Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Union of India & Ors. v. Diler Singh

A. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 100 — Second appeal — Substantial question law — Framing of — If mandatory — Where High Court did not frame any substantial question of law — Reiterated that High Court cannot proceed to hear a...

Rajeev Kumar Gupta & Others v. Union of India & Others

A. Human and Civil Rights — Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 — Ss. 2(t), 32 and 33 — Reservation on identified posts — Mode of recruitment — Relevance —...

Aarthi v. R.M. Rajeshkumar

The dispute essentially is as to whether HMOP No. 63 of 2013 on the file of Subordinate Judge, Karur, Tamil Nadu and HMOP No. 1050 of 2014, which is pending in the Family Court at Coimbatore, should be tried in Karur or in...

Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority v. S.S. Naidu & Ors.

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Ss. 48, 4 and 6 — Acquisition proceeding — Withdrawal of — Impermissibility, when land is acquired for public purpose — Land was acquired for road widening —...

State of Haryana v. Hussain

Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 380, 457 and 460 — Acquittal order challenged — Conviction by trial court set aside by High Court — Appreciation of evidence — Held, if the view taken by the High Court while reversing the...

Punjab State Warehousing Corp. v. Bhushan Chander & Anr.

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 197 — Sanction — Employees of public corporation — If mandatory — In the present case, accused was working as a Godown Assistant in the Corporation and allegedly...

Raju Devade v. State of Maharashtra

A. Criminal Trial — Multiple dying declarations — Reliability — Each dying declaration has to be considered independently on its own merit so as to appreciate its evidentiary value — One cannot be rejected because of the contents...