Indian Court Judgments — 2020

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Bhagwan Singh vs State of Uttarakhand

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304-II and 308 – Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – In a marriage ceremony, father of the groom-appellant aim…

18 March 2020 · Partly allowed · S.A. Bobde, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Surya Kant

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ex-Gunner Virender Prasad vs Union of India & Anr.

EX-GUNNER VIRENDER PRASAD v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. (Criminal Appeal No. 2035 of 2012) MARCH 18, 2020 [S. A. BOBDE, CJI, B. R. GAVAI AND SURY…

18 March 2020 · Dismissed · S.A. Bobde, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Surya Kant

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Rajasthan High Court vs Ved Priya & Anr.

Judicial Service – Probation period – Order of nonconfirmation in – Respondent no.1 – a former Judicial Officer was appointed as a Civil Jud…

18 March 2020 · Allowed · S.A. Bobde, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Surya Kant

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

West Bengal Small Industries Development Corporation Ltd. & Ors. vs M/s. Sona Promoters Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

West Bengal Government Premises (Tenancy Regulation) Act, 1976 – ss.2(a),(b), (c) and 3(2) – Appellant-Corporation purchased immovable prope…

18 March 2020 · Dismissed · S. Abdul Nazeer, Deepak Gupta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

The Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. & Ors. vs Amr Dev Prabha & Ors.

Tenders – A notice inviting tender was issued by appellantBCCL for purposes of ‘Hiring of HEMM for removal of OB, extraction and transportat…

18 March 2020 · Disposed · S.A. Bobde, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Surya Kant

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Sajan vs State of Maharashtra and Others

Land Acquisition: Acquisition of land – Comprising of cultivable as well as non-agricultural land used for running sugar mill – Determinatio…

17 March 2020 · Partly allowed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Aarifaben Yunusbhai Patel & Ors. vs Mukul Thakorebhai Amin & Ors.

AARIFABEN YUNUSBHAI PATEL & ORS. v. MUKUL THAKOREBHAI AMIN & ORS. (Civil Appeal Nos. 1643-1644 of 2020) MARCH 17, 2020 [L. NAGESWARA RAO AND…

17 March 2020 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, Deepak Gupta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

The Joint Labour Commissioner and Registering Officer & Anr. vs Kesar Lal

THE JOINT LABOUR COMMISSIONER AND REGISTERING OFFICER & ANR. v. KESAR LAL (Civil Appeal No. 2014 of 2020) MARCH 17, 2020 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y.…

17 March 2020 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Ajay Rastogi

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Others vs Anil Padegaonkar

Bharat Petroleum Limited Conduct, Discipline and Appeal Rules for Management Staff, 1976 – rr.3(e), (g), (h) – Part III B(2)(e), (f); Part I…

17 March 2020 · Disposed · Ashok Bhushan, Navin Sinha

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Bank of Baroda vs Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

Limitation Act, 1963 – Arts. 136 and 137 – Executing a decree passed by a foreign court (from a reciprocating country) in India – Period of…

17 March 2020 · Dismissed · Deepak Gupta, Aniruddha Bose

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Bengaluru Development Authority vs Mr. Sudhakar Hegde & Ors.

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 – Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 – Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 – C Environment Impact…

17 March 2020 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Council of Architecture vs Mr. Mukesh Goyal & Ors.

Architects Act, 1972 – s. 37 – Prohibition against use of title – The High Court held that s.37 of the Architects Act does not create a bar…

17 March 2020 · Partly allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Ajay Rastogi

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Union of India & Ors. vs Lt. Cdr. Annie Nagaraja & Ors.

Navy Act, 1957 – s.9(2) – Women Short Service Commissioned (SSC) Officers – Grant of Permanent Commissions (PCs) – Right to be considered fo…

17 March 2020 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Ajay Rastogi

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Indore Development Authority vs Manoharlal & Ors. etc.

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013: Legislative history of the Act o…

6 March 2020 · Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M.R. Shah, S. Ra

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Food Corporation of India and Another vs M/s. V.K. Traders and Others

Rice Mills: Ban on allocation of paddy to rice mills for custom milling – In this case, quality of rice supplied post milling by the rice mi…

6 March 2020 · Allowed · S.A. Bobde, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Surya Kant

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Commissioner of Central Excise, Nagpur vs M/s Universal Ferro & Allied Chemicals Ltd. & Anr.

Central Excise Act, 1944: s.3(1) and its proviso, s.5(1) and its proviso – Job work – Export Oriented Unit (EOU) – Respondent is 100% EOU an…

6 March 2020 · Dismissed · S.A. Bobde, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Surya Kant

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Amyra Dwivedi (Minor) through Her Mother, Smt. Pooja Sharma Dwivedi vs Abhinav Dwivedi and Another

Family Law: Custody of child – Visitation and contact rights – In the instant case, appellant-mother had filed Habeas Corpus petition before…

6 March 2020 · Disposed · Deepak Gupta, Aniruddha Bose

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Sadhna Chaudhary vs State of U.P. & Anr.

Service Law: Judicial service – Allegation against appellant judicial officer that while posted as ADJ, she had decided the land acquisition…

6 March 2020 · Allowed · S.A. Bobde, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Surya Kant