P K BALASUBRAMANYAN

The appellant had executed a General Power of Attorney (GPOA) in favour of the first respondent, later cancelled it, but the first respondent still executed a sale deed in favour of the second respondent using the revoked GPOA. A private complaint was filed, leading to an FIR and registration of a criminal case for off…

The petitioners, former senior police officers and a public interest group, filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking directions to the Union and State governments to enact a new Police Act replacing the colonial Indian Police Act, 1861, and to implement comprehensive police reforms. They argued that the existing …

The Confederation of Ex‑Servicemen Associations filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking free and full medical aid for ex‑defence personnel, their families and dependents, arguing that such aid is a fundamental right under Articles 14 and 21. The Union of India responded that the Ex‑Servicemen Contributory Health…

Gurpreet Singh appealed against the Union of India challenging the applicability of the rule of appropriation in execution of award decrees under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (as amended by Act 68 of 1984) and the entitlement to interest on solatium. The Court examined whether the normal CPC rule of appropriation (Or…

The petitioner, Delta Mechcons, entered into four sub‑contracts for a power‑plant project with the respondent, Marubeni. The contracts contained an arbitration clause stipulating that each party would appoint one arbitrator and the two would jointly select a third arbitrator as chairman, who must not share the national…

The Supreme Court examined appeals by land owners whose lands in the villages of Harthala, Mukkarrabpur and Sonakpur were acquired by the Moradabad Development Authority under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) had awarded compensation of Rs 80, Rs 17.05‑Rs 170 and Rs 11.59‑Rs 22 per squ…

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) introduced a self‑financing housing scheme and allotted 15 HIG houses to Syndicate Bank, which paid the price for 11 of them by May 15, 1989. Delivery of four houses occurred in 1989‑90, but the remaining 11 were delayed until January‑March 1997 due to contractor disputes. Synd…

Employees of the State Council of Education, Research and Training (SCERT) filed a writ petition seeking pension, gratuity and other benefits, alleging that SCERT was a "State" under Article 12 and thus bound to implement Regulation 67. The Delhi High Court held SCERT to be a State and directed it to extend the benefit…

The petitioner, Shakuntla Devi, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking a pension as a freedom fighter, alleging that the State Government had not recommended her claim to the Central Government. The petition was presented before the Supreme Court, with Madan Mohan Rai (her husband) and a leg…

A dispute arose under an arbitration agreement between Yashwith Constructions and Simplex Concrete Piles. The Managing Director of the respondent appointed an arbitrator, who later resigned; the MD then appointed a substitute arbitrator pursuant to the agreement. The petitioner applied to the Chief Justice of the High …

The Sub‑Divisional Officer (SDO) of Kotdwar allotted a parcel of government land to Mahanth Govind Das and executed a lease deed for thirty years. The appellants later purchased the structures on that land and sought mutation in their favour, prompting the Deputy Collector to direct transfer of the land to them. The Di…

The respondent, a bus conductor for APSRTC, was caught on 23 May 2000 issuing tickets of 0.50 paise instead of the correct fare of Rs 4 to sixteen illiterate female passengers, thereby pocketing an extra Rs 52. The management dismissed him, and the Labour Court upheld the dismissal as justified misconduct. The responde…

The plaintiff filed a suit seeking a declaration that a sale deed dated 26‑03‑1991 was forged and therefore void. The defendant denied the allegation. The trial court, on the plaintiff's application, reframed the issue to question the validity of the deed, and the High Court upheld this reframing, holding that the defe…

CMC Ltd entered into a technology upgrade agreement with Unit Trust of India that contained an arbitration clause stating that each party would appoint an arbitrator and that the arbitration would be conducted in accordance with the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA) Rules. A dispute arose; the respondent named an arb…