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Registration of sale certificate
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Mere filing under Section 89(4) of the Registration Act itself is sufficient when a copy of the sale certificate is forwarded by the authorised officer to the registering authority. As long as the sale certificate remains as it is, it is not compulsorily registrable. It is only when the auction purchaser uses the certificate for some other purpose that the requirement of payment of stamp duty, etc. would arise.”

Delhi air pollution
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Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) is a framework designed to take specific actions based on the level of air quality, with Stage IV being one of the highest stages involving stricter measures such as restrictions on non-essential activities, halting certain industrial operations, and enhancing public health advisories.

S. 14 of Hindu Succession Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Hindu Women’s right to maintenance is not by virtue of any statute, but is found in Shastric Hindu law; maintenance has to be proper, appropriate and adequate, giving the woman so maintained the ability to continue to live the life, similar to what she once lived.”

Hyderabad land allotment policy
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“Government servants, elected legislators, Judges in the Supreme Court and High Court, and prominent journalists do not belong to the “weaker” or per se deserving sections of our society, warranting special State reservations to land allotment.”

NOIDA Special Economic Zone Authority
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The claims pertaining to the transfer fees, etc., cannot be dealt with by courts or tribunals as the same relates to the commercial wisdom of the Committee of Creditors for they are the best persons to determine their interests, and any such interference is non-justiciable except as provided by Section 30(2) of IBC 2016.

Stubble burning
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The compliance reports filed by the Governments of Haryana and Punjab showed that there were a large number of farm fires. The Court found reluctance on the part of both Governments to act in terms of Section 14 of the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021.

Goa Govt. publish HC Recruitment Rules
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The Goa State notification of High Court of Bombay at Goa Officers and the Members of the Staff on the Establishment (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2023 contained a prefatory statement that they were made by the Chief Justice of the Bombay HC in exercise of the power conferred under Article 229 of the Constitution.