Indian Court Judgments — 2020

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Indian Social Action Forum (Insaf) vs Union of India

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010: Purpose of enactment – Held: It is made to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and u…

6 March 2020 · Disposed · L. Nageswara Rao, Deepak Gupta

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Poonam Devi and Others vs Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.

Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923: Theory of notional extension – Victim-deceased was a truck driver – On 11 June 2003, he was driving truck…

6 March 2020 · Allowed · Ashok Bhushan, Navin Sinha

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M/s Nandan Biomatrix Ltd. vs S.Ambika Devi & Ors.

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.2(d) – The complainant respondent entered into a tripartite agreement with the appellant and its franchise…

6 March 2020 · Dismissed · Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, R. Subhash Reddy

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Manoj Suryavanshi vs State of Chhattisgarh

Penal Code, 1860: ss.302, 364 – Murder of three minor children – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Prosecution case was that the compl…

5 March 2020 · Partly allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Indira Banerjee, M.R. Shah

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Commissioner of Income Tax, Udaipur vs M/s. Chetak Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.

COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, UDAIPUR v. M/S. CHETAK ENTERPRISES PVT. LTD. (Civil Appeal No. 1764 of 2010) MARCH 05, 2020 [A. M. KHANWILKAR AN…

5 March 2020 · Dismissed · A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari

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Suborno Bose vs Enforcement Directorate & Anr.

SUBORNO BOSE v. ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 6267 of 2020) MARCH 05, 2020 [A. M. KHANWILKAR AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.]…

5 March 2020 · Dismissed · A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari

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M/s Writers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd. vs Dr. Ak Mishra, Official Liquidator

M/S WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD. v. DR. AK MISHRA, OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR (Conmt. Pet. (C) Nos. 1665-1666 of 2017) MARCH 05, 2020 [DR. DHAN…

5 March 2020 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Ajay Rastogi

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Mankastu Impex Private Limited vs Airvisual Limited

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.9, 11 – International Commercial Arbitration seated outside India – Petitioner-company (incorpor…

5 March 2020 · Dismissed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna, Hrishikesh Roy

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M/s Super Malls Private Limited vs Principal Commissioner of Income Tax 8, New Delhi

Income Tax Act, 1961 – s.153C – Search and seizure operation carried out at residential/business premises of Director (the searched person)…

5 March 2020 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah

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Uco Bank vs National Textile Corporation Ltd. & Anr.

Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act, 1995 – As per appellant-Bank, Shree Sitaram Mills Ltd. was taken over by respondent no.1 & natio…

5 March 2020 · Partly allowed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna, Hrishikesh Roy

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The Pharmacy Council of India vs Dr. S.K. Toshniwal Educational Trusts Vidarbha Institute of Pharmacy and Ors. etc.

Pharmacy Act, 1948 – All India Council of Technical Education Act, 1987 – Applicability of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 or the AICTE Act, 1987 in…

5 March 2020 · Disposed · Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran, M.R. Shah

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Union of India and Others vs M. V. Mohanan Nair

Service Law – Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme vis-à-vis Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme – ACP Scheme was withdrawn…

5 March 2020 · Disposed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna, Hrishikesh Roy

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Internet and Mobile Association of India vs Reserve Bank of India

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – ss.17, 20-22, 26, 38, 45JA, 45L, 45U, 45W, 45Z-45ZO – Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a “Statement on D…

4 March 2020 · Allowed · R.F. Nariman, Aniruddha Bose, V. Ramasubramanian

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Ankit Ashok Jalan vs Union of India and Ors.

Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974: s.3(1) – Detention order made under s.3 by an officer spe…

4 March 2020 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra, Hemant Gupta

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N. C. Santhosh vs State of Karnataka & Ors.

Service Law: Appointment – Compassionate appointment – Cancelled on finding that the appointments were made de-hors the provisions of Karnat…

4 March 2020 · Dismissed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna, Hrishikesh Roy

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Nirmala Kothari vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.149(2)(a)(ii) – Fatal accident – Insurance claim – Repudiation of claim on the ground that driver did not posse…

4 March 2020 · Allowed · Navin Sinha, Krishna Murari

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Patram vs Gram Panchayat Katwar & Ors.

Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 – ss.2(g)(3) and 2(g)(5)(v) – Whether the word ‘shamilat’ has to be read with taraf, patt…

4 March 2020 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, Deepak Gupta

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Madhya Pradesh Housing and Infrastructure Development Board and Another vs Vijay Bodana and Others

Madhya Pradesh Housing and Infrastructure Development Board Act 1972 – Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973 – Modification…

4 March 2020 · Allowed · S.A. Bobde, S. Abdul Nazeer, Sanjiv Khanna