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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Case — Insurance Company Held Liable Despite Bus Being Under Corporation's Control. The Court distinguished earlier precedent and held that under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the insurance company is liable to pay compensation even when the vehicle is under the control of a state transport corporation....

The appeal arose from a motor accident claim where a 45-year-old cyclist was killed after being hit by a bus on 16.08.2001. The bus was owned by a private individual but was hired by the Uttar Pradesh...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals of Revenue Authorities in Stamp Duty Undervaluation Cases — Revisional Powers Under Section 47A of Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Upheld. The Court held that the limitation period for suo motu revision by the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority is five years from the date of the order, not from the date of registration....

The Supreme Court of India heard a batch of civil appeals arising from orders of the Madras High Court concerning the interpretation of Section 47A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, as amended by Tamil N...

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Supreme Court Enhances Compensation for Amputation Victim in Motor Accident Case — Loss of Future Earning Based on Functional Disability. The Court held that where permanent disability renders the claimant incapable of pursuing his vocation, compensation for loss of future earning should be based on functional disability percentage, not whole body disability....

The appellant, a painter by vocation, was travelling in a bus of the respondent KSRTC on 19.02.2010 when the bus driver, driving rashly and negligently, hit a lorry from behind. The appellant suffered...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Bank Account Suit — Plaint Rejected as Barred by Limitation Under Article 113 of Limitation Act, 1963. Exchange of Correspondence Cannot Extend Limitation Once Right to Sue Accrues....

The appellant, Shakti Bhog Food Industries Ltd., filed a civil suit in 2005 against the Central Bank of India and another respondent seeking a decree for rendition of true and correct accounts regardi...

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Supreme Court Allows Tenant's Appeal in Kerala Rent Control Case — High Court Exceeded Revisional Jurisdiction by Reappreciating Evidence. Landlord's Bonafide Requirement for Additional Accommodation Under Section 11(8) of Kerala Building (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 Cannot Be Based on Vacant Rooms in Other Buildings....

The case involves a tenant (appellant) occupying two shop rooms in a building owned by the landlord (respondent) in Kerala. The landlord filed eviction petitions under Section 11(8) of the Kerala Buil...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Municipal Corporation in Solid Waste Project Injunction Case — Environmental Claims Lacked Scientific Evidence. Court Restores Trial Court's Dismissal of Suit, Holding That Civil Courts Cannot Restrain Statutory Projects Based on Unsubstantiated Apprehensions....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Ratnagiri Nagar Parishad against the judgment of the Bombay High Court which had affirmed the decree of permanent injunction restraining the municipal corporati...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Specific Performance Case — High Court Erred in Reversing Concurrent Findings on Bona Fide Purchaser Defence. Transfer of Property Act, 1882 Sections 41 and 52 interpreted; lis pendens applies to transfers during pendency of injunction suit....

The appeal arises from a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell dated 10.11.2002 for 16 kanals of land for Rs. 8 lakhs, with Rs. 2.50 lakhs paid as earnest money. The appellant-plaintif...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Charge Framing in IPC Sexual Offences Case — Upholds Trial Court's Decision. The court confirmed that sufficient prima facie evidence existed for proceeding with the trial under IPC sections....

The case involved an appeal by the appellant against the dismissal of his revision application by the High Court, which had refused to discharge him from charges under various sections of the Indian P...

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Supreme Court Upholds Arrest in Companies Act Investigation — Validity of Arrest Challenged on Jurisdictional Grounds....

The case involved appeals challenging the legality of arrests made by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under the Companies Act, 2013. The SFIO initiated an investigation into the Adarsh G...