Indian Court Judgments — 2018

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik vs State of Maharashtra

Administration of Criminal Justice – Capital Punishment – Factors to be considered – Appellant convicted for the rape and murder of a 3 year…

12 December 2018 · Disposed · Madan B. Lokur, S. Abdul Nazeer, Deepak Gupta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Jaipur Metals & Electricals Employees Organization through General Secretary Mr. Tej Ram Meena vs Jaipur Metals & Electricals Ltd. through Its Managing Director & Ors.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss.7, 238 – Respondent No.1-company became a non-performing asset – Board for Industrial and Financia…

12 December 2018 · R.F. Nariman, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Bijay Kumar Manish Kumar Huf vs Ashwin Desai

Suit – Maintainability of – Appellant-landlord filed suit for recovery of khas possession, mesne profits, permanent injunction against the r…

12 December 2018 · Disposed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar

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Union of India and Anr. vs V. R. Tripathi

Service law : Appointment – Compassionate appointment – Son born to railway employee from second marriage contracted during the subsistence…

11 December 2018 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

Constitutional SC Reportable ✓ HN

Nipun Saxena & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.

Penal Code, 1860 – s.228A – Victims of sexual offences – Protection of their identity – Directions issued – Held: No person can print or pub…

11 December 2018 · Disposed · Madan B. Lokur, Deepak Gupta

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C.B.I. vs Pratap Chandra Reddy

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976 – Applicability of – Held: In the instant case, the matter was pending in the trial Court in rela…

11 December 2018 · Disposed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Indu Malhotra

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Union of India and Others vs Dyalu Ram

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985: s.14 – Jurisdiction of Tribunal – Respondents engaged on casual basis by Armed Forces in 1993 and 1994 r…

11 December 2018 · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Jaswant Singh vs Union of India & Anr.

S.C.R. 1312 JASWANT SINGH v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 6886 of 2014) DECEMBER 10, 2018 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND M. R.…

10 December 2018 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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M/s. Emaar Mgf Land Limited vs Aftab Singh

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Consumer disputes, whether arbitrable or not – Appellant-company was developing an integrated township – Res…

10 December 2018 · Dismissed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Ashok Bhushan

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Ganesh Sukhdeo Gurule vs Tahsildar Sinnar & Ors.

Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959 – s.35(3) – Majority for holding no- confidence motion – Computation of – Respondents moved a no-co…

10 December 2018 · Allowed · A.K. Sikri, Ashok Bhushan, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Shanthamalleshappa vs State of Karnataka

Penal Code, 1860 – s.436 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case was that accused no. 1 along with accused no.2 to 4 threw kerosene oil on the thatched…

10 December 2018 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, R. Subhash Reddy

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

State of Uttar Pradesh vs Wasif Haider etc.

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 307 r/w ss.149, 148 – Appeal against acquittal – PW-2-Police Official got to know that a crowd of around 200-3…

10 December 2018 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Chairman, Board of Trustee, Sri Ram Mandir Jagtial Karimnagar District, A.P vs S. Rajyalaxmi (Dead) & Ors.

Suit – Declaration of title and perpetual injunction – Respondents-plaintiffs filed a suit against the appellants-defendants seeking declara…

10 December 2018 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar

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Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax, Noida vs M/s. Sanjivani Non-Ferrous Trading Pvt. Ltd.

Customs Act, 1962 – s.14 – Valuation of goods for purposes of assessment – Respondent imported various varieties of Aluminum scrap and filed…

10 December 2018 · Dismissed · A.K. Sikri, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Amol Vitthalrao Kadu vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.

Compensation: Compensation for custodial death – Granted by High Court – Directing the State to pay at the first instance and then to recove…

10 December 2018 · Disposed · Uday Umesh Lalit, R. Subhash Reddy

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Apsrtc & Ors. vs Sri K. Sathaiah

Labour Laws: Continuity of service – Grant of – Propriety – Termination of contract employee after holding disciplinary proceeding – In depa…

7 December 2018 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Apsrtc & Ors. vs Sri A. Sanjeev Reddy

Service Law – Termination – Plea of continuity of service with consequential benefits – Respondent was appointed as a contract conductor in…

7 December 2018 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

The Depot Manager, Apsrtc vs M. Maruthi

S.C.R. 1216 THE DEPOT MANAGER, APSRTC v. M. MARUTHI (Civil Appeal No. 12241 of 2018) DECEMBER 7, 2018 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND M. R…

7 December 2018 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah