Indian Court Judgments — 2023

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Case Details Balwantbhai Somabhai Bhandari vs Hiralal Somabhai Contractor (Deceased) Rep. by Lrs. & Ors.

Whether the wilful breach of an assurance in the form of an undertaking given by a counsel/ advocate on behalf of his client to the court wo…

6 September 2023 · Dismissed · J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra

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Nhpc Ltd. vs State of Himachal Pradesh Secretary & Ors.

(i)Whether, by enacting the Himachal Pradesh Passengers and Goods (Amendment and Validation) Act of 1997, the Himachal Pradesh State Legisla…

6 September 2023 · Dismissed · B.V. Nagarathna, Ujjal Bhuyan

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R. Sreenivasa vs State of Karnataka

High Court if justified in reversing the acquittal order passed by the Trial Court qua the appellant-accused acquitting him of offences u/ss…

6 September 2023 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

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Case Details Union Territory of Ladakh & Ors. vs Jammu and Kashmir National Conference & Anr.

High Court whether justified in dismissing the appeal filed by appellants and upholding the interim order of Single Judge directing them to…

6 September 2023 · Dismissed · Vikram Nath, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

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Case Details Loonkaran Gandhi (D) Thr. Lr. vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.

Whether the impugned judgment of the High Court negating the plea of land owner seeking ‘lapse’ of the acquisition proceedings in terms of s…

6 September 2023 · Partly allowed · Surya Kant, J.K. Maheshwari

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Case Details Rajnish Kumar Rai vs Union of India & Ors.

High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad whether justified in dismissing the writ petition filed by the petitioner, relying on Union of India v. A…

6 September 2023 · Dismissed · Aniruddha Bose, Bela M. Trivedi

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Case Details Eva Agro Feeds Private Limited vs Punjab National Bank and Anr.

Appellate Tribunal whether justified in upholding the decision of the Liquidator to cancel the auction sale without assigning any reasons.

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

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Rohit Chaudhary & Anr. vs M/s Vipul Ltd.

The interpretation of the word and expression “Commercial Purpose” defined u/s. 2(1)(d) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

6 September 2023 · Allowed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Aravind Kumar

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K. Hymavathi vs The State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.

High Court if justified in quashing the criminal proceedings filed by appellant against respondent No.2-accused u/ss.138 and 142 of the Nego…

6 September 2023 · Allowed · A.S. Bopanna, Prashant Kumar Mishra

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Case Details Smt. Roopa Soni vs Kamalnarayan Soni

Whether the trial Court and High Court were justified in adopting a hyper-technical and pedantic approach in declining the decree of divorce…

6 September 2023 · Allowed · Sanjiv Khanna, M.M. Sundresh

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Case Details the State of Punjab and Others vs Jaswant Singh

Issue arose as regards the justification of the discharge order of the probationer constable by the Superitendent of Police due to prolonged…

5 September 2023 · Allowed · J.K. Maheshwari, K.V. Viswanathan

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Case Details Lal Bahadur Shastri Educational Society & Anr. vs Delhi Development Authority & Ors.

Claim for payment of interest on refund of the amount deposited by the appellants-charitable institutions with the respondent to avail the b…

5 September 2023 · Disposed · A.S. Bopanna, Prashant Kumar Mishra

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Case Details Union of India & Others vs Jogeshwar Swain

Whether the High Court was justified in setting aside the dismissal order of the constable found guilty of misconduct, since it was vitiated…

5 September 2023 · Dismissed · J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra

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Harilal etc. vs State of Madhya Pradesh (Now Chhattisgarh)

Whether the High Court was justified in upholding the order of the Sessions Judge convicting and sentencing the appellants to imprisonment f…

5 September 2023 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra

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Makkella Nagaiah vs The State of Andhra Pradesh

Claim of petitioner for juvenility after conviction u/s. 302 r/w. s.34 IPC.

5 September 2023 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Sanja

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Prakash Bang vs Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. & Anr.

Whether there is sufficient evidence to establish that the complainant suffered ‘myositis’ on administration of the vaccine Engerix-B; and w…

5 September 2023 · Dismissed · A.S. Bopanna, Prashant Kumar Mishra

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Ameena Begum vs The State of Telangana & Ors.

An order of detention dated 24.03.2023 was passed by the Commissioner of Police against appellant’s husband. Whether the alleged acts of com…

4 September 2023 · Allowed · Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta

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Munna Pandey vs State of Bihar

Whether the High Court erred in confirming the conviction and death sentence passed by trial court against appellantaccused for offences pun…

4 September 2023 · Disposed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, J.B. Pardiwala, Prashant Kumar Mis