Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited v. Tarini Infrastructure Ltd. & Ors.

A. Infrastructure Laws — Energy and power — Electricity Act, 2003 — Ss. 61, 62 64 and 86 — State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) — Power to review tariff fixed under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) — If exists — In the...

R. Rachaiah v. Home Secretary, Bangalore

A. Criminal Trial — Alteration or addition of charge — Safeguards provided in the provision, re-iterated — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S. 216 B. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Ss. 216, 217 — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302, 306 —...

Veerendra Kr. Gautam and others v. Karuna Nidhan Upadhyay and others

A. Service Law — De Facto doctrine — Application of — Scope — Validity of acts of officers — Held, acts of the officers de facto performed by them within the scope of their assumed authority in the interest of the public or the...

All India Inst. of Medical Sciences v. Raj Singh

This appeal is directed against an order dated 25.08.2008 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court, whereby the Division Bench dismissed the appeal filed by the appellant-All India Institute of Medical Sciences (hereinafter...

Commissioner of Commercial Tax, U.P. v. M/s. A.R. Thermosets (Pvt.) Ltd.

Sales Tax and VAT — U.P. Value Added Tax Act, 2008 — Sch. II Entry 22 — ‘Bitumen’ whether inclusive of ‘Bitumen emulsion’ — Held, emulsification only eases and provides proficiency to the use of application of bitumen — Hence, in...

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...

Kulwinder Pal Singh and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Ors.

A. Service Law — Appointment — Merely because the name of a candidate finds place in the select list, it would not give him indefeasible right to get an appointment as well — Name of a candidate may appear in the merit list but...