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Justice Dinesh Maheshwari

254 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Dinesh Maheshwari on the bench, 2019 to 2023, 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
2023 26 2022 63 2021 27 2020 43 2019 95
Most often on the same bench
Justice A.M. Khanwilkar 80Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre 75Justice Vikram Nath 18Justice Aniruddha Bose 18Justice Sanjay Kumar 10Justice Bela M. Trivedi 10Justice C.T. Ravikumar 10Justice Hrishikesh Roy 9
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 19Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 17Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 17Income Tax Act, 1961 9Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 8Constitution of India 8Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 4Customs Act, 1962 3
Sri Gulam Mustafa vs The State of Karnataka & Anr.
SC · 10 May 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 354 : 2023 INSC 511
Administration of Justice –Abuse of Process of Law – Civil dispute relating to land given the colour of criminality – Held: There is a huge unexplained delay of over 60 years in initiating dispute with regard to the owne…
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. vs State of Goa
SC · 10 May 2023
[2023] 8 S.C.R. 379 : 2023 INSC 514
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: ss. 34, 37 – Arbitral award – Scope of interference – Held: Arbitral award is not an ordinary adjudicatory order so as to be lightly interfered with by the Courts u/ss. 34 or 37 as…
C.S. Gopalakrishnan etc. vs The State of Tamil Nadu & Others
SC · 9 May 2023
[2023] 7 S.C.R. 939 : 2023 INSC 510
Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997 – Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (old LA Act) – Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation…
Official Liquidator vs Ujjain Nagar Palika Nigam & Ors.
SC · 4 May 2023
[2023] 7 S.C.R. 1082 : 2023 INSC 489
Companies (Court) Rules, 1959 – r.338 – Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 – s.185 – Post-liquidation liability, if Official Liquidator (OL) was obliged to discharge – Whether the claims made by the responden…
Commisssioner of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax, Hyderabad vs Ashwani Homeo Pharmacy
SC · 3 May 2023
[2023] 6 S.C.R. 281 : 2023 INSC 483
Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985: Chapter 30, First Schedule, Tariff Item 3003 90 14 – Product “Aswini Homeo Arnica Hair Oil” – Classification of, as ‘medicament’ under Tariff Item 3003 90 14 in Chapter 30 or as ‘cosmetic…
M. K. Rajagopalan vs Dr. Periasamy Palani Gounder & Anr.
SC · 3 May 2023
[2023] 9 S.C.R. 783 : 2023 INSC 486
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss. 12A, 29-A(e), 30(2)(e) & 30(6) – Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 – Regulation 36-A(2)(iii) – Dis…
Gujarat Composite Limited vs A Infrastructure Limited & Ors.
SC · 1 May 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 103 : 2023 INSC 470
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – s.8 – Arbitrability of the dispute in question – Held: Except the principal licence agreement, none of the other agreements contained any arbitration clause, even if they related…
Veena Vadini Teachers Training Institute (Run by Veena Vadini Samaj Kalyan Vikash Samiti) vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
SC · 28 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 106 : 2023 INSC 457
Constitution of India – Art. 14, 15 and 19(1)(g) – Reservation – Appellant-Institute trained teachers for B.Ed. and M.Ed. courses – Appellant challenged a government policy (called “Admission Process and Guiding Principl…
Kusum Lata Sharma vs Arvind Singh
SC · 25 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 493 : 2023 INSC 429
Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 – ss.14(1)(e) and 25-B – Eviction – Grant of – Appellant-landlord had filed eviction petitions seeking to evict her tenants on the ground of her bona fide requirement – Rent Controller ordere…
Dakkata Balaram Reddy & Anr. vs State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 21 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 887 : 2023 INSC 411
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 397, 450 – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Case of the prosecution that appellantsaccused (A1 and A2) trespassed into house of PW-1, wherein he also did his gold and silver business, co…
Isolators and Isolators through Its Proprietor Mrs. Sandhya Mishra vs Madhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Co. Ltd. and Anr.
SC · 18 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 445 : 2023 INSC 390
Contract – Imposition of penalty, debarment/blacklisting of the appellant-firm – Requirement of specific show-cause notice – Held: Cancellation orders dtd. 19.11.19 and 21.11.19 cannot be read as show-cause notice specif…
M/s Suneja Towers Private Limited & Anr. vs Anita Merchant
SC · 18 April 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 1092 : 2023 INSC 391
M/S SUNEJA TOWERS PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. v. ANITA MERCHANT (Civil Appeal Nos. 2892–2894 of 2023) APRIL 18, 2023 [DINESH MAHESHWARI AND SANJAY KUMAR, JJ.] Consumer Protection Act 1986 : s. 14(1)(d) – Award of compound int…
Icon Education Society vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others
SC · 17 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 728 : 2023 INSC 256
Madhya Pradesh Niji Vyavsayik Shikshan Sanstha (Pravesh Ka Viniyaman Avam Shulk Ka Nirdharan) Adhiniyam, 2007 – s.9 – Fee-fixation – Power of Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC) – Held: AFRC constituted under t…
Cardinal Mar George Alencherry vs State of Kerala & Anr.
SC · 17 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 1014 : 2023 INSC 250
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Issuance of summons – Legality of – A complaint was made against the appellant-archbishop and other accused persons for having committed an offense u/s 120B, 406, 409, 418, 420, 423, 46…
State of Orissa & Anr. vs Orissa Khadi and Village Industries Board Karamchari Sangh & Anr.
SC · 17 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 1049 : 2023 INSC 247
Orissa Khadi and Village Industries Board Act,1955 – s.36 – Orissa Khadi and Village Industries Board Regulations, 1960 – Regulation 40 and 52 – State Government decided not to introduce pension scheme for the employees…
Bhasin Infotech and Infrastructure Private Ltd. vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.
SC · 17 March 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 1053 : 2023 INSC 260
Lease: Conversion of land from leasehold to freehold in view of policy formulated by the State – Entitlement to – On facts, allotment of commercial plots to the petitioner company by the State Industrial Development Corp…
Sirajudheen vs Zeenath & Ors.
SC · 27 February 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 1 : 2023 INSC 173
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Order XLI Rule 23, 23A, 24, 33 – Remand for trial de novo by the High Court – Justified or not – The two civil suits filed by the plaintiff-respondent No. 1 for cancellation of sale deed a…
Thiru K. Palaniswamy vs M. Shanmugam & Ors.
SC · 23 February 2023
[2023] 7 S.C.R. 1118 : 2023 INSC 156
Injunction – Prayer for temporary injunction – Political Party – Party Constitution – Dispute inter-se in the political party – The topmost position in the party was earlier assigned to the General Secretary but, after t…
Vahitha vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 22 February 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 942 : 2023 INSC 151
VAHITHA v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU (Criminal Appeal No. 762 of 2012) FEBRUARY 22, 2023 [DINESH MAHESHWARI AND BELA M. TRIVEDI, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Conviction under – Strangulation of child – Prosecution case that…
The State of Gujarat & Ors. vs H. B. Kapadia Education Trust & Anr.
SC · 21 February 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 487 : 2023 INSC 147
Constitution of India – Art.30(1) – Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions – Respondent no.1a minority institution was running a government aided schoolrespondent no. 2 – Decision of the…
Yogesh Upadhyay and Anr. vs Atlanta Limited
SC · 21 February 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 511 : 2023 INSC 150
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – ss.138, 142(1) – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.406 – Transfer of criminal cases – Power of Supreme Court – Held: Notwithstanding the non-obstante clause in s.142(1), the power of…
Dr. B R Amedkar University, Agra vs Devarsh Nath Gupta & Ors.
SC · 14 February 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 471 : 2023 INSC 721
Constitution of India :Art. 226 – Exercise of power under – Order as regards re-evaluation of the answer sheets/answer scripts – Justification of – Writ of Mandamus by respondent No. 1 seeking re-checking of answer sheet…
Shyam Kumar Gupta & Ors. vs Shubham Jain
SC · 2 February 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 873 : 2023 INSC 98
Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 – s.17 r/w Or. IX, r.13 of CPC – Court of Small Causes – Application for setting aside ex-parte decree – Maintainability – Requirement u/s. s.17 of the Act of 1887 of depositing th…
Bimla Tiwari vs State of Bihar & Ors.
SC · 16 January 2023
[2023] 1 S.C.R. 501 : 2023 INSC 45
Bail – Pre-arrest bail and regular bail – Grant of – Considerations – Held: The process of criminal law cannot be utilised for armtwisting and money recovery, particularly while opposing the prayer for bail – The questio…
Jaswant Singh & Ors. vs The State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.
SC · 13 January 2023
[2023] 1 S.C.R. 595 : 2023 INSC 31
Code of Criminal Procedure 1973: s. 432(2) – Grant of Remission – Requirement of s. 432(2) – Held: Presiding Judge must give adequate reasons while giving an opinion u/s. 432(2) – On facts, three convicts, out of a total…
Prem Singh vs State of NCT of Delhi
SC · 2 January 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 800 : 2023 INSC 3
PREM SINGH v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI (Criminal Appeal No. 01 of 2023) JANUARY 02, 2023 [DINESH MAHESHWARI AND SUDHANSHU DHULIA, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 201 and s.84 – Murder – Disappearance of evidence – Circumsta…
Kerala State Electricity Board & Ors. vs Thomas Joseph alias Thomas M. J. & Ors.
SC · 16 December 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 85 : 2022 INSC 1293
Electricity Act, 2003: ss.126 and 127 – Unauthorised use of electricity – Consumption of electricity by consumers in excess of the connected load/contracted load whether amount to ‘unauthorised use of electricity’ under…
Lakhan Singh vs Amarjeet Singh & Anr.
SC · 6 December 2022
[2022] 17 S.C.R. 820 : 2022 INSC 1327
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.391 – Additional evidence in criminal appeal – When impermissible – Respondent no.1-accused was convicted u/s 302, IPC and sentenced to life – Conviction and sentence challenged by re…
Istkar vs The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 11 November 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 854 : 2022 INSC 1324
ISTKAR v. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR. (Criminal Appeal No.2034 of 2022) NOVEMBER 11, 2022 [DINESH MAHESHWARI AND SUDHANSHU DHULIA, JJ.] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Chapter VIII – s.107, 117 – Bond in the sum…
Bhuri Bai vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 11 November 2022
[2022] 10 S.C.R. 190 : 2022 INSC 1325
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 439(2) – Cancellation of bail – Power of – Held: Power of cancellation of bail should be exercised with extreme care and circumspection – Such cancellation cannot be ordered merely fo…

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