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Category: State Laws

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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Consumer

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 25 — Enforcement of orders — Pre-2002 amendment and post-2019 Act, all orders could be enforced as decrees. The period between 15.03.2003 to 20.07.2020 saw an anomaly where only interim orders (and monetary recovery) were clearly enforceable under Section 25, leaving final non-monetary orders in a gap. Interpretation of Statutes — Casus omissus — Court can fill gaps in legislation using interpretative tools like purposive construction when literal interpretation leads to absurdity or defeats the object of the Act, especially for remedial legislation like the Consumer Act.

Sep 2, 2025 sclaw
Service

Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14, 39(d) and 43 — Equal pay for equal work — Contractual Assistant Professors performing identical duties as regularly appointed or ad-hoc Assistant Professors are entitled to the minimum pay scale of Assistant Professors.

Sep 2, 2025 sclaw
State Laws

Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Chapter I-A — Slum Rehabilitation Schemes — Preferential right of landowner to redevelop — Section 3B(4)(e) and Section 13(1) confer a preferential right on the landowner to redevelop a Slum Rehabilitation Area (SR Area) — SRA can undertake redevelopment only if the landowner fails to come forward with a scheme within a reasonable time

Sep 2, 2025 sclaw
State Laws

Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Sections 3C, 13, 14 — Waiver of preferential right — Waiver of landowner’s preferential right to redevelop requires clear and overt communication by the owner of intention not to exercise the right — Mere inaction or delay, particularly when the owner has consistently shown intent to redevelop, does not constitute waiver, especially if no invitation for redevelopment was issued.

Sep 2, 2025 sclaw