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Category: State Laws

State Laws

Kerala Motor Transport Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1985 – Section 8A – – are only intended to ensure that the vehicle owner/permit-holder does not remain in arrears of either the welfare fund contribution or the vehicle tax both payable under the State enactments. These provisions are in no way in conflict with the law made by the Parliament

Aug 15, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ALL KERALA DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION, KOTTAYAM UNIT, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before :…

State Laws

Karnataka Housing Board Act, 1962 – Section 33(2) – HELD effect that initiation of proceedings for acquisition invoking the power under Section 33(2) of the KHB Act without the housing scheme being in existence or the housing scheme not having been sanctioned under Section 24(2) thereof, would not render such proceedings null and void- unless sanction is obtained from the State Government for execution of any scheme therein, in terms of Section 24(2) of KHB Act, the actual act to complete the process, viz., execution shall not be effected thereon.

Aug 15, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH THE KARNATAKA HOUSING BOARD AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and…

State Laws

Karnataka Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1973 – Sections 17 and 20 – Land Acquisition – Compensation to land owners – Constitutional validity of Section 20 – While considering the validity of Section 20 of the 1973 Act, it may be necessary to consider the question as to whether the expression “material resources of the community” would include private property. Matter remanded to HC.

Aug 15, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. B.R. MURALIDHAR AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A.M. Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ.…

State Laws

Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 – Section 45 – Grant of occupancy rights – Scope and purport of the two Acts being different, termination of the proceedings under the Karnataka (Personal and Miscellaneous) Inams Abolition Act, 1954 in regard to grant of occupancy rights cannot bar an enquiry to establish the claim under Section 45 of the Act, 1961 by the Land Tribuna

Aug 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH PILLAMMA (DEAD) AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. M. RAMAIAH REDDY (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and C.T.…

State Laws

Orissa Value Added Tax Act, 2004 – Section 42(6) – Audit assessment – Further time – Power of Commissioner/ Assessing Authority — Necessity for referring the matter to three-Judges is to have consistency and clarity in the law of precedents and certainly to avoid having multiple judgements drawing subtle distinction between one another.

Jul 23, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH COMMISSIONER OF SALES TAX ODISHA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. M/S. ESSEL MINING AND INDUSTRIES LTD AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Uday…

State Laws

Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act 1951 – Sections 14 36(1) – Misappropriation of government properties – Validity of the Direction to Hold Inquiry through Economic Offences Wing — Allegation of misappropriation can be gone into only by the Authorities under the Public Trusts Act

Jul 22, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH THE KHASGI (DEVI AHILYABAI HOLKAR CHARITIES) TRUST, INDORE AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. VIPIN DHANAITKAR AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A.M.Khanwilkar, Abhay…

State Laws

HELD On account of competition between the existing and new sugar factory, it would be the farmers who will be the beneficiary as they would have an option to select the sugar mill which provides better service in the manner of payment of price. Keeping in view the recommendations of the Rangarajan Committee and the fact that the Central Government has exercised its jurisdiction to grant extension in time, the ultimate beneficiary would be the farmer and not the existing or the new sugar factory.

Jul 17, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH SWAMI SAMARTH SUGARS AND AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD. — Appellant Vs. LOKNETE MARUTRAO GHULE PATIL DNYANESHWAR SAHAKARI SAKHAR KARKHANA LTD AND OTHERS — Respondent (…

State Laws

Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 – Section 9A(2) – Partition – Preliminary decree for partition granted in the suit of the year 1929 was never given effect to – There was no evidence to show who among the two namely, ‘S’ and ‘R’ died first, the Deputy Director of Consolidation righty found it equitable to distribute ‘S’ 1/3rd share equally between the branches of ‘R’ and ‘J’.

Jul 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH SARJU MISHRA (D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. JANGI (D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and…

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Acquittal

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 449, 376, 394 — Appeal against High Court’s upholding of conviction and sentence — Case based on circumstantial evidence — Absence of direct evidence connecting appellant to offense — Falsely implicated — Prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt — No scientific evidence linking appellant — Important witnesses not associated in investigation or produced in court — Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence set aside.

Nov 2, 2025 sclaw
Cheque Dishonour

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Quashing of proceedings — Cheques issued as security and not for consideration — Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) clearly stated cheques were for security purposes to show banks and not for deposit — Complainant failed to read the complete terms of MOU in isolation and misinterpreted it to claim cheques were converted into debt — Court empowered to consider unimpeachable documents at pre-trial stage to prevent injustice — Complaints under Section 138 NI Act liable to be quashed.

Nov 2, 2025 sclaw
General Insurance

Insurance Law — Fire Insurance — Accidental Fire — Cause of fire is immaterial if the insured is not the instigator and there is no fraud. The objective of fire insurance is to indemnify the insured against loss by fire.

Nov 2, 2025 sclaw
Tenders

Tender Conditions — Interpretation — Ambiguity — The terms of a tender must be clear and unambiguous — If a tendering authority intends for a specific document to be issued by a particular authority, it must be clearly stated in the tender conditions — Failure to do so may lead to rejection of the bid being deemed arbitrary and dehors the tender terms.

Nov 2, 2025 sclaw