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Category: State Laws

State Laws

Contract load/sanctioned load – Reduction of – Fresh agreements may have been executed at the stage of enhancement of load of the same electricity connection, the same cannot be treated as anything but an extension/amendment or modification of the initial agreement granting the electricity connection

May 2, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH JHARKHAND STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. M/S RAMKRISHNA FORGING LIMITED — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and Vineet Saran,…

State Laws

H P G S T Rules, 2017 – Rule 159(5) – Provisional attachment – Under the provisions of Rule 159(5), the person whose property is attached is entitled to dual procedural safeguards: (a) An entitlement to submit objections on the ground that the property was or is not liable to attachment; and (b) An opportunity of being heard;

Apr 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S RADHA KRISHAN INDUSTRIES — Appellant Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS RESPONDENT ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah,…

State Laws

Gokarna Mahabaleshwara Temple Case – Court direct that the ‘Overseeing Committee’ shall function under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Justice Sri. B.N. Srikrishna, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and manage the affairs of the temple in all respects – Ramchandrapura Math shall hand over charge of the affairs of the temple to the Assistant Commissioner who shall also act as Secretary to the ‘Overseeing Committee’.

Apr 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH RAMACHNADRAPURA MATH — Appellant Vs. SRI SAMSTHANA MAHABALESHWARA DEVARU AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. A. Bobde, CJI., A.S. Bopanna and V.…

State Laws

Reservation of seats in respect of OBCs – Reservation for OBCs must be proportionate in the context of nature and implications of backwardness and in any case, is permissible only to the extent it does not exceed the aggregate of 50 per cent of the total seats in the local bodies reserved for SCs/STs/OBCs taken together

Mar 7, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH VIKAS KISHANRAO GAWALI — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A.M. Khanwilkar, Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi, JJ.…

State Laws

W B Premises Requisition and Control (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1947- To then say that the urgency provision could be invoked on account of the Single Judge’s order dated 22.06.2000, is to attempt to infer from the said order, much more than it actually said – Therefore, the Division Bench rightly held that at best this order could possibly refer to the acquisition proceedings

Mar 7, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PUNALUR PAPER MILLS LIMITED — Appellant Vs. WEST BENGAL MINERAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRADING CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : R.F. Nariman…

State Laws

Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 – Kerala Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010 – Rule 4 – Restrictions on activities within wetlands -It is open to the Appellant to challenge the order of the Collector dated 30.04.2019 in accordance with law –

Nov 2, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH THOMAS LAWRENCE — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Rohinton Fali Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee,…

State Laws

U P Mining Minerals (Concession) R, 1963 – Rule 40(h) – disruption of mining operations- State of UP states that they are only liable to refund (i) any security deposit; or (ii) advance royalties paid to them, for this obstructed period – the State already consented and recorded in such order .

Nov 2, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DHARMENDRA KUMAR SINGH — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh…

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Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 319 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence — Application for summoning additional accused — High Court quashed summons issued against them — Whether High Court was justified — Held, no. — Evidence of eyewitnesses, though prima facie, suggested complicity of the applicant, assigning specific role and indicating presence at scene armed with weapon of offence — High Court applied standard of conviction rather than standard of satisfaction required for summoning — Standard for summoning is more than prima facie case but less than conviction — Summoning order restored.

Jul 20, 2025 sclaw
C P C Property Matters Transfer Of Property Act

Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 106 — Notice terminating tenancy — Service by registered post — Return with endorsement “ND” (Not Delivered) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Deemed service — High Court set aside ejectment decree solely on ground of “ND” endorsement, misinterpreting deemed service provisions — Supreme Court held High Court erred in not considering Section 27 of GC Act regarding deemed service by registered post.

Jul 20, 2025 sclaw
Pension Railways Act Service

Pension Law — Family Pension — Eligibility of ‘Substitutes’ in Railways — deceased husband of the appellant was appointed as a ‘Substitute Waterman’ and died in harness after serving for 9 years, 8 months, and 26 days — Railways denied family pension on the grounds that his service was not regularized and did not meet the 10-year qualifying period for family pension — Appellant contended that as per Indian Railway Establishment Manual Vol-I, Rule 1515 and Railway Service (Pension) Rules, 1993, especially Rule 75(2)(a), substitutes with continuous service of one year are entitled to family pension. Held, deceased had acquired temporary status and completed more than one year of continuous service, thus eligible for family pension.

Jul 20, 2025 sclaw
Will & Succession

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 2(2) — Exclusion of Scheduled Tribes — The Act does not apply to members of Scheduled Tribes unless the Central Government directs otherwise by notification.

Jul 20, 2025 sclaw