Indian Court Judgments — 2021

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Somesh Thapliyal & Anr. etc. vs Vice Chancellor, H.N.B. Garhwal University & Anr.

Service Law – Public employment – Terms and conditions – Appellants were appointed as teachers in the years 2004-2007 in Department of Pharm…

3 September 2021 · Disposed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Ajay Rastogi

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

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

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

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

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

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

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

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

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

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

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

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

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

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

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

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

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

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Rahmat Khan @ Rammu Bismillah vs Deputy Commissioner of Police

Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 – s.56(1)(a)(b) – Externment order – The State Government introduced a scheme for the upliftment of the Muslim…

25 August 2021 · Allowed · Indira Banerjee, V. Ramasubramanian

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Manjeet Singh vs State of Haryana & Ors.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.319 – Summoning of additional accused – An FIR was registered on the basis of the statement of the orig…

24 August 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Harjit Singh vs Inderpreet Singh @ Inder and Another

Bail: Grant of bail – Exercise of power while granting bail, scope of – Duty of appellate court particularly when bail was refused by lower…

24 August 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Lala @anurag Prakash Aasre vs The State of Maharashtra

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 120B, 147, 148 and 324 – Unlawful assembly with common object of causing death – Prosecution case that dispute be…

24 August 2021 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hrishikesh Roy

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Saranya vs Bharathi and Another

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Exercise of power under – Stage of framing of charge – High Court quashed and set aside the crimi…

24 August 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

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