Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 14 -- Contract of employment - Enforceability - Promise to provide employment to plaintiff upon his attaining majority in lieu of acquisition of land belonging to him - Said agreement is valid and specifically enforceable, as it fall within recognized exceptions to prohibition u/s 14 of the Act - Said exception u/s 14 of the Act as..........
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, Section 20, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 455 -- Plea of juvenility - Raised for the first time in Supreme Court - State admitted age of accused as on date of offence and they were juveniles on the date of occurrence - Incident occurred almost 2 decades back - Entire proceedings including punishment/sentence..........
Service -- Pensionary benefits - Respondent retired from the post of Train Examiner - Pension of respondent correctly fixed on that basis - However, respondent claiming benefit of revised pay of Junior Engineer Grade-II, as he alleged to be re-designated to said post - Tribunal rightly rejected said claim by concluding that pension of respondent could not be on par with..........
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 32 -- Enforcement of fundamental rights - Supreme Court can issue appropriate orders or directions for enforcement of fundamental rights, as jurisdiction of Supreme Court regarding same is a basic feature...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13B -- Divorce by mutual consent - Marital discord - Parties living separately since 2011 - 23 civil and criminal cases pending in between the parties - Parties finally resolved their entire dispute - All civil and criminal litigation in between parties put to an end - Waiting period of six months waived - Marriage dissolved by passing..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 29 -- Stay of execution proceedings - JDs filed suit for seeking injunction to restrain DHs from taking forcible possession otherwise than due process of law - In executing Court, DHs seek to recover possession by executing the decree which has attained finality upto the level of Hon'ble Supreme Court - This is certainly not a..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 14 -- Condonation of delay - Suit for specific performance - Earlier suit for possession was permitted to be withdrawn by Supreme Court and simultaneously permission granted to file suit for specific performance - Jurisdiction of Court was never in doubt or under challenge - It was conscious option of plaintiff not to seek relief of specific..........
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Section 17B -- Payment of full wages - Corporation directed to pay full wages to applicant by interim order of Supreme Court - Merely because appeal against said order was allowed at the instance of Corporation, it cannot be said that obligation of Corporation to pay full wages is over - Corporation continues to remain under legal obligation..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Modification of sentence - Compensation in lieu of sentence - Accused already deposited compensation amount of Rs.2.45 lakhs and also deposited further amount of Rs.1 lakh as directed by Supreme Court - Only sentence of S.I of 3 months left to be complied with in terms of decision of Trial Court -..........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 2(b), 12 -- Civil contempt - Disobedience of order of Supreme Court - Interim injunction order passed against contemnor - Contemnor earlier also disobeyed interim injunction order by raising construction and after filing contempt petition, demolished it and gave undertaking to Court that she will not raise any fresh construction -..........
