Indian Court Judgments — 2019

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Rojer Mathew vs South Indian Bank Ltd. & Ors.

Tribunals – Finance Act, 2017 – Finance Act, 2017, a ‘money bill’ or not u/Art.110 – Validity of the Act, 2017 – Held: The majority in K.S.…

13 November 2019 · Disposed · Ranjan Gogoi, N.V. Ramana, D.Y. Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta, S

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Central Public Information Officer, vs Subhash Chandra Agarwal

CENTRAL PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA v. SUBHASH CHANDRA AGARWAL (Civil Appeal No. 10044 of 2010) NOVEMBER 13, 2019 [RA…

13 November 2019 · Disposed · Ranjan Gogoi, N.V. Ramana, D.Y. Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta, S

Constitutional SC Reportable ✓ HN

Shrimanth Balasaheb Patil vs Hon’ble Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Others

SHRIMANTH BALASAHEB PATIL v. HON’BLE SPEAKER, KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND OTHERS (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 992 of 2019) NOVEMBER 13,…

13 November 2019 · Disposed · N.V. Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna, Krishna Murari

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Shia Central Board of Waqf U P vs Sunni Central Board of Wakf

Practice and Procedure – SLP – Delay / Laches – Inordinate delay of 24964 days in filing SLP – Delay not adequately explained – SLP accordin…

9 November 2019 · Dismissed · Ranjan Gogoi, S.A. Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, S

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Mishra and S. Ravindra Bhat, Jj.] vs Rave Scans Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss.10 and 30 – Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate…

8 November 2019 · Allowed · Arun Mishra, S. Ravindra Bhat

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Union of India & Ors. vs Gandiba Behera

Service law: Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972: Pension – Qualifying years of service – Calculation of – Services rendered by emp…

8 November 2019 · Allowed · Ranjan Gogoi, Deepak Gupta, Aniruddha Bose

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

M/s. Mitra Guha Builders (India) Company vs Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

Arbitration : Contract for building construction – Dispute – Arbitrator appointed – Arbitrator allowed the claims of the contractor/claimant…

8 November 2019 · Dismissed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna, Hrishikesh Roy

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Hari Niwas Gupta vs State of Bihar and Another

Constitution of India – Clause (b) of the second proviso to Art.311(2) – News item published in local daily that the Nepal Police apprehende…

8 November 2019 · Dismissed · Indu Malhotra, Sanjiv Khanna

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

All India Council for Technical Education vs Shri Prince Shivaji Maratha Boarding House’s College of Architecture & Ors.

ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION v. SHRI PRINCE SHIVAJI MARATHA BOARDING HOUSE’S COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 3…

8 November 2019 · Disposed · Ranjan Gogoi, Deepak Gupta, Aniruddha Bose

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Awadhesh Kumar vs State of U.P. & Anr.

Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part I – Appeal by complainant challenging the impugned order whereby High Court partly allowed the appeal of origin…

8 November 2019 · Allowed · Arun Mishra, M.R. Shah, S. Ravindra Bhat

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & Ors. vs M/s. R.M. Service Centre & Anr.

Marketing Discipline Guidelines, 2012 – Cl.5.1.11, 5.1.9, 8.2 and sub-cl.I of cl.2.5 – Termination of the dealership – Respondent No.1-deale…

7 November 2019 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta

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M/s Vijay Trading and Transport Company vs Central Warehousing Corporation

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: s.34 – Appellant contractor entered into an agreement with respondent corporation for carrying out w…

7 November 2019 · Dismissed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna, Hrishikesh Roy

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Union of India & Ors. vs V. R. Nanukuttan Nair

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. v. V. R. NANUKUTTAN NAIR (Civil Appeal Nos. 4714-4715 of 2012) NOVEMBER 07, 2019 [L. NAGESWARA RAO AND HEMANT GUPTA, J…

7 November 2019 · Dismissed · L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Hardev Singh vs Harpreet Kaur & Ors.

HARDEV SINGH v. HARPREET KAUR & ORS. (Criminal Appeal No. 1331 of 2013) NOVEMBER 07, 2019 [MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR AND ANIRUDDHA BOSE, JJ.]…

7 November 2019 · Allowed · Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Aniruddha Bose

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Kalu alias Laxminarayan vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Homicidal death within the confines of house – Prosecution case was that appellant husband strangulated his wife…

7 November 2019 · Dismissed · Navin Sinha, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

State of Uttarakhand vs Darshan Singh

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148, 149 and 302 – Murder – Acquittal of accused by the High Court – Prosecution case was that PW-1, his father,…

7 November 2019 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K.M. Joseph

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Manoharan vs State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore

Review – In death penalty cases – Application of restrictive principles – Murder – Rape – Co-accused (now deceased) using borrowed school va…

7 November 2019 · Disposed · R.F. Nariman, Sanjiv Khanna, Surya Kant

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Javed Abdul Rajjaq Shaikh vs State of Maharashtra

JAVED ABDUL RAJJAQ SHAIKH v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA (Criminal Appeal No. 1181 of 2011) NOVEMBER 06, 2019 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL AND K. M. JOSEPH,…

6 November 2019 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K.M. Joseph