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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Builder in Environmental Clearance Case for Failure to Follow Expansion Procedure. Increase in Construction Area Beyond Prior EC Requires Fresh Environmental Clearance Under EIA Notification, 2006....

The present civil appeal arises from an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) dated 11 February 2019, which held that the increase in total construction area of the appellant's residential redeve...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal in Permanent Secondment Case: TARs Cannot Be Considered After 2011 OM. The Court held that the Office Memorandum dated 12.05.2011 supersedes all previous instructions, including the 2004 OM that mandated TARs, and therefore TARs cannot be taken into consideration for Permanent Secondment....

The respondent, Lt. Col. Sameer Singh, was commissioned in the Indian Army in 1994 and later posted to the Directorate General Quality Assurance (DGQA). After completing two years of service in the Co...

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Supreme Court Disposes of Land Dispute Through Compromise - Parties Agree to Division of Agricultural Land Among Mortgagees, Original Owners, and Purchasers. The Court upheld the compromise dividing the suit land as per the Memo of Compromise, directing mutation and registration....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad Bench dated 13.01.2005 in Writ Petition No.1389 of 1989. The dispute concerned agricultural land admeasuring 29 acres and 4 gunt...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal, Upholds Appointment of Respondent to CISF Sub-Inspector Post Despite Past Criminal Charges as Juvenile. Acquittal and Juvenile Status Under Juvenile Justice Act Bar Denial of Employment....

The case pertains to an appeal filed by the Union of India against the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court which directed the appointment of the respondent, Ramesh Bishnoi, to the post of Sub-Inspect...

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Supreme Court Allows FCI Appeal, Dismisses Contractor's Claim for Additional Payment on Casual Labour Wages. Contractual Interpretation and Binding Effect of Supreme Court Order on Direct Payment to Labourers....

The case involves cross appeals arising from a judgment of the Calcutta High Court in F.M.A. No. 1168 of 2017, concerning a dispute between the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and its contractor, Prat...

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Supreme Court Appoints Independent Arbitrator in Perkins Eastman v. HSCC Dispute — Clause 24 Arbitration Mechanism Invalid Due to Lack of Impartiality. The Court held that a person ineligible to act as arbitrator cannot appoint an arbitrator, relying on TRF Limited v. Energo Engineering Projects Limited....

The Supreme Court considered an application under Section 11(6) read with Section 11(12)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and the Appointment of Arbitrators by the Chief Justice of In...

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Supreme Court Acquits Convicts in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Eyewitness Testimony — Benefit of Doubt Extended to All Accused Where Same Witnesses Disbelieved for Co-Accused. Conviction under Section 302/149 IPC set aside as delay in recording Section 161 CrPC statements and exaggeration rendered eyewitnesses unreliable....

The case arises from an incident on 22.5.2005 where 14 persons allegedly formed an unlawful assembly and caused injuries to Hariram, who died the same night. The prosecution examined 18 witnesses, inc...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Misbranded Food Case Due to Denial of Right to Re-test Sample Under Section 13(2) of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. The court held that the right to get a sample analysed by the Central Food Laboratory applies to misbranded food articles and denial of this right due to prosecution's negligence vitiates proceedings....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh dismissing the appellant's application under Section 482 CrPC for quashing an order impleading them as an accused in a case under t...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals of Transmission Corporation and Regulatory Commission in Electricity Tariff Disputes. Wheeling Charges and Grid Support Charges Upheld as Valid Levies Under Andhra Pradesh Electricity Reforms Act, 1998....

The Supreme Court of India heard a batch of appeals concerning the levy of wheeling charges and grid support charges by the Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (AP TRANSCO). The first b...

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Supreme Court Restores Conviction in Murder Case Based on Eyewitness Testimony. High Court's Acquittal Set Aside as Perverse for Doubting Credible Witnesses and Overemphasizing Investigation Lapses Under Sections 302 and 120B IPC....

The Supreme Court of India heard appeals against the judgment of the Allahabad High Court, which had reversed the conviction of three accused under Sections 302 and 120B IPC for the murder of Ravi Pra...