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Arbitration Clause Enforcement in Construction Dispute – Supreme Court Affirms Bar on Compensation Claims. Validity of Contractual Limitation on Damages – Clause 49.5 Enforced – No Deviation from Agreed Terms Allowed...

Contractual Terms and Damages – Clause 49.5 of the General Conditions of Contract (GCC) barred claims for damages due to employer delays. The Arbitral Tribunal upheld this clause, and the High Court...

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Acquittal in Dowry Death Case – Supreme Court Quashes Conviction for Lack of Evidence. Failure to Prove Cruelty or Harassment Soon Before Death – Acquittal of Husband in Dowry Death Case....

Section 304-B, Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Dowry Death – Essential Ingredients – Section 113-B, Indian Evidence Act, 1872 – Presumption of Dowry Death– A conviction under Section 304-B of the ...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings for Lack of Public View Requirement Under SC-ST Act. "Mere Presence in an Office Room Does Not Constitute Public View" – SC Clarifies Scope of Atrocities Under SC-ST Act....

Constitution of India – Article 226 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Section 482 – Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 294(b), 353 – Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of...

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Quashing of FIR – Marriage by Mutual Consent – Protection Under Exception 2 to Section 375 IPC. Supreme Court Quashes FIR Alleging Rape – Holds That Husband Cannot Be Prosecuted Under Section 376 IPC....

Constitution of India, 1950 – Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Indian Penal Code, 1860 Quashing of FIR – Criminal Appeal against dismissal of petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure...

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Supreme Court Grants Regular Pay Scale to Part-Time Sweepers Employed under Special Recruitment Drive. Temporary Employees Under Government Schemes Cannot Be Denied Regular Pay Scale If They Meet Eligibility Criteria....

Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 309 – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Regularization of employment – Contingency paid employees – Eligibility for regular pay scale under government cir...

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Divorce Decree Upheld – Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage Recognized – One-Time Settlement Ordered...

Divorce – Mental Cruelty – False Accusations – Standard of Proof: The Court affirmed the divorce decree, holding that false allegations of fraud, dowry harassment, and an extramarital affair wit...

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Termination of long-serving municipal workers without due process – Illegal and violative of statutory rights....

Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 14, Article 16 Right to Equality – Arbitrary termination of long-serving workmen without compliance with statutory safeguards violated Article 14. Right to Eq...

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Vellore Tanneries Case: Environmental Accountability Upheld – Balancing Economic Growth & Ecological Justice. Supreme Court Enforced ‘Polluter Pays Principle’ – Directed Tannery Industries to Bear Absolute Liability for Environmental Damage & Restoration...

Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 21 – Right to Clean Environment recognized as part of the fundamental right to life – Intergenerational Equity upheld – Sustainable Development principle ...

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SUMMONING ORDER MUST REFLECT APPLICATION OF JUDICIAL MIND. Summoning an accused is a serious matter – Magistrate must assign reasons – Non-speaking summoning order quashed...

Acts & Sections Discussed: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 482, Section 468(2), Section 202 Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 (DC Act) – Section 18(a)(i), Section 16, Secti...

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Quashing of criminal proceedings – No violation of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – Magistrate’s summoning order lacked reasons....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Section 482 Quashing of Criminal Proceedings – High Court dismissed the petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Supreme Court held...