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Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Gurbax Singh v. State of Punjab & Ors.

Service Law — Dismissal from service — Punishment of — Proportionality — Enquiry not conducted — Fresh enquiry — When can be dispensed with — Appellant joined as a Constable in the Police service of the Respondent 1/State — He...

Suresh Narayan Kadam & Ors. v. Central Bank of India & Ors.

A. Rent Control and Eviction — Public Premises — Eviction of unauthorised occupants — Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) had constructed some buildings for the lower and middle income groups for Bank...

State Bank of India and Ors. v. Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. and Ors.

By order dated 7th April, 2016, the respondent No. 3 was directed to file an affidavit on two aspects; 1) disclose the details of his properties - movable, immovable, tangible, intangible, shareholding, etc. both in India and...

Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab

We have perused the impugned judgment and the relevant record. Looking at the facts of the case and in view of the peculiar fact that the appellant is quite aged and suffers from some ailments, the sentence imposed upon him is...

Sakharam v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.

A. Criminal Law — Penal code, 1860 — S. 320 — Offence of grievous hurt — When made out — To make out the offence of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, there must be a specific hurt voluntarily inflicted and coming within the...

Yellapu Uma Maheswari & Anr. v. Buddha Jagadheeswararao & Ors.

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 20 R. 18 — Suit claiming relief of partition — Admissibility of a document is entirely dependent upon the recitals contained in that document but not on the basis of the pleadings set up by the...

Madras Bar Association v. Union of India & Ors.

Corporate Laws — Companies Act 1956 — Pts. I-B and I-C [as inserted by Companies Second Amendment Act of 2002] — Constitutional validity of, was examined by a Constitution Bench in R. Gandhi, 2010 (11) SCC 1 — — Parliament has...

T.N. Raghupathy v. High Court of Karnataka & Ors.

Constitution of India — Art. 132 — Powers of Court — Deletion of name of Counsel — Name of learned Senior Counsel had been recorded in the order as well as appearance shown in the proceedings, though he had in fact not appeared...