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Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act, 2010 — Section 3(b) — Exclusion of employees appointed on academic arrangement basis from regularization — Classification held unconstitutional — Section 3(b) lacks intelligible differentia and rational nexus to the object of the Act — Denial of regularization solely based on nomenclature is impermissible under Article 14 of the Constitution where duties, tenure, and conditions of service are similar to ad hoc or contractual appointees. Adverse Possession — Claiming title by adverse possession against the State/Union Government is not permissible, irrespective of the duration of possession — Such perfection of rights is not recognized against the government. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — High Court quashed proceedings against sister-in-law on ground of general and omnibus allegations, but declined relief to father-in-law and mother-in-law (appellants) — Allegations against appellants were similarly general and omnibus, with no specific role or overt act attributed to them — Delay in lodging FIR, coupled with lack of specific allegations, suggested possibility of FIR being a counter-blast to divorce petition filed by husband — High Court erred in applying different standards to similarly situated accused — Proceedings against appellants quashed. Companies Act, 2013 — Section 66 — Reduction of Share Capital — Procedural Fairness — Minority Shareholders — Valuation of Shares — Non-disclosure of valuation report and fairness report in notice for general meeting — Held, not a “tricky notice” as statutory requirement for valuation report not mandated under Section 66 — Valuation by a related agency — Held, not a conflict of interest where internal auditor is independent and valuation agency follows accepted norms — Discount for Lack of Marketability (DLOM) — Held, applicable to illiquid shares, especially in absence of oppression — Share price fixation — Held reasonable based on market value of subsidiary, past offers, and rights issue. Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Trial Court decreed suit for specific performance of sale agreement — High Court set aside Trial Court’s decree — Held, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) executed on the same day as sale agreement established that sale agreement was sham and nominal, executed as security for loan — Plaintiff’s failure to disclose MoU in plaint indicated withholding of material facts and lack of bonafides — Equitable relief of specific performance denied — Appeal dismissed.

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Section – 4(1), 23(1) – Acquisition – Notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894) was published on October 24, 1961 acquiring a large extent of 1669 bighas 18 biswas of land for the planned development of Delhi – It is common knowledge that even in the same village, no two lands command same market value

  (1996) 7 AD 583 : (1996) 9 JT 307 : (1996) 7 SCALE 354 : (1996) 11 SCC 542 : (1996) 6 SCR 231 Supp SUPREME COURT OF INDIA…

Income Tax Act, 1963 – Section – 256(2) – Investment – Whether on the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law the Tribunal was justified in holding that the purchase and sales by the assessee of shares in the National Rayon Corporation Ltd. and the Kohinoor Mills Ltd. should be considered as regular dealings

(1998) 9 JT 275 : (1997) 11 SCC 557 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (CENTRAL) BOMBAY — Appellant Vs. MAGANLAL CHHAGANLAL (P) LTD. — Respondent ( Before…

Murder—As per S.B. Sinha, J.- It can not be conclusively said that murder of wife for usurping property is a particularly rarest of rare incident–It could, be a rare case. Murder—Death penalty—Imposition of—As per Markandey Katju, J.- That pre-planned, calculated, cold-blooded murder has always been regarded as one of an aggravated kind.

  2007(2) LAW HERALD (SC) 1851 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice  Markandey Katju Criminal Appeal No. 454 of…

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