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Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

441 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on the bench, 2019 to 2025, 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
2025 61 2024 100 2023 73 2022 78 2021 62 2020 36 2019 31
Most often on the same bench
Justice L. Nageswara Rao 58Justice K.V. Viswanathan 56Justice Sandeep Mehta 41Justice R.F. Nariman 36Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra 30Justice Augustine George Masih 29Justice B.V. Nagarathna 29Justice Surya Kant 28
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 55Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 29Constitution of India 24Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 14Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 8Electricity Act, 2003 8Indian Evidence Act, 1872 8Land Acquisition Act, 1894 7
Gireesan Nair & Ors. etc. vs State of Kerala
SC · 11 November 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 599 : 2022 INSC 1199
Evidence Act, 1872 : s. 9 – Test Identification Parade(TIP) – Legality and validity of – Prosecution case that accused persons to avenge the police atrocity hatched a conspiracy, abetted acts of rioting and destruction o…
M/s Bawa Paulins Pvt. Ltd. vs Ups Freight Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. and Another
SC · 10 November 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 1162 : 2022 INSC 1194
M/s BAWA PAULINS PVT. LTD. v. UPS FREIGHT SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER (Civil Appeal No. 8298 of 2022) NOVEMBER 10, 2022 [B. R. GAVAI AND B. V. NAGARATHNA, JJ.] Consumer Protection – Sale of Goods through ‘Free…
The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. etc. etc vs Uday Education and Welfare Trust and Anr. etc. etc.
SC · 21 October 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 781 : 2022 INSC 1131
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010: ss. 19(1), 20, 22 – Wood Based Industries [Establishment and Regulation] Guidelines 2016 – Need for sustainable development – Provisional license – Issuance of, for establishment of Woo…
State of Himachal Pradesh vs Nirmal Kaur @ Nimmo and Others
SC · 20 October 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 369 : 2022 INSC 1121
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.2(xvii)(a) and (b) and s.15 – Conviction in relation to ‘poppy straw’ – ‘Poppy straw’ defined to mean all parts of ‘opium poppy’ except the seeds – ‘Opium poppy’ d…
Divya vs The National Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 18 October 2022
[2022] 14 S.C.R. 956 : 2022 INSC 1108
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.168 – Compensation – ‘Just compensation’ – Assessment of – On 08.08.1998, at the age of two years appellant sustained very serious injuries in a motor accident – Tribunal dismissed the claim…
Raj Bala & Ors. vs Rakeja Begam & Ors.
SC · 18 October 2022
[2022] 14 S.C.R. 1031 : 2022 INSC 1107
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Compensation, determination of – Compensation under head of ‘love and affection’, ‘loss of spousal consortium to wife and ‘loss of parental consortium to children’ – A bus fell into a ri…
M/s Hero Motocorp Ltd. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 17 October 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 592 : 2022 INSC 1100
M/S HERO MOTOCORP LTD. v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 7405 Of 2022) OCTOBER 17, 2022 [B. R. GAVAI AND B. V. NAGARATHNA, JJ.] Central Goods And Services Tax Act, 2017: ss.. 11 , 174(2)(c) – Repeal and saving –…
Central Warehousing Corporation vs Adani Ports Special Economic Zone Limited
SC · 13 October 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 1003 : 2022 INSC 1082
Infrastructure Project – Special Economic Zone – Gujrat Maritime Board (GMB) executed Lease and Possession Agreement thereby granting lease of undeveloped land to Gujarat Adani Port Limited (GAPL) for 30 years – GMB also…
Lalankumar Singh & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 11 October 2022
[2022] 14 S.C.R. 573 : 2022 INSC 1061
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940: ss.34, 16, 18 – Vicarious liability – Appellants are the directors of M/s Cachet Pharmaceuticals Private Ltd. (CPPL) – Test report of the sample of the drug manufactured by CPPL stated that…
Vijay Rajmohan vs State Represented by the Inspector of Police, CBI, Acb, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
SC · 11 October 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 563 : 2022 INSC 1066
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1981 – s.19 – Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 – Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – Whether an order of…
Executive Engineer (R and B) and Others vs Gokul Chandra Kanungo (Dead) Thr. His Lrs.
SC · 30 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 309 : 2022 INSC 1043
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – s.31(7)(a) – Arbitral award – Interest on arbitral awards – Discretion vested in arbitral tribunal – Reduction of interest u/Art.142 of the Constitution – Held: s.31(7)(a) itself…
Hdfc Bank Ltd. & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 30 September 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 502 : 2022 INSC 1056
Constitution of India – Article 32 – Writ petitions, in effect, challenging earlier judgment of Supreme Court – Maintainability of – Finality of judgment vis-à-vis principle of ex debito justitiae – Right to Information…
Ram Kumar vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors.
SC · 28 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 231 : 2022 INSC 1034
Public Distribution – Fair Price shop – Cancellation of licence – Subsequent allottment during pendency of legal proceedings at the instance of the earlier allottee – Subsequent allottee, if a necessary party – Fair Pric…
Moreshar S/O Yadaorao Mahajan vs Vyankatesh Sitaram Bhedi (D) Thr. Lrs. and Others
SC · 27 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 259 : 2022 INSC 1027
Suit – Necessary party – Non-joinder of – Suit, if maintainable – Plaintiff filed suit for specific performance admitting that the suit property was jointly owned by defendant, his wife and three sons – However, trial co…
Kolli Satyanarayana (Dead) by Lrs. vs Valuripalli Kesava Rao Chowdary (Dead) Thr. Lrs. and Others
SC · 27 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 330 : 2022 INSC 1026
Specific performance: Sale agreement – Decree for specific performance – Time limit specified in the agreement – Significance of – Held: When the parties prescribe certain time limit for taking steps by one or the other…
Pharmacy Council of India vs Rajeev College of Pharmacy and Ors.
SC · 15 September 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 61 : 2022 INSC 965
Constitution of India – Article 19(1)(g) – Right to establish an educational institution – Reasonable restrictions imposed thereon by executive instructions – Impermissibility of– Vide Resolution/Communication dtd.17.07.…
Rohith Thammana Gowda vs Rajini Nalini Ramesh
SC · 14 September 2022
[2022] 5 S.C.R. 919 : 2022 INSC 1321
Judgment/Order – Additional direction – Held: Directions were issued in Paragraph 18 of the judgment dated 29.07.2022 – In addition to that, petitioner-husband directed to not take any coercive steps against the responde…
R. D. Kaushal and Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 14 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 418 : 2022 INSC 962
Service Law – Pension and Terminal Benefits – Amalgamation of two cadres – There were two distinct posts in the Language Cadre of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the Group ‘B’ post of Assistant Foreign Language Exa…
Kanchan Kumar vs The State of Bihar
SC · 14 September 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 188 : 2022 INSC 955
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.227, 228 – Discharge application – Requirement of prime facie case for framing of charges – FIR filed against appellant under ss.13(1)(d) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Ac…
M/s. Shivali Enterprises vs Smt. Godawari (Deceased) Thr. Lrs. and Others
SC · 13 September 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 273 : 2022 INSC 952
Punjab Courts Act, 1918: s. 41 – Second Appeals – Jurisdiction of the High Court under – Held: Second appeal is not a forum where the court is to re-examine or re-appreciate the question of fact settled by the trial cour…
Yashoda (Alias Sodhan) vs Sukhwinder Singh and Others
SC · 12 September 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 31 : 2022 INSC 946
Suit: Suppression of material fact – Dismissal of the previous suit as withdrawn without liberty and this fact not presented before the Court in a subsequent suit – Effect of – On facts, plaintiff initially filed a suit…
Munuwa @ Satish etc. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 26 August 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 86 : 2022 INSC 874
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 34, 302, 307 – Murder – On the fateful day, while the victim-principal of the College was sitting with his family physician and private practitioner-PW-6 outside his office of the college campus, th…
Ram Sharan Chaturvedi vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 25 August 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 1 : 2022 INSC 866
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 201, 380, 435, 457 and 477 rw s. 120B – Theft of cash from the Bank – Criminal conspiracy – Prosecution of three employees of the Bank, for offences of theft of Rs. Six Lakhs from the safe and stron…
Union of India & Anr. vs Citi Bank, N. A.
SC · 24 August 2022
[2022] 10 S.C.R. 279 : 2022 INSC 1318
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973(FERA) – ss.6(4)(5), 8(1), 64(2)(4)(5) & 73(3) – Foreign Currency Deposit in NonResident External Account – Respondent-Bank was granted license to act as an authorized dealer, had acc…
Makhan Singh vs The State of Haryana
SC · 16 August 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 357 : 2022 INSC 831
Evidence – Two dying declarations – In first dying declaration recorded by DW-1, deceased exonerated appellant and his family – However, in the second dying declaration recorded by PW-6, deceased implicated appellant and…
Armed Forces Ex Officers Multi Services Cooperative Society Ltd. vs Rashtriya Mazdoor Sangh (Intuc)
SC · 11 August 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 1057 : 2022 INSC 821
Service Law – Reinstatement of employees – Drivers-members of the respondent Union were employed by appellant-Cooperative society through a settlement for pay and allowances – The settlement expired – Fresh negotiation c…
Ram Niwas vs State of Haryana
SC · 11 August 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 138 : 2022 INSC 818
Evidence – Circumstantial evidence – Completion of chain of evidence – Held: There has to be a chain of evidence so complete so as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence of the…
Khema @ Khem Chandra etc. vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 10 August 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 21 : 2022 INSC 810
Criminal Trial: Evidence – Appreciation of – Discrepancies and inconsistencies in the evidence of the prosecution witnesses – Effect of – On facts, the appellant-accused persons armed with various weapons assaulted the v…
Shiv Kumar Sharma vs State of Rajasthan
SC · 28 July 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 403 : 2022 INSC 765
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – ss.13(1)(d)(ii), 15 – Penal Code, 1860 – s.477A – Complaint made regarding malpractices in the construction of rooms and varandha in Primary Schools – As per the prosecution, the appe…
Prahlad vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 27 July 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 82 : 2022 INSC 753
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302,120B and 34 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss.25,27 – Acquittal under – Prosecution case was that victimdeceased had political enmity with three accused (A-1, A-2 and A3) – All three accused hatched a consp…

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