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Supreme Court Allows Tenant's Appeal in Bombay Tenancy Act Case — Deemed Purchase on Tillers' Day Upheld Despite Landlord's Minority. Landlord's Application for Possession Under Section 31 Having Been Rejected, Tenant Is Deemed Purchaser Under Section 32 Read with Section 29 of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals filed by the tenant, Bayaji Sambhu Mali @ Borate (through LRs), against the judgment of the High Court which had dismissed his writ petition and review petition. ...

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Supreme Court Upholds NGT Order on Environmental Clearance for Construction Expansion — Compliance with EIA Notification Required....

The Civil Appeal arose from an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding the appellant's residential redevelopment project, Oriana Residential Project, in Mumbai. The NGT determined that th...

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Supreme Court Modifies NGT Order on Water Use from Forest Land Diversion for Drinking Water Purposes. The court held that water drawn from forest land diverted for drinking water cannot be used for industrial purposes without specific clearance, and directed the District Collector to monitor surplus water allocation pending MoEF&CC decision....

The Supreme Court of India heard a batch of civil appeals arising from an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) dated 28 November 2018. The dispute concerned the use of water drawn from an intake...

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Supreme Court Restores Life Imprisonment for Murder Under Section 302 IPC, Reverses High Court's Reduction to Culpable Homicide. Exception I to Section 300 IPC Not Applicable as Provocation Was Voluntary and Not Grave and Sudden....

The State of Uttar Pradesh appealed against the High Court's judgment converting the respondent's conviction from murder under Section 302 IPC to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Sectio...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Under NDPS Act for Charas Possession — Informant as Investigating Officer Does Not Automatically Vitiate Trial. The Court held that Section 50 NDPS Act does not apply to search of bags, and the informant being the investigating officer does not per se vitiate the trial if no prejudice is shown and the law was nebulous....

The appellant, Varinder Kumar, was convicted under Section 20(ii)(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) for possessing charas. He was apprehended on 31.03.1995 whil...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Lease Claimants in Slum Rehabilitation Dispute — Welfare Legislation Overrides Equitable Rights. High Court's Order Setting Aside HPC Decision and Allowing Redevelopment Upheld as Slum Act Takes Precedence Over Prospective Lessees' Claims....

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal arising from a slum rehabilitation dispute in Mumbai. The appellants, legal representatives of Lullu Vas, claimed leasehold rights over a plot of land that was a...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal in IMTRAT Allowance Parity Case. High Court's Clarification on Parity Between Bhutan Compensatory Allowance and Foreign Allowance Upheld as Within Scope of Original Order....

The case involves a dispute over compensatory allowances payable to Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) personnel posted in Bhutan. The IMTRAT personnel received Bhutan Compensatory Allowance (BCA)...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Pay Parity for Junior Stenographers in National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. Petitioners Not Similarly Situated as Senior Stenographers in Yogeshwar Prasad Case....

The petitioners, Anjali Arora and others, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking a mandamus for grant of pay scale parity as granted by the Supreme Court in Yogeshwar Prasa...

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Supreme Court Corrects Arithmetical Errors in Land Acquisition Compensation Judgment but Refuses Recall. The Court modified compensation figures due to calculation mistakes but upheld the methodology and rejected the prayer for recall of the judgment....

The Supreme Court dealt with applications for recall of its judgment dated 11.01.2019 in Wazir and Another vs. State of Haryana, which had determined compensation for land acquisition in Haryana. The ...