judicial officers' pension
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“To be truly unified both in form and in substance, there must be integration in terms of pay, pension and other service conditions between the District Judiciary, the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Hence, any increase in the salary of the judges of the High Court must reflect in the same proportion to the judges in the District Judiciary.”

cash for job scam
Case BriefsSupreme Court

What was compromised between the complainant and accused is not just their disputes, but justice, fair play, good conscience and the fundamental principles of criminal jurisprudence. In fact, the case at hand is one where there are two teams, but no one knows who is playing for which team and where the match was fixed.

appointment of arbitrator
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that whether any particular facts constitute a cause of action has to be determined with reference to the facts of each case and with reference to the substance, rather than the form of the action. If an infringement of a right happens at a particular time, the whole cause of action will be said to have arisen then and there.

reliance mediaworks
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The impugned judgment was based on an undertaking agreed between the parties wherein Cinema Ventures were to pay the default amount, failing which the right to walk, take over and run the cinema hall will be owned by Dart Properties Private Limited.