Liji Anna Thomas

In the case of Trustees of H.C Dhanda Trust v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. The Full Bench of the Supreme Court held that the discretion exercised by the Collector to impose a penalty on evasion of stamp duty must be based on a rational and fair basis. Brief

Excerpt A full Bench of the Supreme Court held that when the disability of the victim is found to be more than 50%, an additional compensation under the head of loss of expectation of life is not required. This is because a sufficient amount is to be calculated under the

In the case of M/S Real Estate LLP v. The Collector of Stamps & Anr. A Full Bench of the court held that there is no procedure to submit the outstanding penalty amount through issuing of postdated cheques. Brief Facts of the Case The Collector of Stamps issued a notice

A full bench comprised of Justice N.V Ramana, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Surya Kant heard this case. It was held that systematic corruption and its blatant cover-up attract major penalties such as dismissal from service. These are provided under Article 311 of the Constitution. Brief Facts of the

A Full Bench comprising of Justice S.A Bobde, Justice A.S Bopanna, and Justice V. Ramasubramanian held that the judicial officers cannot club their experience as an advocate for being eligible for promotion as a judge of the High Courts. Brief Facts of the Case Petitioners and Respondents were appointed as

A Constitutional Bench held that an investigation would not be unfair or biased solely on the ground that the informant of an offence under the NDPS Act, 1985 is also the investigator of the case. The Bench stated that such matters have to be decided on a case to case

A Full Bench consisted of Justice A.M.Khanwilkar, Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari held that capital gains of the Assessee could be calculated only upon the final date of award of compensation. Brief Facts of the Case Property acquisition was done by way of notification dated 15.05.1968. Whereas, the official

A Constitutional Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra opined that the sub-classification of reserved classes is essential. This is for the benefit of the deprived sections within each class. It stated this issue is of great public importance and hence requires to be considered by a larger bench of judges.

The Full Bench comprised of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice M.R Shah, that held that there is no prohibition on any contribution to the NDRF. Also, the two funds are different, hence a transfer of money from one to the other is not possible. Brief facts