Indian Court Judgments — 2023

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Case Details Solaris Chem Tech Industries Ltd vs Assistant Executive Engineer Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board & Anr.

Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the Writ Petition and the Writ Appeal on the strength of Clause

10 October 2023 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra

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Syndicate Bank vs N. R. Bhat

Matter was settled between the parties (respondent-employee and petitioner-bank) by virtue of the Joint Compromise Memo dated 17.06.2019, ho…

10 October 2023 · Disposed · Hima Kohli, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

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Case Details Nabha Power Limited vs Punjab State Power Corporation Limited

The dispute, pertaining to recovery of deductions of monthly tariff by the respondent was dealt by the Supreme Court in Nabha Power Limited…

9 October 2023 · Allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sudhanshu Dhulia, Aravind Kumar

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Case Details M/s. Kewal Court Pvt. Ltd. and Anr. vs The State of West Bengal and Ors.

The issue pertains to the true construction, meaning and import of the expression ‘vacant land’ contained in Section 2(q) of the Urban Land…

9 October 2023 · Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta

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Case Details Sheo Raj Singh (Deceased) through Lrs. & Ors. vs Union of India & Anr.

Whether the High Court was justified in condoning the delay in presentation of the appeal; and whether the department had shown sufficient c…

9 October 2023 · Dismissed · Bela M. Trivedi, Dipankar Datta

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Case Details M/s Triveni Glass Limited Rep. by Its Deputy General Manager (Sales and P.R.) Shri R.K. Sinha vs Commissioner of Trade Tax, U.P.

Whether “tinted glass sheets” manufactured by the assessee is liable to be taxed as “goods or wares made of glass” under the Notification No…

9 October 2023 · Dismissed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Aravind Kumar

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Case Details M/s Harsh Automobiles Private Limited vs Indore Municipal Corporation

Whether the display boards or sign boards or name boards as displayed by the appellants would partake the character of “advertisement” so as…

9 October 2023 · Disposed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Aravind Kumar

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Case Details M/s. Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited vs M/s. Gayatri Shakti Paper and Board Limited and Another, etc.

Eligibility criteria for a Captive Generating Plant (CGP)/captive user u/r.3(1)(a) of the Electricity Rules, 2005; Interpretation of the sec…

9 October 2023 · Sanjiv Khanna, M.M. Sundresh

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Jinofer Kawasji Bhujwala vs Bahadur Sanjana

The petitioner, a former partner of M/s. Electronic Lab, challenged the judgment and order dated 08.12.2022 passed by the 6th Additional Dis…

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 §2(1)(e) Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 §27 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 §34 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 §42

7 October 2023 · Bhargav D. Karia

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Case Details Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Mumbai vs M/s Ganpati Overseas through Its Proprietor Shri Yashpal Sharma & Anr.

Whether the tribunal was justified in holding that enhancement of value of the imported goods and the penalties imposed by the Commissioner…

6 October 2023 · Dismissed · B.V. Nagarathna, Ujjal Bhuyan

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Case Details Sri. K.M. Krishna Reddy vs Sri. Vinod Reddy & Anr.

When in a suit simpliciter for a perpetual injunction based on title, the defendant pleads perfection of his title by adverse possession aga…

6 October 2023 · Partly allowed · Abhay S. Oka, Pankaj Mithal

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Vishal Chelani & Ors. vs Debashis Nanda

The decision of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal that the home buyer as beneficiary of a decree by the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate…

6 October 2023 · Allowed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Aravind Kumar

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Case Details Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. vs Kumaon Entertainment and Hospitalities Pvt. Ltd.

Matter pertains to the demand raised by the State Undertaking from the allottee towards the charges for conversion of nature of use from IT…

5 October 2023 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

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Case Details Smt. M. Hemalatha Devi & Ors. vs B. Udayasri

Whether the dispute between the parties is arbitrable, and once a party has availed the remedy before a public forum under a special benefic…

5 October 2023 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sudhanshu Dhulia

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Case Details Union Bank of India vs Rajat Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. and M/s. Sunview Assets Pvt. Ltd.

Applicant-Auction Purchaser sought directions against the Appellant-Bank for issuance of sale letter in its favour on the ground that it has…

4 October 2023 · Dismissed · Aniruddha Bose, Bela M. Trivedi

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Case Details State Bank of India vs P. Zadenga

Whether clause 4 of the Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) dated 10th April 2002 create a bar on departmental proceedings continuing when the pe…

3 October 2023 · Allowed · Hrishikesh Roy, Sanjay Karol

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Aditya Khaitan & Ors. vs Il and Fs Financial Services Limited

Whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the application for extension of time dated 20.01.2021 and in not taking the written state…

3 October 2023 · Allowed · J.K. Maheshwari, K.V. Viswanathan

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Case Details Commanding Officer, Railway Protection Special Force, Mumbai vs Bhavnaben Dinshbhai Bhabhor & Others

Whether a Constable of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) can be treated as a “Workman” u/s.2(1)(n), Employees Compensation Act, 1923 even tho…

26 September 2023 · Dismissed · B.V. Nagarathna, Manoj Misra