Service Law - Employment – Disqualification based on color blindness – Appellant's challenge to the denial of candidature as Assistant Engineer (Electrical) by TANGEDCO – Examination of relevant facts and legal principles – Special leave granted. [Para 1-6]
Employment - Color Vision Deficiency - Suitability for the position of Assistant Engineer (AE) in TAN...
Medical Termination of Pregnancy – Petitioner seeks permission for medical termination of pregnancy after discovering pregnancy at 24 weeks due to lactational amenorrhea – Grounds include post-partum depression and family circumstances – Medical Board report recommends against termination due to viability of the fetus – Subsequent email from AIIMS seeks direction on fetal h...
Insurance Policy – Interpretation and Revival – Appellant challenges NCDRC's decision allowing the respondent's claim for accident benefit – Supreme Court holds that the terms of the insurance policy must be strictly construed and the policy had lapsed before the accident occurred – Revival of the policy after the accident without disclosing the accident was conside...
Civil Appeal – Employees Provident Fund
Appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana – Appellant, the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, sought to challenge the stand taken by the respondent regarding the calculation of provident fund contributions based on the 'basic wage' – Appeal dismissed for lack of merit. [Para 1, 2, 6]
Statut...
Civil Appeals - Land Acquisition - Enhancement of Compensation - Appellants challenged the common judgment and order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana - The High Court enhanced the market value of acquired land and granted statutory benefits - The appellants contested the enhancement of compensation based on market value and deductions - The appellants' contentions primarily focused on t...
Income Tax – Principle of Mutuality – Taxability of interest income earned on fixed deposits made by social clubs in banks – Applicability of triple test for mutuality – Interplay between previous Order in Cawnpore Club case and Bangalore Club judgment – Determination of point at which mutuality ends and trading begins – Relationship between contributors and par...
Section 30 of the Act – Appeal against Commissioner’s order – Substantial question of law – When arises – Permanent disability assessment – Whether a substantial question of law arises in assessing the extent of permanent disability – Held, permanent disability assessment is a question of fact, and in the absence of perversity in the reasoning, a substanti...
Forest Land Demarcation – Section 3 and 8 of the Vesting Act – Appellants challenge the High Court's decision that only 100 hectares and 155.90 acres were forest land, with the rest being plantations – Supreme Court finds no error in High Court's judgment – High Court correctly relied on surveys, reports, and evidence showing the land's status on the appointed d...
Recovery mechanism under the 2003 Act and 2005 Code - Licensees empowered to disconnect electricity supply for non-payment - State Commissions authorized to frame regulations - Outstanding dues constituting a charge on assets - PVVNL considered a secured creditor. [Para 39-43]
Distinction between government dues and dues to secured creditors - Priority of clearance - Dues owed to PVVNL not cons...
Abolition of Post – UGC Tenth Plan – Appellant challenges the termination of his services as an Assistant Professor, arguing that the post was sanctioned and financially supported by the UGC under the Tenth Plan and should not have been abolished – Supreme Court finds termination illegal, noting that the University had the power to abolish a department but not a post sanctioned b...