Service Benefits – Pensionary Benefits – Appeal against the grant of pensionary benefits to Commission Vendors/Bearers in Northern Railway – High Court directed counting 50% of their service before absorption for pensionary benefits – Union of India contended that such benefits should not be granted as Commission Vendors/Bearers do not have the same status as casual laborer...
Income Tax – Deduction under Section 80-IB – Eligibility – Assessee manufacturing polyurethane foam used as car seats – Claimed deduction under Section 80-IB – Assessing Officer, CIT(A), and High Court denied deduction, classifying product as polyurethane foam under Eleventh Schedule – Tribunal's favorable ruling for assessee overturned – Supreme Court...
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act – Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Dispute resolution – Independent arbitration agreements and statutory rights under MSMED Act – Appeals challenging the jurisdiction of the Facilitation Council under MSMED Act despite the existence of independent arbitration agreements between the parties – Supreme Court held that...
SARFAESI Act – Bar on Civil Court Jurisdiction – Suit for recovery of damages/compensation – Plaintiff claimed damages for receiving less area than paid for – Suit not barred by Section 34 of the SARFAESI Act as it did not challenge the sale/sale certificate but sought compensation for less area received – High Court erred in holding suit barred by Section 34 [Paras 5...
Land Acquisition – Delay – Condonation and Compensation Enhancement – High Court condoned 22-year delay and enhanced compensation to Rs. 149 per sq. yard – Supreme Court upheld the compensation but exempted NOIDA from liability for statutory benefits and interest during the delayed period – Delayed statutory benefits would impose a financial burden and increase projec...
Second Appeal – Suit for declaration of mortgage redemption and right title interest – Appeal against the judgments of Trial Court and First Appellate Court dismissing the suit – Dispute over a property claimed to be a mortgage by the plaintiff and a sale by the defendant – Bar under Section 92 of the Indian Evidence Act prohibiting admission of oral evidence to contradict ...
Contract Law – Interpretation – Recovery of Demurrages – Clause XII (a) of the contract between FCI and transport contractors – Whether demurrages imposed by Railways can be recovered from contractors as "charges" – High Court held demurrages not recoverable as "charges" – Supreme Court affirmed, interpreting "charges" within the co...
Motor Accident – Permanent Disability – Enhancement of Compensation – Claimant sustained comminuted fracture of tibia bones of both legs – Original compensation of Rs. 2,108,400/- awarded by Tribunal reduced by High Court to Rs. 737,604/- – Supreme Court reassessed permanent disability at 30%, enhancing compensation to Rs. 1,167,405/- with interest at 6% p.a. – ...
Land Acquisition – Enhancement of Compensation – Sale Exemplars – High Court erred in discarding sale exemplars Exs. P3 and P4 solely because they involved transactions with a company – Proper deduction required for smaller parcels of land – Compensation determined at Rs. 12,16,800/- per acre – Impugned judgment modified [Paras 6-9].
Compensation Ca...
Contract Law – Escalation Claims – Rights and duties of parties to a contract subsist or perish in terms of the contract – Contractual clause disallowing future claims for escalation unless specified conditions are met – Conditions were satisfied, thus Contractor entitled to claim escalation – Officers administering the contract have no discretion to deny escalation o...