Some factual background would be necessary before we approach the controversy. The appellant is a Trust formed in the year 1924 to look after religious and secular activities of Pillayarpatti Koil situated at Pillayarpatti and for the welfare of Naga..
These three appeals by special leave arise out of three different orders passed by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh whereby revision petitions filed by the appellants against the orders of A.P. Wakf Tribunal have been dismissed and the orders of evic..
The Tamil Nadu Indebted Agriculturists (Temporary Relief) Act, 1975 (‘Debt Relief Act’ for short) enacted by the Tamil Nadu Legislature came into force with effect from 10.1.2005. Section 4 of the said Act stayed all further proceedings in applicatio..
The case unfolded by the prosecution and accepted by both the Courts i.e. trial and appellate Court is that on 18th October, 2002 at 9.20 A.M. PW.16, Brijesh Sood, Station House Officer, Police Station Sundernagar along with PW.8, Madan Lal, Assistan..
This appeal relates to the scope of an appeal against an appellate order under section 12A of the Kerala Forest Act, 1961 (‘Act’ for short). The State Government issued a notification under section 4 of the Travancore Forest Regulation II of 1068 ME ..
The appellants are aggrieved by the rejection of their application seeking permission to file a second appeal. The Samast Sunni Muslim Jamat, Damnagar (6th respondent herein, for short the ‘Jamat’) represented by its Secretary filed a suit against re..
Few important questions of law arise in this group of appeals. It will be convenient to formulate the questions after we set out the material facts and the contentions of the parties. The narration of brief facts from S.C. Suit No. 1767 of 2004 will ..
. The material facts of the case are that, the appellant, a painter by profession, was 30 years old at the time of sustaining the injury in a road accident which took place on 24th March 2003 while the appellant was standing on the side of Nagavara R..
Sahodar Prasad Mahto, Respondent No.1 herein, claiming himself as Vidyut Shramik Leader, filed Writ Petition No. 5067 of 2008 before the High Court of Jharkhand challenging the appointment of Mr. Hari Bansh Lal, the appellant herein (Respondent No.5 ..
The Respondent herein filed an application for eviction of the Petitioner from the premises in question under Section 13-B of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, hereinafter referred to as “the 1949 Act”. Notice of the application was i..
The respondent Bhaskarendu Datta Majumdar joined the services of the State Trading Corporation (hereinafter called “Corporation”) in April 2001 as Executive Secretary to the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Corporation and was on the relevant da..
This case sadly illustrates how interim orders passed by the court coupled with judicial delays enure to the great advantage of the wrong doer and in the end make him bold in the false belief that with the passage of time the equity was now firmly ..
This is the plaintiff’s appeal arising from a suit for permanent injunction based on allegations of infringement of its registered trade mark. The appellant is a company incorporated and registered under the Companies Act. The case of the appellant i..
In this case, the premium cheque for the insurance policy was received by the appellant, the insurance company, on May 7, 1998 at 4.00 pm and a cover note was issued at the same time. In columns 3 & 4 of the cover note, however, it was stated that th..
Ravi Dutta Singh (2nd appellant) is father of Sukhendra Singh ( 1st appellant). They initiated two separate proceedings under Section 9A (2) of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 (for short, ‘1953 Act’) against Gaon Sabha, Lakanpur (now Gra..
For the sake of convenience, facts appearing in Civil Appeal No.3439 of 2007 are being taken into consideration. Respondent No.1, Krishan Kumar Vij had initially joined the services of the State of Punjab, Department of Irrigation as Tracer in 1949. ..
One single individual, a compounder in an autonomous government Ayurved college went to the High Court, complaining about his aborted transfer to another autonomous Ayurved college. The High Court while dismissing his writ petition/appeal made certai..
The respondent was an employee of the Geological Survey of India (hereafter ‘GSI’) and at the material time he was holding a Group ‘B’ post. He was due to superannuate from service on November 30, 2000. On November 24, 2000, he was served with a show..
On March 31, 1999, one Ramniwas while going on a motorcycle dashed against the rear side of a truck that was headed in the same direction as the motorcycle. Ramniwas died in the accident. His heirs and legal representatives, the appellants before thi..
In the year 1982, three Senior Laboratory Assistants filed a Writ Petition in the Calcutta High Court claiming scale no. 11 under ROPA Rules on the allegation that they were performing similar duties as that of Senior Research Assistants. The said Wr..