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Supreme Court Stays Its Own Judgment in Birla Institute of Technology Case Due to Non-Consideration of Retrospective Amendment to Payment of Gratuity Act. The Court found a prima facie error in its earlier judgment allowing the appeal because the retrospective amendment to Section 2(e) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 was not brought to its notice....

The Supreme Court, on 09.01.2019, suo motu listed Civil Appeal No.2530 of 2012 (Birla Institute of Technology v. State of Jharkhand & Ors.) to reconsider its judgment dated 07.01.2019. The earlier jud...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Rules on Motor Vehicle Alteration Over Central Prototype Norms. Kerala Motor Vehicle Rules permit structural alterations with registering authority's approval, overriding Central Motor Vehicle Rules' restriction on deviation from prototype test....

The case involved a conflict of judicial opinion in the Kerala High Court regarding the permissibility of structural alterations to motor vehicles that deviate from the manufacturer's prototype test c...

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Supreme Court Allows Revenue's Appeal in Gypsum Board Tax Classification Case. Holds that Gypsum Board Falls Under 'Gypsum in All Its Forms' Entry in Rajasthan VAT Act, Taxable at 4%....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals filed by the Additional Commissioner (Legal), Commercial Taxes, Rajasthan and another against the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court which had held that gypsum ...

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Supreme Court Partially Allows Union of India's Appeal Against Regularization of Casual Workers. Regularization of Seniors Upheld but Direction for Absorption in Other Establishments Set Aside....

The Union of India appealed against a judgment of the Allahabad High Court which upheld a direction of the Central Administrative Tribunal to regularize the services of eighteen casual workers at the ...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Share Dispute Case — Allegations of Cheating and Forgery Found Baseless as Shares Were Jointly Held and Not Purchased by Complainant. The Court held that the complaint did not disclose any offence under Sections 406, 420, 467, 471, 323, 504, 506, 447, 448 IPC and quashed the proceedings under Section 482 CrPC....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and quashed the criminal proceedings against the appellants. The background of the case involves a family dispute over shares of Reliance Industries and other comp...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Cheque Dishonour Case: Successive Presentation and Statutory Notice Permissible Under Section 138 NI Act. The Court held that a complaint based on a second statutory notice after successive dishonour of cheques is maintainable, following the ratio in MSR Leathers v. S. Palaniappan....

The appellant, M/s. Sicagen India Ltd., filed criminal complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, against the respondents, Mahindra Vadineni and others, alleging dishonour o...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Punjab State Power Corporation in Pay Parity Dispute Between Head Clerks and Internal Auditors. Internal Auditors Not Entitled to Same Pay Scale as Head Clerks Due to Different Recruitment, Duties, and Promotional Avenues....

The case involves a dispute between the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (appellant) and Rajesh Kumar Jindal and others (respondents), who are Internal Auditors, regarding parity of pay scales w...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence — Chain of Circumstances Incomplete, Extra-Judicial Confession Weak. The court held that suspicion cannot replace proof beyond reasonable doubt under Sections 302 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals of Devi Lal and Babu Lal, setting aside their conviction under Section 302 read with Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code and the sentence of life imprisonment. ...