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Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeals in Quashing of Criminal Cases — Remands for Merits Hearing. High Court Erred in Dismissing Petitions After Recalling Earlier Orders Without Assigning Reasons....

The Supreme Court heard appeals against a common judgment of the Madras High Court dated 04.05.2018. The High Court had earlier, on 01.03.2018, allowed three Criminal Original Petitions filed under Se...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Seniority Dispute Among Promoted Officers in Telecommunications Engineering Service. ROTA Rule Not Applicable Where Statutory Recruitment Rules Do Not Provide for Rotation of Vacancies Between Quota Streams....

The appeal arose from a dispute over the inter se seniority of Sub-Divisional Engineers (SDEs) in the Telecommunications Engineering Service (Group 'B') under the Department of Telecommunications. The...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Negotiable Instruments Act Case — Quashing of Complaint Set Aside. Sufficiency of Averments Under Section 141 NI Act for Partner Liability Determined on Holistic Reading of Complaint....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad which quashed criminal proceedings against the first respondent (a partner of a partnership firm) under Section 138 of the...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against NCDRC Order in Consumer Dispute Over Biochemistry Analyser Installation. Pre-Installation Requirements Including 1KVA Online UPS and Absence of On-Board Laundry Facility Not Found to Be Deficiency in Service or Restrictive Trade Practice....

The appellant, Dr. D. J. De Souza, placed an order for a TurboChem 100 Unit from the respondent, Managing Director CPC Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., in August 2015 and paid Rs. 3,50,000 as 50% of the cost. T...

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Supreme Court Allows Insurer's Appeal in Insurance Claim Repudiation Case Due to Non-Disclosure of Previous Claim. Duty of Utmost Good Faith Requires Full Disclosure of Material Facts in Proposal Form Under Indian Contract Act, 1872....

The appeal arose from a decision of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) which partly allowed the insurer's appeal against the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDR...

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Supreme Court Remands Pension Case to High Court for Lack of Reasoning in Order. State's Appeal Allowed as High Court Failed to Assign Reasons for Granting Pensionary Benefits to Retired Employee....

The State of Orissa appealed against the High Court's order directing it to treat the respondent, a retired employee, as a regular employee and grant him pensionary benefits. The respondent had origin...

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Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal for Back Wages in Dismissal Following Acquittal Case. Employee Acquitted of Criminal Charges Entitled to Full Wages for Suspension Period and Back Wages from Acquittal to Reinstatement....

The appellant, Raj Narain, was a Sorting Assistant in Railway Mail Service placed under suspension on 23.10.1979 following allegations of forged payments of high value money orders. An FIR was registe...

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Supreme Court Upholds Shipping Agents' Liability Limit in Port Trust Charges — Clarifies Legal Interpretation of Ownership and Charges....

The case involved a series of appeals concerning the liability of shipping agents for ground rent charged by the Cochin Port Trust for containers that were unloaded but not cleared by consignees. The ...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Family Members in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Vague Allegations and Lack of Territorial Jurisdiction. The Court held that the complaint under Section 498A IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act was an abuse of process as the allegations were general and the incident alleged to create jurisdiction was not corroborated....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals filed by Rashmi Chopra and others against the judgment of the Allahabad High Court dated 08.08.2018, which had dismissed their application under Section 482 Cr.P....

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Supreme Court Allows Employer's Appeal Against Mandamus to Fill Vacancies from Expired Rank List. Mere Empanelment Does Not Confer Indefeasible Right to Appointment; Financial Constraints Are Valid Grounds for Not Filling Vacancies....

The Supreme Court allowed appeals by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation against a High Court order directing appointments against 97 vacancies for Blacksmith Grade II. The sanctioned cadre st...