(1)
UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Appellants Vs.
EX. HC/GD VIRENDER SINGH .....Respondent D.D
22/08/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Service Law – MACP Scheme – Applicability and Implementation Date – MACP Scheme implemented with effect from 1st September 2008, not 1st January 2006 – MACP Scheme provides financial upgradation to the immediate next grade pay in the hierarchy of the pay bands, not the next promotional post – Decision based on Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations and governmen...
(2)
BRIJ RAJ OBEROI .....Appellant Vs.
THE SECRETARY TOURISM AND CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER .....Respondents D.D
18/08/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Arbitration – Appointment of Arbitrator – Lease Disputes – Renewal – Division Bench of High Court erred in rejecting application under Section 11(6) of the 1996 Act for appointment of Arbitrator – Disputes concerning renewal or non-renewal of lease, period of renewal, and rent quantum are arbitrable – Lease deed read as a whole indicates disputes to be resolved ...
(3)
M N G BHARATEESH REDDY .....Appellant Vs.
RAMESH RANGANATHAN AND ANOTHER .....Respondents D.D
18/08/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 405, 415, 420 – Breach of Contractual Terms – Alleged breach of contract does not constitute criminal breach of trust without clear entrustment – Offence of criminal breach of trust requires (i) entrustment with property, (ii) dishonest misappropriation or conversion – No entrustment shown – Cheating requires (i) deception, (ii)...
(4)
S. MADHUSUDHAN REDDY .....Appellant Vs.
V. NARAYANA REDDY AND OTHERS .....Respondents D.D
18/08/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Review Jurisdiction – Civil Procedure Code – Scope – Review of judgment permissible only on discovery of new and important evidence, mistake or error apparent on the face of the record, or any other sufficient reason – Successive review petitions not maintainable on same grounds – No new evidence or error apparent demonstrated by respondents – High Court erred i...
(5)
S. MADHUSUDHAN REDDY .....Appellant Vs.
V. NARAYANA REDDY AND OTHERS .....Respondents D.D
18/08/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Review Jurisdiction – Civil Procedure Code – Scope – Review of judgment permissible on discovery of new evidence, mistake, or error apparent on the face of the record – Second set of review petitions by respondents after first set was dismissed – No new evidence or error apparent shown – High Court erred in entertaining second review petitions – Order set ...
(6)
BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA .....Appellant Vs.
REGIONAL DIRECTOR EMPLOYEES’ STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION AND ANOTHER .....Respondents D.D
18/08/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Social Welfare Legislation – ESI Act – Applicability to BCCI – Whether BCCI qualifies as "shop" under the ESI Act – High Court and ESI Court held BCCI's activities to be systematic commercial activities – BCCI's primary objective to promote cricket does not exempt it from ESI Act – Liberal interpretation of "shop" under social welfare...
(7)
NAGAR PANCHAYAT MOONAK AND OTHERS .....Appellants Vs.
STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS .....Respondents D.D
17/08/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Environmental Law – Flood Management – Overflooding of Ghaggar Basin – Final Model Study Report by CWPRS, Pune – State Governments of Punjab and Haryana directed to implement recommendations – Periodical stakeholder meetings every four weeks to monitor progress – Ghaggar Standing Committee to report every three months to CWC – CWC to submit report to Supre...
(8)
B.L.A. INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITED .....Appellant Vs.
UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER .....Respondents D.D
17/08/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Mining Law – Coal Block Allocation – Wrongful Inclusion – Respondent No.1 (UOI) failed to follow due process, leading to wrongful inclusion of appellant in list of illegal coal block allotments – Appellant followed proper procedure under MMDR Act and MC Rules – UOI's callous approach caused appellant loss and ignominy – Allocation to appellant not through Sc...
(9)
SATYENDER AND OTHERS .....Appellants Vs.
SAROJ AND OTHERS .....Respondents D.D
17/08/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Civil Procedure Code – Counter Claim – Order 8 Rule 6A – Counter claim must be against the plaintiff and must be instituted before the defendant has delivered his defense or before the time limit for delivering his defense has expired – Counter claim can be made on a separate or independent cause of action, but it has limitations such as pecuniary limits of the court's ...