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Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Suraj Pal (D) Thr. Lr. v. Ram Manorath & Ors.

U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 — S. 5(c)(ii) — Consolidation Proceedings — Land which is subject matter of such proceedings, cannot be sold without permission of Settlement Officer — Admittedly, suit property was...

B. Vijaya Bharathi v. P. Savitri & Ors.

The present appeal arises out of a judgment dated 26.10.2005, delivered by a single Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, by which an appeal filed by the original Defendant No. 3 was allowed and a suit for specific performance...

K. Naveen Kumar v. Commercial Tax Officer & Anr.

Mr. V.V.S. Rao, learned senior counsel appearing for the appellant, seeks indulgence of this Court for one more chance to the appellant for purging the contempt.

Dharam Pal v. The State of Haryana

A. Criminal Trial — Appreciation of Evidence — Assault by police — Evidence of witness — Reliability and credibility — When cannot be questioned — Illegal detention of witness by police and continuous threat held out by accused —...

A.P. Showkath Ali & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Ors.

  Service Law ---- Equity jurisdiction ---- Exercise of ---- Appointment — Particular instances or rules —Equity — Exercise of —Subjecting employees to mandatory test after more than twelve years of entering service and...

Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp. v. Devi Shankar & Ors.

Though the appellant-Corporation has raised a question of law as to whether the employee should take recourse to the remedy under the Industrial Disputes Act, instead of going to the civil court, having regard to the fact that...

K. Raveendranathan Nair v. Commissioner of Income Tax & Anr.

By amendment in the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IT Act’) in the year 1998, Section 260A was inserted providing for statutory appeal against the orders passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. In this...

Tapasya Umesh Pisal v. Union of India and Ors.

Petitioner - Tapasya Umesh Pisal, aged 24 years, has approached this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking directions to the respondents to allow her to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy.