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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal of Claimants in Motor Accident Case — Enhances Compensation by Including Prepaid License Fee in Deceased's Income. Income Tax Return Held as Primary Evidence for Determining Annual Income; Depreciation Not Considered as Income....

The appellants, heirs of Aranganathan who died in a motor accident on 25 May 2001, filed a claim under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ranipet. T...

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Supreme Court Modifies Provisional Rent in Lease Dispute Between Tenant and Landlord, Balances Equities Pending Final Determination. Tenant's claim of expenditure adjustment under registered lease deed leads to reduction of provisional rent from Rs. 7.50 lakhs to Rs. 3.75 lakhs per month....

The appeal arose from a landlord-tenant dispute over rent for the period 01.11.2015 to 31.01.2017. The landlord, Sadhana Foundation, claimed rent at Rs. 18,43,900 per month based on an unregistered le...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals of Havildars Challenging Ineligibility for Technical Equipment Officer Posts in Army Air Defence. The Court held that the Appellants lacked the mandatory qualification of Technical Instructor Fire Control (AD & FD) and could not claim parity with erroneous appointments under the doctrine of negative equality....

The case involves three Havildars (Pankaj Negi, Deepak Kumar Mishra, and Rwmwi Borgoyary) serving in the Army Air Defence (AAD) who applied for the post of Technical Equipment Officer (TEO) in respons...

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Supreme Court Allows State Appeal in Leasehold Conversion Case: Conversion Charges Payable at Rate Prevalent on Date of Decision, Not Application. The Court held that an applicant must comply with policy conditions and no vested right arises on mere application under the Government Grants Act, 1895....

The State of Odisha appealed against a High Court judgment directing computation of conversion charges for leasehold to freehold at rates prevalent on the date of the respondent's application (15 Sept...

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Supreme Court Allows Recall of Ex Parte Order in Inter-State Dispute Over THDC Shareholding. State of Uttar Pradesh Ordered to Pay Costs of Rs. 30 Lakhs for Delay in Appearance....

The Supreme Court dealt with an application by the State of Uttar Pradesh to recall an ex parte order dated 16.12.2013 in a suit filed by the State of Uttarakhand under Article 131 of the Constitution...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Arbitral Award Due to Excessive Delay in Filing Section 37 Appeal. Delay of 189 days beyond 90-day statutory period cannot be condoned as it exceeds the maximum permissible delay of 120 days under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 read with Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963....

The case arose from an arbitral award dated 19.12.2006 made by Justice K.N. Saikia, a retired Supreme Court judge. The award was challenged under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19...

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Supreme Court Stays Local Body Elections in Tamil Nadu Over Delimitation and Reservation Issues. Delimitation Must Precede Elections to Ensure Constitutional Compliance Under Part IX of the Constitution....

The Supreme Court was hearing a batch of applications and writ petitions concerning local body elections in Tamil Nadu. The lead appellant, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), challenged the delay in ele...

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Supreme Court Upholds Vacation of Injunction in Specific Performance Dispute Over Land Sale Agreement. Disputed Questions of Possession and Payment of Consideration Require Trial, Not Interim Relief....

The Supreme Court dismissed appeals challenging the High Court's interim order vacating a temporary injunction that had restrained landowners from interfering with the developer's possession of agricu...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Seniority Dispute of Junior Engineers — Merit List Prevails Over Date of Appointment Under Regulation 23 of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam Subordinate Engineering Service Regulations, 1978. The Court held that seniority must follow the merit list prepared in a single selection process, not the fortuitous date of appointment....

The Supreme Court considered appeals against a High Court order that directed seniority of Junior Engineers to be determined solely by date of appointment under Regulation 23 of the Uttar Pradesh Jal ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Kandla Port Workers Union Seeking Parity with Regular Employees in Transfer to FCI. Work-charge employees not entitled to same benefits as regular employees under Section 12A of FCI Act, 1964....

The case pertains to a dispute between Kandla Port Workers Union and Food Corporation of India (FCI) regarding the transfer of employees from Kandla Port Trust (KPT) to FCI. In 1965, an agreement was ...