SC UPHOLDS TRIBUNAL’S POWER TO SUBSTITUTE CONVICTION UNDER ARMY ACT IN S.K. JAIN CASE CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court of India in S.K. Jain vs. Union of India (2025) upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal’s order substituting Col. S.K. Jain’s conviction under Section 69 of...
CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court in Rajni & Anr. v. Union of India (2025) held that failure to recover a physical railway ticket cannot defeat a genuine compensation claim under Section 124-A of the Railways Act. The deceased, who fell from a train and died, was...
SUPREME COURT RESTORES COMPENSATION IN MOHAMMED MASOOD CASE CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court in Mohammed Masood vs. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. restored the compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal after the High Court reduced it. The appellant,...
SC ENHANCES COMPENSATION IN SHARAD SINGH MOTOR ACCIDENT CASE CASE SUMMARY - In Sharad Singh vs. H. D. Narang & Anr. , the Supreme Court addressed compensation for a 20-year-old accident victim rendered paraplegic. The Court found that adopting minimum wages...
SC ENHANCES COMPENSATION FOR MOTOR ACCIDENT VICTIM’S HEIRS CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court in Dhannalal Alias Dhanraj (Dead) Through LRs. vs. Nasir Khan upheld that a motor accident compensation claim survives to the legal heirs even if the injured dies from...
SC CONVERTS MURDER CONVICTION TO CULPABLE HOMICIDE IN RAGHAV PRASHAD CASE CASE SUMMARY - The Supreme Court of India in the case Raghav Prashad & Others vs. State of Uttar Pradesh partly allowed the appeal of Raghav Prashad and others, who were convicted for...