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National Highways Act, 1956 — Amendments and compensation provisions — Section 3-J introduced in 1997 removed applicability of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1894 Act) provisions for solatium and interest — Overturned by various High Courts, including reading down Sections 3-G and 3-J to grant solatium and interest — Subsequently, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (2013 Act) and its amended provisions extended to NH Act — Court clarified that landowners acquired lands under NH Act between 1997 and 2015 are entitled to solatium and interest — Review Petition filed by NHAI arguing financial burden was underestimated rejected, but clarification on delayed claims issued. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 102 — Applicability — Provision contemplates a situation where a judgment debtor transfers property after institution of suit to a person who then obstructs execution — Not applicable where respondents derived title from independent registered sale deeds, not from the judgment debtor. Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 28-A — Re-determination of compensation — Second application for re-determination based on High Court award maintainable even after accepting compensation based on Reference Court award — Principle of merger means appellate court’s award supersedes earlier award, entitling landowners to benefit from higher compensation — Object of Section 28-A is to ensure equality in compensation among similarly placed landowners. Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 61, 86 — Tariff determination and Generation Based Incentive (GBI) — State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) has exclusive power to determine tariff — Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) introduced GBI to incentivise renewable energy generation — GBI is intended to be over and above the tariff fixed by SERC — SERC must consider GBI while determining tariff, but not necessarily deduct it — SERC’s power to determine tariff includes considering incentives — Parliament’s allocation of funds for GBI does not prevent SERC from considering it in tariff — SERC must exercise its power harmoniously with other stakeholders to achieve policy objectives. Contract Law — Award of Tender — Judicial Review — High Court should exercise restraint when reviewing tender evaluation processes, especially in technical matters, unless there is clear evidence of mala fide, arbitrariness, or irrationality — A marginal difference in scores, as seen in this case, does not automatically warrant interference, especially when the owner has the right to accept or reject bids and the contract is already underway.

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…

HELD In the event, the appellant-Society is required to replace the present developer, while entering into a development agreement with the new developer, a clause shall be added therein incorporating an undertaking of the new developer that he shall abide by the directions contained in this Order.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH KAMGAR SWA SADAN CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED — Appellant Vs. MR. VIJAYKUMAR VITTHALRAO SARVADE AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and…

Benefit of parity or equality – A principle, axiomatic in this country’s constitutional lore is that there is no negative equality – In other words, if there has been a benefit or advantage conferred on one or a set of people, without legal basis or justification, that benefit cannot multiply, or be relied upon as a principle of parity or equality – Candidates could not claim the benefit of parity

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH R. MUTHUKUMAR AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR TANGEDCO AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, S.…

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