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Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre

263 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre on the bench, 2018 to 2019, from the bench each Supreme Court Report prints. Being on the bench does not mean writing the opinion; each judgment page names the bench.

By year
2019 123 2018 140
Most often on the same bench
Justice Dinesh Maheshwari 75Justice R.K. Agrawal 61Justice Indu Malhotra 58Justice S. Abdul Nazeer 23Justice Uday Umesh Lalit 20Justice R. Subhash Reddy 14Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul 6Justice Vineet Saran 2
Acts most often in these headnotes
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 24Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 20Indian Penal Code, 1860 19Income Tax Act, 1961 16Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 10Land Acquisition Act, 1894 8Constitution of India 6Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 5
Rameshwar Dass vs The State of Punjab
SC · 14 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 190 : 2019 INSC 366
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – In C.A.@ SLP(C) No.5513/14, Respondent-State acquired the total land measuring around 14.49 acres (situated in 9 villages) for construction of Satluz-Yamuna canal – Appellant is the landowner…
Estate Officer, Haryana Urban Development Authority & Anr. vs Gopi Chand Atreja
SC · 12 March 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 1000 : 2019 INSC 347
Limitation Act: s.5 – Condonation of delay – Delay of 1942 days in filing second appeal – Application seeking condonation of delay rejected by the High Court – Held: Delay was inordinate and not properly explained – Appe…
State Trading Corporation of India Ltd vs M/s Global Steel Holding Limited & Ors.
SC · 12 March 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 1040 : 2019 INSC 355
Constitution of India: Art. 136 r/w Art. 142 – Power under – Exercise of – On facts, settlement agreements between the parties – Payment of Rs 600 crores by the respondent towards interest@ 8% p.a. by the stipulated peri…
Dilip Mani Dubey vs M/s Siel Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 12 March 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 529 : 2019 INSC 345
Uttar Pradesh Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: s. 6-N – Termination of workman – Industrial reference – Industrial Tribunal answered the reference in favour of the workman and directed his reinstatement with back wages – I…
Mukesh Chand vs The State(Nct) of Delhi & Anr.
SC · 12 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 700 : 2019 INSC 354
MUKESH CHAND v THE STATE(NCT) OF DELHI & ANR (Criminal Appeal Nos. 469-470 of 2019) MARCH 12, 2019 [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Electricity Act, 2003 – ss.135 and 152 – Respondent No.2BSES alleged tha…
Commissioner of Income Tax, Jaipur vs M/s Gopal Shri Scrips Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 12 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 704 : 2019 INSC 351
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, JAIPUR v. M/S GOPAL SHRI SCRIPS PVT. LTD. (Civil Appeal No.2922 of 2019) MARCH 12, 2019 [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Income Tax Act, 1961 – s.260A and Chapter XV – Companie…
Tanuku Taluk Village Officers’ Association vs Tanuku Municipality & Ors. etc.
SC · 12 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 1063 : 2019 INSC 349
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.100 – Two civil suits filed by the appellant against the respondents in relation to the land in question – Suits decreed vide order dated 14.08.1996 – Appellant also filed suit before th…
Manik Kutum vs Julie Kutum
SC · 7 March 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 916 : 2019 INSC 332
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.125 – Maintenance – Application for maintenance filed by the respondent (wife) for herself and for her minor daughter – Trial court partly allowed the claim and awarded Rs. 2000/- p.m.…
State Represented by the Deputy Superintendent of Police Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Tamil Nadu vs J. Doraiswamy etc.
SC · 7 March 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 921 : 2019 INSC 329
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.227 – Respondents-Police officials prosecuted under Prevention of Corruption Act – Charge sheet filed by the State Prosecuting Agency against the respondents – Application under s.227…
Shoda Devi vs Ddu/Ripon Hospital Shimla and Ors.
SC · 7 March 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 945 : 2019 INSC 334
Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Medical negligence – Compensation – Appellant’s case was that she was admitted in respondent-Hospital on account of abdomen pain and menstrual problem where she was examined by respondent n…
Isha Distribution House Pvt. Ltd. vs Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 7 March 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 957 : 2019 INSC 330
Letters Patent Act, 1865: Clause 12 – Suit for declaration, damages and grant of injunction filed by appellant in the Calcutta High Court on its original side along with an application seeking leave to file the civil sui…
Birla Institute of Technology vs The State of Jharkhand & Ors.
SC · 7 March 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 963 : 2019 INSC 18
Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972: s.2(e) – Appellant is a premier technical educational Institute of repute in the country – Respondent no.4 joined the appellantInstitute as Assistant Professor – On superannuation, he made…
M/s Anjaneya Jewellery vs New India Assurance Co.Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 7 March 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 975 : 2019 INSC 333
Consumer Protection Act, 1986: s.13 – Dismissal of complaint in limine by the National Commission – Justification – Held: Although Commission has the jurisdiction to dismiss the complaint in limine and decline its admiss…
Sukumaran vs State Rep. by the Inspector of Police
SC · 7 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 660 : 2019 INSC 327
SUKUMARAN v. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE (Criminal Appeal No. 5 of 2009) MARCH 07, 2019 [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w ss.109 and 203 – Prosecution case was that app…
Kakadia Builders Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. vs Income Tax Officer Ward 1(3) & Anr.
SC · 5 March 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 279 : 2019 INSC 316
Income Tax Act, 1961 – ss. 154, 234A, 234B and 234C, Chapter XIXA – The appellants-assessee filed settlement applications before the Settlement Commission during the pendency of the assessment proceedings for determinati…
Fed. of Bank of India Staff Unions & Anr. vs Union of India & Anr.
SC · 1 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 135 : 2019 INSC 300
The Nationalized Banks (Management and Miscellaneous provisions) Scheme, 1970 – Appellant No.1 is the association of various Staff Unions of the employees working in the Respondent No.2-Bank – 1970 Scheme framed under th…
Shiv Shankar Prasad Singh vs The State of Bihar
SC · 28 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 1078 : 2019 INSC 292
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.409, 477A r/w. s.120B – Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 – s.5(2) r/w. s.5(1)(c) and (d) – Prosecution case was that appellant-accused persons conspired and misappropriated the bags of fertilizers…
Commissioner of Income Tax-I vs M/s Rashtradoot (Huf)
SC · 27 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 868 : 2019 INSC 285
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-I v. M/S RASHTRADOOT (HUF) (Civil Appeal No.2362 of 2019) FEBRUARY 27, 2019 [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Income Tax Act, 1961 – s.260A – Substantial question of law arising…
The Competent Authority Calcutta, Under the Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 and Anr. vs David Mantosh & Ors.
SC · 26 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 331 : 2019 INSC 268
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976: ss. 12(4), 13, 30, 33(1), 33(3), 33(4) and 40 – Land in question subjected to ceiling proceedings under the Act – Thereafter allotted to respondent-hospital on a long term l…
Deep Narayan Chourasia vs State of Bihar
SC · 25 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 521 : 2019 INSC 263
Penal Code, 1860: ss.302/149 – Five persons tried for murder – Trial court convicted one accused under s.302 IPC and under s.27 of Arms Act and other four co-accused under s.27 of Arms Act only – On appeal, High Court co…
Nagaraj vs Union of India
SC · 21 February 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 851 : 2019 INSC 250
Railways Act, 1989 – s.160(2) – Opening or breaking a level crossing gate – Appellant -driver while driving the bus hit it against the railway crossing gate – Due to the said hit, the railway crossing gate was broken – T…
Thangasamy vs The State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 20 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 600 : 2019 INSC 234
THANGASAMY v. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU (Criminal Appeal No. 698 of 2010) FEBRUARY 20, 2019 [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304A, 337 and 279 – Negligent and rash driving – Resulting…
The State of Madhya Pradesh vs Suresh
SC · 20 February 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 836 : 2019 INSC 240
THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH v. SURESH (Criminal Appeal No. 319 of 2019) FEBRUARY 20, 2019 [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Sentencing – Principle of Proportionality – Case of the prosecution that the accu…
Union of India & Anr. vs Avtar Chand etc. etc.
SC · 19 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 577 : 2019 INSC 225
Compensation: Claim of – Award of 200% compensation – Justification of – On facts, non-payment of minimum wages to workmen – Order by the Specified Authority directing the employers to pay to each worker the difference i…
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors. vs Rafiqunnisa M. Khalifa (Deceased) through His Legal Heir Mr. Mohd. Muqueen Qureshi & Anr.
SC · 18 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 1036 : 2019 INSC 221
Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888: s. 312 and 314(1) – Removal of stalls/structures by the appellant-Municipal Corporation – Challenged by the respondents by filing writ petition – High Court allowed the petition se…
Mehboob-Ur-Rehman (Dead) through Lrs. vs Ahsanul Ghani
SC · 15 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 169 : 2019 INSC 204
Specific Relief Act, 1963: ss. 14 and 16 – Relief of specific performance – Personal bars to the relief – Suit for specific performance of agreement for sale of property by plaintiff against the defendant – Decreed by th…
Essar Shipping Ltd. vs The Board of Trustees for the Port of Calcutta
SC · 15 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 254 : 2019 INSC 203
Major Port Trust Act, 1963: Liability of vessel – For causing damage – Accident while berthing appellant’s vessel – Causing damage to a coal loader – Dock complex put the responsibility for the damage on the vessel – Mas…
Perry Kansagra vs Smriti Madan Kansagra
SC · 15 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 991 : 2019 INSC 215
Child welfare: Custody and guardianship matter – Confidentiality in mediation process – Reports of the mediator as also of the counsellor concerning the behavior and attitude of the child, if could be used in court proce…
Cement Workers’ Mandal vs Global Cements Ltd. (Hmp Cements Ltd.) & Ors.
SC · 14 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 357 : 2019 INSC 197
Constitution of India: Art. 226(2) – Territorial jurisdiction of the High Court to entertain the petition – Held: Expression “the cause of action, wholly or in part, arises” occurring in Art. 226(2) has to be read in the…
Gagan Kumar vs The State of Punjab
SC · 14 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 367 : 2019 INSC 201
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.31 – Sentences in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial – Compliance of s. 31, by the Magistrate – Held: Magistrate should specify in the order by taking recourse to s.…

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