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Gaurav Kumar (Monu) was convicted for murder under IPC 302 for an incident that occurred on 23-24 May 2000. He claimed he was a juvenile at the time, relying on a school certificate showing a date of birth of 17 August 1982, while the municipal birth certificate recorded 17 August 1981. The Sessions …
The Southern Railway issued a notification on 14‑10‑1999 for five posts under the 30% LDCE quota, four unreserved and one reserved for SC. C. Girija, a general‑category employee, applied but was not placed on the panel declared on 09‑01‑2001. Six and a half years later, on 25‑09‑2007, she filed a …
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) auctioned a lease‑hold residential plot that had been acquired by the Income Tax Department under Section 269UD of the Income Tax Act, which had already paid the unearned increase to DDA. M/s. Karamdeep Finance & Investment (I) Pvt. Ltd. purchased the plot at …
The appellant, a tenant, claimed that he became a deemed purchaser of the land under Section 29 read with the first proviso of Section 32 of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, after the landlord's application for possession was rejected. The landlord, a minor who attained majority, …
The Punjab Wakf Board (PWB) claimed ownership of two parcels of land and filed suits for permanent injunction and possession against lessees Sham Singh Harike and Teja Singh. Both suits were transferred to the Wakf Tribunal, where the respondents argued that the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction and that …
The plaintiff filed a suit in the Indore court seeking declarations of nullity of a will, a sale deed, and transfer documents relating to two immovable properties—one in Indore and another in Mumbai—along with a claim of joint family ownership. Defendants 7 and 8, who were parties to the Mumbai sale …
The case concerns a candidate (Tirtha Sarathi Mukherjee) who failed to qualify for the Tripura Judicial Service examination and sought re‑evaluation of his answer scripts. His writ petition for re‑evaluation was dismissed in 2012, the Special Leave Petition was dismissed in 2013, and a review …
The appellants filed a suit for permanent injunction claiming Sirdari (Asami) rights over Plot No. 719, asserting that their predecessor‑in‑interest, Amar Singh, was recorded as occupant of the land. The original owner, Tulsa Devi, died without heirs, so her land escheated to the State, and the …
The Additional District Magistrate (ADM) of Gwalior issued an externment order under the Madhya Pradesh Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam, 1990, against Dharmendra Rathore for a period of one year. The respondent challenged the order, contending that only a District Magistrate (DM) could exercise the powers …
The landlord Harbans Kaur let two shops to Iqbal Singh in 1995 at Rs 8,500 per month with a contractual 10 % annual increase, which raised the rent to Rs 16,564 by 2003. The Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 came into force on 1 April 2003. The landlord served a notice on 27 March 2004 demanding …
The appellant, a retired Brigadier and trustee of a regimental welfare trust, was convicted for cheating in the sale of trust agricultural land. He sought to introduce a 1989 trust deed and a resolution authorising the sale as additional evidence under Section 391 of the CrPC during his appeal, but …
The appellant, a practicing advocate, applied for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) under the partially blind category, submitting a disability certificate showing 70% visual impairment. The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPC) had issued a notification, based on a State Government …
The Supreme Court examined challenges to the Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance Act, 2016 and its Rules, which regulate dance performances in hotels, restaurants and bar rooms. Petitioners argued that provisions defining "obscene dance", licensing restrictions, punitive measures for tips, and …
The appellant, Hansraj, was the original bhumidhar of Plot No.677 in Village Bahria, Basti, and a co‑sharer with respondents who had acquired a half‑share by sale. Under the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953, the Assistant Consolidation Officer initially proposed chaks for all co‑sharers on …
The State of Jharkhand and the Jharkhand State Electricity Board sought to energise a fully constructed electricity sub‑station on land claimed by three respondents who alleged possession of the suit property. The respondents had earlier failed to establish a title to the land in a title suit and …
The case concerned scientists employed in DRDO, DAE and DOS who were granted a special pay of Rs 2,000 (effective from 1 Jan 1996) and Rs 4,000 (effective from 1 Jan 2006). The Union of India challenged the inclusion of this special pay in the definition of "pay" for computing pension under …
The appellants entered into agreements to sell and sued for specific performance. The trial court impounded the agreements for insufficient stamp duty and ordered payment of the deficit duty plus a penalty of double the duty, which the appellants accepted. The High Court, relying on Digambar Warty …
The appeal concerned a parcel of agricultural land where the original landlord, a widow, died in 1999 and her successor-in-title failed to give notice under Section 31(3) within one year. The tenants, whose tenancy pre‑dated the 1957 amendment (Tillers' Day), sought to exercise their right to …
The appellant, an accountant, was dismissed by the respondent company and the dispute was referred to the Fifth Industrial Tribunal under the West Bengal Industrial Disputes Rules, 1958. The workman appeared before the Tribunal while the company did not; the workman filed a written statement but the …
V.K. Girija was appointed as a Higher Secondary School Teacher (Economics) by direct recruitment. Reshma Parayil, a Higher Secondary School Assistant, claimed that the vacancy should have been filled by transfer under Rule 4(2) of the Kerala Education Rules, 1959. The State Government ordered her …
The appellant, Sonvir, was convicted along with two others for a double murder under Sections 302, 392 and 34 of the IPC based largely on circumstantial evidence such as recovered jewellery, a blood‑stained knife, a blood‑stained shirt, a Maruti van, and fingerprint matches. The appellant challenged …
Advanta India Ltd filed a complaint against advocate B.N. Shivanna alleging cheating, fraud and fabrication of documents, leading the Karnataka State Bar Council’s Disciplinary Committee to debar him for life. The Bar Council of India (BCI) on appeal reduced the punishment to 18 months, but …
The complainant lodged a complaint before the Chhattisgarh State Bar Council alleging that Advocate Kaushal Kishore Awasthi, who had earlier represented him in a suit concerning ancestral land, improperly objected to the registration of the complainant's sale deed, claiming a debt owed to him. The …
Maj. Gen. Manomoy Ganguly, an Army Medical Corps officer, sought promotion to Lieutenant General. After being passed over by the first Special Promotion Board (SPB) in January 2016, he obtained redress of a statutory complaint that expunged adverse remarks in his 2014 Annual Confidential Report, …
The Supreme Court examined the computation of compensation under Sections 163‑A, 166 and 168 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 in death claims, focusing on the appropriate multiplier, the addition of future prospects to the deceased's income, and the quantification of conventional heads such as loss …
The petitioners Vikram Singh, Jasvir Singh and a third accused were convicted under Sections 302, 364A, 201 and 120B of the IPC and sentenced to death, with the death sentence of the female co‑accused later commuted to life imprisonment. They filed review petitions challenging the Supreme Court’s …
The petitioners, two private medical colleges, and the State of Bihar sought a fresh counselling and an extension of the deadline for postgraduate admissions after earlier counselling rounds were cancelled due to law‑and‑order disturbances and haphazard conduct. The Medical Council of India argued …
The petitioners, two private universities, sought the Supreme Court's intervention to extend the time for completing post‑graduate medical counselling, relying on the Court's order dated 09‑05‑2017 and a subsequent Ministry of Health circular dated 26‑05‑2017. The State of Madhya Pradesh contended …
The petitioners, doctors who had served in remote areas, challenged a High Court order that limited post‑graduate admissions at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to students who completed their MBBS in Uttar Pradesh and restricted the weightage under Regulation 9(iv) …
The appellant, Vaneet Mahajan, alleged that he, his brother and an employee were brutally attacked by 10‑12 persons armed with swords, baseball bats and other deadly weapons, allegedly at the behest of a cabinet minister. The attack caused grievous and simple injuries, leading to an FIR and …
The Supreme Court heard Civil Appeal No. 1110 of 2006 (Ram Nath Sao @ Ram Nath Sahu v. Goberdhan Sao) concerning the partition of a Hindu Mitakshara joint family property. The dispute centered on the calculation of each member's share after successive deaths, the applicability of Section 3(2) of the …
The partnership firm KwalitY Steel Suppliers Complex, consisting of a mother and son, was dissolved after the mother’s death, but the son continued the business. In its return, the firm valued closing stock at cost price, a method accepted by the Assessing Officer. The Commissioner of Income Tax, …
The plaintiff claimed to have purchased 2.73 acres of land that he said formed part of Survey No. 188 and sought a declaration of title and a mandatory injunction to have his name entered in the revenue records. The trial court and the first appellate court held that the plaintiff had not correctly …
