Power of Attorney – Section 49 of the Registration Act can amplify or magnify the clauses contained in the deed of Power of Attorney – Document should expressly authorize the agent, (i) to execute a sale deed; (ii) to present it for registration; and (iii) to admit execution before the Registering Authority.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MRS. UMADEVI NAMBIAR — Appellant Vs. THAMARASSERI ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE REP BY ITS PROCURATOR DEVSSIA’S SON REV. FATHER JOSEPH KAPPIL — Respondent ( Before…
Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 – Sections 45 and 137 – Karnataka Land Reforms Rules, 1974 – Rule 19 – Occupancy rights – Duty of the Tahsildar to verify the Revenue Records and other documents and incorporate/record the name of the owner of the land – Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 is a beneficent legislation for granting occupancy rights to cultivating tenants of agricultural lands
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NADAKERAPPA SINCE DECEASED BY LRS. AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. PILLAMMA SINCE DECEASED BY LRS. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Abdul…
Denotified Communities Act, 2021 – The 2021 Act being ultra vires Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution – There is no bar on the legislative competence of the State to enact the 2021 Act and on the different grounds urged with respect to this issue
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PATTALI MAKKAL KATCHI — Appellant Vs. A. MAYILERUMPERUMAL AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and B. R. Gavai, JJ. )…
Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 – Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation will have the power to suspend or initiate departmental proceedings against an Additional Municipal Commissioner (AMC), who is an officer, superior in rank to the Assistant Commissioner
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH KALYAN DOMBIVALI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION — Appellant Vs. SANJAY GAJANAN GHARAT AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai, JJ.…
HELD The State has made conscious decision to delink the retirees from the service conditions guiding the serving staffs of the concerned institutions and placed them in the retirement rules meant for those in the Manipur State Service. In such a situation, we do not think the anomaly pointed out in the judgment under appeal
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DR. Y. IBEHAIBI DEVI (D) BY LRS. AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MANIPUR REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER (HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION)…
Suffice it to state that the amount of Rs.4 Crores has been deposited with the concerned authorities and the appellant has been enjoying the facility of ad-interim bail – Direct that the appellant shall continue to be on bail on the same conditions on which he was allowed the facility of ad-interim bail – Security and documents of surety furnished at that stage shall continue to be operative as conditions of bail.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MOHIT BATHLA — Appellant Vs. CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICE TAX, DIVISION PANIPAT, CGST COMMISSIONERATE, PANCHKULA — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, S.…
Waqf Act, 1995 – Section 83(9) – Revisional jurisdiction – Subsection (9) of Section 83 which confers a revisional jurisdiction upon the High Court, is meant to confer a jurisdiction narrower than the jurisdiction of an appellate Court.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH P. NAZEER ETC. — Appellant Vs. SALAFI TRUST AND ANOTHER ETC. — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. ) Civil…
Evidence Act, 1872 – Section 68 – Genuineness of execution of Will – In the matter of appreciating the genuineness of execution of a Will, there is no place for the Court to see whether the distribution made by the testator was fair and equitable to all of his children – The Court does not apply Article 14 to dispositions under a Will.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SWARNALATHA AND OTHERS @APPELANT Vs. KALAVATHY AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. ) Civil Appeal No. 1565…
Section 67 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 makes it clear that if any promisee neglects or refuses to afford the promisor reasonable facilities for the performance of his promise, the promisor is excused by such neglect or refusal – Refusal of a contractor to continue to execute the work, unless the reciprocal promises are performed by the other party, cannot be termed as abandonment of contract
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHRIPATI LAKHU MANE — Appellant Vs. THE MEMBER SECRETARY, MAHARASHTRA WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE BOARD AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta…
HELD we consider it appropriate to observe that let the respondent teachers may continue for the time being and the appellants may initiate the process to consider the respondent teachers for pay band of Rs. 37400-67000 with AGP Rs.9000 and for re-designation as Associate Professor in terms of the guidelines dated 14th March, 2012 and 18th March 2013. Such exercise may be undertaken within a period of four months
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. OM PRAKASH RAHI AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S.…