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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in MRTP Act Reservation Lapse Case — Purchaser Entitled to Benefit of Prior Owner's Section 49 Notice. Reservation Lapses Under Section 49(7) of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 When No Acquisition Within One Year of Purchase Notice, and Benefit Enures to Subsequent Purchaser....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals against the Bombay High Court's order which had disposed of the writ petition filed by the appellants, purchasers of a plot of land in Amravati, Maharashtra. The ...

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Supreme Court Issues Directions on Criminalisation of Politics in Contempt Proceedings. The Court mandates political parties to publish reasons for selecting candidates with criminal antecedents and report compliance to the Election Commission....

The Supreme Court of India, in contempt petitions arising from its earlier judgment in Public Interest Foundation v. Union of India, addressed the grave issue of criminalisation of politics. The Court...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against FIR Under Gangsters Act — High Court Correctly Refused to Quash FIR as Allegations Disclosed Prima Facie Offence. The Court held that the FIR alleging terror, beating, and coercion to gag witnesses disclosed an offence under Sections 2/3 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986....

The appellant, Padma Mishra, filed a criminal appeal before the Supreme Court against the order of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital dated 9 June 2009, which dismissed her writ petition under ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Employee's Compensation Case — Actual Monthly Wages Must Be Used for Computation. The Court held that the notification under Section 4(1B) does not cap wages; actual wages proved can be adopted, and the amendment deleting the deeming provision applies to pending proceedings....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court enhancing compensation under the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923. The appellants, family members of deceased driver Din...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Former PNB MD & CEO Against Asset Freeze Orders in Gitanjali Gems Mismanagement Case. Section 241 Companies Act Powers Cannot Be Used to Attach Assets of Persons Unconnected with the Mismanaged Company....

The appeal was filed by Usha Ananthasubramanian, former Managing Director and CEO of Punjab National Bank (PNB), against orders of the NCLT and NCLAT that had frozen her assets and allowed only a mont...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against SEBI Order Declaring Art Funds as Collective Investment Schemes. Trusts managing pooled investments in art works held to be Collective Investment Schemes under SEBI Act, 1992, despite being structured as trusts rather than companies....

The Supreme Court dismissed Civil Appeal No. 19936 of 2017 challenging the order of the Securities Appellate Tribunal which had upheld SEBI's direction that Yatra Art Fund Trusts were Collective Inves...

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Supreme Court Upholds Arbitral Award in Family Partition Dispute Between Brothers, Modifies by Consent. Close Relatives as Arbitrators Valid; Award Passed in One Sitting Not Invalid....

The dispute arose between two real brothers, Balwant Singh and Dungar Singh, after the death of their father Jeet Mal Jain regarding partition of family properties. They appointed three arbitrators, w...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State's Appeal, Upholds Exclusive Jurisdiction of District Council Court in Tribal Area. The Court held that the District Council Court has exclusive jurisdiction to try offences under Sections 302 and 201 IPC where both accused and deceased are Scheduled Tribes, as per the Sixth Schedule....

The State of Meghalaya appealed against the High Court's order transferring the trial of Melvin Sohlangpiaw, a member of the Khasi Scheduled Tribe, from the Sessions Court to the District Council Cour...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Gift Deed Condition Case — Sale Deeds Void Due to Restraint on Alienation. Condition in Gift Deed That Donee Cannot Alienate Property Is Valid and Binding, Making Subsequent Sales Void....

The appeal arose from a suit filed by the plaintiffs, sons of defendant No.1, seeking declaration of ownership and to set aside sale deeds executed by their father. The suit property was originally ow...