A. Maintenance — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 125 — Applicability to Muslim women — The power to grant maintenance to a divorced Muslim woman can be exercised under S. 125 (Para 10) Shamim Bano v. Asraf Khan, (2014) 12 SCC...
Category - Latest Judgments
Latest Judgments of Supreme Court
Shabnam v. Union of India & Ors.
A. Constitution of India — Arts. 21 and 72/161 — Right to life — ‘Human dignity’ — Principle of, in context of death penalty — Prisoners sentenced to death — Retains his fundamental rights — Death penalty — Execution — Procedure...
Prem Ram v. Managing Director, Uttarakhand Pey Jal & Nirman Nigam, Dehradun and Ors.
Labour Law — Daily wager — Regularisation of service — Daily wager vis-à-vis a temporary engagement on work — Charged establishment — Case of the daily-wagers and work-charge employees will have to be treated on the same footing...
M/s. Soorajmull Nagarmull v. State of Bihar & Ors.
A. Land Acquisition and Requisition — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — S. 11-A — Acquisitions initiated prior to 1984 — If applicable — S. 11-A came into force on 24-9-1984 — Where acquisition was initiated in 1981 — Again for same...
M. Narayan v. State of Karnataka
A. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — S. 2 — Dowry — Plain form — signifies any property or valuable security having an inextricable nexus with the marriage — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 304-B (Para 23) B. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 304B and...
Inspector of Police and another v. Battenapatla Venkata Ratnam and another
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 197 — Sanction for prosecution — Allegation against respondents/Sub-registrars that while working in various offices in the State of Andhra Pradesh, in connivance with stamp vendors and other...
Rajeshwar Baburao Bone v. The State of Maharashtra and Another
Service Law — Reserved post — Caste claim — Verification — Appellant secured employment with Zilla Parishad, Beed, on the post reserved for Scheduled Tribe category — Tribe certificate issued in his favour was referred to the...
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Keshar Singh
Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 375-376-D — Rape — Trial, sentencing and other issues — Prosecutrix admittedly a minor of unsound mind — Medical evidence not found supportive of the story of the time of alleged rape —...
D. Sudhakar v. State of A.P. & Ors.
The petitioner was directly recruited in the Group-I services as a Regional Transport Officer in 1990 and has been working as Joint Transport Commissioner since 2008. The petitioner belongs to the Scheduled Caste community and is...
M/s. Ariane Orgachem Pvt. Ltd. v. Wyeth Employees Union & Ors.
A. Labour Law — Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 — 1st respondent union alleging that transfer of ownership and factory from the 3rd respondent to the appellant company...