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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal by Corporation in Dismissed Bus Driver Case — Review Order Upheld but Back Wages Reduced to 50%. Corporation's Suppression of Evidence Before Labour Court Constitutes Perversity, but Full Back Wages Not Automatic Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The case involves an appeal by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation against a High Court order that allowed a review petition filed by Mahadeo Krishna Naik, a former bus driver. Mahadeo wa...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Last Seen Evidence and Incomplete Chain of Circumstances. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Two Key Circumstances—Last Seen Together and Evasive Replies—Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Vinod Kumar, was convicted under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his neighbour, Dharminder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The case was based on circumstantial evidence. The pros...

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Supreme Court Restores Second Appeals in Specific Performance Cases, Emphasizes Liberal Approach to Condonation of Delay and Setting Aside Abatement to Advance Substantial Justice. The Court set aside the High Court's dismissal of substitution and condonation applications, restoring the appeals for hearing on merits....

The Supreme Court of India heard two civil appeals arising from second appeals pending before the Allahabad High Court since 1977. The underlying disputes pertained to agreements for sale of property ...

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Supreme Court Partially Quashes High Court Directions in Hema Committee Report Case — Emphasizes Privacy and Fair Investigation. Court holds that direction to register FIR based on Hema Committee report without independent verification violates due process and privacy rights under Article 21....

The case arises from the Hema Committee report on the working conditions of women in the Malayalam cinema industry. The High Court of Kerala, in orders dated 10.09.2024 and 14.10.2024, directed the St...

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Supreme Court Partially Allows Workmen's Appeal in Industrial Dispute Against Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam — Reinstatement with 30% Back Wages Upheld for Directly Engaged Gardeners. Termination During Conciliation Proceedings Violated Section 6E of U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The case involves appeals by workmen (Gardeners) and the employer (Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam) against a High Court judgment modifying Labour Court awards. The workmen claimed they were engaged directly by...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Relatives in Dowry and Domestic Violence Case Due to Vague and Generalized Allegations. Specific Overt Acts Required to Fasten Criminal Liability Under Section 498A IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961....

The Supreme Court allowed appeals by Geddam Jhansi and Geddam Sathyakama Jabali, quashing criminal proceedings against them under Section 498A, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Ac...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Airports Authority of India in Disciplinary Matter — Upholds Dismissal of Employee Despite Acquittal in Criminal Case. Standard of Proof in Departmental Enquiry is Preponderance of Probabilities, Not Beyond Reasonable Doubt; Acquittal Based on Benefit of Doubt Does Not Bar Disciplinary Action....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) against the judgment of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court, which had set aside the dismissal of the respondent...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Prospective Application of Tarsem Singh Judgment on Solatium and Interest for NHAI Land Acquisitions. The court held that the benefit of solatium and interest under Sections 23(2) and 28 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 is available only to cases pending as on 19.09.2019, not to concluded acquisitions....

The Supreme Court of India, in this miscellaneous application and connected appeals, addressed the clarification sought by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) regarding the prospective app...

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Supreme Court Restores Conviction in Murder Case Based on Child Witness and Circumstantial Evidence. Section 106 of Evidence Act Shifts Burden on Husband for Wife's Death in Matrimonial Home....

The State of Madhya Pradesh appealed against the acquittal of Balveer Singh by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh. The case involved the murder of Birendra Kumari, wife of the respondent, on the night o...