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Category: Constitution

Constitution

Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 – Section 2(d), 11, 13 and 18(a) – Payment to State Governments in lieu of royalty – State being person interested in the land shall be entitled to the compensation/rental over and the amount of royalty leviable/payable under Section 18(a) of the Act, 1957

Jan 22, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MAHANADI COALFIELDS LIMITED — Appellant Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ. ) Civil…

Constitution

Himachal Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1972 – Section 3A(3) – Levy of Additional Special Road Tax – Constitutional Validity – Tax imposed under Section 3A(3) is regulatory in character and is not a penalty – Legislatures of the State have not only the power to make laws on the taxation to be imposed on motor vehicles as also the passengers and goods being transported by motor vehicles but also the power to lay down principles on which taxes on vehicles are to be levied –

Jan 17, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. GOEL BUS SERVICE KULLU ETC. ETC. — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul,…

Constitution Housing Property Matters

Chandigarh Administration shall not sanction any plan of a building which ex facie appears to be a modus operandi to convert a single dwelling unit into three different apartments occupied by three strangers; and no Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) or agreement or settlement amongst co­owners of a residential unit shall be registered nor shall it be enforceable in law for the purpose of bifurcation or division of a single residential unit into floor­ wise apartments –

Jan 12, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH RESIDENT’S WELFARE ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. THE UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai and B.V.…

Constitution

The Courts are meant to do justice and cannot compel a person to do something which was impossible for him to do – It is directed that the payment of Rs.1,24,28,500/- already deposited by the appellant be appropriated towards settlement dues under “Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019” and the appellant be issued discharge certificate.

Jan 8, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S. SHEKHAR RESORTS LIMITED (UNIT HOTEL ORIENT TAJ) — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M. R. Shah…

Constitution

IMP : Demonetization – Recommendation – Scheme mandates that before the Central Government takes a decision with regard to demonetization, it would be required to consider the recommendation of the Central Board – The word “recommendation” would mean a consultative process between the Central Board and the Central Government.

Jan 8, 2023 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CONSTITUTION BENCH VIVEK NARAYAN SHARMA — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA — Respondent ( Before : S. Abdul Nazeer, B.R. Gavai, A.S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian and…

Constitution

Right to Information – Collegium discussions shall not be in the public domain – as no final decision was taken which was culminated into a final resolution drawn and signed by all the members of the Collegium, the same was not required to be disclosed in the public domain and that too under the RTI Act – Whatever is discussed shall not be in the public domain

Dec 11, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ANJALI BHARDWAJ — Appellant Vs. CPIO, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA, (RTI CELL) — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ. )…

Constitution

Senior citizen – Property transfer void – (1) The transfer must have been made subject to the condition that the transferee shall provide the basic amenities and basic physical needs to the transferor; and (2) the transferee refuses or fails to provide such amenities and physical needs to the transferor – If both the aforesaid conditions are satisfied, by a legal fiction, the transfer shall be deemed to have been made by fraud or coercion or undue influence. Such a transfer then becomes voidable at the instance of the transferor

Dec 10, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SUDESH CHHIKARA — Appellant Vs. RAMTI DEVI AND ANOTHERR — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka, JJ. ) Civil…

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Acquittal

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 — Appeal against dismissal of criminal appeal by High Court — Conviction under Section 302 IPC and Section 27 Arms Act — Prosecution case based entirely on circumstantial evidence — No eyewitnesses — Reliability of prosecution witnesses critically examined — Admission by key witness regarding darkness and identification by voice only, materially undermining credibility — Evidence found insufficient to meet standard of proof in criminal law and exclude reasonable hypotheses of innocence — Conviction set aside and appellant acquitted.

Apr 7, 2026 sclaw
I P C

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 294(b) — Conviction for uttering obscene words — Held, mere use of the word “bastard” is not sufficient to constitute obscenity, especially in heated conversations during the modern era — Conviction under Section 294(b) IPC is not sustainable and is liable to be set aside.

Apr 7, 2026 sclaw
Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Medical negligence — Consent for surgery — Allegation of interpolation in consent form for Orchidectomy — Medical Board’s opinion that Orchidectomy was an appropriate procedure in cases of undescended testicle and that consent should have been obtained — No evidence of interpolation in consent form (different ink or handwriting) — Consent form indicated both Orchidopexy and Orchidectomy as options. Held, continuance of criminal proceedings would be an abuse of process of court and liable to be quashed. Appeals allowed, impugned High Court judgment set aside, and proceedings quashed

Apr 7, 2026 sclaw
Constitution

Extraordinary Jurisdiction of Supreme Court (Article 136) — Equitable relief — Not granted to litigants whose conduct is callous, lackadaisical, and in clear violation of applicable rules and regulations — Commercial decisions of State Government not substituted by court.

Apr 7, 2026 sclaw