Supreme Court Upholds LIC’s Termination of Employee for Abandonment of Service: LIC vs. Om Parkash (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employer can terminate an employee for abandonment of service without conducting a formal inquiry. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Life Insurance Corporation of India & Ors. vs. Om Parkash [Judgment Date]: 13 November 2024 […]
Supreme Court reinstates employee terminated for alleged misrepresentation: Ganapati Bhikarao Naik vs. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee, who secured a job as a family member of a land-loser, can be terminated if his marital relationship with the land-loser’s daughter ends in divorce. CASE TYPE: Labour Law/Service Law Case
Supreme Court Upholds Termination for Abandonment of Service: LIC vs. Om Parkash (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee’s absence from duty without intimation can be treated as abandonment of service, justifying termination without a formal inquiry. CASE TYPE: Service Law. Case Name: Life Insurance Corporation of India & Ors. vs. Om Parkash. [Judgment Date]: 13
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Supreme Court Upholds Labour Court Award in Land-Loser Job Case: Ganapati Bhikarao Naik vs. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a person who was initially appointed as a family member of a land-loser is entitled to continue in service after a divorce. CASE TYPE: Labour and Service Law Case Name: Ganapati
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for House Trespass and Assault, Reduces Sentence: Didde Srinivas vs. State (2024) INSC 892 (13 November 2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the conviction under Section 451 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for house-trespass to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment is justified when the accused is also convicted of an offence
Supreme Court Denies Compassionate Appointment but Grants Ex-Gratia Relief in Haryana Police Case (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a dependent of a deceased government employee is entitled to compassionate appointment after a significant delay in attaining majority, and whether the state can be directed to grant ex-gratia compensation if the compassionate appointment is denied. CASE TYPE:
Supreme Court Guidelines on Property Demolitions in Criminal Cases (2024) Date of the Judgment: 13 November 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 866 Judges: B.R. Gavai, J. and K.V. Viswanathan, J. Can the government demolish the homes of people accused of crimes? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this crucial question, emphasizing the importance of due
Supreme Court Upholds Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell in Land Dispute: Shyam Kumar Inani vs. Vinod Agrawal (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an Agreement to Sell land can be enforced through specific performance, especially when the full sale consideration was paid, possession was given, and the seller’s legal heirs refuse to execute the sale deed.
Supreme Court Review: Specific Performance and Limitation in Property Sale Agreements Date of the Judgment: 8 November 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 861 Judges: Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI, J. B. Pardiwala, J, Manoj Misra, J Can a court overturn its own judgment if there’s a clear error? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this
Supreme Court Clarifies Independence of Arbitrators in Public-Private Contracts (2024) INSC 857 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an arbitration clause allowing one party to unilaterally appoint an arbitrator is valid. CASE TYPE: Arbitration Law, Contract Law, Public-Private Contracts CASE NAME: Central Organisation for Railway Electrification vs. M/s ECI SPIC SMO MCML (JV) [Judgment Date]: 08 November 2024
Supreme Court Reverses Course on Specific Performance in Property Dispute: Siddamsetty Infra Projects Wins (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a suit for specific performance of a contract for sale of immovable property was barred by limitation and whether specific performance should be granted. CASE TYPE: Civil (Specific Performance, Property Law, Contract Law) Case Name: M/s Siddamsetty
Supreme Court Clarifies Independence of Arbitrators in Public-Private Contracts (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an appointment process which allows a party who has an interest in the dispute to unilaterally appoint a sole arbitrator or curate a panel of arbitrators is valid in law. CASE TYPE: Arbitration Law Case Name: Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v.
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