Indian Court Judgments — 2022

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Chherturam @ Chainu vs State of Chhattisgarh

Penal Code, 1860 – Murder – Exception 4 of s.300, s.82 – Exception 4 of s.300, when not applicable – Father and appellantson were drinking a…

13 September 2022 · Disposed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha

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Raman (Dead) by Lrs. vs R. Natarajan

Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.12, 13(1)(b) – Limitation Act, 1963 – s.18(1), Art.54 – Suit for specific performance involving third party –…

13 September 2022 · Allowed · Indira Banerjee, V. Ramasubramanian

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M/s. Shivali Enterprises vs Smt. Godawari (Deceased) Thr. Lrs. and Others

Punjab Courts Act, 1918: s. 41 – Second Appeals – Jurisdiction of the High Court under – Held: Second appeal is not a forum where the court…

13 September 2022 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, C.T. Ravikumar

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Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. vs The State of Telangana & Ors.

Telangana Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987– ss.75, 80, 82 – Telangana Charitable and Hindu Religious Ins…

13 September 2022 · Disposed · Hemant Gupta, Vikram Nath

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Vinod Katara vs State of Uttar Pradesh

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: ss. 3, 7A, 16, 20 – Applicability of the 2000 Act – Plea of juvenility at bela…

12 September 2022 · Dinesh Maheshwari, J.B. Pardiwala

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Mohammad Latief Magrey vs The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors.

Constitution of India – Arts. 14, 21, 25, 26 and 136 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.176(3) – Exhumation of the dead body – There was…

12 September 2022 · Dismissed · Surya Kant, J.B. Pardiwala

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Yashoda (Alias Sodhan) vs Sukhwinder Singh and Others

Suit: Suppression of material fact – Dismissal of the previous suit as withdrawn without liberty and this fact not presented before the Cour…

12 September 2022 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, C.T. Ravikumar

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Chandigarh Nursing Home and Anr. vs Sukhdeep Kaur

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.21(b) – Constitution of India – Article 142 – Respondent, a minor suffered from wrong diagnosis and treatm…

9 September 2022 · Disposed · M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari

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Joseph Johnson N. Maithkuri vs Subrahmanya & Another

Bail – Cancellation of – High Court granted bail to accused persons – Original complainant has preferred appeal before the Supreme Court for…

9 September 2022 · Allowed · M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari

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The State of Haryana vs Anand Kindo & Anr. etc.

Sentence/Sentencing – Murder committed for greed of money by trusted employees of an aged couple while they were sleeping – Trial Court awar…

8 September 2022 · Partly allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S. Oka, Vikram Nath

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P. Dharamaraj vs Shanmugam & Ors.

P. DHARAMARAJ v. SHANMUGAM & ORS. (Criminal Appeal No. 1514 of 2022) SEPTEMBER 08, 2022 [S.ABDUL NAZEER AND V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, JJ.] Code of…

8 September 2022 · Allowed · S. Abdul Nazeer, V. Ramasubramanian

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Rajiv Shukla vs Gold Rush Sales and Services Ltd. & Anr.

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.21 – Appellant booked a new car, paid the entire sale consideration – Respondent no.1-dealer delivered a u…

8 September 2022 · Allowed · M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari

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Chaitu Gowala and Another vs The State of Assam

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 and 149 – Appellants alongwith 70 other accused persons were accused of murdering the Managing Director of a comp…

7 September 2022 · Allowed · M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari

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Velayudhan vs National Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr.

Compensation – Vehicular Accident – Appellant-Claimant sustained very serious injuries resulting into 68% permanent disability – Held: Tribu…

7 September 2022 · Partly allowed · M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari

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Shiv Kumar vs The State of Madhya Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860: s.411 – Dishonestly receiving stolen property – Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused and co-accused received th…

7 September 2022 · Allowed · K.M. Joseph, Hrishikesh Roy

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Maharani Deepinder Kaur (Since Deceased) through Lrs. & Ors. vs Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and Ors.

Hindu Succession Act, 1956: s. 5 – Raja Faridkot Estate Act, 1948 – Succesion to the Properties left behind by the Raja , former ruler of Fa…

7 September 2022 · Disposed · Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, Sudhanshu Dhulia

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The State Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors. vs M/s. Samarth Builders & Developers & Anr.

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: s.11 – Arbitration Clause in agreement – Respondent No.1 is a developer engaged in the business of c…

7 September 2022 · Allowed · Surya Kant, Abhay S. Oka

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G.N.R. Babu @ S.N. Babu vs Dr. B.C. Muthappa & Ors.

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – ss.96, 105 & Or.IX, r.13 – Ex-parte decree against defendant – Appeal u/s.96 – Scope of adjudication – Ex-pa…

6 September 2022 · Partly allowed · Ajay Rastogi, Abhay S. Oka