Supreme Court Remands Tax Appeal for Reasoned Decision: Principal Commissioner of Income Tax vs. Bajaj Herbals (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can dismiss a tax appeal without providing a reasoned order. CASE TYPE: Income Tax Appeal. Case Name: The Principal Commissioner of Income Tax-1 vs. M/s. Bajaj Herbals Pvt. Ltd. Judgment Date: April […]
Supreme Court Modifies Land Compensation: Union of India vs. Premlata (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Determination of fair compensation for land acquisition, specifically regarding the deduction for development charges. CASE TYPE: Land Acquisition Case Name: Union of India vs. Premlata and Others Judgment Date: 06 April 2022 Date of the Judgment: 06 April 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC
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Supreme Court Upholds Stepping Up of Pay for Seniors: Union of India vs. C.R. Madhava Murthy (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether senior employees are entitled to a stepping up of pay to match their juniors’ pay when the juniors receive higher pay due to an Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme upgradation, despite the seniors having already
Supreme Court Upholds Back Wages for Employee Kept Out of Work Due to Stay Order Date of the Judgment: 04 April 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 346 Judges: M.R. Shah, J. and B.V. Nagarathna, J. Can an employer avoid paying back wages to an employee who was reinstated by court order but kept out of work
Supreme Court Convicts Accused Under Section 304 Part I IPC in Rioting Case: State of Uttar Pradesh vs. Subhash @ Pappu (2022) Date of the Judgment: 01 April 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 325 Judges: Justice M.R. Shah and Justice B.V. Nagarathna Can a person be convicted for murder when they did not inflict the fatal
Supreme Court Upholds Recovery of Excess Payments to In-Service Nursing Trainees: Mekha Ram vs. State of Rajasthan (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the State can recover excess payments made to in-service candidates who were on study leave for nursing training, when such payments were made under a previous court order that was later overturned. CASE TYPE:
Supreme Court Limits Back Pay in JNV University Regularization Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether employees of Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, who have worked for 15-30 years on a contractual basis, are entitled to full back pay upon regularization. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur and Anr. vs. Mukesh Sharma Etc.
Supreme Court Remands Income Tax Reassessment Case: Vishal Ashwin Patel vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court can dismiss a writ petition challenging the reopening of income tax assessment without a reasoned order. CASE TYPE: Income Tax Reassessment Case Name: Vishal Ashwin Patel vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax
Supreme Court overturns High Court order on regularization of contractual employees: State of Gujarat vs. R.J. Pathan (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether contractual employees working on a project basis can claim regularization based on the length of their service, especially when their employment was initially for a fixed term and in a temporary project. CASE TYPE:
Supreme Court Sets Deadline for COVID-19 Ex-Gratia Claims and Orders Sample Scrutiny LEGAL ISSUE: Setting a deadline for ex-gratia claims and ordering scrutiny of claims related to COVID-19 deaths. CASE TYPE: Public Interest Litigation/Disaster Management Case Name: Gaurav Kumar Bansal vs. Union of India & Ors. [Judgment Date]: 24 March 2022 Introduction Date of the
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Supreme Court Upholds State’s Power to Tax Lotteries: Karnataka & Kerala vs. Meghalaya & Ors. (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether State legislatures have the power to tax lotteries organized by other states or the Central Government. CASE TYPE: Constitutional Law, Taxation Case Name: State of Karnataka & Anr. Etc. vs. State of Meghalaya & Anr. Etc.
Supreme Court Remands Land Acquisition Case: APMC vs. State of Karnataka (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether land acquisitions had lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. CASE TYPE: Land Acquisition Case Name: The Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee Bangalore vs. The State of Karnataka
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