Indian Court Judgments — 2019

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Mangathai Ammal (Died) through Lrs and Others vs Rajeswari & Others

Benami transactions: Transactions, whether benami or not – Determination of – Held: Payment of part sale consideration cannot be the sole cr…

9 May 2019 · Partly allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Khetri Vikas Samiti vs Director College Education, Government of Rajasthan & Ors.

KHETRI VIKAS SAMITI v. DIRECTOR COLLEGE EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 4806 of 2019) MAY 09, 2019 [L. NAGESWARA…

9 May 2019 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, M.R. Shah

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Birla Corporation Limited vs Adventz Investments and Holdings Limited & Others

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 379, 403, 411 r/w. s. 120B – Theft and misappropriation of the documents – A Company petition was filed before Compan…

9 May 2019 · Disposed · R. Banumathi, R. Subhash Reddy

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Power Grid Corporation of India vs Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Co. Ltd. & Ors. etc. etc

POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA V. TAMIL NADU GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION CO. LTD. & ORS. ETC. ETC (Civil Appeal No. 684 of 2007) MAY 09, 20…

9 May 2019 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Indira Banerjee

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Lance Nayak Pno No.980510777 Raj Bahadur & Ors. vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

LANCE NAYAK PNO NO.980510777 RAJ BAHADUR & ORS. v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 4837 of 2019) MAY 09, 2019 [UDAY UMESH LA…

9 May 2019 · Disposed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra

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Lal Bahadur Gautam vs State of U.P. and Others

Service Law: Termination of service – Of a lecturer of a private unaided college, affiliated to an University created under a statute – Prop…

8 May 2019 · Disposed · Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

M/s Steel Authority of India Ltd. vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Raipur

M/S STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD. v. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, RAIPUR (Civil Appeal No. 2150 of 2012) MAY 8, 2019 [RANJAN GOGOI, CJI,…

8 May 2019 · Dismissed · Ranjan Gogoi, Uday Umesh Lalit, K.M. Joseph

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Nilesh Laxmichand and Another vs Shantaben Purushottam Kakad (Since Deceased) by Lrs

NILESH LAXMICHAND AND ANOTHER v. SHANTABEN PURUSHOTTAM KAKAD (SINCE DECEASED) BY LRS (Civil Appeal No. 4268 of 2019) MAY 08, 2019 [ASHOK BHU…

8 May 2019 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, K.M. Joseph

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Sant Lal Gupta & Ors. vs Umesh Kumar Jain & Ors.

SANT LAL GUPTA & ORS. v. UMESH KUMAR JAIN & ORS. (Contempt Petition (Civil) Nos.1505-1506/2017 in (Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos.10375-…

8 May 2019 · Disposed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. vs National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

SSANGYONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. v. NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (NHAI) (Civil Appeal No. 4779 of 2019) MAY 08, 2019 [R…

8 May 2019 · Allowed · R.F. Nariman, Vineet Saran

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

State Bank of India vs M/s. Jah Developers Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

Advocates Act, 1961 – s.30 – Master Circular dtd. 01.07.13 issued by RBI inter alia setting out mechanism for identification of wilful defau…

8 May 2019 · Allowed · R.F. Nariman, Vineet Saran

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The Kerala State Coastal Zone Management Authority vs The State of Kerala Maradu Municipality & Ors.

Environmental Laws : Coastal areas notified as CRZ-III – Appellant authority empowered to deal with the environmental issues relating to the…

8 May 2019 · Allowed · Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Birendra Prasad Sah vs The State of Bihar & Anr.

BIRENDRA PRASAD SAH v. THE STATE OF BIHAR & ANR. (Criminal Appeal No. 000868 of 2019) MAY 08, 2019 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND HEMANT…

8 May 2019 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta

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Rafiq Qureshi vs Narcotic Control Bureau Eastern Zonal Unit

RAFIQ QURESHI v. NARCOTIC CONTROL BUREAU EASTERN ZONAL UNIT (Criminal Appeal No. 567 of 2019) MAY 07, 2019 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND K. M. JOSEPH,…

7 May 2019 · Partly allowed · Ashok Bhushan, K.M. Joseph

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Hemareddi (D) through Lrs. vs Ramachandra Yallappa Hosmani and Ors.

HEMAREDDI (D) THROUGH LRs. v. RAMACHANDRA YALLAPPA HOSMANI AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 4103 of 2008) MAY 07, 2019 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND K. M. JO…

7 May 2019 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, K.M. Joseph

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

State Represented by Inspector of Police Central Bureau of Investigation vs M. Subrahmanyam

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Case under Prevention of Corruption Act – Application u/s. 242 Cr.P.C to bring on record authoris…

7 May 2019 · Dismissed · Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha

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Bhivchandra Shankar More vs Balu Gangaram More & Ors.

BHIVCHANDRA SHANKAR MORE v. BALU GANGARAM MORE & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 4669 of 2019) MAY 07, 2019 [R. BANUMATHI AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.]…

7 May 2019 · Allowed · R. Banumathi, R. Subhash Reddy

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Ashoksinh Jayendrasinh vs State of Gujarat

Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w. s. 34, s.307 r/w. s. 34 – Prosecution case was that accused persons including appellantaccused no. 1 ploughed…

7 May 2019 · Allowed · R. Banumathi, S. Abdul Nazeer