Appellants cannot be deprived of a plot allotted to her merely on the basis that she has not made any grievance in respect of possession of the plot allotted on the basis of technicities. If such allotment is found to be made, the appellant would be entitled to possession of the plot of 250 sq. yards. If it is found that the plot allotted to the appellant is not available, the Registrar or its delegate shall pass such necessary order to redress the grievance of the appellant after giving an opportunity of hearing to the affected persons
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NISHA SINGLA — Appellant Vs. ADARSH COLONY COOPERATIVE HOUSE BUILDING SOCIETY LTD AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and…
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – Sections 14, 14(1) and 14(2) – East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 – Sections 2(c) and 2(i) – Eviction – High Court while setting aside the judgment of the first appellate Court held that Shiv Dev Kaur (having life interest in property) had created a tenancy in favour of the defendant and the relationship of landlord and tenant did not cease to exist on her death. The remedy of the appellants as owners was to seek eviction under prevailing rent control legislation and not by means of a suit for possession
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DR RS GREWAL AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. CHANDER PARKASH SONI AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and…
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 420, 468 and 471 – Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Sections 156, 160, 167(2), 173, 173(2), 173(2)(i), 173(8), 227, 228 and 319 – Magistrate has no jurisdiction to suo moto pass an order for further investigation/reinvestigation after he discharges the accused.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH BIKASH RANJAN ROUT — Appellant Vs. STATE THROUGH THE SECRETARY (HOME), GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI, NEW DELHI — Respondent ( Before : L.…
Both the Labour Court as well as the High Court have committed a grave error in holding that the respective respondents-Drivers were in Group “D” category and that their age of superannuation would be 60 years.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH REGIONAL MANAGER, U.P.S.R.T.C. AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. MASLAHUDDIN (DEAD) — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and M. R. Shah, JJ. )…
Section 64VB(2) of the Insurance Act, 1938 provides that: “For the purposes of this section, in the case of risks for which premium can be ascertained in advance, the risk may be assumed not earlier than the date on which the premium has been paid in cash or by cheque to the insurer.” It is the admitted position that the deceased husband of the Appellant had paid the insurance premium by a Demand Draft in favour of the Insurance Company.–As a consequence, the risk would be covered from the date of payment of the insurance premium. The loan was secured from the date on which the insurance premium was paid. The premium having been paid by the Appellant’s husband during his life-time, the loan was to be adjusted from the insurance policy
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ASHATAI W/O ANAND DUPARTE — Appellant Vs. SHRIRAM CITY UNION FINANCE LTD. — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit and Indu Malhotra, JJ.…
Benami Transactions (Prohibition of Right to Recover Property) Ordinance, 1988 – Section 2 – Financial assistance to buy a property cannot be the sole determinative factor/circumstance to hold the transaction as benami in nature.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SMT. P. LEELAVATHI (D) BY LRS — Appellant Vs. V. SHANKARNARAYANA RAO (D) BY LRS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and…
When an amount is paid as Dharmada along with the sale price of goods, such payment is not made in consideration of the transfer of goods – Such payment is meant for charity and is received and held in trust by the seller – If such amounts are meant to be credited to charity and do not form part of the income of the assessee they cannot be included in the transaction value or assessable value of the goods
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH M/S D.J. MALPANI — Appellant Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, NASHIK — Respondent ( Before : S.A. Bobde, Deepak Gupta and Vineet Saran, JJ.…
The present case has been tagged with the case of M/s D.J. Malpani vs. Commissioner of Central Excise, Nashik which has been referred to this Bench vide order dated 29.07.2015. We have held that the amount of Dharmada cannot be included in the transaction value for the purposes of assessments.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND CUSTOMS, BANGALORE — Appellant Vs. M/S JSW STEEL LTD. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS JINDAL VIJAYANAGAR STEEL LTD.) — Respondent ( Before :…
Criminal Law–Murder–Suspension of sentence pending appeal– The mere fact that during the period when the accused persons were on bail during trial there was no misuse of liberties, does not per se warrant suspension of execution of sentence and grant of bail–What really was necessary to be considered by the High Court is whether reasons existed to suspend the execution of sentence and thereafter grant bail
2009(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 636 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Criminal Appeal No. of 2009…
Bail–High Court arrived at a definite conclusion about non-possibility of the injuries having been sustained in the manner indicated by prosecution–High Court should not have recorded such finding while considering bail application.
2009(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 634 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mukundakam Sharma Criminal Appeal No. of 2009 (Arising…