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Justice Ashok Bhushan

338 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Ashok Bhushan on the bench, 2018 to 2021, 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
2021 43 2020 95 2019 89 2018 111
Most often on the same bench
Justice A.K. Sikri 104Justice M.R. Shah 93Justice R. Subhash Reddy 66Justice K.M. Joseph 50Justice Navin Sinha 36Justice S. Abdul Nazeer 13Justice R. Banumathi 9Justice Dipak Misra 8
Acts most often in these headnotes
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 25Indian Penal Code, 1860 17Constitution of India 12Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 12Income Tax Act, 1961 10Disaster Management Act, 2005 5Registration Act, 1908 3Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 3
R. Janakiammal vs S.K. Kumarasamy(Deceased) through Legal Representatives and Others
SC · 30 June 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 333 : 2021 INSC 316
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or.XXIII r.3 – Compromise decree – r.3 of Or. XXIII provides that where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that a suit has been adjusted wholly or in part by any lawful agreement…
Reepak Kansal vs Union of India and Others
SC · 30 June 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 920 : 2021 INSC 318
Covid-19 Pandemic: Disaster Management Act, 2005 – ss.12, 2(d), 2(e), 2(i), 2(m), 6, 10, 19, 46 and 48 – Prayer for directions to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)/Central Government/State Governments to prov…
Surendran vs Sub-Inspector of Police
SC · 30 June 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 171 : 2021 INSC 317
Sentence / Sentencing – Trial Court (Magistrate) convicted appellant u/ss.279, 338 IPC and sentenced him to imprisonment for six months and fine of Rs.500/- u/s.337 IPC – Conviction upheld by Sessions Judge and High Cour…
M/s. Silpi Industries etc. vs Kerala State Road Transport Corporation & Anr. etc.
SC · 29 June 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 1044 : 2021 INSC 314
Limitation Act, 1963: Applicability to proceedings under AC Act, 1996 arising out of MSMED Act, 2006 – Held: Limitation Act is applicable to arbitration covered by s.18(3) of the MSMED Act, 2006 – Arbitration and Concili…
Bikram Chatterji & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 29 June 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 887 : 2021 INSC 313
Housing: Residential project – Project to be developed by the Company concerned was widely advertised through brochures and advertisements as ‘Amrapali La Residentia’ project, promising delivery of apartments within 36 m…
In Re: Problems and Miseries of Migrant Labourers vs .
SC · 29 June 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 175 : 2021 INSC 315
COVID-19 pandemic – Migrant labourers – Problems and miseries of – Amelioration – Worldwide Pandemic COVID-19 engulfed the country in March, 2020 – When Nationwide Lockdown was declared on 24.03.2020, after few days, the…
Shaik Ahmed vs State of Telangana
SC · 28 June 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 462 : 2021 INSC 308
Penal Code, 1860: s.364A – Essential ingredients – For covering an offence under s.364A, apart from fulfillment of first condition i.e. “whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kid…
Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil vs The Chief Minister & Ors.
SC · 5 May 2021
[2021] 15 S.C.R. 715 : 2021 INSC 284
Reservation – Constitution of India – Arts. 15 and 16 – Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment) Act, 2000 – Socially and educationally backward class (SEBC) – Reservation in favour of backward class citizens – On 16.11.199…
Kalabhai Hamirbhai Kachhot vs State of Gujarat
SC · 28 April 2021
[2021] 4 S.C.R. 239 : 2021 INSC 274
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rw s. 34 – Murder – Previous animosity between the parties – On the fateful day, accused persons attacked the victim and two others with knives, resulting in victim’s death, and injuries to other…
Justice V. Eswaraiah (Retd.) vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 12 April 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 364 : 2021 INSC 248
Public Interest Litigation: The instant special leave petition is filed by a non-party to the writ petition PIL questioning order passed in the writ petition – Before the High Court, the Registrar General of the High Cou…
Kiran Devi vs The Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board & Ors.
SC · 5 April 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 86 : 2021 INSC 224
KIRAN DEVI v. THE BIHAR STATE SUNNI WAKF BOARD & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 6149 of 2015) APRIL 05, 2021 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, S. ABDUL NAZEER AND HEMANT GUPTA, JJ.] Hindu Law: Hindu joint family property – Presumption of – Held:…
Mla From Mau District, Up vs Jail Superintendent (Ropar) & Ors.
SC · 26 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 863 : 2021 INSC 223
Constitution of India/ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Art. 32/s.406 – Petition u/Art. 32 read with s. 406 – Maintainability of – On facts, various criminal cases filed against sitting MLA from Mau District, UP – Ten c…
Jagmohan Singh Dhillon Etc.Etc. vs Satwant Singh & Ors. etc. etc.
SC · 26 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 1181 : 2021 INSC 215
Army service: Ex-servicemen – Appellant appointed against advertisement issued on 01.05.1982 by appointment order dated 18.03.1986 – Whether the appellant for determination of his seniority was entitled for the benefit o…
Suresh Kumar vs The State of Haryana & Ors.
SC · 26 March 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 278 : 2021 INSC 218
SURESH KUMAR v. THE STATE OF HARYANA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No.1076 of 2021) MARCH 26, 2021 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.] Punjab Police Rules, 1934: r.13.14 – Promotion to the post of Inspector – r.13.14(2) pro…
Small Scale Industrial Manufactures Association (Regd.) vs Union of India and Others
SC · 23 March 2021
[2021] 15 S.C.R. 1 : 2021 INSC 203
Judicial review – Economic policy matters – Covid-19 pandemic – Financial strain faced by industrial sector – Policy decisions by RBI and/or Government w.r.t relief/regulatory packages – Judicial review of – Limited scop…
Hari Shankar Aggarwal vs The State of Rajasthan & Anr.
SC · 10 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 1005 : 2021 INSC 176
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 – ss.7/16 – Offence under – Cognizance taken against appellant by Courts below – If justified – Case of appellant that he was not a nominee of the firm / company in question and…
Swaati Nirkhi & Ors. vs State (NCT of Delhi) & Ors.
SC · 9 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 905 : 2021 INSC 171
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.406, 177 – Trial pending in Delhi – Transfer petition seeking transfer to Prayagraj, U.P. – Allowed ex-parte – Complainant filed application for recall thereof – Dismissed – Review P…
Madan Mohan Singh vs Ved Prakash Arya
SC · 5 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 1060 : 2021 INSC 155
Eviction of unauthorised occupants – Appellant was allotted a booth – The allotment letter specifically provided that appellant had no right to transfer his rights directly or indirectly and was also restrained from subl…
Subodh Kumar vs Shamim Ahmed
SC · 3 March 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 1111 : 2021 INSC 146
Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 – s.17 – U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 – s. 30(2) – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or. 9, R.13 – In the year 1994 a suit was filed by t…
Satpal vs State of Haryana
SC · 3 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 493 : 2021 INSC 143
Indian Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Prosecution under – Death caused by husband of wife by setting her ablaze – Dying declaration recorded by Magistrate – Conviction by courts below – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: The dy…
Rahul vs State of Haryana
SC · 3 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 499 : 2021 INSC 145
Indian Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.34 – Arms Act, 1959 – s.25(1B)(a) – Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused suspected that his wife was in illicit relation with the victim-deceased – The appellant informed…
Parmar Samantsinh Umedsinh and Others vs State of Gujarat & Ors.
SC · 24 February 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 89 : 2021 INSC 115
Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 – s.5(3) (iii)(a) and s.29A – Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations (the Delimitation of Wards in the City and Allocation of Reserved Seats) Rules, 1994 – rr. 4 and 5…
Himachal Road Transport Corporation & Anr. vs Himachal Road Transport Corporation Retired Employees Union
SC · 22 February 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 104 : 2021 INSC 105
HIMACHAL ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION & ANR. v. HIMACHAL ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION RETIRED EMPLOYEES UNION (Civil Appeal No. 7230 of 2012) FEBRUARY 22, 2021 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY AND M.R. SHAH, JJ.] Pension: Fi…
Union of India vs A. Alagam Perumal Kone & Others
SC · 22 February 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 796 : 2021 INSC 109
UNION OF INDIA v. A. ALAGAM PERUMAL KONE & OTHERS (Civil Appeal No.680 of 2021) FEBRUARY 22, 2021 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.] Freedom Fighter Pension: Claim for pension under Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pensi…
Khushi Ram & Ors. vs Nawal Singh & Ors.
SC · 22 February 2021
[2021] 4 S.C.R. 1019 : 2021 INSC 106
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – s.15 – Succession – Properties inherited by female Hindus – “Family” – Family settlement – ‘J’, a widow inherited share of her late husband in the land in question – Family settlement – She g…
H. S. Goutham vs Rama Murthy and Anr. etc.
SC · 12 February 2021
[2021] 4 S.C.R. 996 : 2021 INSC 82
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.XXI, r.92 r/w r.94, Or.XLI, rr.27-29 –Defendants (mortgagers) failed to repay the borrowed amount, father of appellant-original plaintiff filed suit – Consent decree passed – Plaintiff…
Pravat Chandra Mohanty vs The State of Odisha & Anr.
SC · 11 February 2021
[2021] 4 S.C.R. 407 : 2021 INSC 80
Penal Code, 1860: s. 324 – Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means – Two police officers mercilessly beat victim in the premises of the police station, who died the same night – Conviction of the accused u…
The Conservator and Custodian of Forest & Ors. vs Sobha John Koshy & Anr.
SC · 10 February 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 94 : 2021 INSC 75
THE CONSERVATOR AND CUSTODIAN OF FOREST & ORS. v. SOBHA JOHN KOSHY & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 414 of 2021) FEBRUARY 10, 2021 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY AND M. R. SHAH, JJ.] Kerala Private Forest (Vesting and Assignme…
Boloram Bordoloi vs Lakhimi Gaolia Bank & Ors.
SC · 8 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 858 : 2021 INSC 66
BOLORAM BORDOLOI v. LAKHIMI GAOLIA BANK & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 4394 of 2010) FEBRUARY 08, 2021 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY, M.R. SHAH, JJ.] Service Law – Allegations of misappropriation, irregular disbursal of loa…
A. Subramanian & Anr. vs R. Pannerselvam
SC · 8 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 879 : 2021 INSC 65
Suit – For permanent injunction – Plaintiff-respondent filed suit for permanent injunction interdicting the defendants-appellants from disturbing the peaceful possession and enjoyment of plaintiff over suit property –Pla…

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