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Supreme Court Examines Validity of Registered Will in Hindu Succession Partition Appeal. Central Issue Is Whether Will Dated 15.12.1976 Is Proved Valid, Determining Devolution Under Section 15(2)(b) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956....

This civil appeal arose from a family succession and partition dispute concerning the properties of one Vaiyapuri Gounder, who had three wives. The first wife, Mottaiammal, predeceased him; her branch...

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Supreme Court hears appeals against High Court order setting aside DRAT decision and remitting bank recovery execution matter for fresh inquiry. The Court examines validity of auction sale of residential property, exemption under Section 60(1)(ccc) CPC, and procedural compliance under RDDB Act and Income Tax Act Rules in execution of compromise decree....

The appeals arose from a judgment of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh dated 15.05.2009 in Writ Petition No. 2199 of 2008, which set aside the order of the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Allahabad ...

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Supreme Court Reviews Motor Accident Compensation Award in Fatal Pedestrian Accident; Rejects Claimants' Higher Monthly Income Argument Based on Salary Certificate. The Court Holds That Legal Representatives Under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Include Major Married Earning Sons, and That Consortium Comprises Spousal, Parental, and Filial Components....

The appeal arose from a motor accident compensation claim. The deceased, Shaik Janimiya, aged 48 years and working as a private security personnel, died on 23.06.2012 when a car bearing registration N...

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Supreme Court Hears Appeal in Gas Supply Contract Dispute Over Redaction of Evidence Affidavits. The Court examines whether oral evidence can be led regarding internal documents already held irrelevant in a suit for specific performance of a gas sale and purchase agreement....

The dispute concerned a commercial suit filed by NTPC Limited against Reliance Industries Limited seeking a declaration that a binding contract existed for supply of natural gas, and consequently spec...

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Supreme Court Examines Whether Agreement to Sell Between Landlord and Tenant Terminates Tenancy Under Section 111 Transfer of Property Act. Part Payment of Consideration with Clause for Refund and Restoration of Possession Did Not Evidence Surrender or Cessation of Landlord-Tenant Relationship....

The litigation arose from a dispute over a shop premises in Pune. The original plaintiff, predecessor of the respondents, owned a shop and let it to the petitioner/defendant at a monthly rent of Rs.15...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Murder Case Upholding Concurrent Conviction Under Section 302 IPC. Sole Eyewitness Testimony of Deceased's Daughter Found Credible and Corroborated by Medical Evidence; Accused Acted with Common Intention....

The Supreme Court of India heard a criminal appeal against the judgment and order dated 29.09.2022 passed by the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in Criminal Appeal No. 158/2003. The appellant Balku Or...

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Supreme Court Upholds Valuation of Body-Built Vehicles Including 10% Notional Profit but Rejects Extended Limitation Under Section 11A. Assessee Job Worker Liable to Include 110% Chassis Value in Excise Duty Computation, Yet Department Cannot Invoke Extended Period Absent Wilful Suppression....

The appeals arose from a dispute between job workers engaged in body-building of motor vehicles and the Central Excise and Service Tax Department. The appellants received chassis from manufacturers fo...

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Supreme Court Holds High Court Erred in Retrospectively Applying 2019 POCSO Amendment to Sentence Accused in Child Sexual Assault Case. Pre-2019 Section 6 of POCSO Act, Not Amended Section, Applies to Offence Committed in 2016, as Article 20(1) Bars Retroactive Penal Enhancement....

The case arose from an incident on 17.02.2016 in which a three-year-old girl was subjected to aggravated penetrative sexual assault. The victim's father, Dinesh Tope (PW-2), lodged FIR No. 35/2016 at ...

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Supreme Court Reviews Remand of Property Item in Partition Suit Under Limitation Act and CPC. Court References Precedents Requiring First Appellate Court to Decide on Available Material Rather Than Remand Under Order 41 Rule 23 CPC....

Background: The dispute arose from a suit for partition and declaration concerning ancestral properties of a Hindu Undivided Family. The Appellant, Shivappa, was Defendant No.2, a purchaser of suit sc...