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Supreme Court Allows Land Losers' Appeal in Land Acquisition Compensation Case Due to Improper Reliance on Government Floor Rates. Market Value Must Be Determined Based on Sale Exemplars Under Section 18 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894, as Small Sale Instances Cannot Be Ignored for Large Tracts....

The dispute arose from the acquisition of lands in Sultanpur, Gurugram, for constructing Express Highway Phase VII under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The appellants, land losers, had their lands no...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Murder and House-Trespass Case Under IPC Sections 302 and 449. Conviction Upheld Based on Credible Eyewitness Testimony and Medical Evidence Showing Intentional Killing with Grinding Stone....

The appeal arose from a conviction under Sections 302 and 449 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for murder and house-trespass, affirmed by a judgment dated November 6, 2018. The appellant, accused of mu...

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Supreme Court Allows University's Appeal Against High Court's Re-evaluation Order Due to Judicial Overreach. High Court Exceeded Jurisdiction by Mandating Re-evaluation Procedure Not Contained in University Statute and Issuing Sweeping Directions Beyond Case Scope....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by Dr. B R Ambedkar University, Agra against a judgment of the Allahabad High Court. The dispute originated from a writ petition filed by a medical student who f...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Remitting Land Allotment Matter for Fresh Consideration Due to Procedural Delay. Procedural delay in administrative approval under Rule 176(4) of Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Rules, 1952 does not invalidate allotment when no error in decision-making process is shown and petitioner lacks locus standi....

The appeals arose from a High Court judgment that set aside land allotment orders and remitted the matter for fresh consideration due to procedural delay. The appellants were allottees of land under t...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. Delimitation Exercise Upheld as Valid Under Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, with Constitutional Provisos Inapplicable to Union Territories....

The writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India challenged the legality and validity of constituting a Delimitation Commission for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir under the De...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition in Excommunication Act Case Due to Repeal and Lack of Surviving Cause of Action. Petition Seeking Mandamus to Enforce Repealed Bombay Protection of Excommunication Act, 1949 Held Moot as No Substantive Rights Require Adjudication Post-Repeal Under Article 32 of the Constitution....

The Supreme Court of India, in a judgment delivered by Justice Abhay S. Oka, addressed a writ petition filed by the Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community seeking a mandamus to direct the State Gove...

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Supreme Court Allows Government Appeal in Land Acquisition Case, Quashing High Court's Lapse Declaration. Acquisition Did Not Lapse Under Section 24(2) of 2013 Act as Possession Was Taken, Overruling Precedent Based on Non-Payment Alone....

The appeal arose from a judgment and order dated 30.05.2016 by the High Court of Delhi, which allowed a writ petition and declared that land acquisition proceedings had lapsed under Section 24(2) of t...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Transfer Petition in Divorce Case Due to Insufficient Grounds and Convenience Considerations. Transfer Under Section 25 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Denied as Both Parties Reside in Jaipur and Alleged Threats and Subsequent Proceedings Are Deemed Afterthoughts....

The dispute involved a transfer petition filed by the petitioner-wife seeking to relocate a divorce petition from the Family Court in Jaipur, Rajasthan, to the Family Court in Kurukshetra, Haryana. Th...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Service Law Case Over Resignation and Pension Benefits. Withdrawn Resignation Before Acceptance is Ineffective, and State Cannot Pass Successive Adverse Orders After Judicial Finality, Entitling Appellant to Pension Based on Minimum 25 Years Service Under Pension Rules....

The dispute involved an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife appointed in 1980 who submitted her resignation on 18 April 1993 but withdrew it on 23 November 1993 before its acceptance on 23/26 December 1994. She f...