a road construction contract awarded in 1983 by the Government of Maharashtra Irrigation Department to M/s S.D. Shinde. The contract was for construction of ea...