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Supreme Court Reverses High Court Order Condoning 1312-Day Delay in Setting Aside Exparte Decree for Specific Performance. Delay Not Explained and Application Found to be an Afterthought....

The case arises from a suit for specific performance of a sale agreement executed in 2013. The plaintiff (appellant) agreed to purchase property jointly owned by defendants 1 and 2 for Rs. 20 lacs, pa...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Forgery Case Due to Inadmissible Handwriting Expert Evidence. Conviction under Sections 120B, 468, 471 IPC set aside as expert opinion lacked proper foundation and corroboration....

The appellant was convicted by the trial court for offences under Sections 120B, 468, and 471 IPC for his alleged involvement in forging a marksheet used for MBBS admission. The prosecution's case was...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals of IAS Officer in Government Land Misuse Case — Quashing of FIR and Anticipatory Bail Denied. Allegations of criminal breach of trust under Section 409 IPC and abuse of official position under Section 219 IPC prima facie made out; no ground to interfere with High Court orders....

The appellant, Pradip N. Sharma, a retired IAS officer, challenged two orders of the Gujarat High Court: one dismissing his petition under Section 482 CrPC to quash FIR No. 33/2011, and another reject...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Three Accused in Murder Case Based on Sole Eyewitness Testimony and Medical Evidence. Life imprisonment under Sections 302/149 IPC confirmed for knife attack resulting in death of Ahsan Ali....

The Supreme Court dismissed two criminal appeals arising from a common judgment of the Rajasthan High Court, which had affirmed the conviction of Abdul Wahid, Babu, and Abdul Shakur under Sections 302...

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Supreme Court Upholds Firm's Ownership Over Property Contributed by Partner in Hotel Partnership Case. Relinquishment Deed and Partnership Act Section 14 Confirm Property as Firm Asset, Not Inheritable by Legal Heirs....

The dispute arose from a partnership firm, M/s Hotel Alka Raje, constituted in 1972 by late Bhairo Prasad Jaiswal and his brother Hanuman Prasad Jaiswal. Bhairo Prasad had purchased a plot of land in ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses MSRTC Appeals Against Reinstatement of Contractual Employees in Industrial Dispute Matter — Held That Retrenchment Without Compliance with Section 25-F of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Is Void and Employees Entitled to Reinstatement with Back Wages....

The present batch of civil appeals arises from a common judgment of the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) which dismissed the writ petitions filed by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (M...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Urban Land Ceiling Case — Possession Not Validly Taken Under Section 10(6) of ULC Act, 1976. Act of Court Should Not Injure Suitor; Repeal of ULC Act in 2008 Vests Land in Appellant....

The appellant, M/S A.P. Electrical Equipment Corporation (now ECE Industries Limited), owned land in Fatehnagar Village, Rangareddy District, Telangana. Under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) A...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Former Minister in Fishing Contract Case — No Material to Show Demand or Acceptance of Bribe Under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Mere Policy Deviation Without Evidence of Corruption Cannot Sustain Charges Under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988....

The case arises from allegations of corruption in the grant of fishing contracts in reservoirs vested with the State of Gujarat. The appellant, Dileepbhai Nanubhai Sanghani, was a Minister in the Guja...

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Supreme Court Allows State's Appeal Against Quashing of Second FIR in Corruption Case — Second FIR Permissible When It Discloses Distinct and Separate Incidents Not Part of Same Transaction....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the State of Rajasthan against the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court quashing the second FIR registered against the respondent, Surendra Singh Rathore,...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Impounding of Agreement to Sell for Stamp Duty Under Bombay Stamp Act. Agreement to Sell Deemed Conveyance Under Explanation I to Article 25 of Schedule I of Bombay Stamp Act, 1958 Even When Possession Agreed to Be Transferred After Sale Deed Execution....

The appellant, Ramesh Mishrimal Jain, filed a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell dated 03.09.2003 in respect of a property in Khed, Ratnagiri. The respondents, Avinash Vishwanath Pa...