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Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal in TADA Case Due to Invalid Sanction — Prior Sanction Under Section 20A(2) TADA Must Show Application of Mind. The Designated Court's finding of non-application of mind in sanction order was upheld, and the prosecution could not proceed under TADA....

The State of Gujarat appealed against the acquittal of three respondents by the Designated Judge, Jamnagar, in Special TADA Case Nos.3/1994, 3/1997, and 1/2005. The respondents were charged with offen...

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Supreme Court Remands Revenue's Appeal to High Court for Lack of Reasoning and Failure to Frame Substantial Questions of Law Under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The High Court's order dismissing the appeal without assigning reasons or framing substantial questions of law was set aside as legally unsustainable....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the Commissioner of Income Tax against the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court, which had dismissed the Revenue's appeal under Section 260A of the Income...

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Supreme Court Upholds Division Bench Judgment on Interpretation of Section 24 Proviso in Land Acquisition Act. The proviso to Section 24 of the 2013 Act governs Section 24(2), not Section 24(1)(b), as held in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation v. Tarun Pal Singh....

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals challenging the Division Bench judgment in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation v. Tarun Pal Singh, which held that the proviso to Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compe...

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Supreme Court Quashes Summoning of Appellants Under Section 319 CrPC in Dowry Death Case — Dying Declaration Only Named One Accused, General Allegations Insufficient. No Prima Facie Case for Section 302 IPC or Dowry Offences Against Appellants....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals against the order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad which had affirmed the trial court's order summoning the appellants under Section 319 CrPC for the ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals of Protected Tenants for Violating Tenancy Laws by Alienating Agricultural Land. Concurrent findings of violation of Sections 19, 40, and 48A of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950 upheld....

The dispute pertains to agricultural land measuring Ac.13.02 guntas in Survey No.92, Ac.1.02 guntas in Survey No.93, and 28 guntas in Survey No.95 in Garmilla Village, Mancherial Adilabad. The land wa...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Specific Performance Suit — Time Was Essence of Contract and Plaintiffs Failed to Prove Readiness and Willingness. Limitation Period Under Article 54 of Limitation Act, 1963 Starts from Date Fixed for Performance; Extension Not Proven....

The appeal arose from a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell property at 82, Jor Bagh, New Delhi, dated 05.10.1974, between the plaintiffs (Urvashi Aggarwal and her son) and the defen...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal, Rejects Plaint in Gift Deed Challenge Due to Limitation Bar. Registered Gift Deed Executed in 1981 Challenged After 22 Years; Suit Held Barred by Article 59 of Limitation Act, 1963....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the original defendant, Raghwendra Sharan Singh, against the judgment of the Patna High Court which had dismissed his revision petition and confirmed the ...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in Family Dispute Over Boundary, Modifies Sentence for Non-Compoundable Offence Due to Compromise. Conviction Under Section 436 IPC Sustained for Appellants Who Set Fire, but Sentence Reduced to Period Already Undergone; Appellant Without Common Intention Acquitted of That Charge....

The appeal arose from a family dispute between two real brothers, appellant no.1 Shankar Harale and respondent no.2 Namdeo Harale, over a boundary of agricultural fields. On 21st May 2009, while the c...

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Supreme Court Reduces Life Sentence to 10 Years in Culpable Homicide Case - Conviction Under Section 304 Part-I IPC Maintained. No Premeditation and Intoxication Considered Mitigating Factors for Sentence Reduction....

The appellant, Kishan Singh, was convicted by the Trial Court under Section 302 IPC for the murder of Govind Singh and sentenced to life imprisonment. The incident occurred on 17th November 2013 when ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Urban Land Ceiling Case — Upholds Vesting of Land in State and Rejects Ownership Claim. The Court held that the plaintiffs failed to prove their title and that the suit was barred by res judicata and limitation....

The case involves a dispute over land bearing No.73, Canal Circular Road, Calcutta, which was part of a larger parcel of land. The plaintiffs, claiming to be the owners through a chain of transfers da...