Indian Court Judgments — 2023

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Case Details M/s Iveco Magirus Brandschutztechnik Gmbh vs Nirmal Kishore Bhartiya & Anr.

(i) Whether, while considering a private complaint alleging defamation, the Magistrate before summoning the accused ought to confine himself…

5 October 2023 · Dismissed · Bela M. Trivedi, Dipankar Datta

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Case Details Smt. M. Hemalatha Devi & Ors. vs B. Udayasri

Whether the dispute between the parties is arbitrable, and once a party has availed the remedy before a public forum under a special benefic…

5 October 2023 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sudhanshu Dhulia

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Case Details Union Bank of India vs Rajat Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. and M/s. Sunview Assets Pvt. Ltd.

Applicant-Auction Purchaser sought directions against the Appellant-Bank for issuance of sale letter in its favour on the ground that it has…

4 October 2023 · Dismissed · Aniruddha Bose, Bela M. Trivedi

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Pankaj Bansal vs Union of India & Ors.

Whether the arrest of the appellants u/s. 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 was valid; whether there was proper compliance…

3 October 2023 · Allowed · A.S. Bopanna, Sanjay Kumar

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Case Details State Bank of India vs P. Zadenga

Whether clause 4 of the Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) dated 10th April 2002 create a bar on departmental proceedings continuing when the pe…

3 October 2023 · Allowed · Hrishikesh Roy, Sanjay Karol

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Aditya Khaitan & Ors. vs Il and Fs Financial Services Limited

Whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the application for extension of time dated 20.01.2021 and in not taking the written state…

3 October 2023 · Allowed · J.K. Maheshwari, K.V. Viswanathan

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Phulel Singh vs State of Harayana

Whether in the totality of the circumstances, it can be said that the dying declaration (Ex. P.L.) is free from doubt; whether evidence prov…

27 September 2023 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Prash

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Case Details Commanding Officer, Railway Protection Special Force, Mumbai vs Bhavnaben Dinshbhai Bhabhor & Others

Whether a Constable of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) can be treated as a “Workman” u/s.2(1)(n), Employees Compensation Act, 1923 even tho…

26 September 2023 · Dismissed · B.V. Nagarathna, Manoj Misra

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Case Details Malik Mazhar Sultan & Anr. vs U P Public Service Commission & Ors. in the Matter Of: State of Haryana Ia No. 53466 of 2022 in

The State of Haryana sought a direction that it should be permitted to conduct the entire selection process of recruiting judicial officers…

26 September 2023 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra

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Case Details Rahimal Bathu & Others vs Ashiyal Beevi

Whether a revision u/s.115, CPC is maintainable against an order of the subordinate Court rejecting on merits an application for review of a…

26 September 2023 · Allowed · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Manoj Misra

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Case Details Commissioner of Income Tax 14 vs Jasjit Singh

In search and seizure, the Assessing Officer was of the opinion that some documents and material “belonging to” the respondents(s) assessee,…

26 September 2023 · Dismissed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Aravind Kumar

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H. D. Sundara & Ors. vs State of Karnataka

The question which arose for consideration was whether the High Court was justified in setting aside the order of acquittal passed by the tr…

26 September 2023 · Allowed · Abhay S. Oka, Sanjay Karol

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Case Details Cpl Ashish Kumar Chauhan (Retd.) vs Commanding Officer & Ors.

The appellant was transfused with one blood unit in the year 2002 at 171 Military Hospital. In 2014, appellant’s blood samples revealed that…

26 September 2023 · Allowed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Dipankar Datta

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Case Details Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited vs Commissioner of Income Tax Bangalore and Anr.

Whether the Division Bench of the High Court was right in affirming the findings of the Single Judge, to the effect that the Settlement Comm…

25 September 2023 · Allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Ujjal Bhuyan

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Case Details M/s Paul Rubber Industries Private Limited vs Amit Chand Mitra & Anr.

To what extent the Court can take cognizance of a clause, relating to purpose for which a lease is granted, contained in an unregistered dee…

25 September 2023 · Dismissed · Aniruddha Bose, Vikram Nath

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Case Details Shirdi Nagar Panchayat vs Kishor Sharad Borawake and Others

The High Court by order dated 04.07.2019 partly allowed the petition filed by the respondents/landowners challenging the notification dated…

22 September 2023 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti

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Sweety Kumari vs The State of Bihar and Others

Whether the rejection of the candidatures of the appellants due to non-production of the original certificate at the time of interview by th…

22 September 2023 · Allowed · J.K. Maheshwari, K.V. Viswanathan

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Case Details Sabbir (Dead) through Lrs vs Anjuman (Since Deceased) through Lrs.

(i) Whether the suit for specific performance was filed within the period of limitation; (ii) Whether the respondents were ready and willing…

22 September 2023 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Ahsanuddin Amanullah