Land Acquisition – Ownership Dispute – TNHB Ownership Upheld – The Court upheld the High Court's decision confirming that the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) was the rightful owner of 4.95 acres of acquired land, including the disputed 0.90 cents – Held: Earlier mistake in judgment recording the area as 4.05 acres was clarified based on the compensation amount which mat...
Civil Law - Mutation Proceedings Challenged – Based on Time-Barred Decree – Limitation Applies – Orders Quashed - Petitioners challenged mutation granted to respondent No.4 based on a 1995 final decree—Held: Mutation application filed in 2013–2014 was hopelessly barred under Article 136 of Limitation Act—Revenue authorities erred in recognizing a decree long une...
Medical Fitness – Recruitment of Constable – Scoliosis Diagnosis – Appellant declared medically unfit by Civil Surgeon, Sirsa, based on diagnosis of “right dorso-lumbar spine scoliosis” – No specific opinion declaring unfitness by PGIMS Rohtak or PGIMER Chandigarh – Appellant cleared physical tests and Medical Board of PGIMER, consisting of seven specialis...
Maintainability of Gratuity Claim – Direct Approach to Controlling Authority – Section 7 of the Payment of Gratuity Act – Application Not Mandatory – Claim Allowed – The employer contended that the gratuity claim made directly before the Controlling Authority was not maintainable without first filing an application with the employer – Held: Section 7(2) & (3...
Civil Law - Recovery Suit – Unauthorized Encashment of Cheque – Liability of Issuer – Upheld – L&T officials handed over cheque to third party (Seshaiah) who was not authorized by the plaintiff to receive payments – The cheque was encashed through fraudulent account created in plaintiff’s firm name – Held: No agency or partnership between plaintiff and...
Criminal Law - Maintainability of Complaint – Complaint by Mother-in-law under DV Act – Legally Permissible - The applicants argued that a mother-in-law is not competent to file an application under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act – Held: An aggrieved woman includes any woman in a domestic relationship, and a mother-in-law can file complaint if she has lived in a shared h...
Civil Law - Oral Partition – Proof Through Boundaries – Not Sufficient – High Court Judgment Set Aside - High Court reversed concurrent findings of Trial and First Appellate Courts based solely on references to boundaries in unrelated sale and mortgage deeds (Ex.A3, A4, B3) – Supreme Court held that such documents relating to other properties cannot be conclusive proof of o...
PIL - Food Labelling – Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling (FOPNL) – Mandamus Sought – Direction Issued - The petitioner sought implementation of Front-of-Package Warning Labels on packaged foods to enhance consumer awareness of high sugar, salt, and fat content – The Union of India submitted that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had already notified a...
Constitutional Law - Electricity Connection – Valid Sale Deed in Unauthorized Colony – Cut-off Date for Regularization Arbitrary – Clause Quashed – The petitioner’s request for permanent electricity connection was denied due to a policy restricting registrations to documents executed before 31.07.2024 – Held: The cut-off date fixed in Clause 2.0 of the notificat...
Land Acquisition – Delay and Laches – Writ Petition Dismissed – The petitioner challenged the acquisition of land in Village Akurdi, Pune, which was acquired under the MID Act in 1971, with possession taken in 1972 – Petition filed in 2010, nearly 38 years after the acquisition – Held: Delay of over three decades is unexplained and renders the petition non-maintainabl...