Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

C. Chakkaravarthy and Ors. v. Tmt. M. Satyavathy, IAS and Ors.

Service Law — Promotion — Post of Assistant Engineers — Petitioners allege deliberate violation by the respondents of the judgment and order dt. 22-4-2010 passed by Apex Court in N. Suresh Nathan, (2010) 5 SCC 692 : (2010) 2 SCC...

Veerendra Kumar Dubey v. Chief of Army Staff & Ors.

A. Armed Forces — Army Act, 1950 and Rules, 1954 — Discharge — Enquiry — If mandatory — Though, Rule does not provide for anything beyond an opportunity to the individual concerned to show cause against his contemplated discharge...

Balu @ Bala Subramaniam & Anr. v. State (U.T. of Pondicherry)

A. Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 34 — Common intention — What is — Common intention implies pre-arranged plan and acting in concert pursuant to the pre-arranged plan — Common intention is an intention to commit the crime...

Pratap Kishore Panda v. Agni Charan Das

A. Service Law — Regularisation — Entitlement to regularisation — Regularisation of ad hoc appointments — Validity — In the present case, State carried out recruitment in a regular manner, beyond the recommendation of OPSC which...

Shailesh Dhairyawan v. Mohan Balkrishna Lulla

Arbitration — Arbitration Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 8, 11 and 15 — Substitution of named arbitrator — If permitted — In the present case, Bombay high court under S. 89 of the CPC, disposed of the suit between the parties by...

State of Gujarat v. M/s. Kothari and Associates

A. Limitation — Limitation Act, 1963 — Generally — Work contract — Suit claiming damages as a result of the additional costs incurred due to delays — Limitation period — What is — Work-order dt. 24-9-1976, was required to...

Commissioner of Central Excise v. M/s. Tetra Pak Converting (P) Ltd.

Excise — Central Excise Rules, 1944 — R. 57A(4) — Credit — When permissible — Credit would be allowed if the inputs used in the manufacture of final products as well as on inputs which are used in or in relation to the...

Subrata Chattoraj v. Union of India & Ors.

A. Constitution of India — Art. 21 — If includes right to speedy investigation — Reiterated that right to life guaranteed under Art. 21 guarantees the right to speedy justice which implies not only the right to speedy trial but...