Constitution of India, 1950—Article 227—Title Suit No. 36 of 2014—Petitioner's challenge to trial court's order rejecting appointment of Survey Knowing Pleader Commissioner—Plaintiff seeks correction of boundary discrepancies in sale deeds and appointment of Commissioner for land measurement and demarcation—Petitioner argues encroachment and need for boundary clarification—Respondents claim full possession of purchased land and that the petitioner's claims are unsupported—Trial court's dismissal upheld—Court affirms that appointment of a Survey Knowing Pleader Commissioner is not appropriate at the stage of proceedings seeking final relief—Commissioner cannot be appointed merely to collect evidence—Court’s power under Article 227 is to ensure subordinate cou...

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) - Order 11 Rule 14, Order 7 Rule 14— Case concerns a boundary dispute between Assam and Nagaland— The State of Assam sought to produce certain topographical maps during the trial, but the State of Nagaland objected— The Supreme Court allowed the production of these maps, stating that they should be admitted in the interest of justice— The Court clarified that the relevance and admissibility of the documents would be determined later, and Nagaland could raise any objections it deemed appropriate. ...

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)—Section 143, Section 147, Section 148, Section 149, Section 302, Section 307, Section 324, Section 504—Constitution of India, 1950—Article 161—Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC)—Section 164—In an appeal before the Supreme Court, the appellants challenged a judgment convicting them for offenses under Sections 143, 148, 307, 302, 504 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code—The incident, arising from a longstanding boundary dispute, resulted in the deaths of three individuals—The appellants contested the reliability of the prosecution witnesses, emphasizing contradictions and omissions in their statements—The Court held that the first information report's timely lodging, considering the distance to the police station, did not indicate undue delay—...