Supreme Court Rules Power Disconnections and Crore-Rupee Penalties Cannot Rest on Mere Suspicion of Electricity Theft
The Supreme Court held a writ petition against a provisional electricity assessment order is maintainable, set aside a Rs. 3.23 crore assessment against a steel company for lack of theft…
UNION OF INDIA versus SUNIL BIYANI
The Supreme Court held that courts cannot grant protection from arrest while dismissing a pre-arrest bail plea, and an order under Section 69 of the CGST Act must be communicated…
Supreme Court Upholds Separate Pay Scales for Re-Employed Tribunal Officers
The Supreme Court held that re-employed Presiding Officers of CGIT-cum-LC form a distinct class and upheld their pay fixation linked to District Judiciary scales, ruling it does not violate Articles…
Supreme Court Sends Disputed Electrocution Compensation Claims Back to Civil Court
The Supreme Court ruled that Article 226 writ petitions for electrocution compensation are unmaintainable when facts are disputed, directing parties to civil courts. It held electricity boards strictly liable under…
PARAG KISHORE SATOSKAR versus STATE OF JHARKHAND
The Supreme Court quashed an FIR alleging cheating and criminal breach of trust arising from a commercial distributorship dispute, holding that the allegations disclosed no offence under Sections 318(4) and…
Supreme Court Restores Asset Freeze and Curbs Appetite for “Mini-Trials” on Interim Appeals
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court Division Bench order that had lifted an interim injunction in a family property dispute, ruling that appellate courts cannot hold a 'mini-trial'…
Employers Cannot Use Bureaucratic Delay to Deny Compassionate Appointments, Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court held that age for compassionate appointment is reckoned from when the process begins, not eventual consideration, and an employer cannot benefit from its own delay. It set…
Supreme Court Dismisses ₹23 Lakh Supplier Claim, Ruling Winding-Up Proceedings Cannot Extend the Deadline to Sue
The Supreme Court set aside a money recovery decree, holding the suit barred by limitation even though the plaintiff proved its partnership firm registration, and ruled that time spent in…
BASSANNA SINCE DECEASED BY LRS. versus BHIMANNA ETC. ETC.
The Supreme Court held that a composite appeal under Section 96 CPC is maintainable against a common judgment in two consolidated suits when accompanied by both decrees and proper court…
When Is a Medical Printer Not a Diagnostic Device? Supreme Court Settles Customs Tariff Dispute
Supreme Court upholds classification of imported laser imagers under residuary heading CTH 9033, holding they lack independent diagnostic capability and are accessories compatible with machines across different tariff headings.