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Category: Constitution

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…

Constitution

Constitution of India, 1950 – Articles 21 and 32 – Transfer of Criminal Trial to CBI Special Court, Andhra Pradesh to CBI Special Court, Hyderabad or CBI Special Court, New Delhi – Murder of former AP Minister – Considering the facts and circumstances, it cannot be said that apprehension on the part of the petitioners being daughter and wife of the deceased that there may not be a fair trial – justice is not to be done but the justice is seen to have been done also — Case transferred to Hyderabad – Appeal allowed

Dec 4, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SUNEETHA NARREDDY AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and M.M. Sundresh,…

Constitution

Pharmacy – Fake Pharmacist – Under the provisions of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 as well as the Pharmacy Practice Regulations, 2015, it is the duty cast upon the Pharmacy Council and the State Government to see that the hospitals/medical stores, etc., are not run by the fake pharmacist and are run by the registered pharmacist only – Remanded

Dec 4, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MUKESH KUMAR — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M. R. Shah and M.M. Sundresh, JJ. )…

Constitution

HELD concerned landowners who have continued to occupy the lands shall vacate it upon the deposit of compensation. The Collector or the concerned authority shall issue a certificate in this regard which shall entitle them to the one-time rehabilitation payment or payment in lieu of compensation or any other benefit under the Act, according to the choice exercised by them in the manner ..

Nov 15, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MAHANADI COAL FIELDS LIMITED AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. MATHIAS ORAM AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, CJI., S. Ravindra…

Constitution

Taxation – Entry tax – i.e. for the purpose of their “consumption, use or sale” within that area. It could even be that the goods enter within the industrial area or estate, as the ultimate point of destination for their use. In any case, the levy would be attracted because the incidence is the entry into the local area.

Nov 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH M/S. OCL INDIA LIMITED — Appellant Vs. STATE OF ORISSA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, CJI, S. Ravindra Bhat…

Constitution

Bombay Riots – Compensation to victims – The houses, places of business and properties of the citizens were destroyed – These are all violations of their rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India – One of the root causes of their suffering was the failure of the State Government to maintain law and order. Therefore, the affected persons had a right to seek compensation from the State Government.

Nov 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SHAKEEL AHMED — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S. Oka and Vikram Nath,…

Constitution Corporate

Benefit of Additional licence – Export of processed iron ore – Merely because some others are granted the benefit wrongly, the appellant cannot be permitted to pray for the similar benefits – There cannot be any negative discrimination which may perpetuate the illegality

Nov 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH CHOWGULE & COMPANY LIMITED — Appellant Vs. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and Krishna…

Constitution State Laws

Allotment of land – Deputy Collector possess the powers to pass the orders of allotment – High Court has seriously erred in setting aside orders on the ground that the Deputy Collector was not having jurisdiction and therefore order is coram non judice – Matter is remitted to the High Court

Nov 13, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH RAJARAM ABASAHEB DESHMUKH — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and M.M. Sundresh, JJ. ) Civil…

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Service

Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act, 2010 — Section 3(b) — Exclusion of employees appointed on academic arrangement basis from regularization — Classification held unconstitutional — Section 3(b) lacks intelligible differentia and rational nexus to the object of the Act — Denial of regularization solely based on nomenclature is impermissible under Article 14 of the Constitution where duties, tenure, and conditions of service are similar to ad hoc or contractual appointees.

Mar 15, 2026 sclaw
C P C

Adverse Possession — Claiming title by adverse possession against the State/Union Government is not permissible, irrespective of the duration of possession — Such perfection of rights is not recognized against the government.

Mar 15, 2026 sclaw
Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — High Court quashed proceedings against sister-in-law on ground of general and omnibus allegations, but declined relief to father-in-law and mother-in-law (appellants) — Allegations against appellants were similarly general and omnibus, with no specific role or overt act attributed to them — Delay in lodging FIR, coupled with lack of specific allegations, suggested possibility of FIR being a counter-blast to divorce petition filed by husband — High Court erred in applying different standards to similarly situated accused — Proceedings against appellants quashed.

Mar 15, 2026 sclaw
Companies Act Corporate

Companies Act, 2013 — Section 66 — Reduction of Share Capital — Procedural Fairness — Minority Shareholders — Valuation of Shares — Non-disclosure of valuation report and fairness report in notice for general meeting — Held, not a “tricky notice” as statutory requirement for valuation report not mandated under Section 66 — Valuation by a related agency — Held, not a conflict of interest where internal auditor is independent and valuation agency follows accepted norms — Discount for Lack of Marketability (DLOM) — Held, applicable to illiquid shares, especially in absence of oppression — Share price fixation — Held reasonable based on market value of subsidiary, past offers, and rights issue.

Mar 15, 2026 sclaw