₹450-Crore Navi Mumbai Complex Spared Demolition as Supreme Court Backs Costly Regularisation
The Supreme Court has overturned a direction that would have led to the demolition of a sprawling shopping mall and hotel complex in Navi Mumbai,...
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Railway Service Counts: Supreme Court Clears Path for Pay Protection in New Government Posts
A decade spent in the Indian Railways cannot be wiped away when an employee moves to another public-sector service. In a significant ruling, the Supreme...
Supreme Court Restores Railway Doctor’s Promotion Claim, Orders Pension Revision Over Lost Records and Unshared ACRs
A retired Indian Railway Medical Service (IRMS) officer has secured a significant victory in the Supreme Court, which ruled that administrative lapses during her promotion...
Mother’s Claim Cannot Vanish Due to Ex-Gratia Deduction, Rules Supreme Court in Accident Compensation Case
A dependent mother cannot be deprived of her rightful share in motor accident compensation merely because other family members receive financial assistance under a state...
Supreme Court Draws Line on Pleading Reversals, Says Additional Written Statements Cannot Rewrite Defence
A defendant cannot use an additional written statement as a vehicle to abandon an earlier stand and introduce an entirely new and contradictory defence after...
When Arbitration Gets Stuck in Court: Supreme Court Flags Judicial Overreach in Commercial Disputes
The Supreme Court has delivered a sharp critique of excessive judicial intervention in arbitration matters, observing that while arbitration itself has not failed in India,...
Supreme Court Draws a Clear Line on Inherited Property: No Co-Heir Can Sell Another’s Share
A long-running family property battle from Maharashtra has prompted the Supreme Court to clarify a significant principle under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956: once property...
Supreme Court Holds Firm on TET Mandate, Grants Teachers Final One-Year Breather
The Supreme Court has declined to reopen its landmark ruling that made the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) compulsory for serving school teachers seeking to remain...
Supreme Court Restores Tirupati Mutt Chief, Says State Cannot Strip Mahant of Administrative Powers Indefinitely
The Supreme Court has ruled that a Mathadhipati cannot be reduced to a purely spiritual figure while the administration and secular affairs of a Mutt...
MIDC’s Tax Shield Covered Industrial Units Too, But Only Until Civic Control Changed Hands: Supreme Court
Industrial units operating within Navi Mumbai’s Trans Thane Creek (TTC) industrial belt received a significant clarification from the Supreme Court, which has ruled that the...
Supreme Court Draws Line on Parallel Arbitration, Revives Gwalior Property Suit
A civil lawsuit cannot be sidelined by an arbitration award obtained behind the court’s back while the litigation is still underway. In a significant ruling...
No More Waiting After Bail: Supreme Court Orders Swift Release of Prisoners Following Court Relief
The Supreme Court has moved to address a recurring problem in the criminal justice system—prisoners continuing to remain behind bars even after securing bail, acquittal,...