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Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petitions in Land Acquisition Compensation Case - No Error Apparent on Record Found. Review jurisdiction limited to error apparent on record; compensation at Rs.120 per square yard upheld....

The Supreme Court of India, exercising its inherent jurisdiction, considered multiple review petitions filed against its earlier judgment in Civil Appeal Nos.337, 340, 353, 360, 384, 386, 387 of 2021....

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against Karnataka High Court Order Setting Aside Rejection of Plaint in Res Judicata Case. The Court held that the subsequent suit for declaration of title was barred by res judicata and Order II Rule 2 CPC as the issue of title had been finally decided in earlier litigation....

The dispute pertains to 11 acres 16 guntas of agricultural land in Talaghattapura Village, Bangalore. The appellants (Lankappa and others) claimed title based on a 1929 grant to their grandfather. KIC...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Judgment Granting Seniority to Ad Hoc Employees Over Regular Appointees in Subordinate Judiciary. Seniority of substantively appointed Lower Division Clerks from 1987 prevails as interim court order protecting ad hoc employees was limited to different panel of candidates and not applicable to regular appointees....

The appeal arose from a dispute over seniority between two groups of Lower Division Clerks (LDCs) in the ministerial cadre of Delhi's subordinate judiciary. The appellants were substantively appointed...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Seniority Dispute, Quashing High Court Division Bench Judgment. Seniority lists prepared based on date of dispatch of select lists were held arbitrary and contrary to Rule 5 of Uttar Pradesh Government Servants Seniority Rules, 1991, requiring fresh merit-based list....

The dispute arose from seniority lists dated 05.09.2006 and 05.03.2010 for Junior Engineers in the Department of Minor Irrigation, Uttar Pradesh, involving appellants from Mechanical and Civil streams...

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Supreme Court Allows Concurrent Sentences for NDPS Convictions in Two Separate Cases — Sentences to Run Concurrently Under Section 427 CrPC. The court directed that the sentences imposed in two separate trials for distinct offences under the NDPS Act shall run concurrently, considering the appellant's long incarceration and good conduct....

The appellant, Mohd Zahid, a Pakistani national, was convicted in two separate cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act). In the first case (FIR No.134/1999, Amri...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition of Ambassador-at-Large Claiming Diplomatic Immunity in Criminal Proceedings. Petitioner Not a 'Diplomatic Agent' Under Vienna Convention; Commercial Activities Exception Applies Under Article 31....

The Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition filed by C. Sivasankaran, who claimed to be an Ambassador-at-large of Seychelles, seeking to quash criminal proceedings against him on the ground of diploma...

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Supreme Court Disposes of Appeal in Property Dispute, Directs Status Quo Pending Civil Suit. Unilateral Cancellation of Registered Sale Deed Held Subject to Adjudication by Competent Civil Court....

The case involves a property dispute where the appellants claimed to have purchased land measuring Acs.3.46 cents from respondent Nos.1 to 4 through a registered sale deed dated 09.03.2005, executed b...

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Supreme Court Allows Land Owner's Appeal in Consumer Case, Holding No Joint Liability for Developer's Default. Collaboration Agreement and Tripartite Agreement Did Not Impose Obligation on Land Owner to Flat Buyers Under Consumer Protection Act, 1986....

The appeals arose from a common judgment of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) allowing a complaint by flat buyers against a developer and the land owner, M/s Janpriya Buildes...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Part and Remands Case to High Court for Fresh Disposal of Appeal Without Considering Application for Additional Evidence. The High Court's dismissal of the first appeal without deciding the application under Order 41 Rule 27 CPC was held to be improper, and the matter was remitted for fresh consideration....

The appellant, Satish Chand Surana, was the plaintiff in Civil Suit No.30A/2017 before the First Additional District Judge, Balode, seeking specific performance of an agreement dated 26.08.2015 for sa...