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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.

Eviction—Subletting—Since the tenant had admitted the presence of alleged sub-tenant in the suit property the burden was on him to prove its nature and the capacity in which he used to sit in the suit shop Eviction—Multiple Grounds—If one ground of eviction is held made out of several pleaded against the tenant, that one ground is sufficient to evict the tenant from the suit premises

(2018) 2 JT 129 : (2018) 1 LawHerald(SC) 198 : (2018) 1 RCR(Rent) 190 : (2018) 1 SCALE 472 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH FLORA ELIAS NAHOUM — Appellant Vs. IDRISH ALI LASKAR…

Quashing—Loan availed through bank or financial institutions on basis of forged documents—Criminal complaint in such cases not to be quashed on compromise entered between the parties on receipt of amount dues and issuance of no due certificate by Bank.

(2016) AllSCR(Crl) 736 : (2016) 2 ApexCourtJudgments(SC) 107 : (2016) 2 CriCC 393 : (2016) 2 LawHerald 1775 : (2016) 2 LawHerald(SC) 1120 : (2016) 2 RCR(Criminal) 357 : (2016) 2 RecentApexJudgments(RAJ) 267 SUPREME…

Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.32 R.I–Suit by Minor-Next friend-Where the suit is filed on behalf of the minor, no permission or leave of the court is necessary for the next friend to institute the suit, whereas if the suit is filed against a minor, it is obligatory for the plaintiff to get the appropriate guardian ad litem appointed by the court for such minor

(2018) AIR(SCW) 459 : (2018) AIR(SC) 459 : (2018) 1 LawHerald(SC) 177 : (2018) 1 Scale 210 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NAGAIAH — Appellant Vs. CHOWDAMMA (DEAD) BY LRS. — Respondent (…

Constitution of India, Art. 226-Public Interest Litigation-Filing of successive writ petitions on same cause of action—Contempt-­Allegation against sitting Judges of Supreme Court in bribery case- Petition dismissed with costs of Rs. 25 lakhs-Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

(2017) 14 Scale 18 : (2017) 6 RecentApexJudgments(RAJ) 318 : (2018) 1 RCR(Criminal) 99 : (2018) AllSCR(Crl) 23 : (2018) 1 LawHerald(SC) 163 : (2018) 1 SCC 589 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH…

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