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(1) XXX ...Appellant(s) Vs. XXX ...Respondent(s) D.D 10/12/2024

Matrimonial Law - Maintenance Pendente Lite – Section 24 HMA – Independence from Divorce Petition – Appellant argued that withdrawal of the divorce petition rendered Family Court functus officio to decide maintenance – Held: Section 24 proceedings are independent and survive withdrawal of the main case – Statutory provisions aim to ensure financial security of the dep...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NOS. _____ OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 21710-21711 of 2024) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 122333

(2) Chaduranga Kanthraj Urs and Another ...Petitioners Vs. P. Ravi Kumar and Others ...Respondents D.D 10/12/2024

Contempt of Court – Alleged Wilful Disobedience of Supreme Court Orders – TDR Compliance - Wilful Disobedience – Orders Passed by Supreme Court – Intentional Delay in Compliance – Allegations of wilful disobedience of Supreme Court orders dated 21.11.2014, 17.05.2022, and 19.03.2024 – Petitioners claimed non-compliance by respondents regarding issuance of Transf...

REPORTABLE # INHERENT APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 688 OF 2021 IN CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3310 OF 1997 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 427736

(3) State of Odisha & Others...Appellants Vs. Dilip Kumar Mohapatra...Respondent D.D 10/12/2024

Service Law - Temporary Employment – Principles of Engagement and Termination – Public Employment Rules – Respondent engaged as a Computer Technician for a fixed term of one year or until regular selection – Termination before the term's expiry was non-stigmatic – Held: Temporary engagement cannot confer rights akin to regular employment – In absence of regu...

NON REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 14132 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 27549 of 2024) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 561444

(4) Banwari and Others...Appellants Vs. Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HSIIDC) and Another...Respondents D.D 10/12/2024

Land Acquisition – Redetermination of Compensation – Application under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Beneficent legislation to aid inarticulate and poor people – Object to remove inequality in compensation payments – Restrictive interpretation rejected – Appeal allowed   Redetermination of Compensation – Section 28-A of the La...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 13348 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 12221 of 2022) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 287187

(5) National Highway Authority of India...Appellant Vs. G. Athipathi and Others...Respondents D.D 09/12/2024

Service Law – Deputation vs. Direct Recruitment – Promotion – The respondent, originally appointed on deputation as Manager (Technical), was later repatriated to his parent department before rejoining the appellant through direct recruitment – Respondent sought recognition of deputation service for promotion eligibility – Held: Repatriation constituted a clear break i...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 14100 OF 2024 [Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 18349 of 2023] Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 127361

(6) Lt. Col. Suprita Chandel...Appellant Vs. Union of India and Others...Respondents D.D 09/12/2024

Service Law – Permanent Commission – Discrimination – Appellant, a Short Service Commissioned (SSC) officer in the Army Dental Corps, was denied a third chance for permanent commission due to amendments to age relaxation policies introduced in 2013 – Appellant sought parity with other officers granted permanent commission by Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), Principal Bench, in ...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL No. 1943 OF 2022 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 365263

(7) Tej Bhan (D) Through LR. & Ors....Appellants Vs. Ram Kishan (D) Through LRs. & Ors....Respondents D.D 09/12/2024

Property Rights – Section 14(1) and 14(2) of Hindu Succession Act – Judicial Divergence – Referred to Larger Bench – Analysis of Precedents Required - Multiple judgments from different Benches, including two-judge and three-judge Bench decisions, present inconsistent interpretations of Section 14 – This has resulted in judicial conflict between principles of absolute ...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6557 OF 2022 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 381507

(8) State of Maharashtra & Others...Appellants Vs. Pradeep Yashwant Kokade & Another...Respondents D.D 09/12/2024

Criminal Law - Death Penalty – Delay in Execution – Effect on Convicts' Rights – Undue, unexplained delay in the execution of a death sentence violates the rights of convicts under Article 21 of the Constitution – In the present case, the delay spanned nearly four years from filing mercy petitions to issuing execution warrants – Held: The cumulative delays at mult...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2831 OF 2023 with CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2832 OF 2023 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 429153

(9) Birma Devi & Ors....Petitioners Vs. Subhash & Anr....Respondents D.D 06/12/2024

  Civil Law - Specific Performance – Implied Right to Possession – Execution Permitted – The petitioners, subsequent purchasers, opposed the High Court's direction for the delivery of possession to the decree-holder in a specific performance case where the original decree did not expressly order possession – Held: The decree-holder has an implied right to posses...

REPORTABLE # SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION NO. 29397 OF 2024 (@ SLP(C.) Diary No(s). 52303 OF 2024) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 533731