Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Saheb Reddy v. Sharanappa and Ors.

Family and Personal Laws — Hindu Law — Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 — S. 12 proviso — Effect of adoption by widow — Inheritance of property — Held, by virtue of proviso to S. 12, an adopted child cannot divest any...

Surendra Puri v. State of Uttarakhand

Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302/34 — Appeal against charges under — Held, rejected as appellate Court has passed a well considered judgement based on proper re-appreciation of evidence on record — In the instant case...

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

Infrastructure Laws — Water and Water Resources — Water Disputes — Inter-State Water Disputes Act, 1956 — Ss. 5 and 6 — Plight of farmers due to absence of proper water allocation — Contention that both States of Tamil Nadu and...

Commnr. of Central Excise, Jaipur v. M/s. Hindustan Zinc Ltd.

Excise — Rectification application by the Department — Dismissal of, by Cegat with the observations that issue raised in the rectification application was not argued at the time of hearing of the main case — Held, no error in...