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“Land owner cannot be deprived of the use of the land for years together”; SC sets aside Bombay HC’s direction to acquire a land almost 20 years after finalisation of development plan

Supreme Court: In a case where the Development Plan was finalized in the year 2002, but the same was never implemented nor

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Refusal to continue to execute a contract unless reciprocal promises are performed by the other party is not abandonment of contract: SC

Supreme Court: Explaining the law on abandonment on contractual obligation, the bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian*, JJ has held that

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Declaration under the Income Declaration Scheme cannot lead to non-declarant’s immunity from taxation: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of UU Lalit and S. Ravindra Bhat*, JJ has held that the declaration under the Income Declaration Scheme

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Can step-children claim property right in mother’s mehar after her death? Does a registered mehar deed become unenforceable for being nominal? SC answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai*, JJ., upheld the impugned judgment of the High Court wherein

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Does the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 eclipse the Industrial Disputes (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 1958? SC refuses to decide the issue as the first Court

Supreme Court: In the case where it was argued before the Court that the Industrial Disputes (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 1958 which received

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[Bomikhal Flyover Collapse] Is permanent debarment of guilty contractor too harsh? What makes an order a pre-determined one? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of M. R. Shah* and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., held that if a tentative decision is taken

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Can employees appointed for fixed period in temporary unit be absorbed/regularised by creating supernumerary posts? SC answers

Supreme Court: In the case where the Gujarat High Court had ordered the absorption of persons employed in a temporary unit, by

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Consent award cannot be the basis to determine compensation in other acquisition, especially, when there are other evidences on record: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna , JJ has held that a consent award cannot be the basis

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HC spends 9 months on deciding appeal from an ‘unappealable’ adjournment order. SC imposes Rs. 5 Lakhs exemplary cost on litigant for wasting ‘precious judicial time’

Supreme Court: In a trade mark infringement case where interlocutory injunction was sought during the pendency of the suit, the bench of

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All India Bar Exams| From 1/4th negative marking to limiting the validity of Bar exam for three years; SC issues notice to BCI to respond to suggestions

“The right to practice a profession, also being a fundamental right, a balance has to be maintained between the same and the requirement to monitor the legal profession for its better ethics.”

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Mere allegation of bias is not fatal to disciplinary inquiry unless supported by materials: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Ajay Rastogi* and Abhay S. Oka, JJ., held that non-supply of demanded documents is not

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‘Lotteries’ a species of ‘betting and gambling’; States Legislatures competent to levy tax: SC

Supreme Court: Dealing with the appeals preferred by the States of Karnataka and Kerala against the decisions of the Division Benches of

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Supreme Court fixes outer limit for claiming COVID-19 death compensation; Claims to be filed within 90 days from now on

Supreme Court: Considering the submissions by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on fixing an outer limit on fixing claims for compensation in case

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Trap party recovers tainted currency notes from Tax Officer accused of demanding bribe. Read why Supreme Court acquitted the officer in spite of proved recovery

Supreme Court: In an interesting case relating to corruption, the Division Bench of Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka*, JJ., acquitted a

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Irregular Disciplinary Enquiry: Court cannot reinstate employee as such; Matter must be remanded to Enquiry Officer/Disciplinary Authority

Supreme Court: In a disciplinary proceeding where it was established that there was a breach of principles of natural justice as the

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How will the higher Court know why review jurisdiction was exercised? Courts must mention what was that error apparent on the face of the record: SC

Supreme Court: In the case where the division bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court allowed a review petition by merely stating that

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Is amount spent by pharmaceutical companies in gifting freebies to the doctors “business expenditure” under IT Act when act of accepting freebies by doctors is an offence? SC answers

“…the statutory regime requiring that a thing be done in a certain manner, also implies (even in the absence of any express terms), that the other forms of doing it are impermissible.”