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 Partition Suit, Invalidates Sale by Power of Attorney Holder Date of the Judgment: April 1, 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 259 Judges: Hemant Gupta, J. and V. Ramasubramanian, J. Can a person who holds a general power of attorney sell a property if the document does not explicitly grant them the power to
Supreme Court Restores Challenge to Gandhi Ashram Redevelopment Plan LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Gujarat High Court was correct in dismissing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the redevelopment of the Gandhi Ashram based on the State’s undertaking, without a full hearing. CASE TYPE: Public Interest Litigation, Constitutional Law Case Name: Tushar Arun Gandhi vs. State
Supreme Court grants revised pension benefits to retired college teachers from 1st April 2010: Dr. Y. Ibehaibi Devi vs. State of Manipur (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether retired college teachers are entitled to revised pension benefits from 1st April 2010, as applicable to other State Government employees, or from 1st November 2010, as contended by the
Supreme Court Grants Bail in GST Offence Case: Mohit Bathla vs. Central Goods and Service Tax (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Grant of bail in cases involving offences under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Mohit Bathla vs. Central Goods and Service Tax, Division Panipat, CGST Commissionerate, Panchkula [Judgment Date]:
Tamil Nadu Special Reservation Act Struck Down: Supreme Court Upholds High Court Decision (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Tamil Nadu Special Reservation Act of 2021, which provided internal reservation for the Vanniakula Kshatriya community, is constitutionally valid. CASE TYPE: Civil Law, Reservation, Constitutional Law Case Name: Pattali Makkal Katchi vs. A. Mayilerumperumal & Ors. Judgment
Supreme Court Quashes High Court’s Strictures Against Assessing Officer in Tax Case: Chandra Prakash Mishra vs. Flipkart India Private Limited (2022) INSC 277 Date of the Judgment: March 30, 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 277 Judges: Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Aniruddha Bose Can an assessing officer be held liable for actions taken in the course
Supreme Court Upholds Probate of Wills, Dismissing Suspicion of Fraud: Swarnalatha vs. Kalavathy (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was correct in setting aside the probate granted by the District Court based on alleged suspicious circumstances surrounding the execution of the wills. CASE TYPE: Probate Law Case Name: Swarnalatha & Ors. vs. Kalavathy &
Supreme Court Upholds Contractor’s Claim: No Abandonment of Contract in Shripati Lakhu Mane vs. Maharashtra Water Supply Board (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a contractor’s refusal to continue work due to material alterations in the original contract terms constitutes abandonment of contract. CASE TYPE: Civil Contract Law Case Name: Shripati Lakhu Mane vs. The Member Secretary,
Supreme Court Revives Arbitration Challenge: Haryana Urban Development Authority vs. Mehta Construction (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a delay in filing objections to an arbitration award can be condoned by the court, and whether the objections were dismissed without proper consideration of the merits of the case, including limitation issues. CASE TYPE: Arbitration Law Case Name:
Supreme Court Upholds Waqf Board Certificate, Settles Mosque Management Dispute: P. Nazeer vs. Salafi Trust (2022) Date of the Judgment: March 30, 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 299 Judges: Hemant Gupta, J., V. Ramasubramanian, J. Can a local mosque committee claim management rights over a mosque if the land is owned by a registered Waqf Trust?
