Indian Court Judgments

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited vs Kew Precision Parts Private Limited & Ors.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss. 7, 8, 9, 14, 238A – The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of…

5 August 2022 · Allowed · Indira Banerjee, J.K. Maheshwari

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

M/s Mitra S.P. (P) Ltd. & Anr. vs Dhiren Kumar

Labour Laws – Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 – s.33(C)(2) – Single Judge of High Court passed common judgment - dismissing the writ petition…

4 August 2022 · Disposed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Honnaiah T.H. vs State of Karnataka and Others

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.161. 397(2) – Prosecution csae was that FIR was registered on 26 December 2016 for offences punishable…

4 August 2022 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala

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Manjit Singh Sodhi vs The Custodian & Ors.

Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act 1992 – ss. 3(2), 4(2), 10, 11 – Limitation Act, 1963 – ss. 18,…

4 August 2022 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Jai Prakash Tiwari vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 313 – Power to examine the accused – Object and scope of – Held: s. 313 confers a valuable right upon a…

4 August 2022 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli

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Delhi Transport Corporation vs Sandeep Kaushik and Ors.

Service Law – Appointment / Recruitment – Of Drivers in appellant-transport Corporation – High Court while holding the entire recruitment pr…

3 August 2022 · Partly allowed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

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Sakharam Since Deceased through Lrs & Anr. vs Kishanrao

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.XXII, rr.2 and 11 – Dismissal of Second Appeal by High Court on the ground that the appeal stood abated –…

3 August 2022 · Allowed · Indira Banerjee, V. Ramasubramanian

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Central Bank of India vs Nitin

Service Law – Compassionate Appointment – Respondent-writ petitioner’s father who was working in appellant-Bank applied for voluntary premat…

3 August 2022 · Allowed · Indira Banerjee, V. Ramasubramanian

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Siddharth Mukesh Bhandari vs The State of Gujarat and Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Stay of investigation and/or interim relief while exercising powers u/s.482 CrPC – Private respon…

2 August 2022 · Allowed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

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Noor Mohammed vs Khurram Pasha

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.143A – Mandate of – Failure to deposit interim compensation in terms of s.143A and its effect, if any,…

2 August 2022 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, Sudhanshu Dhulia

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Dr. J. Vijayan & Others vs The State of Kerala & Others

The University Grant Commission Act, 1956 – ss. 20, 26 – University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for appointment of Teachers an…

2 August 2022 · Dismissed · Indira Banerjee, J.K. Maheshwari

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Dauvaram Nirmalkar vs State of Chhattisgarh

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.304 Part I and 302 and Exception 1 to s.300 – Murder – Conviction of appellant by Courts below u/s.302 IPC for murder…

2 August 2022 · Partly allowed · Sanjiv Khanna, Bela M. Trivedi

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Suneel Kumar vs State of U.P. & Ors.

The Uttar Pradesh Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974 – Rule 5 – Compassionate appointment – When…

2 August 2022 · Partly allowed · K.M. Joseph, Hrishikesh Roy

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Satyajit Kumar & Ors. vs The State of Jharkhand & Ors.

Constitution of India – Para 5(1) of Fifth Schedule; Articles 14, 13(2), 15, 16(2), (3), 35(a-i) – Whether in exercise of powers conferred u…

2 August 2022 · Partly allowed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

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Central Bank of India & Others vs Dragendra Singh Jadon

Service law – Res Judicata – Applicability of – Respondent was appointed to the post of agricultural assistant in the appellantBank – Respon…

2 August 2022 · Dismissed · Indira Banerjee, J.K. Maheshwari

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S. Kuldeep Singh & Anr. vs S. Prithpal Singh

Jammu & Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1972 – s.2(4), 2(6), 2(7) and 50 – Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Rules, 1973 – r. 5 – Jammu & Kashmir Agrar…

2 August 2022 · Allowed · K.M. Joseph, Hrishikesh Roy

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Shabbir Mohammad Sayed vs Mrs. Noor Jehan Mushter Shaikh & Ors.

Maharashtra Rent Control Tenancy Act, 1999 – s.26 – Contract Act, 1872 – Ratification – The first respondent filed a civil suit against resp…

2 August 2022 · Dismissed · K.M. Joseph, Hrishikesh Roy

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M/s. Total Environment Building Systems Pvt. Ltd. vs The Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes & Ors.

Finance Act, 1994: s. 65(105) (zzzze)(as amended) — Works contract – Composite Works Contract — Levy of service tax – Issue as regards the l…

2 August 2022 · Disposed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna