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Supreme Court Grants Relief To Class IV Employees Of UP Judiciary Who Were Terminated 17 Years Ago
The Supreme Court recently quashed the termination of 4 Class IV employees of the Ambedkar Nagar District Judgeship in Uttar Pradesh, holding that their removal in 2008 for being appointed beyond the notified vacancies was unjustified. A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran directed that those who have not yet reached the age of superannuation be reinstated in existing...
Supreme Court Transfers Eureka Forbes' Patent Infringement Suit Against Atomberg's “Intellon” Water Purifier To Bombay High Court
The Supreme Court has transferred a patent infringement suit filed by Eureka Forbes Limited before the Delhi High Court to the Bombay High Court, where a related suit by Atomberg Technologies Private Limited for “groundless threat of infringement” is already pending.A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Atul S Chandurkar allowed Atomberg's transfer petition and...
Supreme Court Quashes 37-Year-Old Dismissal Of Railway TTE, Orders Grant Of Benefits To Legal Heirs
The Supreme Court on Monday (October 27) set aside the 37-year-old dismissal of a Railway Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE), holding that the disciplinary findings were perverse and unsupported by evidence. The employee, who passed away during the prolonged litigation, will now have all consequential benefits released to his legal heirs. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar...
Supreme Court Expresses Dismay At HC Suspending Murder Sentence On Condition To Plant Tree Saplings
The Supreme Court today(October 27) expressed dismay at an order passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court which suspended the sentences of two murder convicts on the condition to plant 10 saplings each as a matter of social cause.A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria set aside the April 29 order passed by Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Hirdesh of the High Court in...
Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025: TAX
Constitution of India – Article 14, Entry 97, List I (Union List), Entry 62, List II (State List) – Kerala Tax on Luxuries Act, 2006 – Constitutional Validity – Cable TV Services – Legislative Competence – Aspect Theory – Held, cable TV services qualify as a “luxury” under Entry 62, List II, enabling State taxation. No conflict exists between State's luxury tax...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: October 13, 2025 To October 19, 2025
Reports/JudgmentsPlea Of Lack Of State's Consent For CBI's Investigation Should Be Taken Soon After FIR Registration : Supreme CourtCause Title: Central Bureau of Investigation v. M/S Narayan Niryat India Pvt. Ltd & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1001The Supreme Court held that objections regarding the CBI's lack of state consent under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment...
Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025: IBC & Company Law
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Sections 14, 238 - Moratorium under Section 14 of IBC does not bar property attachments under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 (MPID Act). The MPID Act, enacted under the State List, enables recovery for victims of financial fraud through asset attachment, and such vesting with the...
UP Anti-Conversion Law Puts Onerous Conditions, Mandate To Publish Details Of Converted Person May Need Scrutiny : Supreme Court
While quashing FIRs against the Vice Chancellor and other officials of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS), Prayagraj, over alleged forced mass religious conversions of people to Christianity, the Supreme Court raised concerns over some provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.The Court noted that the...
UAPA | Mandate To Furnish Grounds Of Arrest Not Fulfilled By Remand Court's Explanation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has quashed the arrest and remand of three individuals booked for the offences of unlawful activities and conspiracy under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), and the offences of criminal conspiracy, promotion of communal harmony, etc. under the Indian Penal Code, holding that the mandatory requirement of furnishing written grounds of arrest was not complied...