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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Judgment Quashing Land Acquisition Due to Inordinate Delay. Delay in Challenging Acquisition Proceedings Invalidates Subsequent Claims for Restitution of Land Under Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The dispute arose from the acquisition of land by the State of Haryana for the establishment of a sheet glass factory by the appellant company. The State initiated acquisition proceedings, issuing a p...

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Supreme Court Addresses Constitutional Questions on Legislative Assembly Dissolution. The court clarified that Article 174 does not impose a limitation period for elections following the dissolution of a Legislative Assembly....

The Supreme Court of India addressed significant constitutional questions regarding the dissolution of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly and the implications of Article 174 of the Constitution. The Ass...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Abetment of Suicide in Dowry Death Case — Harassment Established....

The case involved the tragic suicide of Krishna Kumari, who was subjected to harassment by her husband, Yadla Srinivasa Rao, and his family. The deceased was married on 26.6.1998, and her father provi...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Challenging Royalty Rates on Bamboo and Hardwood Due to Lack of Statutory Basis. The Court Found the Government's Price Fixation Reasonable and Not Arbitrary, Upholding Administrative Discretion....

The case involved appeals from M/s. Rayalseema Paper Mills Ltd. and others against the Government of Andhra Pradesh regarding the fixation of royalty rates on bamboo and hardwood for the paper industr...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tax Exemption for Exported Rice Under Haryana General Sales Tax Act. The court ruled that purchase tax on paddy is not applicable when rice procured from it is exported outside India, as per Section 9(1)(b) of the Haryana Act....

The dispute arose from the interpretation of the Haryana General Sales Tax Act, 1973, concerning the imposition of purchase tax on paddy purchased by a miller-exporter who milled the paddy and exporte...

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Supreme Court Restores Anticipatory Bail in Conspiracy to Murder Case — Judicial Discretion Not Erroneously Exercised. The High Court's cancellation of bail was deemed a manifest error as it failed to consider the relevant facts and circumstances of the case....

The case involved an appeal against the cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to the appellants in a conspiracy to murder case. The appellants, Mahant Chand Nath Yogi and another, were implicated ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Teachers' Rights in Educational Service Pay Regulation Case — Retrospective Legislation Struck Down....

The case involved appeals against a common order of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal regarding the constitutional validity of the Andhra Pradesh Educational Service Untrained Teachers (Regul...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Central Excise Duty Case — Duty and Penalty Set Aside. The court found that the imposition of duty and penalty was unjustified as ownership passed to the buyer upon delivery to the carrier, and transit insurance charges should not be included in the valuation under Section 4 of the Central Excise Act, 1944....

The dispute arose from appeals concerning the imposition of central excise duty and penalty on M/s. Escorts JCB Limited. The Commissioner of Central Excise had issued a show cause notice alleging that...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals by Steel Companies Regarding Excise Duty on Price Elements. The court ruled that additional price elements mandated by the Joint Plant Committee do not qualify as taxes under the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944....

The dispute involved appeals concerning the excise duty obligations of steel manufacturing companies regarding additional price elements mandated by the Joint Plant Committee (JPC) and the Steel Prior...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Murder Case Due to Reliable Eyewitness Accounts. Acquittal by High Court Reversed as Doubts on Eyewitness Presence Were Unfounded....

The case involved an appeal by the State of U.P. against the acquittal of seven accused persons by the Allahabad High Court, who had been convicted for the murder of Raja Ram by the trial court. The i...