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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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…