Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 – Section 28-A – Power to issue clarification by Commissioner of Commercial taxes – clarification provided by the Commissioner does is to clear the meaning of the two entries which was already implicit but had given rise to a confusion. A clarification of this nature, therefore, is bound to be retrospective – Circular dated 8th October, 1998 does not run counter to the provisions of the Act.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SANTHOSH MAIZE & INDUSTRIES LIMITED — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU & ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : S. Ravindra Bhat and…
Health Insurance Policy – Once there is a valid insurance policy available in favour, the claim made for reimbursement of the expenses incurred is justifiable and deserves to be paid to him.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH OM PRAKASH AHUJA — Appellant Vs. RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. ETC. — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal, JJ.…
Permanent disability – Compensation – Enhancement of – A person with his right leg amputated cannot perform the duty of a gunman – Tribunal was right in assessing the loss of earning capacity of the appellant at 100%
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SARNAM SINGH — Appellant Vs. SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal, JJ.…
Right to repurchase in sale deed – Condition of right to repurchase in sale deed will not be personal to the vendor unless the terms in the documents specifically state so – Such a right can always be assigned and the contract containing such condition shall be enforceable.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH INDIRA DEVI — Appellant Vs. VEENA GUPTA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…
Employees Compensation – Death in accident – Relationship of employer and employee has not been proved before the Commissioner – Same being the basic requirement to be fulfilled for claiming compensation under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923, the appellants may not be entitled to receive any compensation.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHANTABAI ANANDA JAGTAP AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. JAYRAM GANPATI JAGTAP AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal,…
Pet-coke is cheaper and burns hotter than coal and is, therefore, used as a fuel, for several industrial uses – HELD the clarification of APPCB, that as on a particular date, the production capacity was 3,30,000 MTPA was of no consequence, because it was the CTO that was considered all along, in all previous meetings – High Court rightly set aside the minutes of the meeting as well as the decision of the Central Government allocating pet-coke – Appeal dismissed.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S. SANVIRA INDUSTRIES — Appellant Vs. RAIN CII CARBON (VIZAG) LTD. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta,…
Service Law – Challenge to Award – Management can no longer claim an indefeasible right to continue with and canvass its challenge to the Award, merely because it made its compliance with the Award conditional long ago.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH THEIR WORKMEN THROUGH THE JOINT SECRETARY (WELFARE), FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA EXECUTIVE STAFF UNION. — Appellant Vs. EMPLOYER IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF…
Service Law – Appointment – Diploma in Art & Craft from Kurukshetra University as an equivalent qualification to the Diploma in Art & Craft secured from Haryana Industrial Training Department
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NEERAJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Krishna Murari and Sanjay Kumar, JJ. )…
Determination of sentence – Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – the imposition of the “sentence undergone” criteria, amounted to an aberration, and the sentencing is for that reason, flawed – HELD the appropriate sentence would be five years rigorous imprisonment.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH UGGARSAIN — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta, JJ. ) Criminal…
Review Petition – There was a total delay of 868 days in preferring the petition for review of order – No explanation for long delay in filing – Review Petition dismissed.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. DEVIKA KALPESHKUMAR CHAUHAN — Respondent ( Before : B.V. Nagarathna and Manoj Misra, JJ. ) Civil…