⚖
Loading…
Loading…
Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
201–220 · Page 11 of 382
Supreme Court of India29 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 979 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 1
Orissa Lift Irrigation Corporation Limited-I’s case – C Enunciation of dictum – Explained and clarified – Held: Approval of the AICTE and UGC mandatory for starting the technical education courses through distance learning mode. University Grants Commission Act, 1956: Purpose of enactment – Stated. D Dismissing the wri…
Supreme Court of India29 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 978 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 829
Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
201–220 · Page 11 of 382
Supreme Court of India29 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 979 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 1
Orissa Lift Irrigation Corporation Limited-I’s case – C Enunciation of dictum – Explained and clarified – Held: Approval of the AICTE and UGC mandatory for starting the technical education courses through distance learning mode. University Grants Commission Act, 1956: Purpose of enactment – Stated. D Dismissing the wri…
Supreme Court of India29 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 978 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 829
Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Though it is contended by the private respondent C that it was a mistake in indicating “No” against the Column 3.1 – ‘Person with Disability’, what is necessary to be taken note is that against Column 2.4 – ‘Category’, it has been stated as “General”. That apart the examination f…
Supreme Court of India29 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 977 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 70
– Held: This procedure is not fair to the parties – The parties must C know what are the substantial questions of law which the Court is required to answer in a particular case – It is only then that the parties and their counsel can properly assist the Court – As per s.100, an appeal can only lie if there is a substan…
Supreme Court of India29 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 976 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 913
913 914 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 11 S.C.R. A ancestral property – Therefore, view of SDO regarding exclusion of land of two elder daughters for determining surplus land was correct and is restored – (Per K.M. Joseph, J.): Collector, when in the course of inquiry under s.18 of the Act, has before it, materials to sh…
Supreme Court of India28 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 970 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 792
792 SUPREME COURT[2019]REPORTS11 S.C.R. 792 [2019] 11 S.C.R. A M/S N RAMACHANDRA REDDY v. THE STATE OF TELANGANA & ORS (Civil Appeal No. 6673 of 2019) B AUGUST 28, 2019 [S. ABDUL NAZEER AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.] Tender: Tender for construction of road – As per tender condition C ‘Batch Type Hot Mix Plant’ owned by the…
Supreme Court of India28 Jan 2019Full text
2019 INSC 97 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 540
Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 It is not the function of this Court to re-assess G evidence and an argument on a point of fact which did not prevail with the Courts below cannot avail the appellants in this Court. [Para 20][545-D] 1.2 The same argument, which was unsuccessfully urged before the High Court, …
Supreme Court of India28 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 969 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 844
844 STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS. 845 v. LORD NORTHBOOK AND ORS over the possession of the properties to the respondents – Further, A due procedure was followed as per the Escheats Act – State of Rajasthan right in treating the property as ‘bona vacantia’ and initiating proceedings under the Escheats Act – Per Banerjee, …
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 966 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 752
754 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 11 S.C.R. A recruited direct to the same rank shall have their seniority from the date of appointment. Therefore, a person appointed by way of direct recruitment or promotion to the post of Sub Inspector, his seniority will be fixed as per the date of appointment. Only in the case that …
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 965 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 270
B Usmani, Advs. for the Appellant. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AAG, Ms. Kaveri Vats, Rahul Kaushik, Advs. for the Respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by C R. BANUMATHI, J. Leave granted. 2. This appeal arises out of the judgment dated 02.02.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.799 of 2006 passed by the High Court of Mad…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 964 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 809
809 810 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 11 S.C.R. A otherwise frivolous, vexatious or harassive – Also it cannot be said that absolute penury led the appellant to commit the offence u/s. 379 – Any sympathy for the appellant would be completely misplaced – Thus, the order of the High Court is upheld – Central Civil Service…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 963 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 226
Collector who may enquire into the matter and dispose it of – The appeal against the order of the Divisional Irrigation Officer lies to the Superintending Irrigation Officer – s.53 (2) is absolutely clear that the order passed by the Authorities under the Act would be final for any crop sown or growing when such order …
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 962 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 780
780 SUPREME COURT[2019]REPORTS11 S.C.R. 780 [2019] 11 S.C.R. A CHANDRAKANT BABAN MOTKARI & ORS. v. GOTIRAM LAXMAN MOTKARI (D) BY LRS. & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2390 of 2011) B AUGUST 27, 2019 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948: ss. 32 and 85 – Rights of the tillers…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 961 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 282
– In the present case, reservation of the appellant’s land has lapsed and it has become available to the appellant to be developed – H 282 BALAJI ASSOCIATES THR. ITS PARTNER v. 283 STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Further, writ courts, usually, should not indulge themselves in factual A findings, however the present case has been …
Supreme Court of India28 Jan 2019Full text
2019 INSC 96 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 507
507 508 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 2 S.C.R. A defendant no.2 (appellant no.5) and defendant no.3 (appellant no.6) – Decree further modified as directed – Indian Contract Act, 1872 – s.65 – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.22, r.4(2) – Constitution of India – Art.142 – Decree. Family Law – Joint Hindu Family Propert…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 959 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 739
with his admitted signatures – Court must be cautious while evaluating expert evidence, which is a weak type of evidence and not substantive in nature – Mere expert evidence as to a fact is not regarded as conclusive proof of it and the Court may seek independent and reliable corroboration in the facts of a given case …
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 958 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 765
HELD: 1.1 It is clear from the bare reading of sub-section 1(a) of Section 14 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 C that mandate of an arbitrator shall terminate if it fails to act without undue delay. In the instant case, the first preliminary meeting was held on 4th May, 2007 and the Arbitrator in terms of t…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 957 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 725
G HELD: 1.1 The National Highways Act, 1956 is a comprehensive code and a special enactment which provides an inbuilt mechanism not only in initiating acquisition until culmination of the proceedings in determining the compensation and its adjudication by the Arbitrator to be appointed by the H 725 726 SUPREME COURT RE…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 956 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 1016
Disposing of the appeal, the Court HELD: In view of the fact that it is only half the property F which went to the plaintiffs, as referred to in the plaint, that was the subject matter of the Suit, the decree will have to be set aside to the extent that it awards anything beyond this. In view of section 2 of Bihar Kolh…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 953 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 229
229 230 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 11 S.C.R. A been used only to scare away the persons – The testimony of PW-6 that he saw the gun being fired, but could not make out whether a bullet hit the deceased or not was taken into account, but, in the context of the overall testimony of the eye-witnesses, the story set fort…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 952 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 243
– Thus, order of de-notification passed by the State was without B application of mind and was arbitrary in nature – Further, respondent no.3 had already sold 1/3rd of the 3 acres 5 guntas of land in survey no.30, so she could not have maintained the application for de-notification of the said portion of the land as sh…
Also on Law on Tips: Bare Acts · Legal news and analysis
Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Though it is contended by the private respondent C that it was a mistake in indicating “No” against the Column 3.1 – ‘Person with Disability’, what is necessary to be taken note is that against Column 2.4 – ‘Category’, it has been stated as “General”. That apart the examination f…
Supreme Court of India29 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 977 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 70
– Held: This procedure is not fair to the parties – The parties must C know what are the substantial questions of law which the Court is required to answer in a particular case – It is only then that the parties and their counsel can properly assist the Court – As per s.100, an appeal can only lie if there is a substan…
Supreme Court of India29 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 976 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 913
913 914 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 11 S.C.R. A ancestral property – Therefore, view of SDO regarding exclusion of land of two elder daughters for determining surplus land was correct and is restored – (Per K.M. Joseph, J.): Collector, when in the course of inquiry under s.18 of the Act, has before it, materials to sh…
Supreme Court of India28 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 970 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 792
792 SUPREME COURT[2019]REPORTS11 S.C.R. 792 [2019] 11 S.C.R. A M/S N RAMACHANDRA REDDY v. THE STATE OF TELANGANA & ORS (Civil Appeal No. 6673 of 2019) B AUGUST 28, 2019 [S. ABDUL NAZEER AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.] Tender: Tender for construction of road – As per tender condition C ‘Batch Type Hot Mix Plant’ owned by the…
Supreme Court of India28 Jan 2019Full text
2019 INSC 97 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 540
Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 It is not the function of this Court to re-assess G evidence and an argument on a point of fact which did not prevail with the Courts below cannot avail the appellants in this Court. [Para 20][545-D] 1.2 The same argument, which was unsuccessfully urged before the High Court, …
Supreme Court of India28 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 969 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 844
844 STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS. 845 v. LORD NORTHBOOK AND ORS over the possession of the properties to the respondents – Further, A due procedure was followed as per the Escheats Act – State of Rajasthan right in treating the property as ‘bona vacantia’ and initiating proceedings under the Escheats Act – Per Banerjee, …
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 966 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 752
754 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 11 S.C.R. A recruited direct to the same rank shall have their seniority from the date of appointment. Therefore, a person appointed by way of direct recruitment or promotion to the post of Sub Inspector, his seniority will be fixed as per the date of appointment. Only in the case that …
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 965 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 270
B Usmani, Advs. for the Appellant. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AAG, Ms. Kaveri Vats, Rahul Kaushik, Advs. for the Respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by C R. BANUMATHI, J. Leave granted. 2. This appeal arises out of the judgment dated 02.02.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.799 of 2006 passed by the High Court of Mad…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 964 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 809
809 810 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 11 S.C.R. A otherwise frivolous, vexatious or harassive – Also it cannot be said that absolute penury led the appellant to commit the offence u/s. 379 – Any sympathy for the appellant would be completely misplaced – Thus, the order of the High Court is upheld – Central Civil Service…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 963 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 226
Collector who may enquire into the matter and dispose it of – The appeal against the order of the Divisional Irrigation Officer lies to the Superintending Irrigation Officer – s.53 (2) is absolutely clear that the order passed by the Authorities under the Act would be final for any crop sown or growing when such order …
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 962 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 780
780 SUPREME COURT[2019]REPORTS11 S.C.R. 780 [2019] 11 S.C.R. A CHANDRAKANT BABAN MOTKARI & ORS. v. GOTIRAM LAXMAN MOTKARI (D) BY LRS. & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2390 of 2011) B AUGUST 27, 2019 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948: ss. 32 and 85 – Rights of the tillers…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 961 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 282
– In the present case, reservation of the appellant’s land has lapsed and it has become available to the appellant to be developed – H 282 BALAJI ASSOCIATES THR. ITS PARTNER v. 283 STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Further, writ courts, usually, should not indulge themselves in factual A findings, however the present case has been …
Supreme Court of India28 Jan 2019Full text
2019 INSC 96 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 507
507 508 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 2 S.C.R. A defendant no.2 (appellant no.5) and defendant no.3 (appellant no.6) – Decree further modified as directed – Indian Contract Act, 1872 – s.65 – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.22, r.4(2) – Constitution of India – Art.142 – Decree. Family Law – Joint Hindu Family Propert…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 959 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 739
with his admitted signatures – Court must be cautious while evaluating expert evidence, which is a weak type of evidence and not substantive in nature – Mere expert evidence as to a fact is not regarded as conclusive proof of it and the Court may seek independent and reliable corroboration in the facts of a given case …
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 958 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 765
HELD: 1.1 It is clear from the bare reading of sub-section 1(a) of Section 14 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 C that mandate of an arbitrator shall terminate if it fails to act without undue delay. In the instant case, the first preliminary meeting was held on 4th May, 2007 and the Arbitrator in terms of t…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 957 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 725
G HELD: 1.1 The National Highways Act, 1956 is a comprehensive code and a special enactment which provides an inbuilt mechanism not only in initiating acquisition until culmination of the proceedings in determining the compensation and its adjudication by the Arbitrator to be appointed by the H 725 726 SUPREME COURT RE…
Supreme Court of India27 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 956 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 1016
Disposing of the appeal, the Court HELD: In view of the fact that it is only half the property F which went to the plaintiffs, as referred to in the plaint, that was the subject matter of the Suit, the decree will have to be set aside to the extent that it awards anything beyond this. In view of section 2 of Bihar Kolh…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 953 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 229
229 230 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 11 S.C.R. A been used only to scare away the persons – The testimony of PW-6 that he saw the gun being fired, but could not make out whether a bullet hit the deceased or not was taken into account, but, in the context of the overall testimony of the eye-witnesses, the story set fort…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 952 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 243
– Thus, order of de-notification passed by the State was without B application of mind and was arbitrary in nature – Further, respondent no.3 had already sold 1/3rd of the 3 acres 5 guntas of land in survey no.30, so she could not have maintained the application for de-notification of the said portion of the land as sh…
Also on Law on Tips: Bare Acts · Legal news and analysis