Read Judgment In LawLens



SAIL Gratuity Rules, 1978 - Policy under O&M/Procedure/789 dated 26.03.2009 - he amount ultimately payable to the ExEmployee upon vacation of the allotted staff quarter shall be computed after adjusting the penal rent accrued for…

"Dishonour of a postdated cheque by itself is not sufficient to presume existence of a dishonest intention on part of its drawer."

"In frivolous or vexatious proceedings, the Court owes a duty to look into many other attending circumstances emerging from the record of the case, over and above the averments and, if need be, with due care and circumspection, and try to read in between…

"When a person ceases to be a member of the Scheduled Caste on his conversion to Christianity, he cannot be a person aggrieved under the SC/ST Act."

"Set-off would mitigate against the pari passu principle which is apparent from IBC scheme.."

Read Judgment In LawLens



Code of Civil Procedure 1908 - Section 11 - Res Judicata - Dismissal of a suit for default, not being a decision on merits, cannot ordinarily be regarded as a final adjudication so as to attract the strict application of the principle…

"overturning of the principle of law cannot sustain even a formal review of the original decision once the same has attained finality."

A company cannot directly or indirectly give a loan to its director without passing a special resolution in a general meeting or unless the funds correlate to the principal business activities of the company.

One cannot assume that all house-hold related work falls to the woman, whereas it is only the male who is tasked with bread winning.

"Discrimination against the girl child and by extension women is still prevalent in several parts of the country. "

Even though the weapons of offence were lathis, which in the abstract may not always be characterised as a deadly weapon, their lethality depends upon the manner of use, the part of the body targeted, and the force employed

Read Judgment In LawLens



Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 482 - Ordinarily, an issue of tampering/ interpolation in a document being a question of fact is to be determined in a trial based on evidence led therein and, therefore, courts must be…

Where reliable and unimpeachable material demonstrably displaces the factual basis of the accusations and the prosecution is unable to effectively counter the same, the Court would be justified in invoking its inherent jurisdiction to prevent injustice.

"Mere use of the word ‘bastard’, by itself, is not sufficient to arouse prurient interest of a person. More so, when such words are commonly used in modern era during heated conversations."

Blacklisting, being stigmatic and exclusionary in nature, cannot be imposed mechanistically but must comport with principles of natural justice and reasonableness

While considering a request for CBI investigation or constitution of an SIT, the Court does not undertake an adjudication on culpability.

The Supreme Court upheld the cancellation of Piaggio’s 33‑acre industrial lease in Surajpur by UPSIDA, finding that the company had failed, over many years, to raise construction or commence industrial production as required under the lease conditions.

Every link in the chain of circumstantial evidence must be conclusively established. Even a single missing or weak link may prove fatal to the prosecution’s case.

Once the basic ingredients of Section 138 N.I. Act are duly satisfied by the complainant, the rebuttal of statutory presumption by the drawer can only be made during the course of trial

A post earmarked for special (horizontal) reservation under the Unreserved category will be open to every candidate possessing the attribute or character of the special (horizontal) reservation.

A ‘related’ witness is not necessarily an ‘interested’ witness, and an ‘interested’ witness need not be a ‘related’ one.