Indian Court Judgments — 2021

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

The Assistant Commissioner of State Tax and Others vs M/s. Commercial Steel Limited

Constitution of India – Ar.226 – Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 – s.107 – The case of Revenue that in the guise of an inter-State s…

3 September 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Vikram Nath, Hima Kohli

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

The State of Kerala & Ors. vs M/s Joseph & Company

Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – ss. 111(g) & 112 – Sale of a portion of land – Allegation of breach of lease deed – The erstwhile Travancor…

3 September 2021 · Disposed · Hemant Gupta, A.S. Bopanna

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ranbir Singh vs Executive Eng. P.W.D

RANBIR SINGH v. EXECUTIVE ENG. P.W.D (Civil Appeal No. 4483 of 2010) SEPTEMBER 02, 2021 [K. M. JOSEPH AND PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, JJ.]…

2 September 2021 · Partly allowed · K.M. Joseph, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha

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Haryana Staff Selection Commission vs Priyanka & Ors. etc. etc.

Service Law – Appointment – The appellant/commission had issued an advertisement inviting applications for appointment to the post of Post-G…

1 September 2021 · Dismissed · Vineet Saran, Dinesh Maheshwari

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Sau. Sangeeta W/O Sunil Shinde vs The State of Maharashtra and Ors.

Maharashtra Local Authority Members’ Disqualification Act, 1986 – Maharashtra Local Authorities Members Disqualification Rules, 1987 – Selec…

1 September 2021 · Dismissed · L. Nageswara Rao, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

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Sanjay Ramdas Patil vs Sanjay and Others

Municipal Corporations: Maharashtra Municipal Corporations (Reservation of Offices of Mayors) Rules, 2006 – r. 3(2) – Constitution of India…

1 September 2021 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

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Sanghar Zuber Ismail vs Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Another

Environmental law: Marine environment – Environmental clearance granted on 5 January 2021 in favour of the second respondent (project propon…

31 August 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah, Hima Kohli

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Union of India & Ors. vs Manoj Kumar & Ors.

Service Law – Pay Scales – Parity in – Private Secretaries (Grade-II) (“PS-II”) employed in the Eastern Central Railways (Field Office/Zonal…

31 August 2021 · Allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hrishikesh Roy

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Supertech Limited vs Emerald Court Owner Resident Welfare Association & Ors.

National Building Regulations, 2006 – Regulation 33.2.3 – National Building Code 2005 – UP Apartment Act 2010 – ss. 4(1), 4(4), 5 – Adherenc…

31 August 2021 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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Union of India & Anr. vs S. Narasimhulu Naidu (Dead) through Lrs. and Ors.

Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 – ss.2(d) and 8 – Government Grants Act, 1895 – s.2 – Registration Act, 1908 – s.17 – R…

27 August 2021 · Disposed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hemant Gupta

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Commissioner of Police vs Raj Kumar

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v. RAJ KUMAR (Civil Appeal No. 4960 of 2021) AUGUST 25, 2021 [K. M. JOSEPH AND S. RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.] Service Law – R…

25 August 2021 · Allowed · K.M. Joseph, S. Ravindra Bhat

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Gunasekaran vs The Divisional Engineer National Highways & Ors.

Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 – s.26 – Tamil Nadu State Highway Act, 2001 – s.28(2)(iii) – National Highway Act,…

24 August 2021 · K.M. Joseph, S. Ravindra Bhat

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Sepco Electric Power Construction Corporation vs Power Mech Projects Ltd.

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss. 9, 37 – Commercial Courts Act, 2015 – s.13(1A) – Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Bank Guarant…

24 August 2021 · Indira Banerjee, V. Ramasubramanian

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Pankaj Kumar vs State of Jharkhand & Ors.

Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000: ss. 72, 73 and 74 – Provisions relating to services in Bihar and Jharkhand – Benefit of reservation – Entitl…

19 August 2021 · Disposed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Ajay Rastogi

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National Insurance Company Ltd. vs M/s. Hareshwar Enterprises (P) Ltd. & Ors.

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Insurance claim – Respondent No.1-insured was engaged in the business of manufacture of polyethylene, plasti…

18 August 2021 · Partly allowed · Hemant Gupta, A.S. Bopanna

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Praveen Kumar C.P vs Kerala Public Service Commission & Ors.*

Service Law –Appointment –Equivalency of degrees – Principle of “change in the rules of the game midway” – When not applicable – Kerala Stat…

17 August 2021 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, Aniruddha Bose

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Neelima Srivastava vs The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

Service law: Regularisation of service – Entitlement to – Appellant appointed as temporary Music Teacher on a leave vacancy – Appointment wa…

17 August 2021 · Allowed · S. Abdul Nazeer, Krishna Murari

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Lachhmi Narain Singh (D) through Lrs & Ors. vs Sarjug Singh (Dead) through Lrs. & Ors.

Deeds and Documents: Wills and Codicils – Revocation of Will – Probate – On facts, testator executed a Will in favour of applicant – Probate…

17 August 2021 · Allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hrishikesh Roy