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Expression ‘date of this Notification’ means date of publication in Official Gazette – Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 — Section 3 — Notification — Publication in Official Gazette — Essential requirement for enforceability — Delegated legislation requires publication for accessibility, notice, accountability and solemnity — Not an empty formality but transforms executive decision into law — Strict compliance with publication requirement is a condition precedent — Law must be promulgated or published in a recognisable way. (Paras 16, 17, 18, 19) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 60(5)(c) — Jurisdiction of Adjudicating Authority — Declaration of title to trademark — NCLT exceeded its jurisdiction by declaring title to trademark “Gloster” in favour of the Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) while adjudicating an application under Section 60(5) of the IBC, as the issue of trademark title was a highly contentious dispute beyond the scope of insolvency proceedings and not directly related to the CIRP. Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 — Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996 — Applicability — Cess could not be levied or collected before the constitution of Welfare Boards, as their constitution is a condition precedent for the implementation of these Acts. Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 — Section 3(3A) — Amendment Act, 2020 — Retrospective validation of actions — Power to grant license includes power to modify, suspend, revoke, or delicense — Delicensing of land for commercial purposes after it was initially licensed for residential use is permissible. Factories Act, 1948 — Section 59(2) — Overtime wages calculation — “Ordinary rate of wages” — Includes basic wages plus all allowances worker is entitled to, excluding only bonus and overtime wages — Compensatory allowances like House Rent Allowance (HRA), Transport Allowance (TA), Clothing and Washing Allowance (CWA), and Small Family Allowance (SFA) are includible.

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Acquisition of land – Notification – Once the very acquisition and the notifications under Sections 4 and 6 were the subject matter of other proceedings pending before the High Court, in order to avoid any further conflicting orders HC not to decide appeals separately. Remanded

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M.P. HOUSING BOARD AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. SATISH KUMAR BATRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ.…

(CrPC) – Section 482 – Quashing of criminal proceedings – HELD not justified for the Court in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability or genuineness or otherwise of the allegations made in the FIR or the complaint and that the inherent powers do not confer any arbitrary jurisdiction on the Court to act according to its whims and fancies

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHAFIYA KHAN @ SHAKUNTALA PRAJAPATI — Appellant Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka,…

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 354(3) – Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 376, 302 and 201 – Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – Sections 5 and 6 – Rape and Murder of a seven-year-old girl – Death Sentence – unblemished jail conduct and having a family of wife, children and aged father would also indicate towards the probability of his reformation – It would be just and proper to award the punishment of imprisonment for life to the appellant for the offence under Section 302 IPC while providing for actual imprisonment for a minimum period of 30 years –

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH PAPPU — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH — Respondent ( Before : A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ. ) Criminal…

Rejection of plaint – A party to a consent decree based on a compromise to challenge the compromise decree on the ground that the decree was not lawful i.e., it was void or voidable has to approach the same court, which recorded the compromise and a separate suit challenging the consent decree has been held to be not maintainable

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S. SREE SURYA DEVELOPERS AND PROMOTERS — Appellant Vs. N. SAILESH PRASAD AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna,…

HELD respondent-CBI is relying upon statements of 5 witnesses recorded under Section 164 of CrPC – Statements of the first two witnesses were recorded on 7th September 2021 and 11th November 2021 respectively. But the appellant was not named in both the charge sheets filed thereafter – Bail granted with conditions.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SK. SUPIYAN @ SUFFIYAN @ SUPISAN — Appellant Vs. THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and Abhay…

C P C – Order II Rule 3 permits the plaintiff to join together different causes of action – No doubt it is a different matter that if there is a mis-joinder of causes of action, the power of the court as also the right of the parties to object are to be dealt with in accordance with law which is well settled.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH B.R. PATIL — Appellant Vs. TULSA Y. SAWKAR AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 376(2)(i) – Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – Sections 5 and 6 – Penetrative sexual assault on a girl child aged four years -It is a case where trust has been betrayed and social values are impaired – Therefore, the accused as such does not deserve any sympathy and/or any leniency

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NAWABUDDIN — Appellant Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 144 of…

Quashing of FIR – Held, In the absence of any specific role attributed to the accused-appellants, it would be unjust if the Appellants are forced to go through the tribulations of a trial, i.e., general and omnibus allegations cannot manifest in a situation where the relatives of the complainant’s husband are forced to undergo trial

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH KAHKASHAN KAUSAR @ SONAM AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna…

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