Indian Court Judgments — 2019

Constitutional SC Reportable ✓ HN

Indibility Creative Pvt Ltd & Ors. vs Govt of West Bengal & Ors.

Constitution of India – Arts. 19, 32 – Petitioners produced Bengali film titled Bhobishyoter Bhoot, a social and political satire about ghos…

11 April 2019 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Atma Ram & Ors. vs State of Rajasthan

ATMA RAM & ORS. v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN (Criminal Appeal Nos. 656-657 of 2019) APRIL 11, 2019 [UDAY UMESH LALIT AND INDU MALHOTRA, JJ.] Code o…

11 April 2019 · Dismissed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Chairman and Managing Director,the Fertilizers and Chemicals Tranvancore Ltd. & Anr. vs General Secretary Fact Employees Association & Ors.

CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR,THE FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS TRANVANCORE LTD. & ANR. v. GENERAL SECRETARY FACT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION & ORS.…

11 April 2019 · Allowed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Indu Malhotra

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

The State of Rajasthan vs Kanhaiya Lal

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 304 Part I – Murder – Victim attacked by accused on his head by an axe, succumbed to his injuries – Conviction…

10 April 2019 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Garware Wall Ropes Ltd. vs Coastal Marine Constructions & Engineering Ltd.

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: s. 11(4), 11(6) and 11(6A) – Appointment of arbitrator – Arbitration clause contained in a contract…

10 April 2019 · Allowed · R.F. Nariman, Vineet Saran

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Shri N. K. Janu,deputy Director Social Forestary Division, Agra and Others vs Lakshmi Chandra

SHRI N. K. JANU,DEPUTY DIRECTOR SOCIAL FORESTARY DIVISION, AGRA AND OTHERS v. LAKSHMI CHANDRA (Civil Appeal No. 3740 of 2019) APRIL 10, 2019…

10 April 2019 · Allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hemant Gupta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Yashwant Sinha & Ors. vs Central Bureau of Investigation through Its Director & Anr.

YASHWANT SINHA & ORS. v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR & ANR. (Review Petition (Criminal) No. 46 of 2019) In (Writ Pe…

10 April 2019 · Ranjan Gogoi, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K.M. Joseph

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Vijay Mohan Singh vs State of Karnataka

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 r/w. 34, 498-A, 304-B r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case that appellant-accused (husband of victimdeceased) poured keros…

10 April 2019 · Dismissed · L. Nageswara Rao, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Shailndra Kumar Jain and Others vs Maya Prakash Jain and Others

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.1, r.10 – Suit filed in 1966 by one of the son against his parents, three brothers (defendant nos.1 to 5)…

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

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Sampat Babso Kale & Anr. vs The State of Maharashtra

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/498A r/w. s. 34 – Murder by husband and his sister – By setting his wife on fire – 98% burn injuries– Dying declar…

9 April 2019 · Allowed · S.A. Bobde, Deepak Gupta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Jagdish Prasad Patel (Dead) Thr. Lrs.& Another vs Shivnath & Others

Suit: Suit for declaration of title and possession – Filed by respondents-plaintiffs – Suit contested on the ground that the suit land was a…

9 April 2019 · Allowed · R. Banumathi, R. Subhash Reddy

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Peer Singh vs The State of Madhya Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.148 and s.149 – Murder – Fifteen person tried for murder – Prosecution case was that the victim-deceased was r…

9 April 2019 · Allowed · S.A. Bobde, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Deepak Gupta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Basalingappa vs Mudibasappa

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1981 – ss.118(a), 138 and 139 – Complainant case was that he gave a hand loan of Rs.6,00,000/- to the accused –…

9 April 2019 · Allowed · Ashok Bhushan, K.M. Joseph

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Rupali Devi vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

Penal Code, 1860: s.498A – Jurisdiction – Whether in a case where cruelty had been committed in a matrimonial home by the husband or the rel…

9 April 2019 · Disposed · Ranjan Gogoi, L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Shriram Tomar and Another etc. vs Praveen Kumar Jaggi and Others

Service Law: Promotion – Post of Junior Management Scale II – Criteria for promotion – Seniority-cum-merit – Mode of selection based on writ…

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

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Food Corporation of India vs Rimjhim

Service Law – Appointment – Appellant invited applications for the post of Assistant Grade-II (Hindi) by publishing advertisement – Responde…

9 April 2019 · Dismissed · L. Nageswara Rao, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Smt. P. Leelavathi (D) by Lrs vs V. Shankarnarayana Rao (D) by Lrs

Suit – Partition – Appellant-original plaintiff claimed 1/4th share in all the scheduled properties of her late father – Plaintiff alleged t…

9 April 2019 · Dismissed · L. Nageswara Rao, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

M/s D.J. Malpani vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Nashik

Central Excise Act, 1944: s.4 – Assessable value – Dharmada, a charitable donation – Inclusion of, in the assessable value – Held: When an a…

9 April 2019 · Allowed · S.A. Bobde, Deepak Gupta, Vineet Saran