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Supreme Court Allows Management's Appeal in Service Termination Case Due to Compliance with Rule 37(6) of Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools Rules. The Court held that the Enquiry Committee's combined report, signed by all members including a dissenting member, satisfied procedural requirements, distinguishing the case from Vidya Vikas Mandal....

The dispute arose from the termination of services of the original respondent, a Head Mistress, after a disciplinary enquiry. A charge-sheet with 53 charges was issued on 15 January 1998. An Enquiry C...

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Supreme Court Modifies Conviction from Murder to Culpable Homicide in Sudden Fight Case — Sita Ram v. State of NCT of Delhi. The Court applied Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC and Section 304 Part II IPC, holding that the sudden quarrel over electricity tapping without premeditation warranted a lesser offence....

The Supreme Court partly allowed the appeal of Sita Ram (A-2) against the judgment of the Delhi High Court affirming his conviction under Section 302 read with 34 IPC for the murder of Mangal Singh. T...

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Supreme Court Corrects Inadvertent Error in Judgment, Substitutes 'Management' with 'Banking Operations' in Hamdard Trust Dispute. The Court clarified that the resolution dated April 28, 2015 pertained only to banking operations, not management, and dismissed contempt petitions....

The Supreme Court of India dealt with Miscellaneous Applications and Contempt Petitions arising from a dispute concerning the management and banking operations of Hamdard Laboratories (India), a trust...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Teacher Against Termination by Private School Management Committee. Management Committee of Private School Not 'State' Under Article 12, Hence Writ Petition Not Maintainable....

The appellant, Trigun Chand Thakur, was appointed as a Sanskrit teacher on 01.01.1985. On certain allegations, a show cause notice was issued on 06.09.1994, and he was suspended on 01.10.1994 for abse...

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Supreme Court Upholds Territorial Limitation of Sales Tax Exemption After State Bifurcation. Benefit of exemption/deferment granted under unified Madhya Pradesh is confined to the state where the industrial unit is located and does not extend to inter-state transactions with the other successor state....

The Supreme Court considered a batch of appeals arising from the bifurcation of the State of Madhya Pradesh into the reorganised State of Madhya Pradesh and the new State of Chhattisgarh under the Mad...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Summary Court Martial Case Due to Lack of Immediate Action Requirement. The Court held that the convening of a Summary Court Martial after a nine-month delay was contrary to Section 120 of the Army Act, 1950, and modified the punishment to discharge upon completion of fifteen years of service for pension eligibility....

The appellant, was enrolled in the Indian Army on 29 October 1996 and was posted as Acting Lance Dafadar. On 11 August 2007, while on duty, he allegedly entered the residence of a colleague and placed...

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Supreme Court Allows Ad-hoc Lecturer to Continue Until Regular Appointment in UP Education Service Case. Ad-hoc appointment in leave vacancy does not confer right to substantive post; salary directed under Article 142 for work done....

The appellant, was appointed as an ad-hoc Lecturer in English on 11 August 1993 by the Committee of Management of the third respondent school, against a short-term vacancy created by a three-month lea...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Specific Performance Suit, Sets Aside Ex Parte Decree Subject to Conditions. Litigation Should Be Adjudicated on Merits, Not Terminated by Default Under Order 9 Rule 13 CPC....

The appeal arose from a suit for specific performance and mandatory injunction filed by the respondent (plaintiff) against the appellant (defendant). The Trial Court decreed the suit ex parte on 09.10...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Industrial Dispute Case — Contract Labour Not Automatically Absorbed. Citing the absence of provisions for automatic absorption of contract labour under Section 10(1) of the CLRA Act....

The case arose from appeals against a judgment by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, which set aside an award by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) that had directed the reinstatement of...