Indian Court Judgments — 2022

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Shobha & Ors. vs The Chairman, Vithalrao Shinde Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. & Ors.

Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923: ss. 4, 4A – Award of compensation under – Entitlement to interest, from the date of the order passed by t…

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

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Jai Parkash etc etc vs Union Territory, Chandigarh etc etc

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4 and 6 – Acquisition of land – Determination of fair market value – Just compensation – Land Acquisition Of…

10 March 2022 · Partly allowed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

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State of Rajasthan vs Ashok Khetoliya & Anr.

Constitution of India: Arts.243Q(2), 243ZF, Constitution (Seventy Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992 – Part IXA – Legislative Competence with respe…

10 March 2022 · Allowed · Hemant Gupta, V. Ramasubramanian

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Hardial Singh vs Balbir Kaur & Anr.

Code of Civil Procedure, 1973: s.100 – Second appeal – Substantial question of law – On 25.02.2016, Constitutional Bench judgment in Pankaja…

10 March 2022 · Allowed · K.M. Joseph, Hrishikesh Roy

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Urban Infrastructure Real Estate Fund vs Dharmesh S. Jain and Anr.

Contempt of Courts Act,1971 – Civil contempt – Wilful disobedience of orders passed by Court – High Court stayed arbitral award passed in ar…

10 March 2022 · Disposed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

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M. Kendra Devi vs The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others

Service Law: Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1955 – r.35(aa) – Seniority – Appellants were selected as Assistant Engineer –…

10 March 2022 · Dismissed · Ajay Rastogi, Abhay S. Oka

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Sk Nausad Rahaman & Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.

Central Excise and Customs Commissionerates Inspector (Central Excise, Preventive Officer and Examiner) Group ‘B’ Posts Recruitment Rules 20…

10 March 2022 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Vikram Nath

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Swaminathan & Ors. vs Alankamony (Dead) through Lrs.

Succession Act, 1925:s. 263 – Revocation of letters of administration – When – Held: As per s. 263, the grant of letters of administration m…

9 March 2022 · Dismissed · Hemant Gupta, V. Ramasubramanian

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Mandeep Kumar and Others vs U.T. Chandigarh & Others

Punjab Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (Reservation in Service) Act, 2006 – s.7 – De-reservation/Interchangeability of the post of SC/…

9 March 2022 · Dismissed · Indira Banerjee, J.K. Maheshwari

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Union of India & Anr. vs Manpreet Singh Poonam etc.

National Capital Territory of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Civil Service) Rules…

8 March 2022 · Allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, M.M. Sundresh

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The Vice Chairman Delhi Development Authority vs Narender Kumar & Ors.

Service Law: Delhi Development Authority – Assured Career Progression Scheme – In the instant case, the employees (respondents) sought appli…

8 March 2022 · Disposed · Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, Bela M. Trivedi

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Narendra Hirawat and Co. vs Sholay Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.

Injunction: Agreements entered between appellant (NHC) and respondent no.1 (SME) for rights of films for an amount of Rs.20 Crores – Dispute…

7 March 2022 · Vineet Saran, Aniruddha Bose

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Raza Ahmad vs State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.

National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 – ss.14, 16 and 38 – In April 2007, the seventh respondent, Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Jayprakash…

7 March 2022 · Partly allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Surya Kant

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Dr. A. Selvaraj vs C.B. M. College and Ors.

Retirement dues: Interest on delayed payment of retirement dues – Delay in payment of retirement dues to the Appellant-Assistant Professor w…

4 March 2022 · Allowed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

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Padhiyar Prahladji Chenaji (Deceased) through L.R.S vs Maniben Jagmalbhai (Deceased) through L.R.S and Ors.

Permanent Injunction – Registered Sale Deed – Suit seeking cancellation of sale deed, declaration and permanant injunction – Trial court par…

3 March 2022 · Allowed · D.A. Desai, M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

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Sukhdarshan Singh vs The State of Punjab & Ors.

Service Law: Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970 – In the instant case, appellant was appointed as a clerk by the Stat…

3 March 2022 · Disposed · K.M. Joseph, Hrishikesh Roy

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Loop Telecom and Trading Limited vs Union of India and Anr.

Telecommunication: Contract Act, 1872 – ss.65, 23, 56 – Unified Access Service Licenses (UASL) – 2G Spectrum – Illegal Allocation – Claim fo…

3 March 2022 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Surya Kant, Vikram Nath

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Amit Katyal vs Meera Ahuja and Others

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: s.7 – Respondent no. 4-corporate debtor came out with a housing project – However, could not complete…

3 March 2022 · Disposed · M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna