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May 17, 2026 12:11 pm

Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 – Rule 121 – Disciplinary Proceedings – Payment of allowances on reinstatement – Delay – There should not be any room for needless and unjustifiable delay on the part of the Management in concluding the proceedings under Rule 121.

Aug 15, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH SUNIL SIKRI — Appellant Vs. GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : K.M. Joseph and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, JJ. )…

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Service Law – Caste Verification – Correctness of report – Mere fact that the Caste Verification Committee gave a report of about candidates in a few days cannot be a reason to doubt the correctness of the report.

Aug 15, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH M. V. CHANDRAKANTH — Appellant Vs. SANGAPPA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Indira Banerjee and J. K. Maheshwari, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…

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Selection to post of Safai-Karmis – Reservation – Locomotor disability – Appellants Cannot claim appointment against the post reserved for disabled candidates only for the reason that they are locomotor disabled candidates when such post was not reserved for the Safai-Karmis.

Aug 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH AJAY KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath, JJ.…

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If in lieu of actual appointment, the writ petitioner is awarded a sum of Rs. 7.5 lakhs as compensation with 6 per cent interest from September, 2013 onwards till the actual payment is made, the same will meet the ends of justice.

Aug 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION — Appellant Vs. SANDEEP KAUSHIK AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…

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Reversion of Navy Officer – Possession of objectionable articles including pornographic magazines – Conduct of the appellant as reflected from record, certainly supports the conclusion that he lacked the qualities which an officer of Navy must possess

Aug 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH K. S. SAHU — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and M. M. Sundresh, JJ.…

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Reversion of Navy Officer – Conduct of the appellant as reflected from record, certainly supports the conclusion that he lacked the qualities which an officer of Navy must possess

Aug 8, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH K. S. SAHU — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and M. M. Sundresh, JJ.…

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Rejection of candidature – RPF Constable – Candidate has used different language for filling up of the application form and the OMR answer book, therefore, his candidature was rightly rejected.

Jul 26, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. MAHENDRA SINGH — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…

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HELD services of the other work-charge employees even who were senior to the deceased employees were regularized in the year 2009 i.e. after the death of the deceased employee. Appeal of Stateallowed

Jul 23, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH THE STATE OF NAGALAND AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. NISHEVI ACHUMI — Respondent ( Before : M. R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. )…

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Respondent being an OBC cannot be retained in a ST category post – Respondent is disentitled to any pensionary benefit by virtue of his wrongful appointment.

Jul 23, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BHILAI STEEL PLANT, BHILAI — Appellant Vs. MAHESH KUMAR GONNADE AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul…

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Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 1982 – Rule 12 – Disability Pension – Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 1982 are beneficial in nature and ought to be liberally construed.

Jul 23, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. EX. NAIK RAM SINGH — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and M.M. Sundresh, JJ.…

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Accident

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Deduction of Mediclaim benefits — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Award of compensation — Mediclaim policy is a contract of insurance purchased by an individual to cover uncertainties of life, with no specific accidental coverage — Compensation under Motor Vehicles Act is a statutory remedy arising from negligence and injury — Mediclaim reimbursement is a contractual benefit independent of the Motor Vehicles Act claim — Deduction of Mediclaim benefits would denude claimant of benefits from premiums paid and unduly benefit insurer of offending vehicle — Compensation awarded under Motor Vehicles Act is a beneficial legislation intended to put the injured in the position as if the accident had not occurred — Medical expenses claimed and paid under Mediclaim are not deductible from compensation awarded by the Tribunal under the Motor Vehicles Act — These two stand on different footing; one is statutory, the other is contractual.

May 17, 2026 sclaw

Joint Family Property

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Proviso to Section 6 (erstwhile) and Section 8 — Devolution of interest on Class I heirs upon intestate death of a male — If a male Hindu dies intestate leaving a Class I female heir, his interest in coparcenary property devolves by intestate succession under Section 8 and not by survivorship — A notional partition is deemed to take place for ascertaining the deceased’s share.

May 17, 2026 sclaw

Education

Medical Education — Relocation of Students — Financial Liability — Supreme Court intervened to protect academic future of students admitted to a college (SRMCH) facing deficiencies, by directing their relocation to other recognized colleges — The primary issue became the financial liability for the education provided at the transferee colleges.

May 16, 2026 sclaw

Direct Taxation Income Tax Act

Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 147 and 148 — Reopening of assessment — Validity — Tangible material — Change of opinion — Assessing Officer has no power to review an assessment; reassessment must be based on tangible material, not a mere change of opinion — The discovery of fresh information during a survey, which reveals the true nature of a transaction and suggests income has escaped assessment, can form the basis for reopening an assessment, even if certain disclosures were made during the original assessment.

May 14, 2026 sclaw

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