Search Results for "prejudice"

928 result(s) found

Scroll Down To Discover

Found 928 result(s)

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Allows Appeals Against NGT Orders in Sterlite Copper Plant Closure Case — Upholds Maintainability of Composite Appeal Under NGT Act. The Court held that a composite appeal under Section 16 of the NGT Act is maintainable and that closure orders without natural justice are invalid.

The Supreme Court disposed of a batch of appeals arising from orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) concerning the closure of a copper smelter p...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Port Damage Case — Endorsement of Liability Obtained by Coercion is Void. Essar Shipping Ltd. v. Board of Trustees for the Port of Calcutta — Endorsement of liability obtained by wrongful detention of vessel is void under Section 17 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.

The case arises from an incident on 27 August 1987 when the vessel M.V. Chennai Nermai, owned by Essar Shipping Ltd. (appellant), collided with a coal...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Union of India Against Quashing of Show Cause Notices in Service Tax Classification Dispute. Transport Operators' Services Classified as 'Goods Transport Agency' Not 'Cargo Handling Service' Based on Binding CBEC Circulars.

The case involves an appeal by the Union of India against a Gujarat High Court judgment quashing show cause notices issued to transport operators unde...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Restores Compensation in Motor Accident Claim — Bus Driver's Negligence Established by Preponderance of Probabilities. Non-examination of Pillion Rider Not Fatal to Claim Under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

The case arises from a motor accident on 28 October 2011, when Sitaram, a senior government school teacher, was riding a motorcycle with a pillion rid...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Upholds Levy of Sewerage Cess on Industrial Unit Discharging Effluents Through Common Treatment Plant into Board's Sewer System. Section 55 of HMWS&S Act, 1989 imposes cess irrespective of direct connection, and proviso applies only when area is not served by any sewerage system.

The appellant, Vasant Chemicals Limited, an amalgamated company manufacturing dye intermediates, obtained bulk water supply from the Hyderabad Metropo...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Head Operators Against Pay Scale Reduction Following Abolition of Ultra Vires Intermediate Post. Restoration of Pre-Revised Equivalent Pay Scales Upheld as Consistent with Law.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Division Bench of the Kerala High Court dated 16 November 2004. The appellants were Head Operators and Operato...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Against Kerala High Court Judgment Upholding CAT Order for Inclusion in Promotion Panel. Delay and Laches Not a Bar as Representation Was Replied and Tribunal Condoned Delay.

The case involves a dispute over promotion to the post of Assistant Personnel Officer (APO) in the Southern Railway under the 30% Limited Departmental...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Allows Restoration of Possession in Criminal Case Under Section 456 CrPC Despite Delay. Trial Court's Original Order for Restoration Stands, Limitation Not Applicable When Order Already Passed at Conviction.

The dispute arose from a landlord-tenant relationship where the appellant's father, Prayag Prasad Dube, obtained an eviction decree against Shankar Pr...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Two Accused in Murder Case Under Section 302/34 IPC — High Court's Alteration of Charge from Section 302/149 to Section 302/34 Upheld

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Phuman Singh and Kashmiro, upholding their conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the In...