Why Clearing the Public Service Commission May Still Not Get You the Job
The Supreme Court held that a Public Service Commission's recommendation does not confer a vested right to appointment; the appointing authority may verify eligibility but must act for valid, non-arbitrary…
Supreme Court Appoints Neutral Manager for Disputed Gujarat Farmland and Checks Appellate Overreach
The Supreme Court partly allowed appeals concerning disputed agricultural land in Gujarat, restoring a Bombay High Court application and modifying Gujarat High Court orders to appoint an Advocate Receiver to…
A Name Quietly Struck Off Village Land Records Cannot Erase a Family’s Inheritance, the Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court restored concurrent decrees allowing partition of family agricultural land, ruling that revenue mutation entries do not extinguish title and that the High Court exceeded its Section 100…
Supreme Court: A Father’s Child Support Duty Cannot Be Halved Just Because the Mother Earns
Supreme Court restored Rs.30,000 monthly interim maintenance per minor daughter. It ruled that the father's duty cannot be halved automatically merely because the mother earns, and a mother's non-monetary care…
Supreme Court Rules Enclosed Room Is Not “Within Public View” Under the SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court quashed proceedings under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST Act against the appellant, ruling that alleged caste-based abuse inside an enclosed school room lacked the essential…
Supreme Court: You Cannot Be Prosecuted as a ‘Gangster’ Under the UP Act When the Law Creates No Offence
The Supreme Court ruled that the U.P. Gangsters Act creates no standalone offence; punishing a person merely for the 'status' of being a gangster, without an underlying punishable act, violates…
Supreme Court Rules Employees Cannot Reopen Accepted Regularisation Terms to Claim a Better Pension After Retirement
The Supreme Court dismissed an SLP seeking GPF pension benefits for an NIRD professor, holding that his 2012 regularisation operated prospectively and he was bound by prior precedent to remain…
Helping Buyers Get Vehicle Loans and Insurance Is a Taxable Service, the Supreme Court Rules — but Paying Up Before a Notice Can Block a Penalty
The Supreme Court upheld service tax on automobile referral charges as Business Auxiliary Service under the Finance Act, 1994, but set aside the penalty under Section 78 because the appellant…
No Proved Demand, No Corruption Conviction: Supreme Court Acquits Gujarat Officials in Three-Decade-Old Bribery Case
The Supreme Court acquitted two public servants in a bribery case, ruling that without proof of the initial demand beyond reasonable doubt, the statutory presumption under Section 20 of the…
Supreme Court Invalidates Lok Adalat Awards Passed Without Rival Claimants’ Consent
The Supreme Court set aside Lok Adalat awards apportioning land acquisition compensation, holding that all disputing claimants must be parties and signatories, and remitted the matter to the reference court…