Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Y. Najithamol & Ors. v. Soumya S.D. & Ors.

Service Law — Department of Posts (Postman/Village Postman and Mail Guards) Recruitment Rules, 1989 — Column 11(2)(i) and (ii) — Appointment of the appellants to the post of Postman — Whether by way of direct recruitment or by...

Anita Thakur & Ors. v. Govt. of J&K & Ors.

Constitution of India — Art. 19(1)(a) to (c) r/w Art. 32 — Peaceful demonstration to air their grievances — Held, right of people however, subject to reasonable restrictions in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of...

Shramik Adivasi Sangathan v. State of M.P. and Others

Environment Protection and Pollution Control — Forests — Preservation/Conservation of forests — Illegal excavation and violation of Forest Conservation Act, 1980 — Persons alleged to be victims come from the disadvantaged and...

Madhusudan Kabra and Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra and Ors.

Delay is condoned on a condition that in the event of enhancement of compensation, the petitioners shall not be entitled to any statutory benefits for the period covered by the delay.

M.C. Mehta v. Union of India & Ors.

Constitution of India — Art. 21 — Vehicular pollution in Delhi — Order forbidding registration of private cars and SUVs with an engine capacity of 2000 cc and above running on diesel fuel held, modified — Central Pollution...

B.H. Khawas v. Union of India & Others

Service Law — Reservation/Concession/Exemption/Relaxation — SC/ST — Claim to belong to Halba, Scheduled Tribe — Such claim turned to be untrue — Services terminated on such ground — Held...

Kala @ Chandrakala v. State through Inspector of Police

A. Criminal Procedure Code — Criminal trial — Circumstantial evidence — Conviction — Scope of — Held that the chain of circumstances should be complete to fasten the guilt on the accused   (Para 5) B. Criminal Procedure...