HELD by permitting plaintiffs to amend the plaint including a prayer clause nature of the suit is likely to be changed, in that case, the Court would not be justified in allowing the amendment. It would also result in misjoinder of causes of action.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH ASIAN HOTELS (NORTH) LIMITED — Appellant Vs. ALOK KUMAR LODHA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. )…
PCA & IPC – HELD the recovery of the tickets is found to have not been made in accordance with law, nor the seized tickets could be connected to the three different buses and the conductors manning the said buses (the appellants), it would not be safe to rely upon the unconfirmed tickets to connect them to the appellants – Prosecution did not proceed with application for secondary evidence qua enquiry report.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH JARNAIL SINGH AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…
Law of Evidence Evidence – Non-recovery of weapon – When there is ample ocular evidence corroborated by medical evidence, mere non-recovery of weapon from the appellant would not materially affect the case of the prosecution.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH MEKALA SIVAIAH — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH — Respondent ( Before : Dinesh Maheshwari and Krishna Murari, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…
Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 1982 – Rule 12 – Disability Pension – Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 1982 are beneficial in nature and ought to be liberally construed.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. EX. NAIK RAM SINGH — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and M.M. Sundresh, JJ.…
Anticipatory Bail- NDPS – 50,000 Tramadol tablets – Expression “reasonable grounds” used in clause (b) of Sub-Section (1) of Section 37 would mean credible, plausible and grounds for the Court to believe that the accused person is not guilty of the alleged offence – Bail order releasing the respondent on post-arrest bail, is quashed
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU — Appellant Vs. MOHIT AGGARWAL — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, CJI., Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, JJ. ) Criminal…
Disability pension – Respondent was discharge form service on administrative grounds, not medical grounds – Claim of disability pension should not have been entertained and that too, 20 years after discharge.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. EX. SEP. R. MUNUSAMY — Respondent ( Before : Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. )…
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Section 11 – Appointment of Arbitrator – Even at the stage of deciding Section 11 application, the Court may prima facie consider even the aspect with regard to ‘accord and satisfaction’ of the claims.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED — Appellant Vs. NCC LIMITED — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. ) Civil Appeal No.…
State of Haryana withdrew from acquisition declared as mala fide and inoperative HELD the land transfers are invalidated all transfers effected from the date of publication of the notification under Section 4, to the date of publication of the State’s decision to revoke the acquisition i.e., from 27.08.2004 to 29.01.2010 .
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH RAMESHWAR AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Pamidighantam…
Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 – Section 2 – Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose – State Government or any other authority can always permit the use of any forest land or any portion thereof for non-forest purposes only with the prior approval of the Central Government
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH NARINDER SINGH AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. DIVESH BHUTANI AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A. M. Khanwilkar, Abhay S. Oka and C.…
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
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…