Company Law - Lifting of the corporate veil - When, in reality, associated or group companies are inextricably connected so as to form part of one concern, the corporate veil should be lifted.  Where protection of public interest is of paramount importance…

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 - Pending an appropriate amendment to the Schedule of the 2016 Act, for all intents and purposes, and in order to give full effect to the legislative scheme underlying the 2016 Act, the expression “acid attack…

Specific Relief Act 1963 - Section 34 - Civil Suit - A suit for declaration and consequential relief - The burden lies squarely upon the plaintiff to establish a clear and cogent title to the suit property. The plaintiff must succeed on the strength of his…

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Sections 21,42,43 ; Limitation Act 1961 - Article 18 - Arbitration though an alternate dispute resolution system, cannot deviate from the fundamental principle that law favours the diligent and not the indolent. Section…

Service Law - The appellant, a long-serving employee of a Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society, was denied relaxation of educational qualifications for promotion to Society Manager by the Registrar, even though the Society’s Board and General Body had…

Service Law - If dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) are to be added on salary and pension payable to serving employees and retired employees, respectively, whether there could be a higher rate for enhancement of DA than what it is for DR? SC…

UPSSSC - EWS Reservation - The Supreme Court held that to claim reservation under the EWS category for the UPSSSC 2021 recruitment of Female Health Workers, candidates were required to possess an Income and Asset Certificate in the prescribed Form‑I, relating…

Voidable Transaction- The repudiation of a voidable transaction need not necessarily be in a suit instituted to set it aside and could as well be, by way of an unequivocal conduct. (Para 14)

Limitation - Delay condonation cannot be an act of generosity defeating…

Note: No legal aspects discussed in the judgment - Supreme Court enhanced motor accident compensation

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Note: No legal aspects discussed in this judgment - Examines the validity of letter by Border Road Organization rejecting the claim for extension of Non-Functional Upgradation.



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Note - No legal aspects discussed in this judgment -The Supreme Court upheld concurrent findings of the Family Court and the Jharkhand High Court that the wife’s conduct amounted to cruelty and that she had deserted the husband…

Labour Laws -Industrial Disputes Act and other similarly situated legislations are social welfare oriented and have to be interpreted in the light of the values enshrined in the Preamble and the provisions of Part IV of the Constitution of India, more particularly…

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 294- In case any document has been filed by the prosecution or the accused in any Court, such document is required to be included in a list. The genuineness of the documents included in the list can be ascertained…

Motor Accident Compensation - Man aged 95 years died in a road accident - The claimant-sons have failed to place any evidence on record to substantiate their dependency upon the deceased. The claimant-sons may be legal heirs, but not the dependents of the…

Environmental Law - The Supreme Court held that formaldehyde‑ manufacturing units in Rajasthan and Haryana, which had been validly established and operated on the basis of Consent to Establish and Consent to Operate granted by the State Pollution Control…

Motor Accident Compensation - Motor accident claim where a 14‑year‑old pillion rider suffered 100% permanent disability and challenged the limited enhancement granted by the Rajasthan High Court. The Supreme Court recalculated notional income on the basis…

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 167(2) -A clear mandate exists restricting the custody of the accused for a period beyond 60 days or 90 days, as the case may be. If the investigation is not completed and chargesheet is not filed within the aforesaid…

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023- Section 482 : Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 438 - Practice to direct the applicant to surrender and apply for regular bail while rejecting the anticipatory bail prayer deprecated.

Putul Rai @ Putul Devi…

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 - Section 24- Order VII Rule 10 - There is a fine distinction between an order of return of plaint under Order VII Rule 10 and transfer of suit under Section 24 . The transfer of suit under Section 24 may be on any ground -

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 11 - In this case, Elecon Engineering, the Collaborator, was an inextricable and “veritable” party to the main contract between the Employer and the Contractor because the bid conditions required a Deed of…

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 397-401 - In the absence of any challenge by the complainant seeking enhancement of sentence, the High Court, while exercising revisional jurisdiction at the instance of the accused, could not have placed the accused…