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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Easement Rights Dispute — Access Not Established as of Right. The plaintiff failed to prove continuous and uninterrupted use of the access for the requisite period under Section 15 of the Easements Act, 1882....

The dispute arose from a suit filed by Smt. Bernadette B. Pereira seeking a declaration of easementary rights for access through the property of the respondents, Justiniano Antao and others. The trial...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against High Court's Order on Charitable Endowment Due to Mismanagement. The appellant's claim of being a purely religious institution was rejected based on evidence of financial irregularities and mismanagement....

The appeal was directed against a High Court judgment that dismissed the writ petition of the appellant, which sought to quash orders from the State Government vesting its property in the Treasurer of...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition for Reassignment of Acquired Land — Validity of Executive Orders Challenged. The court held that acquired land cannot be reassigned to the original owner based on executive orders as it vests in the government free from encumbrances under Section 16 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The dispute arose from the acquisition of land by the State of Andhra Pradesh for the improvement of a road, which included a portion owned by the respondent. The respondent sought enhancement of comp...

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Supreme Court Modifies Compensation Award in Land Acquisition Case — Upholds Ownership Rights. The High Court's determination of leasehold interest was erroneous as the appellant was consistently recognized as the owner in official records....

The dispute arose from the acquisition of 16.81 acres of land by the State of Madhya Pradesh under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The appellant, M/s. Ahad Brothers, claimed compensation for the land,...

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Supreme Court Quashes Allotment of Land to Retired Judge Due to Conflict of Interest. The court found that the allotment was made under circumstances that compromised judicial integrity and public trust....

The case involved a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the allotment of government land in Salt Lake City, Calcutta, from the discretionary quota of the Chief Minister to a retired judge, Ju...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Tenant in Eviction Case Due to Material Impairment of Premises. Tenant's Unauthorized Construction Found to Justify Eviction Under Section 13(2)(iii) of East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949....

The dispute arose from a petition for eviction filed by the landlord against the tenant, who had occupied the premises since 1967 under a lease agreement. The landlord alleged that the tenant had fail...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Specific Performance Case — Restores Trial Court's Order. The second amendment to the plaint was permissible as it did not introduce a fresh cause of action and was necessary to rectify an inadvertent omission....

The case involved an appeal against the orders of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, which dismissed a civil revision application and declined to recall that order. The dispute arose from an agreem...

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Supreme Court Restores Conviction in Homicide Case — Reinstates Life Imprisonment for Murder. The High Court's conclusions were based on conjectures and lacked cogent evidence to support the claim of self-defence, leading to the restoration of the trial court's conviction under Section 302 IPC....

The case involved the State of Madhya Pradesh appealing against the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which had altered the conviction of the respondent from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Pa...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State's Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Dying Declarations. High Court's Rejection of Dying Declarations Upheld as Reasonable, Affirming Acquittal....

The case involved an appeal by the State of Punjab against the acquittal of Parveen Kumar, who was convicted for the murder of his wife, Geeta Rani, under Sections 302 and 304B of the Indian Penal Cod...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State's Appeal on Plantation Tax Assessment — Clarifies Applicability of Revised Rates. The court ruled that the revised rates introduced by the Kerala Finance Act, 18 of 1987 could not be applied to the assessment year 1987-88, as the liability to pay tax crystallized on April 1 of each year....

The Supreme Court addressed a series of civil appeals concerning the assessment of plantation tax under the Kerala Plantations Tax Act, 1960, following amendments made by the Kerala Finance Act, 18 of...