Violation of Fundamental Rights – Right to Education – Provision of Statutory Benefits – Public Interest Litigation – Delhi High Court mandates immediate provision of educational materials in kind rather than cash to ensure compliance with the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and related rules, highlighting administrative failures in GNCTD and MC...
Compensation – Railway Accident – The appellants, dependents of N. Jahankir, who died in a railway accident, sought to set aside the dismissal of their claim for compensation by the Railway Claims Tribunal – The deceased, holding a valid ticket, was hit by a train while on the platform, leading to his death – The Tribunal dismissed the claim, attributing the accident to the...
Family Law – Divorce – Grounds of Cruelty and Desertion – Cruelty – Allegation of False Dowry Complaint: The husband (Appellant) claimed that the wife (Respondent) lodged a false dowry complaint against him, constituting cruelty. However, the court noted that no evidence, such as a copy of the complaint, was provided to substantiate this allegation. Moreover, the wife&rsquo...
Appeal against Dismissal of Suit – Challenge against the judgment dated 24th February 2014 and review petition dismissal dated 29th August 2014 concerning recovery of misuser charges on leased property – Appeal allowed – Single Judge dismissal set aside due to inadequate consideration of pleadings and issues framed – Appeal succeeds on grounds that the trial court failed to...
International Taxation – Taxability of Guarantee Charges – Indo-UK DTAA – Income Accruing in India – The appeal involves the issue of whether the guarantee charges received by the appellant, a UK-based company, from its Indian subsidiaries for providing parental corporate guarantees to foreign banks can be taxed in India. The appellant contended that since the source of the...
Transplantation of Human Organs – Mandamus issued – Compliance with Authorisation Committee Procedures and Safeguarding Donors' Rights.
Transplantation of Human Organs – Writ petitions filed seeking mandamus directing the respondents to consider the petitioners' representations for kidney transplantation approval – Petitioners facing renal failure, with...
Transfer of Property Act – Section 44 – Rights of Co-owners and Transferees - Property Law – Second Appeal under Section 100 r/w Order XLII Rule 1 & 2 CPC dismissed – Challenge against the concurrent findings of trial court and 1st appellate court dismissing defendants’ claim over property by adverse possession and confirming mandatory injunction for eviction &nda...
Civil Procedure – Rejection of Plaint – Application under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC – Trial Court dismissed application to reject plaint filed by children of the donor challenging gift deed executed by their father – High Court holds that once the donor had withdrawn his suit challenging the gift deed, his children could not subsequently challenge the same deed – High ...
Service Law – Trifurcation of Directorate General of Security (DGS) – Reorganization and Pay Parity – Petition challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order directing resolution of service condition disparities among ministerial staff post-trifurcation – Tribunal’s directive to devise a package and rectify lacunae affirmed – Relief limited to add...
Civil Procedure – Compensation for Land and Trees – Revision petition by Power Grid Corporation against the order of the District Court awarding enhanced compensation for trees cut and diminution in land value due to the drawing of high tension electric lines – Respondent’s property affected significantly, with trees cut and land rendered less valuable – District Cour...