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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Specific Performance Suit, Remands for Trial on Admissions. The Court held that Order XII Rule 6 CPC requires clear and unequivocal admissions, and where the defendant disputes the genuineness of the agreement and receipt of consideration, the suit cannot be decreed summarily....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal against the judgment of the Delhi High Court Division Bench which had allowed an application under Order XII Rule 6 CPC and decreed the suit for specific perform...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of School Management Against Reinstatement of Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Students. Departmental Inquiry Not Dependent on Criminal Trial Outcome....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the Secretary, Lucy Sequeira Trust and another, the management of a school, against the judgment of the Bombay High Court which had upheld the order of th...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Cooperative Society Plot Allotment Dispute — Upholds Concurrent Findings on Estoppel and Lack of Preferential Right. Appellant accepted 250 sq. yards plot and deposited earnest money; later claimed 500 sq. yards without additional deposit — Held estopped by conduct under Punjab Cooperative Societies Act, 1961....

The appellant, Nisha Singla, was a founder member of Adarsh Colony Cooperative House Building Society Ltd., Ludhiana, established to provide residential plots. She deposited amounts between 1975 and 1...

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Supreme Court Quashes Summoning of Additional Accused in Matrimonial Dispute Due to Lack of Strong and Cogent Evidence. Vague Allegations in FIR Without Identification of Persons Insufficient to Invoke Section 319 CrPC....

The present appeal arises from a matrimonial dispute where the complainant, S. Nallasamy, alleged that on 05.05.2011, his wife's relatives and others forcibly entered his house, threatened him, and de...

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Supreme Court Allows Revenue's Appeal in Income Tax Case — Upholds Addition Under Section 68 for Unexplained Share Capital. Assessee Failed to Prove Identity, Creditworthiness, and Genuineness of Investor Companies Despite Receiving Share Premium at Rs. 190 per Share....

The present appeal arises from a judgment of the Delhi High Court in an income tax appeal concerning the assessment year 2009-10. The respondent-assessee, NRA Iron & Steel Pvt. Ltd., had filed its ret...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Gift Deed Dispute, Restores Concurrent Findings of Trial Court and First Appellate Court. High Court's Reversal Set Aside for Exceeding Jurisdiction Under Section 100 CPC and Misconstruing Valuation as Consideration....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Jagdish Chander (appellant/first defendant) against the judgment of the Himachal Pradesh High Court which had reversed the concurrent findings of the tria...

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Rape and Murder of Minor — Emphasizes Need to Consider Mitigating Circumstances Before Imposing Death Penalty. The Court upheld the conviction but modified the sentence, holding that the case did not fall within the 'rarest of rare' category as mitigating factors were overlooked....

The appellant, Nand Kishore, was convicted by the trial court for the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl, and sentenced to death. The High Court confirmed the conviction and death sentence. The Sup...

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment in Rape and Murder of Minor - Rarest of Rare Doctrine Not Satisfied. Circumstantial Evidence and Possibility of Reformation Mitigate Against Death Penalty Under Section 302 IPC....

The Supreme Court of India heard an appeal against the death sentence imposed on Raju Jagdish Paswan for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl. The incident occurred on June 21, 2010, when the vict...

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Supreme Court Allows Appellants to Retain Jobs Despite Lack of Eligibility on Cut-off Date in Junior Engineer Selection Case. Court Holds That While Eligibility Must Be Determined as on Cut-off Date, Equitable Relief Can Be Granted Based on Long Service and Other Factors....

The case pertains to the selection and appointment of Junior Engineers (Elect) Grade II in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The Services Selection Board issued an advertisement on 01.07.1997 with a cut...