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Supreme Court Addresses Student Examinations Amid COVID-19 Pandemic — Upholds Concerns Over Health and Safety. The court found the UGC's examination guidelines arbitrary and lacking proper consultation, violating students' rights under Articles 14 and 21....

The Supreme Court addressed a series of writ petitions concerning the University Grants Commission's (UGC) guidelines mandating final year examinations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The petitions were f...

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Supreme Court Quashes Penalty on Part-Time Director in FERA Contravention Case Due to Lack of Specific Findings on Responsibility. Liability Under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 Requires Proof That Director Was in Charge of and Responsible for Conduct of Business at Relevant Time, Not Mere Directorship....

The appeal arose from a penalty imposed on the appellant, a part-time non-executive director of Modi Xerox Ltd., for alleged contravention of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (FERA) concernin...

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Supreme Court Allows Enhancement of Compensation in Motor Accident Claim Case Involving Permanent Disability. The Court applied multiplier of '18' for age group 15-25 years and considered future prospects of 50% of salary for a software engineer with 31.1% disability under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The dispute arose from a motor accident that occurred on August 16, 2011, when a bus owned by the State Express Transport Corporation collided with a stationary lorry on the Kolar Bangalore National H...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Special Leave Petition in Service Law Promotion Dispute Over Educational Qualifications. Petitioners, Office Assistants and Record Clerks, Failed to Establish Entitlement to Promotion to Junior Bailiff Without SSLC Qualification Under Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016 and Special Rules....

The dispute involved 22 petitioners, comprising Office Assistants and Record Clerks in courts in Erode District, Tamil Nadu, who sought promotion to the post of Junior Bailiff without the educational ...

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Supreme Court Allows Transfer of Writ Petition on Reservation Issue Under Article 139A of the Constitution. The Court found that similar questions of law pending in civil appeals before it regarding reservation policies and the 50% limit made the transfer appropriate, as they involved substantial questions of general importance....

The dispute arose from a transfer petition filed by Sunil Rathee and others seeking to transfer a writ petition (CWP No. 7607 of 2019) from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the Supreme Court. The ...

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Supreme Court Allows Assessee's Appeal in Income Tax Dispute Over Non-Compete Fee Taxability. Amount Received Under Deed of Covenant Held as Capital Receipt Not Taxable Under Section 28(ii)(a) of Income Tax Act, 1961, Due to Separate Genuine Transaction and Procedural Error in High Court's Judgment....

The appeal concerned the assessment year 1995-96 involving Shri Shiv Raj Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of Central Distillery and Breweries Ltd. (CDBL). The facts revealed that by a Memorandum ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Kidnapping and Compelled Marriage Case Under IPC. Conviction upheld under Sections 366, 343, 323 and 506 IPC as prosecution proved forcible abduction of minor victim with intent to compel marriage, supported by victim testimony and school records establishing age....

The appeal arose from a criminal case where the appellants were convicted for kidnapping a woman with intent to compel marriage and related offenses. The appellants were tenants of the complainant and...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Department's Appeal in Permanent Establishment Tax Dispute Under India-Korea DTAA. Court Upholds ITAT's Finding of Permanent Establishment but Remands Profit Attribution for Fresh Assessment Due to Insufficient Material....

The dispute arose from the taxability of income attributable to a permanent establishment set up in India by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., a South Korean company, under the India-Korea Double Tax...