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Supreme Court Upholds Selection of Appellant in Employment Dispute Over Junior Lab Technician Post. Selection Committee's Discretion to Allocate Marks for Experience and Interview After Advertisement Was Not Arbitrary Under Article 226 of Constitution, as Criteria Aimed at Suitability Among Qualified Candidates....

The dispute arose from the selection process for the post of Junior Lab Technician at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences. On 2 September 2008, a notification invited applications for 35 vacan...

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Supreme Court Quashes High Court Order for De Novo Trial in Gang Rape and Abetment of Suicide Case - Separate Trials for Different FIRs Upheld. The High Court's direction to club trials under Section 223 CrPC and order fresh proceedings was set aside as the offences arose from distinct FIRs with separate investigation histories....

The appeals arose from a High Court judgment that remitted orders of acquittal and conviction from two separate FIRs for fresh trial and directed clubbing of proceedings under Section 223 CrPC. The pr...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Industrial Dispute, Upholding High Court's Finding of Civil Court's Lack of Jurisdiction. Civil Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Entertain Suits Founded on Provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Rendering Such Decrees a Nullity....

The dispute originated from the termination of a daily wage employee by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board on 1.1.1985. The employee filed Civil Suit No. 100/1985, claiming he had rendered u...

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Supreme Court Reverses High Court's Quashing of FIR in Disproportionate Assets Case Under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court Held That a Preliminary Inquiry Is Not Mandatory Before FIR Registration and the FIR Should Not Be Quashed as It Discloses a Cognizable Offence Based on Source Information....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Telangana High Court dated 11 February 2020, which allowed a writ petition filed by the respondents under Article 226 of the Constitution and quashed an FIR reg...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Municipal Corporation's Appeal on NGT's Suo Motu Jurisdiction. The Court held that the National Green Tribunal lacks suo motu powers under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, as it is a statutory tribunal without inherent jurisdiction, but can act on epistolary jurisdiction based on letters from interested parties....

The Supreme Court of India, in a civil appeal led by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai against Ankita Sinha and others, addressed the jurisdictional issue of whether the National Green Tribu...

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Supreme Court Allows State's Appeal in Service Termination Case Due to Delay and Laches. Writ Petition Filed 15 Years After Termination and 13 Years After Superannuation Date Was Barred by Delay, Leading to Quashing of High Court Orders Without Merit Consideration....

The dispute arose from the termination of a Gram Sevak, Rameshwar Lal, by the State of Rajasthan on 16.12.1996 under Section 91(3) of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 and Rule 86 of the Rajastha...

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Supreme Court Allows Revenue in Income Tax Act Limitation Dispute Over Revision Order. The Court Held That the Limitation Period Under Section 263(2) is Based on the Date the Order is 'Made', Not 'Received' by the Assessee, Interpreting the Statutory Language Strictly....

The Supreme Court of India heard a civil appeal filed by the Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai, against Mohammed Meeran Shahul Hameed, concerning the limitation period for a revision order under the...

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Supreme Court Quashes Lok Adalat Order in Writ Petition Due to Jurisdictional Overreach Under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Lok Adalat Lacks Authority to Decide Cases on Merits When No Settlement is Reached, Must Return Case to Referring Court as Per Sections 19(5) and 20(5) of the Act....

The dispute arose from an order dated 30.11.2013 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Bench at Indore, in Writ Petition No. 8074 of 2011, where the Lok Adalat dismissed the writ petition on mer...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Landlord's Appeal in Rent Control Case Upholding Condonation of Delay. High Court's Order Setting Aside Ex-Parte Eviction Decree and Remanding for Merits Was Found Without Error, as Delay of 175 Days Was Bona Fide Under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963....

The dispute arose from rent control proceedings initiated by the appellant-landlord against the respondent-tenants before the Rent Controller. The eviction petition was filed on grounds of willful def...