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  A Supreme Court Bench of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Vikram Nath acquitted 3 Bus conductors – accused of a scandal that caused losses to the Government amounting to crores of rupees – as it found that there was not enough evidence against the accused. Senior Advocate Neeraj Jain appeared for the Appellant while Advocate Jaspreet Gogia appeared for the Respondents before the Court. In this case, a driver of the Punjab Roadways Depot made a complaint to the higher officers alleging that the General Manager of the Depot – in connivance with the conductor and others – had been selling and using tickets got printed on his own and sold through his own persons, who used to collect money for him and caused loss to the tune of crores of rupees to the Depot. Also Read –  Latest High Courts Updates On the basis of this complaint, an Enquiry Committee was constituted. The Committee was of the view that with the connivance of the General Manager, a big scandal was committed and the ...

  The Supreme Court has remitted a property dispute case of 1964 between Farooqi Begum and State of Uttar Pradesh back to the Allahabad High Court for a fresh decision. The Bench of Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Vikram Nath observed that the High Court had failed to take into consideration relevant material and held that it should have carefully scrutinized the evidence available on record. A suit was instituted by the State of UP for declaration, possession, and damages with respect to land situated in Rampur District. According to the plaint averments, the grove was a rent-free grant of one Farooqi Begum long before the merger of Rampur State. It was submitted that the same was granted by Nawab Hamid Ali Khan to his different wives and was liable to resumption at the pleasure of the ruler of erstwhile Rampur State. It was further submitted that the possession of the same was taken over by the State Authorities soon after the resumption. It was alleged that the defendant and...