Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Wildlife Trust of India and Others v. Union of India and Others

In these batch of matters, the constitutional validity of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and also the questions pertaining to the preservation of forests in the...

Asha Ranjan v. State of Bihar and Ors.

Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302/34 and 120B — Accused persons whether proclaimed offenders — Held, submission of report directed along with the order sheet with regard to the status of accused persons as regards they...

Asikali Akbarali Gilani etc. v. Nasirhusain Mahebubbhai Chauhan & Ors.

Local Government — Municipalities — Gujarat Municipality Act, 1963 — S. 65 — Structure built on public property — Formal lease deed, absence of — Right of allottees/occupants — Sustainability — Held, fact that a resolution has...

Delhi Development Authority v. Lajwanti Jain and Anr.

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — S. 24(2) — For initiation of acquisition proceedings afresh — Period of 1 year given...

The Madurai Corporation v. P. Kayalvizhi & Ors.

Local Government — Town Planning — Building plans/Rules/Regulations/Bye-Laws — Extension of time sought — To complete the construction of building as sanctioned by Local Planning Authority — Held, Respondent 1 directed to submit...