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Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Union of India & Anr. v. Shri Harananda & Ors.

Armed Forces — Service Matter — Organized Group ‘A’ Services in Indian Police Services — Office memorandum by the DoPT classifying categories with regard to Centralized Group ‘A’ Services — Principle of parity —...

Union of India & Ors. v. M/s. Infopark Kerala

The controversy raised in the present appeals is as to whether the payment of compensation on agreed terms in respect of the land acquired would be entitled for exemption under Section 10(37) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 or not.

Kalpana Mehta and Others v. Union of India and Others

A. Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Particular Writs — Mandamus — Issuance of — To direct Parliament — Power of Court — Held, Court does not have the power to direct the Parliament to bring an Act into force  ...

Chhote Lal Nishad (D) v. Ravinder Kumar Srivastava

This appeal arises out of the impugned order passed by the High Court of judicature at Allahabad in Writ Petition No. 11 of 2007 (R/C) dated 05.02.2007 in and by which, the High Court has set aside the order passed by the Rent...

Sampurna Behrua v. Union of India & Ors.

Learned Additional Solicitor General has brought to our notice the following status report as on 05.04.2017 in respect of the State Commission for Child Rights:

Hari Shankar Shukla v. State of U.P.

Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Witnesses — Prosecution witness — Murder case — Very fact that all the three eyewitnesses, two of them being injured eyewitnesses, have given the same evidence — Thus, testimony held, reliable —...

M/s. Velvet Carpet & Co. Ltd. v. C.I.T., Allahabad

Income Tax — Weighted deduction of expenditure — Entitlement to — In return filed by assessee, it was mentioned that sum of Rs 4,60,433 was paid by assessee to one Mr. JB, who was appointed by assessee as its commercial agent for...

M.K. Balakrishnan & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

Environment Law — Water/River/Coastal Pollution — Ramsar Convention sites — Maintenance of — Held, since they are matters of international heritage, it might be more appropriate if the concerned High Courts monitor the management...