Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Anurag Kumar Singh & Ors. v. State of Uttarakhand & Ors.

A. Service Law — Appointment — Number of posts to be filled — Scope — Held, only the number of vacancies that are advertised can be filled up — If the advertisement gives liberty to the Government to vary the number of posts...

Dharmendra v. State of U.P.

A. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302 and 34 — FIR — Plea relating to deliberately leaving gaps — When not tenable — FIR challenged by contending that it was written at the Police Station in consultation with the police and deliberate...

Bhagwan Jagannath Markad & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Appreciation of evidence — Approach to be adopted by Court — Held, while appreciating the evidence of a witness, Court has to assess whether read as a whole, it is truthful — In doing so, Court...

State of T. Nadu v. State of Karnataka & Ors.

Infrastructure Laws — Water and Water Resources — Water Disputes — Inter-State Water Disputes Act, 1956 — Ss. 6 and 6-A — Cauvery basin dispute — Ground reality in both states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka relating to same sought...

A. Ayyasamy v. A. Paramasivam & Ors.

The parties to this lis, who are brothers, had entered into a deed of partnership dated 01.04.1994 for carrying on hotel business and this partnership firm has been running a hotel with the name ‘Hotel Arunagiri’ located at...