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Supreme Court Upholds Vesting of Charnoi Land in State Under Madhya Bharat Abolition of Zamindari Act. Common Grazing Land Not Saved as Grove Under Section 5(f) Despite Presence of Fruit-Bearing Trees....

The present appeal arose from a suit for declaration and permanent injunction filed by the plaintiffs/respondents concerning land recorded as 'Charnoi' (common grazing land) in revenue records. The pl...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Negotiable Instruments Act Case — Reverses High Court Acquittal Based on Fiduciary Relationship. Concurrent Findings of Fact Cannot Be Upset in Revision Without Perversity; Presumption Under Section 139 NI Act Applies Even Between Fiduciaries....

The appellant-complainant, Bir Singh, filed a criminal complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 against the respondent-accused, Mukesh Kumar, alleging that a cheque of Rs.15...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellants in Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act Case Due to Unreliable Evidence. Conviction for Practicing Medicine Without License Set Aside as Key Witness Testimony Lacked Credibility and Prescription Chit Not Proved....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Dharmendra and another against the State of Maharashtra, setting aside their conviction under Sections 33 and 36 of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Civil Appeal No. 2096/2007 — No Ground for Interference Found. The Court held that no circumstances warranting interference with the impugned judgment and order were established....

The Supreme Court heard Civil Appeal No. 2096/2007 arising from an impugned judgment and order. The Court examined the matter and found no circumstances that would justify interference with the impugn...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Partition Suit for Clubbing Properties in Different Jurisdictions. Section 17 CPC Does Not Permit a Single Suit for Separate Immovable Properties Situated in Different States....

The appeal arose from a civil suit filed by the appellant (plaintiff) seeking declaration that two properties—one in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and another in Mumbai, Maharashtra—were joint family pr...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals of Corporation Against Grant of 6th Pay Revision to Deputation Employees. Division Bench's Application of 'Equal Pay for Equal Work' Set Aside as Deputation Employees Not Comparable to Regular Employees....

The case involves appeals by Bihar State Beverages Corporation Ltd. against a Division Bench judgment of the Patna High Court that allowed writ petitions of employees on deputation/contract, directing...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Land Dispute Over Escheated Property, Upholds High Court's Reversal of Injunction. Patwari's Unauthorized Entry Cannot Confer Sirdari Rights Under Kumaon and Uttarakhand Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1960....

The dispute concerns agricultural land in Village Gyansu, District Uttar Kashi, originally owned by Badri Aswal and his wife Tulsa Devi, who died without heirs. Under the law in Tehri Garhwal, the lan...

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Supreme Court Allows Restoration of First Appeal Dismissed in Default, Emphasizes Liberal Construction of Procedural Law to Advance Substantial Justice. The Court held that an order refusing to readmit an appeal under Order 41 Rule 19 CPC is appealable under Order 43 Rule 1(t) CPC, and that the application disclosed sufficient cause for restoration....

The appeal arose from a civil suit filed by the respondent (plaintiff) against the appellant, Mysore Urban Development Authority (defendant), seeking declaration of title and permanent injunction over...

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Supreme Court Confirms Conviction but Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Rape and Murder of Minor Girl. Circumstantial evidence including last seen together and failure to explain incriminating circumstances upheld conviction, but mitigating factors led to commutation of death penalty....

The appellant, Vijay Raikwar, was convicted by the Trial Court for the rape and murder of a 7½-year-old girl under Section 376(2)(f) and Section 201 IPC, and Sections 5(i), 5(m), 5(r) read with Secti...