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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Revision Order, Holding Interlocutory Order on Cross-Examination Not a 'Case Decided' Under CPC 115. High Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Interfere in Trial Court's Refusal to Try Preliminary Issues....

The dispute arose out of agreements relating to the exhibition of cinematograph films in a cinema building in Ahmedabad. R and F, who held the building on lease, entered into an agreement with the res...

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Supreme Court Considers Whether State Rent Control Act Is Ultra Vires in Cantonment Areas Due to Union's Exclusive Competence under Entry 3 of List I. The Case Involves Interpretation of 'Regulation of House Accommodation' in the Context of Legislative Powers over Cantonments....

The case arose from a suit for eviction filed by Rama Sundari Devi, the owner of premises situated within the cantonment area of Barrackpore, against her tenant, Indu Bhusan Bose. The landlord contend...

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Supreme Court Quashes Selection to Indian Forest Service Due to Bias of Selection Board Member. Acting Chief Conservator, Himself a Candidate, Participated in Deliberations Regarding Rival Candidates, Violating Principles of Natural Justice and Vitiation of Entire Selection Process Under Regulations Framed Under All India Services Act, 1951....

The Supreme Court dealt with writ petitions under Article 32 filed by gazetted officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department challenging the selection to the Indian Forest Service. The selection...

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Supreme Court Upholds Termination of Temporary Civil Judge's Services Under M.P. Temporary Service Rules, 1960. Order Found Non-Punitive and Article 311 Not Attracted as It Did Not Cast Any Stigma....

The appeal arose from a writ petition filed by a temporary Civil Judge in the State of Madhya Pradesh challenging the termination of his services. The appellant was appointed as a temporary Civil Judg...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against Acquittal in Criminal Trespass Case, Holding Possession of Vacant Land and Intention to Annoy Are Sufficient. Supreme Court Rules that Complainant’s Physical Presence at Time of Trespass is Not Required Under Sections 441/447 of Indian Penal Code, 1860....

This appeal by special leave arose from a judgment of the Calcutta High Court in Criminal Revision No. 188 of 1966, which had acquitted the respondents of criminal trespass under Sections 441 and 447 ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Bank Management in Dispute Over Supervisory Allowance Claim by Head Cashiers Under Sastry and Desai Awards. Labour Court's Order Granting Special Allowance Set Aside as Head Cashiers' Duties Were Primarily Clerical and Any Supervisory Work Was Incidental....

The dispute arose between the Management of State Bank of Hyderabad and its head cashiers, who were respondents, regarding their claim to a special allowance payable to supervisors under the Sastry Aw...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Arbitration Act Case – Delhi Court Has Jurisdiction Over Section 20 Application. Application Under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 Not an 'Application' Within Section 31(4) Barring Subsequent Section 20 Application....

The case concerned a dispute arising from a construction contract between the Union of India and the respondent, Surjeet Singh Atwal. The agreement, executed at Delhi, contained an arbitration clause ...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Decision Quashing Commissioner’s Revisional Order in Land Revenue Matter; Commissioner’s Delayed Revisional Exercise Under Section 211 Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 Deemed Unreasonable...

The case arose from an application by Patel Raghav Natha, an occupant of agricultural land in Rajkot, seeking permission under section 65 of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, to convert the land for...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal and Upholds Eviction of Tenant Under Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965. The Court Holds That Pre-Act Subletting Could Be a Ground for Eviction Under Section 11(4) and That the District Judge's Revisional Power Under Section 20 Allowed Reassessment of Evidence on Subletting....

The case arose from an eviction petition filed by the landlord under the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965, seeking to evict the appellant-tenant from four houses that had been under...