Indian Court Judgments — 2023

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Case Details Kerala State Co-Operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Ltd. Kscardb vs The Assessing Officer, Trivandrum and Ors.

Whether the appellant-assessee, a cooperative society, is entitled to claim deduction of the whole of its profits and gains of business attr…

14 September 2023 · Allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Ujjal Bhuyan

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Case Details Javed Shaukat Ali Qureshi vs State of Gujarat

Assault by mob, Seven accused were convicted, including the present appellant-accused no.6, for the offences punishable u/s. 396 r/w. s.149,…

13 September 2023 · Allowed · Abhay S. Oka, Sanjay Karol

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B.C. Nagaraj & Anr. vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.

Whether the retired physical instructors of the Government College are entitled to the benefit of revised pay scale when the same benefit wa…

13 September 2023 · Allowed · Abhay S. Oka, Pankaj Mithal

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Case Details M/s. Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Co Ltd. vs Rambha Devi and Ors.

Whether a person holding a driving licence in respect of a “light motor vehicle” could on the strength of the licence be entitled to drive a…

13 September 2023 · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hrishikesh Roy, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimh

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Case Details Panchayat Qureshian and Another vs State of Rajasthan and Others

Whether the closure of the slaughter house was effected after following due process of law.

13 September 2023 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Manoj Misra

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Case Details Chen Khoi Kui vs Liang Miao Sheng & Ors.

Whether the Registrar of Society, empowered to grant registration under West Bengal Societies Registration Act 1961, also has the power to c…

13 September 2023 · Disposed · Aniruddha Bose, Sudhanshu Dhulia

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Case Details People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Anr. vs The State of Maharashtra and Ors.

Matter pertains to the modalities to be followed by the police in conducting media briefings during criminal investigation. Media – Media br…

13 September 2023 · D.Y. Chandrachud, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Manoj Misra

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Case Details Rupesh Manger (Thapa) vs State of Sikkim

High Court reversed the order of acquittal of the trial Court and convicted appellant-accused u/s.302 IPC, whether the case of the appellant…

13 September 2023 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, Prashant Kumar Mishra

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R. Raghavendran vs C. Raja John & Ors.

Whether the observations made by NCLAT in the impugned judgment, in the context of the judgment of the Tribunal in Saravana Global Holdings…

13 September 2023 · Allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sudhanshu Dhulia

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Buddhadeb Saha & Ors. vs The State of West Bengal

Whether the High Court committed any error in passing the impugned judgment holding the husband and in-laws guilty for the offence punishabl…

13 September 2023 · Dismissed · J.B. Pardiwala, Prashant Kumar Mishra

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A. Valliammai vs K.P. Murali and Others

Whether the suit for specific performance was barred by limitation and if the High Court erred in affirming the judgment and decree of speci…

12 September 2023 · Disposed · Sanjiv Khanna, Bela M. Trivedi

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Case Details State of West Bengal and Another vs M/s. Chiranjilal (Mineral) Industries of Bagandih and Another

Intra-court appeal preferred by the State of West Bengal before the High Court was dismissed with the direction to the Appellant No. 2 – Joi…

12 September 2023 · Partly allowed · Sanjiv Khanna, Aravind Kumar

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Case Details Axis Bank Limited vs Naren Sheth & Anr.

NCLAT dismissed the appeal filed by the appellant upholding the order passed by the Adjudicating Authority whereby it admitted the applicati…

12 September 2023 · Dismissed · Vikram Nath, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

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Case Details M/s. Rps Infrastructure Ltd. vs Mukul Kumar & Anr.

Whether the commercial entity’s claim pertaining to an arbitral award, in appeal u/s. 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, is l…

11 September 2023 · Allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sudhanshu Dhulia

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Case Details Religare Finvest Limited vs State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.

Whether a transferee entity-a successor bank (DBS Bank) can be fastened with corporate criminal liability for the offences which the amalgam…

11 September 2023 · Disposed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Aravind Kumar

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Hemavathi and Ors. vs V. Hombegowda and Anr.

High Court whether justified in allowing Regular Second Appeal filed u/s.100, Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 without framing the substantial…

11 September 2023 · Allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Ujjal Bhuyan

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CBI vs R.R. Kishore

Issues for consideration: Section 6A(1) of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (DSPE Act) required approval of the Central Gove…

11 September 2023 · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, Abhay S. Oka, Vikram Nath

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N. Ramkumar vs The State Rep. by Inspector of Police

Appellant in fit of rage, dashed head of the victim against the wall, resulting in death of victim. Appellant convicted u/s.

6 September 2023 · Partly allowed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Aravind Kumar