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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Will Interpretation Case — Absolute Interest Vested in Wife Under Holograph Will. Sale Deed Executed by Wife Held Valid and Binding on Son Despite Testator's Desire for Division of Sale Proceeds....

The appeals arose from a common judgment of the Karnataka High Court in R.F.A. Nos. 1888/2011 and 1889/2011, which partly allowed the first appeal and dismissed the second. The dispute concerned a sui...

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Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal of Employees Union in ONGC Regularization Case. Court Holds That Irregularly Appointed Term Employees Are Entitled to Regularization from Date of Initial Appointment but Only Notional Benefits Retrospectively and Actual Pay from Date of High Court Order....

The dispute arose from the appointment of about 800 term-based employees by Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) between 1999 and 2001 for Class III and IV posts. The appointments were made through Em...

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Supreme Court Remands First Appeal for Fresh Disposal Due to Non-Compliance with Order XLI Rule 31 CPC. High Court Failed to Reappreciate Evidence and Address Limitation Issue Under Article 54 of Limitation Act, 1963 in Suit for Specific Performance....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by the plaintiff against the judgment of the Karnataka High Court, which had affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the suit for specific performance of an agre...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Housing Board Against Quashing of Layout Plan Modification. Statutory Modification of Layout Plan Not Subject to Promissory Estoppel When Procedure Followed Under Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973....

The case involves an appeal by the Madhya Pradesh Housing and Infrastructure Development Board against a High Court judgment that quashed the modification of a layout plan for the Indira Nagar colony ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Bank's Appeal Against National Textile Corporation in Pre-Nationalisation Dues Dispute. Claims for pre-nationalisation period cannot be enforced against the successor entity under the Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act, 1995....

The dispute arose from credit facilities extended by UCO Bank (appellant) to Shree Sitaram Mills Ltd., which was taken over by the National Textile Corporation Ltd. (NTC) under the Textile Undertaking...

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Supreme Court Dismisses First Wife's Appeal for Family Pension Due to Settlement Deed and Nomination in Favor of Second Wife. Family Pension Entitlement Under Sikkim Services (Pension) Rules, 1990 Is Conditional on Nomination, Not Automatic for Multiple Wives....

The appellants, the first wife and her two children of the deceased Ram Chandra Nirola, challenged the denial of a succession certificate and family pension, which had been granted solely to responden...

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Supreme Court Modifies Damages Award in Landlord-Tenant Dispute, Reduces Decretal Amount for Cooperative Society Tenant. The Court balanced equities by reducing the monthly damages from Rs.89,000 to Rs.50,000 for the period the tenant remained in possession after eviction decree, considering the tenant's status as a consumer cooperative society....

The dispute arose from a lease agreement dated 09.07.1980 between the plaintiff-landlord (respondent) and the defendant-tenant (appellant), a District Consumer Cooperative Wholesale Stores. The lease ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Punjab Village Common Lands Act Case — Land Described as 'Shamilat Patti' Not Used for Common Purpose Excluded from 'Shamilat Deh' Definition. The court held that the absence of a comma in the statutory definition was a mistake and that 'shamilat' must be read with 'patti' and other terms, excluding land not used for common purposes....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Patram against the Gram Panchayat Katwar and others, setting aside the judgments of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and the lower revenue authorities...