Supreme Court Quashes Conviction in False Caste Certificate Case: Vimalakka Ramappa Koli vs. State of Karnataka (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the prosecution proved that the accused “corruptly” used a false caste certificate and had knowledge of its falsity for offences under Sections 198 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law […]
Supreme Court Allows Stamp Duty Refund Despite Technicalities: Bano Saiyed Parwaz vs. Chief Controlling Revenue Authority (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a refund of stamp duty can be denied on technical grounds when a conveyance deed is not executed due to fraud by the vendor. CASE TYPE: Civil Appeal Case Name: Bano Saiyed Parwaz vs. Chief
Supreme Court Sets Aside Quashing of FIR in Fraud Case: State of Haryana vs. Dr. Ritu Singh (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can quash a First Information Report (FIR) in a case involving allegations of fraud against the State, based solely on a compromise between the complainant and the accused. CASE TYPE: Criminal
Supreme Court Upholds Bank’s Dismissal of Employee for Fraud and Forgery: Indian Overseas Bank vs. Om Prakash Lal Srivastava (2022) Date of the Judgment: January 19, 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 49 Judges: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J. and M.M. Sundresh, J. Can a bank employee be dismissed for forging signatures and misappropriating funds, even if a
Supreme Court Upholds Bank Guarantee Encashment: Atlanta Infrastructure Ltd. vs. Delta Marine Company & Ors. (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Scope of interference in encashment of bank guarantees. CASE TYPE: Civil Appeal. Case Name: Atlanta Infrastructure Ltd. (Rechristened as Atlanta Ltd.) vs. Delta Marine Company & Ors. Judgment Date: 19 July 2021 Date of the Judgment: 19
Supreme Court Overturns Labour Court Award on Voluntary Separation Scheme: General Manager, Electrical Rengali Hydro Electric Project vs. Sri Giridhari Sahu (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a Labour Court can order reinstatement of employees who voluntarily opted for a Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS). CASE TYPE: Industrial Dispute Case Name: General Manager, Electrical Rengali Hydro Electric Project,
Supreme Court Upholds Civil Court Jurisdiction in Property Deed Cancellation Cases LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a civil court has jurisdiction to hear a suit for cancellation of a sale deed for agricultural land when the plaintiff is a recorded tenure holder. CASE TYPE: Civil Law, Property Law Case Name: Narendra Kumar Mittal & Ors. vs. M/S
Introduction Date of the Judgment: 31st October 2006 Citation: Appeal (civil) 8046 of 2004 Judges: S.B. Sinha and Markandey Katju What happens when a bank employee is accused of fraud, acquitted in criminal court, but then faces departmental proceedings? The Supreme Court addressed this critical intersection of civil and service law in the case of
