SARASA VENKATANARAYANA BHATTI

The State of Andhra Pradesh appealed against a High Court order that granted anticipatory bail to N. Sanjay, an IPS officer who was Additional Director General of Police, CID, and Director General of the State Disaster Response and Fire Services, alleging misappropriation of public funds through irregular tenders and c…

The appellant Ajwar filed a criminal appeal challenging a bail order granted by the Allahabad High Court to respondent No.1, Waseem, who had been repeatedly granted and then cancelled bail by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had earlier cancelled the bail on two occasions, directing that any future bail could be so…

The respondent, an Iranian citizen married to an Indian national, applied for an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card but was denied because the authorities required her estranged husband to be present, either physically or virtually, for a personal interview. She challenged this requirement in the Delhi High Court, wh…

The petitioner, a Scheduled Caste candidate, applied for the post of District Judge under the Manipur Judicial Service Rules, 2005 and cleared the written examination with the required 50% marks. Before the viva‑voce interview, the Full Court of the Manipur High Court issued a resolution fixing a 40% cut‑off for the in…

The original plaintiff sued the school for illegal encroachment, seeking a mandatory injunction to remove a wall and a lintel that obstructed light, air and water flow. The trial courts granted the injunctions, and the first appellate court affirmed those decrees. The Punjab & Haryana High Court, however, set aside the…

The Supreme Court examined a partition suit concerning agricultural lands of the late Muthusamy Gounder, where the trial and high courts had rejected the claim of certain parties as coparceners on the ground that the marriage of their mother to the propositus was not proved. The appellants argued that, despite the alle…

The appellant, Jennifer Messias, sought partition and separate possession of a flat jointly owned with the deceased husband. The trial court issued a decree on 13 April 2012 that declared the parties' shares, awarded possession and mesne profits to the appellant, and appointed an Advocate Commissioner to effect partiti…

The appellant, Tosh Kumar Sharma, had ranked 38th in the merit list for the 2016 direct recruitment to the Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Service, where 37 General Category posts were advertised. The High Court forwarded the top 37 names for appointment, but the Governor approved only 36, leaving one vacancy. The appell…

The Supreme Court reviewed the compliance report filed by an amicus curiae regarding the implementation of its earlier directions in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI. It examined whether States, Union Territories, the CBI, and High Courts had adhered to specific directives concerning Sections 41, 41A, 438, 440, 88, 170, 204…