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Supreme Court Dismisses Trust's Appeal Challenging Cancellation of Plot Allotment — Upholds High Court's Decision Based on Subsequent Developments and Consent Terms. The Court declined to interfere as the plot had been validly allotted to another trust under a settlement approved by the High Court....

The appellant, JVPD Scheme Welfare Trust, a public charitable trust registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act, applied for allotment of a plot in Mumbai reserved for a playground. The State Governm...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Direction to Change Profile and Reconsider Promotion of Army Officer in Confidential Reports and NDC Nomination Dispute. Change in Assessment Method and Unauthorized Figurative Assessment Violated Policy, Requiring Profile Correction and Reconsideration for Lieutenant General Rank....

The First Respondent, a Brigadier in the Indian Army, was appointed as Defence Attaché/Military Attaché in the USA in 1996. Before joining, he signed an Adverse Career Certificate accepting potentia...

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Supreme Court Allows Wife's Complaint at Parental Home in Section 498A IPC Case — Jurisdiction Based on Continuing Offence and Consequences Under CrPC Sections 178 and 179....

The case involved a group of appeals concerning the jurisdictional issue under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) read with Sections 177, 178, and 179 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Section 498A Jurisdiction Case — Courts at Wife's Parental Home Have Jurisdiction Even Without Overt Acts of Cruelty There. Continuing Offence and Consequence-Based Jurisdiction Under CrPC Sections 178 and 179 Apply to Section 498A IPC....

The case involves a group of appeals before the Supreme Court of India concerning the jurisdictional issue under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalizes cruelty by a husband or...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Land Allotment Dispute for Primary School — Upholds Allotment to New Institution Over Existing School in Rented Premises. The court held that the State's policy to encourage new educational institutions is a valid ground for allotment, and the allotment to respondent No. 4 was not arbitrary....

The case involves a dispute over the allotment of a plot of land reserved for a primary school in Mumbai. The appellant, Jawed Urdu Primary School, a trust running an Urdu medium secondary school in r...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Partition Suit, Upholds Finding That Properties Were Self-Acquired by Sons, Not Benami. Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 Held Retroactive, Barring Claim Based on Benami Nature....

The present appeal arises from a partition suit filed by Smt. P. Leelavathi (since deceased, represented by legal heirs) against her brothers, the original defendants (also deceased, represented by le...

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Supreme Court Allows Disability Pension Arrears for Ex-Serviceman from 1995 to 2014. Denial of disability pension to a former soldier for the period between 1995 and 2014 was held misconceived as the disability was later assessed at 20% permanently, entitling him to arrears....

The appellant, Madan Prasad Sinha @ Sanatan Baba, was enrolled in the Indian Army's Corps of Signals as a Radio Mechanic on 18 February 1971. He was discharged on 18 August 1981 under Army Rule 13(3) ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal and Remands Eviction Case to High Court for Fresh Disposal Due to Unreasoned Order. High Court's Dismissal of Writ Petition Set Aside for Lack of Discussion and Reasons, Emphasizing Requirement of Reasoned Orders....

The appellant, Kushuma Devi, filed an eviction petition against the respondents, which was decreed by the Civil Judge on 19.04.1996. The respondents appealed, and the first Appellate Court allowed the...

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Supreme Court Remands Revenue's Appeal in Income Tax Reassessment Case for Fresh Adjudication on Substantial Questions of Law. High Court Erred in Dismissing Appeal In Limine Under Section 260A of Income Tax Act, 1961 Without Framing Substantial Questions of Law Regarding Validity of Notice Under Section 148....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by the Revenue (Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax 6) against the High Court of Delhi's order dismissing their appeal under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ...