(1)
THE SECRETARY TO GOVT. OF KERALA IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS .....Appellant Vs.
JAMES VARGHESE AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
04/05/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Constitutional Law – Legislative Competence – Concurrent List – Subject of Arbitration falls under Entry 13 of List III – State Legislature can enact law on arbitration subject to President's assent – State Act reserved for and received President's assent prevails over Central law – State Act within legislative competence of State Legislature [Paras 1-9]...
(2)
RAVINDER SINGH @ KAKU .....Appellant Vs.
STATE OF PUNJAB .....Respondent D.D
04/05/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Law – Circumstantial Evidence – Conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence requires a conclusive chain of circumstances – The last seen theory, arrest of the accused, recovery of material objects, and call details do not conclusively establish guilt – Conviction based on probabilities and inferences drawn from call records inadmissible without proper certif...
(3)
ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY (INDIA) LIMITED .....Appellant Vs.
S.P. VELAYUTHAM AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
04/05/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Registration of Documents – Duties of Registering Officer – Role of Registering Officer is not merely mechanical – Required to independently verify statutory compliance – Failure to verify powers of attorney and other statutory requirements can invalidate registration [Paras 1-9, 58].
Judicial Review – High Court's Jurisdiction – Under Article 2...
(4)
UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Appellant Vs.
ASHISH AGARWAL .....Respondent D.D
04/05/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Income Tax – Reassessment Notices – Transition to New Provisions – High Courts quashed reassessment notices issued under unamended Section 148 after 01.04.2021 – Supreme Court converted such notices into those issued under Section 148A (new provisions) – Directed Revenue to comply with new procedural requirements – Notices deemed to be issued under amended Act t...
(5)
THOMAS DANIEL .....Appellant Vs.
STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
02/05/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Service Law – Recovery of Excess Payments – Misrepresentation and Error – Recovery of increments granted to appellant after ten years of retirement held unjustified – Excess amounts not paid due to any misrepresentation or fraud by appellant – Payments made due to error in interpreting Kerala Service Rules – Equity and judicial discretion favor relief from recov...
(6)
NARSINGH ISPAT LIMITED .....Appellant Vs.
ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER .....Respondent D.D
02/05/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Insurance Law – Terrorism Exclusion Clause – Policy Definitions Govern – Insurance claims cannot be rejected based on the definition of terrorism in penal laws – Exclusion Clause in insurance policy defines terrorism – Rights and liabilities of parties governed by terms of policy – Definitions from penal statutes irrelevant [Paras 1-14].
Consumer Pr...
(7)
ARAVINTH R.A. .....Appellant Vs.
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
02/05/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Foreign Medical Graduates – Licentiate and Internship Regulations – Constitutionality – Regulations 4(a)(i), 4(a)(ii), 4(b), and 4(c) of the Licentiate Regulations and Schedule II, 2(a), and 2(c)(i) of the CRMI Regulations challenged – High Court upheld regulations ensuring minimum standards for foreign medical graduates [Paras 1-10].
Judicial Review – St...
(8)
NEPPALI SAI VIKASH AND OTHERS .....Appellant Vs.
UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Respondent D.D
02/05/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Medical Education – NEET PG Admission – Reduction in Percentile – Central Government reduced minimum marks by 15 percentile for all categories – Petitioners sought further reduction by 5 percentile to fill remaining vacancies – Government opposed additional reduction citing academic interests [Paras 2-7].
Judicial Review – Policy Decisions – C...
(9)
UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LIMITED .....Appellant Vs.
LEVIS STRAUSS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED .....Respondent D.D
02/05/2022
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Insurance Law – Overlapping Policies – Marine and Domestic Coverage – Clause 47 of the STP Policy and Condition No. 4 of the SFSP Policy – Marine policy issued by Allianz covered global risks, including those insured under domestic policies – Domestic policy excluded liability where another policy covered the same risk – Marine policy interpreted as including wa...