Judgments Online https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home Service Law: Tribunals cannot issue a mandamus substituting their own assessments to direct promotions. POCSO: FIR Against School Headmistress Valid – Strict interpretations of mandatory reporting obligations Commercial Courts: Expedite business litigation – Procedural timelines to be strictly construed. Auction Sale by Bank: Minor procedural omissions not invalidate auction Customary Law of Inheritance: Burden of Proof on party claiming custom Eviction: Merger of Bank – Change of tenant without landlord consent Advocate added in caution list of Bank: Provisions not applicable on not for bona fide professional errors or negligence. Will: lliterate testator completely disinherits dependent spouse with whom he had cordial relations in favor of strangers Amendment to a plaint to correct land boundaries: Rightly allowed Arbitration: Interim Measure: Unsussessful Party still entitled to seek interim measures at the post-award stage Amendment of Plaint: Prohibition on “Mini-Trials” During Amendment: Murder: Weak circumstantial evidence and flawed discovery procedures – Acquittal FIR Quashed: Bona fide buyer cannot be prosecuted for forgery or conspiracy without tangible evidence Environment Law: Translocation of deers Murder: “inept investigation” and a “scripted enquiry” – Acquittal Right to Education: mandatory obligation of “neighbourhood schools” to admit students from weaker sections Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Corporate Guarantees Constitute “financial debt” Capital Punishment: Mandatory guidelines to ensure that mitigating circumstances are systematically evaluated Arbitration: Rejection of plea of lack of jurisdiction – Challenge to Execution: Objection by Third Party – Deliberate attempt to stall the recovery Service Law: Premature curtailment of tenure was a valid administrative action Insolvency proceedings barred by limitation Service Law: Direction to government to regularize the services of “Gang Labourers” Hate Speech and Rumor-mongering: Existing laws are adequate but require consistent enforcement. Cruelty: Family members cannot be implicated based on contradictory and unsubstantiated claims. Execution: Valuation of Land – Must be valued according to specific statutory guidelines Demolition Order Set Aside: Violation of Principles of Natural Justice Summary judgments: No full-fledged trials when a defense is clearly “baseless and illusory”. Anticipatory Bail: Political Overtones and Personal Liberty Jurisdiction of Civil Courts to adjudicate disputes over the spiritual office Service Law: Protection of rights of Merit Llist Candidates Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Implementation of statutory mandates Article 226 cannot be used to bypass established statutory remedies for registering a criminal complaint. Legal heirs of a medically negligent doctor can be impleaded to continue the proceedings. Service Law: Cutoff date for acquiring essential educational qualifications Industrial Dispute: Employees are Workmen – Burden of Proof Service Law: Promotion and seniority of a long-serving municipal official Oppression and Mismanagement: person who has invested substantial funds is Member Title Suit: Failure to produce any formal title deeds – Suit Failed Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Balancing with public interest and homebuyers Mere entries in revenue records do not constitute legal proof of title or ownership against the Government Specific Performance: Delay in Deposit of Payment Dishonour of Cheque: HC left accused only on Payment of Cheque amount Professional Misconduct: Supreme Court Asks NMC to Let the Doctor by Issuing Censure/Warning MACT: 100% permanent functional disability – Compensation enhanced Environment Law: Prior Environmental Clearance Unlawful Activities: Default Bail Granted Land Transfer Ban: No Challenge by person who were active parties and signatories to the sale deed. Years Arbitration: When an Non Signatory can invoke Arbitration Clause