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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Specific Performance Suits — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Disturbed. Agreements of Sale Dated 16.07.1980 Were Not Genuine and Were Created to Defeat Prior Agreement of 27.03.1979....

The case involves two civil appeals arising from a judgment of the Madras High Court which reversed the trial court's decree for specific performance of two agreements of sale dated 16.07.1980. The ap...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals of Ad Hoc District Judges Seeking Seniority from Initial Appointment in Andhra Pradesh Higher Judicial Service. Appointments to Fast Track Courts were ad hoc with no claim to regular vacancies, and subsequent regularisation under Brij Mohan Lal directions does not entitle seniority from earlier date....

The Supreme Court dismissed a batch of civil appeals filed by ad hoc District Judges appointed to Fast Track Courts in Andhra Pradesh, who sought seniority in the regular cadre from the date of their ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Murder in Private Defence Claim — Evidence of Intentional Fatal Stabbing on Vital Part Establishes Offence Under Section 302 IPC. Right of Private Defence Not Available Where Accused Was Aggressor and Attack Was Not in Good Faith....

The case involves an appeal by R. Jayapal against his conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the murder of Poondhaisezhiyan. The incident occurred on 23 August 1997, following...

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Supreme Court Directs Insurer to Pay Compensation to Injured Gratuitous Passengers in Goods Vehicle with Right to Recover from Owner and Driver. Pay and Recover Principle Applied in Favor of Young Claimants with Permanent Disabilities Despite Policy Exclusion....

The appeals arose from a judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court concerning compensation for injuries sustained by two gratuitous passengers in a goods vehicle (jeep). The claimants, Anu Bhanvar...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against High Court Order Granting Permission to Private Person to Conduct Prosecution Under Section 302 CrPC. Permission Cannot Be Granted Mechanically Merely Because Applicant Is an Aggrieved Party; Exceptional Circumstances Required....

The appeal arose from an order of the Bombay High Court allowing respondent No. 2 (the complainant) to conduct prosecution under Section 302 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) for offences...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Union of India and ITBP Against High Court's Quashing of Land Acquisition Notifications for Battalion Headquarters. Urgency Clause Upheld for National Security Purposes Under Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the Union of India and the Director General of ITBP against the Allahabad High Court's judgment dated 10.04.2017. The High Court had quashed notifications...

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Supreme Court Allows Management's Appeal Against Reinstatement of Ad-hoc Lecturer: Termination Simpliciter for Unsatisfactory Work Upheld. The Court held that an ad-hoc employee's termination based on unsatisfactory performance is not punitive and does not require a formal inquiry....

The case involves an appeal by the management of an educational institution against the reinstatement of a lecturer appointed on an ad-hoc basis. The respondent was appointed as a Lecturer of Home Eco...

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Supreme Court Allows State's Appeal in Land Title Dispute, Holds Res Judicata Not Applicable to Findings in Dismissed Suits. The State was not required to appeal findings in suits dismissed against it, and such findings do not bar the State from contesting the same issue in a related suit where a decree was passed against it....

The Supreme Court considered appeals against a High Court order that dismissed the State's appeal in a land title dispute on grounds of res judicata. The background involves three suits filed by priva...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in IBC Limitation Dispute — Application Under Section 7 Held Barred by Limitation. Acknowledgment of Debt in Balance Sheets Does Not Extend Limitation for Initiating CIRP Under IBC....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Babulal Vardharji Gurjar, a director of Veer Gurjar Aluminium Industries Pvt. Ltd., against the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLA...

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Supreme Court Allows State Appeals in Bihar Health Department Illegal Appointments Case — Appointments Held Void Ab Initio, No Right to Regularisation. The Court upheld the State Committee's categorisation of appointments as forged, illegal, or irregular, and held that only irregular appointments may be regularised under Umadevi principles....

The Supreme Court allowed a batch of appeals filed by the State of Bihar against orders of the Patna High Court that had quashed termination orders of employees appointed in the Health Department thro...