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K.L.J.A. Kiran Babu...Petitioner Vs.
Karnataka State Bar Council represented by Ramesh S. Naik (FDA)...Respondent D.D
04/08/2025
Contempt of Court – Advocates Act – Enrolment Fees – Compliance with Judgment in Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India – Petition Closed – Petitioner alleged that Karnataka State Bar Council was collecting fees of ₹6,800 and ₹25,000 as “optional charges” in addition to statutory enrolment fees – Bar Council of India affidavit confirmed that most State B...
(2)
D.P.C.C....Appellant Vs.
Lodhi Property Co. Ltd. & Ors....Respondents D.D
04/08/2025
Environmental Law – Amendments to Water and Air Acts – Substitution of Imprisonment with Monetary Penalties – New Adjudicatory Framework – Court noted that 2023–2024 amendments replaced imprisonment with fines (up to ₹15 lakhs) for most contraventions, introducing adjudicating officers and appeals to the NGT – Punishment by imprisonment retained only for limit...
(3)
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited ...Appellant Vs.
Green Infra Corporate Wind Private Limited and Others ...Respondents D.D
04/08/2025
Electricity Act - Tariff Determination – Wind Energy Projects – Accelerated Depreciation – Separate Tariff Permitted – Wind energy producers who did not avail of accelerated depreciation under the Income Tax Act are entitled to seek case-specific tariff determination from the GERC despite having entered into PPAs with a fixed tariff meant for those availing such depreciatio...
(4)
CH. Joseph...Appellant Vs.
The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation & Others...Respondents D.D
01/08/2025
Service Law – Section 12(3) and 18(3) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 - Premature Retirement – Medical Grounds – Alternate Employment Denied – Industrial Settlement Upheld – Appellant, a driver with TSRTC, was prematurely retired upon being declared colour blind – Corporation failed to explore alternat...
(5)
Wakia Afrin (Minor)...Petitioner Vs.
M/s National Insurance Co. Ltd....Respondent D.D
01/08/2025
Motor Accident Claim – Compensation under Section 163A – Owner’s Legal Heir as Claimant – Conflict Noted – Reference to Larger Bench - The petitioner, a minor, sought compensation for the death of her parents, including her father who was also the owner of the vehicle – Tribunal allowed the claim but High Court held claim not maintainable as the owner could not ...
(6)
Suresh...Appellant Vs.
State of Uttar Pradesh Devi Singh ...Respondents D.D
01/08/2025
Criminal Law - Juvenility Determination – Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act and Rule 12 of JJ Rules, 2007 – Juvenility Rejected – The appellant challenged concurrent findings of the courts below which declared the accused a juvenile based on a school transfer certificate indicating date of birth as 18.04.1995 – Supreme Court found the certificate unreliable as it was b...
(7)
Basheera Khanum...Appellant(s) Vs.
The City Municipal Council and Another...Respondent(s) D.D
31/07/2025
Civil Suit – Declaration & Injunction – Auction Purchase of Municipal Plot – High Court’s Reversal Set Aside – Appellant claimed ownership of plot No. 394 purchased in 1977 auction—Trial and first appellate courts decreed suit based on certified copies of auction records and adverse inference against municipal council for non-production of originals—Hi...
(8)
Kajal Sharma ...Petitioner Vs.
Magnanil Goswami ...Respondent D.D
31/07/2025
Family Law - Transfer Petition – Custody Proceedings – Welfare of Minor – Transfer Allowed – Petitioner-wife sought transfer of proceedings filed by husband under Section 12 of the Guardians and Wards Act for custody of six-month-old child from Jalpaiguri to Dehradun – Court held that compelling the mother to travel with a breast-feeding child would result in grave ha...
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Urmila Devi & Others...Petitioners Vs.
Balram & Another...Respondents D.D
31/07/2025
Criminal Law – Quashing – Section 419, 420, 467,468,471 of the IPC - Criminal Complaint – Allegation of Forged Will – Quashing Justified – Civil Dispute Given Criminal Colour – Appellants, daughters-in-law of the deceased, inherited estate via a will dated 23.12.1993 – Sale deed was executed by one son after the testator’s death – Complainant f...