Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Srikant Roy & Ors. v. State of Jharkhand & Ors.

A. Service Law — Cadre strength — Measurement — Post and Vacancy — Held, cadre strength is always measured by the number of posts comprising the cadre — Right to be considered for appointment can only be claimed in respect of a...

Saheb Reddy v. Sharanappa and Ors.

Family and Personal Laws — Hindu Law — Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 — S. 12 proviso — Effect of adoption by widow — Inheritance of property — Held, by virtue of proviso to S. 12, an adopted child cannot divest any...

Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India & Ors.

Drugs, Cosmetics, Medical Practice & Practitioners and Public Health — Abortion Norms and Infanticide Prohibition — Female Foeticide/Infanticide — Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex...

State of Karnataka v. M.S. Basappa and Others

It is submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant-State that Respondent No. 1-Bharamappa in Criminal Appeal No. 709 of 2010 and sole respondent-Bheemappa in Criminal Appeal No. 710 of 2010 are dead.

IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd. v. Hubtown Ltd.

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 37 — Triable issue — Ascertainment of — Leave to defend — Held, whether the defence raises a triable issue or not has to be ascertained by the Court from the pleadings before it and the affidavits...