Indian Court Judgments — 2018

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Rupinder Singh Sandhu vs State of Punjab & Others

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.299 and 304 Part-II r/w. s.34 – Conviction under – Propriety of – PW3 & PW4 were travelling in a Maruti Car driven by…

15 May 2018 · Disposed · Jasti Chelameswar, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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Selvi vs Gopalakrishnan Nair (D) Thr. Lrs. and Ors.

Mortgage – Redemption of – Suit for redeeming the mortgaged properties, filed by plaintiffs inter alia against Respondent-Defendant No.2 – R…

15 May 2018 · Allowed · R. Banumathi, L. Nageswara Rao

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Sushila Aggarwal & Ors. vs State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.

Bail – Whether an anticipatory bail should be for a limited period of time – There are two divergent views: One are the line of Judgments in…

15 May 2018 · Dismissed · Kurian Joseph, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Navin Sinha

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Gurmeet Pal Singh vs State of Punjab & Anr.

Judicial Service – Punjab Superior Judicial Service Rules, 2007– r.7(3)(c) – Advertisement issued, inviting applications for selection to Pu…

15 May 2018 · Dismissed · Jasti Chelameswar, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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Khurshid Ahmed vs State of Jammu and Kashmir

Ranbir Penal Code – s.302 – Prosecution case that there was a scuffle between the appellant-accused and ‘A’ over some payment issue – Same d…

15 May 2018 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Chintalapati Srinivasa Raju vs Securities and Exchange Board of India

SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992: Regn 2(e)(i), 2(c) – Insider trading – Satyam scam – Appellantco-brother of the Cha…

14 May 2018 · Disposed · R.F. Nariman, Navin Sinha

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

Jharkhand Judicial Service (Recruitment) Rules, 2004 – rr.21, 22 and 27 – In Judgment dated 11.5.2018 titled Ashok Kumar & Ors. v. State of…

14 May 2018 · Jasti Chelameswar, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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Sheila Sebastian vs R. Jawaharaj & Anr. etc.

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.420, 464, 465 – Allegation of forgery – Prosecution case was that accused no.1, with the aid of imposter impersonating…

11 May 2018 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Vijay Arjun Bhagat & Ors. vs Nana Laxman Tapkire & Ors.

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.100 – Substantial question of law – High Court instead of deciding the second appeal on the six substantia…

11 May 2018 · Allowed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Kumar vs State Represented by Inspector of Police

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 324 – Conviction by courts below – Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused and the victim-deceased had…

11 May 2018 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Mahesh Chandra Verma vs The State of Jharkhand Through: Its Chief Secretary & Ors.

Judiciary: Pension – Whether services rendered by the appellants as Fast Track Courts Judges to be counted for their pensionary and other be…

11 May 2018 · Allowed · Jasti Chelameswar, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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Siddagangaiah (D) Thr. Lrs. vs N.K. Giriraja Shetty (D) Thr. Lrs.

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or.XXI r.90, r/w s.47 – Suit for title and declaration filed on the basis of purchase of suit property from d…

11 May 2018 · Allowed · Arun Mishra, Uday Umesh Lalit

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Commissioner of Central Excise, Indore vs M/s Grasim Industries Ltd.Through Its Secretary

Central Excise Act, 1944 – ss.3 and 4 – Whether s.4 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (as substituted with effect from 1-7-2000) and the defin…

11 May 2018 · Ranjan Gogoi, N.V. Ramana, R. Banumathi, Mohan M. Shantanago

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

Jharkhand Judicial Service (Recruitment) Rules, 2004 – rr.21, 22 and 27 – Benefit of increment denied to the Judicial Officers till clearanc…

11 May 2018 · Allowed · Jasti Chelameswar, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

Constitutional SC Reportable ✓ HN

Kalpana Mehta and Others vs Union of India and Others

Public Interest Litigation: Constitution of India – Arts. 32 and 136 – Report of Parliamentary Standing Committee – Reliance upon – Parliame…

9 May 2018 · Dipak Misra, A.K. Sikri, D.Y. Chandrachud, A.M. Khanwilkar,

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Pramod Laxman Gudadhe vs Election Commission of India and Ors.

Representation of People Act, 1951 – s.151A – Interpretation of – Justifiability of holding bye-election – On resignation of elected represe…

9 May 2018 · Dismissed · Dipak Misra, D.Y. Chandrachud, A.M. Khanwilkar

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Union of India vs Rina Devi

Railways Act, 1989: Railway accident claim – Compensation – Quantum of – As per the rate of compensation as on the date of application/incid…

9 May 2018 · Disposed · Adarsh Kumar Goel, R.F. Nariman

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Meenal Bhargava vs Naveen Sharma

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: s.12(1) r/w s. 12(3) – Appellant (wife) left company of her husband (respondent) with her son – Canadian Court…

9 May 2018 · Allowed · A.K. Sikri, Ashok Bhushan