Indian Court Judgments

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

JSW Steel Ltd. vs The Board of Trustees of the Mumbai Port Trust Mumbai & Ors.

Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court by which it allowed respondent no.1 to withdraw the amount depo…

Ports Act, 1908

14 February 2025 · Allowed · Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Prashant Kumar Mishra

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

M/s B N Padmanabhaiah and Sons vs R N Nadigar & Ors.

Whether earlier decrees obtained by the appellant for permanent injunction foreclosed re-litigation of the dispute under the doctrine of res…

CPC

14 February 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Vinod @ Nasmulla vs The State of Chhattisgarh

Whether the conviction of the appellant under Section 395 read with Section 397 of the Penal Code, 1860 and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959…

IPC Arms Act, 1959 Evidence Act

14 February 2025 · Allowed · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Manoj Misra

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation vs Mahadeo Krishna Naik

Whether the appellant-Corporation is guilty of suggestio falsi by not disclosing what it had pleaded before the MACT and suppresio veri by s…

Constitution Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Evidence Act Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

14 February 2025 · Disposed · Dipankar Datta, Sandeep Mehta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

M/s ABCI Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd. vs Union of India and Others

Whether BRO-Border Road Organisation was justified in accepting the bid of Rs.1,569/-, and on the failure of the appellant-L1 bidder to exec…

Contract Act

14 February 2025 · Allowed · Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Kumar, K.V. Viswanathan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Puja Ferro Alloys P Ltd. vs State of Goa and Ors.

Whether the appellant-companies are covered by the notification issued by the State dated 30.09.1991 for the purpose of availing 25% rebate…

Electricity Act, 1910 General Clauses Act, 1897 Goa (Prohibition of Further Payments and…

14 February 2025 · Dismissed · Dipankar Datta, Sandeep Mehta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

The Union of India through the Assistant Director vs Kanhaiya Prasad

Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court granting bail to the respondent without considering the rigours…

Constitution IPC Bihar Mineral, (Concession, Prevention of… Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

13 February 2025 · Allowed · Bela M. Trivedi, Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale

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K. Krishnamurthy vs The Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax

Matter pertains to imposition of penalty u/s.271AAA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on undisclosed income in the specified previous year.

Income Tax Act, 1961

13 February 2025 · Disposed · J.B. Pardiwala, Manmohan

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M/s Tomorrowland Limited vs Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited and Another

Whether HUDCO was in breach of its reciprocal contractual obligations under the allotment letter dated 31.10.1994, and whether the appellant…

CPC

13 February 2025 · Disposed · Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan

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CMJ Foundation and Others vs State of Meghalaya and Others

Whether the appointment of the Chancellor of the CMJ University was made with due adherence to the procedure, as mandated by law; whether th…

Chandra Mohan Jha University Act, 2009 University Grants Act, 1956 Meghalaya Private Universities (Regulation…

13 February 2025 · Disposed · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Sandeep Mehta

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P. Rammohan Rao vs K. Srinivas and Ors. Etc.

Issue arose whether the period of officiating service of the temporarily appointed Assistant Executive Engineers-AEEs between 1990-1992 incl…

Andra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service… Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Appointments… Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj and Rural… Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj and Rural…

13 February 2025 · Disposed · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Sandeep Mehta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ramesh A. Naika vs The Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka Etc.

Appellant-R, a bank manager, was convicted of murdering his two minor children, along with his sister-in-law and mother-inlaw, in June 2010.…

IPC CrPC

13 February 2025 · Partly allowed · Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, Sandeep Mehta

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Kamalkishor Shrigopal Taparia vs India Ener-Gen Private Limited & Anr.

Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the petitions filed by the Appellant-an independent non-executive director under Section…

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 CrPC

13 February 2025 · Allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Satish Chandra Sharma

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Suman Mishra & Ors. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

Whether the High Court erred in finding that there were specific allegations in the FIR and Chargesheet even after dropping the charge of Se…

CrPC IPC Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

12 February 2025 · Allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Satish Chandra Sharma

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Dr. Amaragouda L Patil vs Union of India & Ors.

Matter pertains to the challenge to the appointment of the third respondent as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Homeopathy on…

Government of India (Allocation of… National Commission for Homeopathy Act, 2020 Constitution

12 February 2025 · Disposed · Dipankar Datta, Manmohan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Rupa and Co. Limited and Another vs Firhad Hakim and Others

Whether the High Court having, on earlier occasions, emphasized the necessity to abide by the command of its directions and also issuing not…

TP Act Constitution

12 February 2025 · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Augustine George Masih

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Sukhdev Singh vs Sukhbir Kaur

Whether a spouse of a marriage declared as void under s.11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, is entitled to claim permanent alimony and maint…

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 CrPC Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956

12 February 2025 · Abhay S. Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Augustine George Masih

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The State of Maharashtra & Ors. vs Prism Cement Limited & Anr.

Whether the amendment to s.8(5) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (CST Act), introduced by the Finance Act, 2002, applies retrospectively t…

Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959 Finance Act, 2002 General Clauses Act, 1897

12 February 2025 · Dismissed · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Pankaj Mithal