Motor Vehicles Act 1988 – Section 93 – Aggregation Licence – In terms of the first proviso to Section 93(1), the State Government, while issuing a licence to an aggregator, “may follow” the guidelines issued by the Central Government – Section 96 confers a rule making power on the State Government for implementing the provisions of Chapter V.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ROPPEN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI., Pamidighantam…
Citizenship Act 1955 – Section 7B – Rights of Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) – Entrance tests to medical courses – Impugned notification dated 04.03.2021 to be valid with specific prospective effect in view of the power available to respondent No.1 under Section 7B(1) of Act, 1955, keeping in perspective the wide ramification it may have in future also on the Indian diaspora and since it is claimed to be based on the policy decision of the Sovereign State.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ANUSHKA RENGUNTHWAR AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A.S. Bopanna and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ. )…
VRS employees cannot claim parity with others who retired upon achieving the age of superannuation
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MAHARASHTRA STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION EX-EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Aniruddha Bose and…
Recovery of possession – A case where the owner of the land filed suit for recovery of possession of his land from the encroacher and once he establishes his title, merely because some structures are erected by the opposite party
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH BAINI PRASAD (D) THR. LRS. — Appellant Vs. DURGA DEVI — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Order 9 Rule 13 – Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 – Section 17 – Prayer to set aside ex parte decree could not have been denied for want of further deposit in terms of the decree in question – Appeal allowed.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHYAM KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. SHUBHAM JAIN — Respondent ( Before : Dinesh Maheshwari and Bela M. Trivedi, JJ. ) Civil…
HELD Permitting a candidate to contest from more than one seat in a Parliamentary election or at an election to the State Legislative Assembly is a matter of legislative policy – It is a matter pertaining to legislative policy since, ultimately, Parliament determines whether political democracy in the country is furthered by granting a choice
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI., Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha…
Committee headed by Justice Debi Prasad Dey, retired Judge, Calcutta High Court – go into all relevant factors and verify the claims of the petitioners which would then be considered and acted upon by the same.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SNEHASIS GIRI AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. SUBHASIS MITRA — Respondent ( Before : S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta, JJ. ) Contempt Petition…
HELD Storage Facility For Edible Oil Not Allowed Outside Port Area – As regards the pipelines which have been drawn, the appellants may approach the relevant District Coastal Zonal Management Authority within a period of one month from today. The District Coastal Zonal Management Authority will consider any application made in regard to the continued use of the pipeline and take a decision in accordance with law within a further period of six weeks from the date of the receipt of the application.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH K.T.V. HEALTH FOOD PRIVATE LIMITED — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : K.M. Joseph, B.V. Nagarathna and J.B.…
Writ Petition – Alternative remedy – mere availability of an alternative remedy of appeal or revision, which the party invoking the jurisdiction of the high court under Article 226 has not pursued, would not oust the jurisdiction of the high court and render a writ petition “not maintainable”.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S GODREJ SARA LEE LIMITED — Appellant Vs. THE EXCISE AND TAXATION OFFICER-CUM-ASSESSING AUTHORITY AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Ravindra Bhat…
Dishonour of cheque – Compromise between parties – Respondent No.2 was duty bound to file a compromise petition before the High Court, and by not doing the same has led to an unwarranted confirmation of the Appellants’ conviction. Set aside conviction appeal allowed
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH B V SESHAIAH — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Krishna Murari and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. )…