Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Assistant General Manager, State Bank of India & Others

A. Service Law — Pension — Qualifying period/service — Retirement/ Superannuation — Voluntary retirement — Effect of on pension/related benefits — SBI Voluntary Retirement Scheme (for short ‘the Scheme’) was adopted by the State...

M/s. Competent Automobiles Co. Ltd. v. Union of India & Ors.

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — S. 24(2) — Deemed lapse of proceedings — Factual conclusion be drawn about the...

Bank of Sharjah v. Joplin Overseas Investment Pvt. Ltd. And Anr.

Constitution of India — Art. 136 — Powers of Court — Admiralty suits — Filed in Bombay and Gujarat High Courts — Orders of arrest of the vessel were passed by Bombay High Court — Respondent 1 filed applications seeking to...

Mackinon Mackenzie & Company Ltd. v. Mackinnon Employees Union

Labour Law — Retrenchment — Validity — Principle of ‘last come first go’ — Non-adherence to — Effect — Appellant — Company was engaged in shipping business from its premises at Mumbai — It had approximately 150 employees who were...

Sultana Begum & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Ors.

Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Ss. 397 & 401 — Revisional jurisdiction — Scope — Quashing of entire proceeding — Permissibility — Where sessions judge has not applied its mind to the allegations contained in...

Raish Khan v. State of Rajasthan

Criminal Trial — Appeal against conviction — Findings to be given on the basis of the available material — High Court simply upheld order of trial court after recording the submissions of the parties — No discussion on merits of...