This landmark batch of appeals brought by the Union of India challenged various orders passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) and High Courts, which had granted the disability element of service pensions to ex-servicemen. These former personnel had been assessed by Release Medical Boards (RMB) as having disabilities that
This criminal appeal challenges a final judgment by the High Court of Meghalaya, which had upheld the appellant’s conviction under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, sentencing him to twenty years of rigorous imprisonment. The
This civil appeal arises from a long-standing property dispute over agricultural land in Muktsar, Punjab, originating from a civil suit filed in 1981. The competing claims involved a registered sale deed dated May 13, 1965, asserted by the plaintiffs versus a claim of prior dedication for religious and charitable purposes
This criminal appeal challenged the Bombay High Court’s April 15, 2026 judgment, which dismissed the appellant’s writ petition seeking habeas corpus and mandamus for immediate release from custody. The appellant, extradited from Portugal following a solemn sovereign assurance that his imprisonment would not exceed 25 years, claimed he had already
This appeal arises from a common judgment and order dated 11.08.2026 passed by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, which had dismissed the appellant’s writ petition seeking a direction to relieve respondent No.3—a government physical education teacher and recognized coach—to serve as the Chief Coach for the
The Supreme Court of India set aside the compulsory retirement of an Indian Trade Service officer, declaring the government’s order under Fundamental Rule 56(j) as arbitrary, perverse, and vitiated by malice in law. The Court admonished the reviewing authorities for ignoring the officer’s consistently outstanding service record and recent merit-based
This civil appeal arose from a long-standing property and accounts dispute stemming from the dissolution of a partnership at will, M/s Viraj Constructions, originally formed in 1964. After the original plaintiff (Kasireddy Lakshmi Narayana Reddy) issued a notice of dissolution on October 18, 1983, protracted litigation ensued regarding whether his
