Indian Court Judgments — 2024

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Mohammed Khalid and Another vs The State of Telangana

Whether the High Court was justified in affirming the judgment of the trial court convicting and sentencing the accused appellants for the c…

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… Evidence Act

1 March 2024 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Sandeep Mehta

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M/S Arif Azim Co. Ltd. vs M/S Aptech Ltd.

Whether the Limitation Act, 1963 is applicable to an application for appointment of arbitrator u/s.11(6), Arbitration and Conciliation Act,…

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

1 March 2024 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra

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Vinayak Purshottam Dube (Deceased), Through Lrs vs Jayashree Padamkar Bhat & Others

Appellants, legal representatives of the original opposite party-a sole proprietor (since deceased) who had entered into a Development Agree…

Contract Act CPC Indian Succession Act, 1925

1 March 2024 · Allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Ujjal Bhuyan

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Kumar @ Shiva Kumar vs State of Karnataka

Appellant was convicted for the offence u/s. 306 IPC by the trial Court and the conviction was upheld by the High Court. Whether the prosecu…

IPC

1 March 2024 · Allowed · Bela M. Trivedi, Ujjal Bhuyan

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Anil Mishra vs State of U.P. & Ors.

Whether High Court was justified in setting aside the entire proceedings of the case against the accused on the basis of a Settlement Agreem…

CrPC IPC

1 March 2024 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Satish Chandra Sharma

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Basavaraj vs Indira and Others

High Court, if justified in allowing the amendment application, changing the nature of suit from partition to declaration.

CPC

29 February 2024 · Allowed · C.T. Ravikumar, Rajesh Bindal

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High Court Bar Association, Allahabad vs State of U.P. & Ors.

What is the object behind passing interim orders; Whether the High Courts are empowered to vacate or modify interim relief; Whether an inter…

Constitution Constitution Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Income Tax Act, 1961

29 February 2024 · D.Y. Chandrachud, Abhay S. Oka, J.B. Pardiwala, Pankaj Mitha

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Vedanta Limited vs The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors

Impugned orders passed by the High Court directing closure of the copper smelter operated by the petitioner at the industrial complex in Tam…

Constitution Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution… Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution)…

29 February 2024 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra

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Bharti Cellular Limited (Now Bharti Airtel Limited) vs Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle 57, Kolkata and Another

The liability to deduct tax at source u/s.194-H, Income Tax Act, 1961 on the amount which, as per the Revenue, is a commission payable to an…

Income Tax Act, 1961 Contract Act Indian Telegraph Act, 1885

28 February 2024 · Disposed · Sanjiv Khanna, Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti

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M/S Brahmaputra Concrete Pipe Industries Etc. Etc. vs The Assam State Electricity Board and Others

Whether registry has the power to dismiss a curative petition solely on the ground that no averment has been made to the effect that the rev…

Supreme Court Rules, 2013 Constitution Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Scale…

26 February 2024 · Disposed · Aniruddha Bose, Sudhanshu Dhulia

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Shailesh Kumar vs State of U.P. (Now State of Uttarakhand)

What is the goal of investigation and what is the role of investigating officer; Are s.172 CrPC and ss. 145 & 161 of the Evidence Act to be…

IPC

26 February 2024 · Allowed · M.M. Sundresh, Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

CDR Seema Chaudhary vs Union of India and Others

Issues pertains to the grant of Permanent Commission to Women Short Service Commission Officers in the Indian Navy.

Constitution

26 February 2024 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hima Kohli

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Smt. Vidya K. & Ors. vs State of Karnataka & Ors.

Whether a notification for filling up 18 posts of lecturers of Home Science in First Grade College run by State of Karnataka is liable to be…

Karnataka Education Department Service… Karnataka Education Department Service…

22 February 2024 · Allowed · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Aravind Kumar

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Ravindra Kumar vs State of U.P. & ORS.

There was a non-disclosure of a criminal case (in which the candidate was acquitted) in the verification form of the employment. The State c…

22 February 2024 · Allowed · J.K. Maheshwari, K.V. Viswanathan

Constitutional SC Reportable ✓ HN

Anun Dhawan & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.

In the instant writ petition, Petitioners claiming to be social activists sought directions against the States and Union Territories to form…

National Food Security Act, 2013 Constitution

22 February 2024 · Disposed · Bela M. Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Naresh Kumar vs State of Haryana

Conviction of the appellant for the offence punishable u/s.306, Penal Code, 1860, if justified.

IPC Evidence Act CrPC Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Act 46 of…

22 February 2024 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra

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Lucknow Nagar Nigam & Others vs Kohli Brothers Colour Lab. Pvt. Ltd. & Others

1) Whether statutory vesting of property termed as enemy property under the provisions of the Enemy Property Act, 1968 amounts to expropriat…

Enemy Property Act, 1968 Enemy Property Rules, 2015 Defence of India Act, 1971 UP Municipal Corporation Adhiniyam, 1959

22 February 2024 · Allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Ujjal Bhuyan

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Najrul Seikh vs Dr. Sumit Banerjee & Anr.

Whether the State Commission and the National Commission were justified in exonerating the respondents-doctors of all the charges of miscond…

Consumer Protection Act, 1986

22 February 2024 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Satish Chandra Sharma