Supreme Court

Scroll Down To Discover

Sort by:

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Quashes Prosecution of Forensic Expert in Forgery Case; Offences Fell Under Sections 193/196 IPC Requiring Court Complaint Under Section 195 CrPC. Witness Who Produced Diploma Under Court Order Did Not Use It Dishonestly or Fraudulently, So No Offence Under Sections 465/471 IPC....

Background: The case arose from a sessions trial in which Dr. S. Dutt, a forensic expert, was examined as a defence witness. The State of Uttar Pradesh initiated criminal proceedings against him for a...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Quashing of RTA Rewa's Countersignature in Motor Vehicles Permit Dispute. Rule 63 of Central Provinces and Berar Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940, overrides Section 63(1) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, due to phrase 'except as may be otherwise prescribed,' and one RTA cannot override another's discretion....

The Supreme Court heard a civil appeal arising from a judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court that quashed an order of the Regional Transport Authority, Rewa, granting countersignature of a renewed ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Arbitration Act Jurisdiction Dispute. Application for stay under Section 34 of Arbitration Act, 1940 does not constitute waiver of territorial jurisdiction objection and Section 21 CPC does not bar objection before trial on merits....

The dispute arose from a suit instituted by the plaintiff, a typist clerk employed by the second defendant, the Bahrein Petroleum Co. Ltd., against the company and its recruiting agent in the Court of...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Central Government's Rejection of Mining Lease Revision. Discretionary Jurisdiction Under Article 136 Not Exercised as Fresh Application Was Pending and No Legal Error Found in Order Under Rule 55 of Mineral Concession Rules, 1960....

The dispute arose from the refusal to grant a mining lease for manganese ore in the East Pench Range, Nagpur District. The appellant, a public limited company engaged in mining manganese ore, had held...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiffs in Marumakkathayam Law Property Dispute — Chalakkode Property Declared Tavazhi Property. Strong Presumption That Property Acquired in Name of Karnavati Belongs to Tavazhi Not Rebutted by De Facto Manager's Evidence, Affirming High Court's Remand for Maintenance Calculation Under Marumakkathayam Law....

The dispute concerned a property called Chalakkode nilam and whether it belonged to a Malabar tavazhi or was the self-acquired property of the first defendant and her son, the fourth defendant/appella...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Upholds Tenant in Bombay Tenancy Act Case Due to Retrospective Protection Under Proviso to Section 43C. Civil Court Must Refer Tenancy Determination Issues to Mamlatdar Under Sections 70 and 85 of Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, Even Where Suit Filed Before 1956 Amendment....

The dispute arose from an agricultural tenancy of lands bearing Survey Nos. 52 and 158 at Kanbivaga in Broach. The appellant landlord granted tenancy to respondent's father in 1939, continued year to ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Upholds Industrial Court Award on Dearness Allowance for Ahmedabad Textile Workers. Reference Under Section 73 of Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946 Held Competent Despite Non-Compliance with Section 42, and Government Linking Factor of 3.17 for Revised Cost of Living Index Upheld....

The dispute arose from a long-standing dearness allowance scheme for textile workers in Ahmedabad, initially established through arbitration after the Second World War when the Textile Labour Associat...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Dismisses Tenant's Appeal in Delhi Rent Control Act Case: Partition of HUF Property Not Acquisition by Transfer. Section 14(6) of Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 Does Not Bar Eviction Application Where Landlord Acquired Premises by Partition, Not Transfer to Stranger....

The dispute concerned a residential premises in Civil Lines, Delhi, which originally belonged to a Hindu undivided family consisting of respondent No. 2, B. S. Poplai, and his two sons, respondent No....

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiff in Bihar Money Lenders Act Dispute Over Loan Excess of Registration Certificate Limit. Registered Money-Lender Can Sue for Full Loan Despite Certificate Stating Maximum Transaction Amount Under Section 4 of Bihar Money-Lenders (Regulation of Transactions) Act, 1939....

Background: The dispute arose from a civil suit for recovery of money advanced by two plaintiffs, who were partners as moneylenders, against four defendants constituting a partnership firm. The plaint...