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(1) P.J. Dharmaraj...Appellant Vs. Church of South India and Others...Respondents D.D 06/12/2024

Service Law – Superannuation – Applicability of Revised AICTE/UGC Regulations – Appellant, Director at CSI Institute of Technology (CSIIT), contested his retirement at sixty years of age, citing amended AICTE/UGC regulations that raised the age of superannuation for teachers to sixty-five years – High Court dismissed his Writ Petition, affirming sixty years as the retiremen...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 8457 of 2022) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 851694

(2) Basudev Dutta...Appellant(s) Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors....Respondent(s) D.D 05/12/2024

Service Law – Citizenship and Termination of Service – Delay in Verification – Principles of Natural Justice – Termination Held Arbitrary – Appellant served for 26 years before termination based on police report from 2010 – Tribunal quashed the termination for lack of personal hearing and detailed reasons – High Court erroneously restored the termination &...

REPORTABLE # Civil Appeal No. 13919 of 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 8026 of 2024) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 964703

(3) P.N.D. Prasad ...Appellant Vs. Billa Satish & Others ...Respondents D.D 05/12/2024

Criminal Law - Protest Petition – Direction to Reconsider Case – Order Upheld – The appellant challenged the High Court's decision that set aside the Magistrate's order directing the investigating agency to reconsider the case based on a protest petition – The Court interpreted the Magistrate’s order as a direction for continuation of investigation, not reinve...

NON REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. ___ OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (Criminal) No. 2029 of 2023) Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 163831

(4) Akanksha Arora ...Appellant Vs. Tanay Maben ...Respondent D.D 04/12/2024

Matrimonial Law - Enhancement of maintenance - Exercise of Inherent Powers – Section 482 CrPC – Scope and Application - The High Court dismissed the appellant's petition under Section 482 CrPC for enhancement of interim maintenance, citing the availability of an alternative remedy under Section 397 CrPC. The Supreme Court reiterated that the nomenclature of a petition is immaterial...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (CRL.) NO(S). 15909 of 2023) Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 201275

(5) Kabir Shankar Bose ...Petitioner Vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. ...Respondents D.D 04/12/2024

Criminal Law – Fair Investigation – Transfer of Investigation – Petition under Article 32 seeking transfer of investigation of FIR No. 400 of 2020 and FIR No. 401 of 2020 from the West Bengal police to an independent agency – Allegations of political vendetta and misuse of state machinery against petitioner, a BJP spokesperson, by respondent No. 7, a TMC MP and former fathe...

REPORTABLE # WRIT PETITION (Crl.) No. 416 of 2020 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 923853

(6) Irfan Khan...Appellant Vs. State (NCT of Delhi)...Respondent D.D 03/12/2024

Criminal Law – Quashing - Possession of Knife – Applicability of DAD Notification – Sections 25, 54, and 59 of the Arms Act – Quashing of FIR and Chargesheet - The appellant was charged under the Arms Act for possessing a buttondar knife with dimensions lesser than those specified in the Arms Rules. The prosecution relied on the DAD Notification (1980), which regulates cert...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No(s). 12510 of 2023) Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 318872

(7) Oachira Parabrahma Temple & Anr....Appellants Vs. G. Vijayanathakurup & Ors....Respondents D.D 03/12/2024

Temple Administration – Election of Managing Committee – Functus Officio Doctrine – Orders Modified - The appellants challenged the High Court's decision to remove the elected Executive Committee and appoint an unelected committee. The Supreme Court held that the High Court became functus officio after disposing of the original RFA and lacked jurisdiction to entertain subsequ...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 13708-13709 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 10598-10599 of 2023) WITH CONTEMPT PETITION (C) NOS. 987-988 OF 2023 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 523787

(8) Wadla Bheemaraidu...Appellant Vs. State of Telangana...Respondent D.D 03/12/2024

Criminal Law - Murder – Circumstantial Evidence – Lack of Cogent Proof – Appeal Allowed – Acquittal - The appellant was convicted for murder and other offenses based on circumstantial evidence, including allegations of motive, discovery of skeletal remains, and DNA profiling. The Supreme Court held that the prosecution failed to establish any credible evidence linking the a...

NON REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 573 OF 2023 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 158615

(9) Union of India & Ors. ...Appellants Vs. Saroj Devi ...Respondent D.D 03/12/2024

Service Law - Liberalised Family Pension – Classification of Death – Army Order 1 of 2003 – Appeal Dismissed - The respondent sought Liberalised Family Pension after her husband's death, initially classified as a 'battle casualty' but later changed to 'physical casualty.' The Tribunal found the death occurred due to extreme climatic conditions during Operation...

NON REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 13730 OF 2024 (Arising out of Diary No. 20250 of 2021) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 426648