Indian Court Judgments — 2022

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Gregory Patrao and Ors. vs Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited & Ors.

Land Acquisition: Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 (KIAD Act) – s.28 – Persons interested – Proper party – Right of subseque…

11 July 2022 · Allowed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Hemantha Kumar vs R. Mahadevaiah & Ors.

Code of Civil Procedure,1908 – Or.XXIII, r.3 – Consent decree – Grant of – The original plaintiff instituted suit for specific performance o…

11 July 2022 · Allowed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Abu Salem Abdul Kayyum Ansari vs The State of Maharashtra

Extradition Act, 1962: Sovereign assurance – In the instant case, appellant was extradited from the Republic of Portugal and custody of the…

11 July 2022 · Disposed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, M.M. Sundresh

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ravi Sharma vs State (Government of NCT of Delhi) and Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.378 – Indian Evidence Act, 1872 – s.27 – FIR was recorded on finding a dead body – PW-2 (brother of dec…

11 July 2022 · Allowed · Abhay S. Oka, M.M. Sundresh

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Shishpal @ Shishu vs The State (NCT of Delhi)

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 34 – Murder – Victim-deceased and PW4 were standing in the queue before the liquor store – A2 (not before the Sup…

11 July 2022 · Allowed · Abhay S. Oka, M.M. Sundresh

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

S. Chandrasekharan & Ors. vs M. Dinakar & Anr.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s. 166, 168 – Compensation – Enhancement of – Accident occurred which resulted into death of wife of appellant –…

11 July 2022 · Allowed · Dinesh Maheshwari, Aniruddha Bose

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Hcmi Education vs Narendra Pal Singh

Education – Admission in foreign country – Course abolished by the country – Liability of appellant-facilitator – Respondent approached the…

11 July 2022 · Allowed · Abhay S. Oka, M.M. Sundresh

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

In Re: Perry Kansagra vs In Re: Perry Kansagra

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: Contempt of Court – Tendering of affidavits and undertaking containing false statement, if amounts to criminal…

11 July 2022 · Uday Umesh Lalit, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Mohamed Ali vs V. Jaya & Ors.

Constitution of India: Art. 227 – Power of superintendence over all courts by the High Court – Power of revision – Extent and scope of – Rev…

11 July 2022 · Allowed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

State of West Bengal vs Rakesh Singh @ Rakesh Kumar Singh

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.27A, 37, and 21(b)/29 – Rigours of provisions of s.37 relating to grant of bail –…

11 July 2022 · Dismissed · Dinesh Maheshwari, Aniruddha Bose

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

State Bank of India and Ors. vs Dr. Vijay Mallya

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: s. 12 – Punishment for contempt of court – Purging of contempt – On facts, action on part of the contemnor in…

11 July 2022 · Disposed · Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, Pamidighantam Sri Narasi

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Asha Rani Gupta vs Sri Vineet Kumar

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Ord. XV r.5(as applicable in the State of U.P.) – Striking off defence for failure to deposit the admitted re…

11 July 2022 · Allowed · Dinesh Maheshwari, Aniruddha Bose

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Hsbc Pi Holdings (Mauritius) Limited vs Pradeep Shantipershad Jain & Ors.

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – Contempt of Court – When – Held: Sufficient opportunities have been given to the respondents to deposit the s…

11 July 2022 · M.R. Shah, Aniruddha Bose

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Utpal Trehan vs Dlf Home Developers Ltd.

Consumer Protection Act, 1860: Apartment Buyers’ Agreement – Delayed Possession Compensation – Builder under obligation to deliver the posse…

11 July 2022 · Disposed · Dinesh Maheshwari, Aniruddha Bose

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Commissioner of Central Excise, Raipur vs M/s Sepco Electric Power Construction Corporation

Finance Act, 1994: s.65(31) – Service Tax – Definition of “consulting engineer” u/s. 65(31) of the Act – Whether ‘body corporate’ is covered…

11 July 2022 · Partly allowed · M.R. Shah, Sanjiv Khanna

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Principal Commissioner of Income Tax-Iii, Bangalore and Another vs M/s Wipro Limited

PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-III, BANGALORE AND ANOTHER v. M/S WIPRO LIMITED (Civil Appeal No. 1449 of 2022) (Arising out of SLP (Ci…

11 July 2022 · Allowed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Amritsar (Punjab) vs M/s D.L. Steels etc.

Customs Tariff Act, 1975 – Dispute regarding classification of dried pomegranate seeds/‘anardana’ in tariff entries under Heading 0813 as cl…

11 July 2022 · Dismissed · Sanjiv Khanna, Bela M. Trivedi

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Securities and Exchange Board of India vs Sunil Krishna Khaitan and Others

SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 –Regulation 10 – Interpretation of Regulation 10 of the SEBI Regula…

11 July 2022 · Dismissed · Sanjiv Khanna, Bela M. Trivedi