Fraud, Coercion Claims in Family Partition Disputes Require Trial; SC Quashes Rejection of Suit Under CPC Order VII Rule 11
The Supreme Court has restored a civil suit challenging a family partition deed and a purported conciliation award, holding that allegations of fraud, coercion...
Fake Income Tax Officer Arrested in Surat While Attempting Extortion
In a dramatic operation reminiscent of a Bollywood-style thriller, Surat Police arrested a man, Vijaysingh Rawatsingh Chauhan posing as a senior Income Tax officer...
Past Allegations Can Be Considered Despite Quashed Charge Sheet: Allahabad High Court Upholds Compulsory Retirement of IRS OfficerÂ
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has upheld the compulsory retirement of Alok Kumar Mitra, a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the...
Notarised Photocopy Of Power Of Attorney, Without Following Mandatory Procedure For Leading Secondary Evidence, Can’t Confer Authority To Sell Immovable Property: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has dismissed a civil appeal challenging the Kerala High Court’s decision that invalidated two property sale deeds executed on the strength...
Injunction Can’t Be Granted Without Proving Possession; SC Upholds Absolute Ownership of Property Granted to Widow for Maintenance
The Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed the fundamental principles governing suits for perpetual injunction and recovery of possession, holding that mere assertions of...
Future Prospects Can’t Be Denied in Motor Accident Claims: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has substantially enhanced compensation payable to the family of a motor accident victim, reiterating that future prospects are a mandatory component...
Consumer Protection Law | Unproven Claims Can’t Justify Crores in Compensation: Supreme Court Reduces Award Against ITC
The Supreme Court has substantially reduced the compensation awarded against ITC Limited in a consumer dispute arising from an alleged deficient haircut service at...
Supreme Court Rectifies “Manifest Error” in Driver’s Death Claim: Enhances Compensation to ₹20.80 Lakh
The Supreme Court of India has significantly enhanced the payout for the family of a driver killed in a 2011 road accident.The Division...
Supreme Court Quashes 2008 Review Order, Restores 1971 Land Vesting Against Jai Hind Pvt Ltd
The Supreme Court of India has set aside a 2012 Calcutta High Court judgment that had allowed Jai Hind Private Limited to retain over...
SC APPOINTS FORMER CHIEF STATISTICIAN AS CONSULTANT FOR STUDENT SUICIDE DATA ANALYSIS
The Supreme Court of India has directed the immediate appointment of Dr. T.C.A. Anant, the former Chief Statistician of India, as a Technical Consultant...
Supreme Court Expands Transgender Advisory Committee to Strengthen Policy Framework
In a move to ensure continuity and deepen expertise within its specialized Advisory Committee on transgender rights, the Supreme Court of India on Friday...
Bomb Threat at Rajasthan High Court Jodhpur; Premises Evacuated, Bomb Squad Deployed
A bomb threat triggered panic at the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday after security agencies received information about a possible explosive device within the...
Dearness Allowance Not a Fundamental Right: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that Dearness Allowance (DA) cannot be claimed as a fundamental right, and that financial constraints of a state government...
Consensual Relationship Can’t Be Criminalised After Break-Up: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has quashed a rape case filed under Section 376(2)(n) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), holding that a consensual relationship between...
Delayed Payment Alone Can’t Be a Ground to Deny Membership in a Cooperative Housing Society: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that delayed payment of contribution cannot, by itself, be used to deny membership in a cooperative housing society when...
Properties Acquired During Joint Family May Be Treated as Joint Property Unless Self-Acquisition Is Proved: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed an important principle of Hindu law, holding that where ancestral property and a functioning joint family are established, properties...
Supreme Court Grants Bail in NDPS Case, Says Trial Courts Must Inform Accused of Right to Legal Aid Before Witness Examination
The Supreme Court of India has granted regular bail to an accused in a narcotics case after noting that she had remained in custody...
IPS Cadre Allotment Can’t Be Changed Years Later: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer seeking reallocation from the Tamil Nadu cadre to the Rajasthan...
Child’s Welfare Can’ Be Decided by Ignoring Broken Promises and Court Orders: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has set aside a judgment of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court that restored the custody of two minor...
Leasing a Flat Doesn’t Automatically Make Buyer a ‘Commercial Consumer’: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that merely leasing out a residential flat does not, by itself, take a homebuyer outside the definition of a...
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