Kallu Khan vs State of Rajasthan
SC · 11 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 700 : 2021 INSC 873
KALLU KHAN v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN (Criminal Appeal No. 1605 of 2021) DECEMBER 11, 2021 [INDIRA BANERJEE AND J. K. MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act – ss.8, 21, 43, 50 – Appellant convicted u/s…
Electrosteel Steels Limited vs Union of India and Ors. etc.
SC · 9 December 2021
[2021] 14 S.C.R. 863 : 2021 INSC 859
Environment Protection Act, 1986 – Ex post facto environmental clearance – In the instant case, Appellant applied to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India for grant of Environmental Clea…
State of Kerala & Anr. vs M/s Popular Estates (Now Dissolved) & Anr.
SC · 29 October 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 541 : 2021 INSC 693
Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971: ss. 2(a), 2(f), 3, 6 and 8 – Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 – ss. 2(47) and 81 – Private forests – Meaning of – Nature of land – Determination of, by Taluk land B…
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited vs Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission & Ors.
SC · 8 October 2021
[2021] 5 S.C.R. 1056 : 2021 INSC 644
MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED v. MAHARASHTRA ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION & ORS. (Civil Appeal No.1843 of 2021) OCTOBER 08, 2021 [INDIRA BANERJEE AND V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, JJ.] Electricity…
Bharath Booshan Aggarwal vs State of Kerala
SC · 6 October 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 671 : 2021 INSC 621
Kerala Forest Act – ss.2(f), 27, 69 – Appellant convicted and sentenced by Trial Court u/s.27 (1) (d), u/r.3(iii) r/w r.23 of the Transit Rules – Acquitted by Sessions Court – Acquittal reversed by High Court – On appeal…
Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Ltd. vs Essar Bulk Terminal Ltd.
SC · 14 September 2021
[2021] 5 S.C.R. 1022 : 2021 INSC 478
ARCELOR MITTAL NIPPON STEEL INDIA LTD. v. ESSAR BULK TERMINAL LTD. (Civil Appeal No. 5700 of 2021) SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 [INDIRA BANERJEE AND J. K. MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss. 9, 11 and 17…
Sepco Electric Power Construction Corporation vs Power Mech Projects Ltd.
SC · 24 August 2021
[2021] 12 S.C.R. 259 : 2021 INSC 417
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss. 9, 37 – Commercial Courts Act, 2015 – s.13(1A) – Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Bank Guarantee from a ‘schedule Bank’ and a ‘schedule Indian Bank’ – The appellant, an entit…
Madhav vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 18 August 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 451 : 2021 INSC 413
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rw s. 34 – Murder – Prosecution case that three accused, A1, A2 and A3 in furtherance of common intention, attacked, brother of A1 with weapons, resulting in his death – A2 took victim to the hos…
Suman Chadha & Anr. vs Central Bank of India
SC · 9 August 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 370 : 2021 INSC 386
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: ss. 2(b), 19 – Contempt of court – Wilful breach of the undertaking given to the Court – On facts, bank filed a petition u/ss. 10 and 12 for punishing the petitioners for wilful and delibera…
Dena Bank (Now Bank of Baroda) vs C. Shivakumar Reddy and Anr.
SC · 4 August 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 1061 : 2021 INSC 380
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: s. 7 – Initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process by financial creditor – Petition u/s. 7, if barred by limitation – On facts, appellant Bank sanctioned term loan and lett…
M/s Orator Marketing Pvt. Ltd. vs M/s Samtex Desinz Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 26 July 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 742 : 2021 INSC 359
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: ss. 5(8), 7, 62 – Financial debt – Construction of – Person giving a term loan to a Corporate Person, free of interest, on account of its working capital requirements– Non-payment of…
P Mahesh Cooperative Urban Bank Shareholders Welfare Association vs Ramesh Kumar Bung and Ors.
SC · 20 July 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 850 : 2021 INSC 346
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Grant of interim protection, challenged – Petitioner filed pre-election writ petition against the proposed elections and when failed to get interim order, filed post-election writ petiti…
K. P. Natarajan & Anr. vs Muthalammal & Ors.
SC · 16 July 2021
[2021] 5 S.C.R. 350 : 2021 INSC 337
K. P. NATARAJAN & ANR. v. MUTHALAMMAL & ORS. (Special Leave Petition (C) No. 2492 of 2021) JULY 16, 2021 [INDIRA BANERJEE AND V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, JJ.] Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or.XXXII, r.3 – Suit for specific perf…
Massimilano Latorre and Others vs Union of India and Others
SC · 15 June 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 527 : 2021 INSC 306
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 307, 427 and 34 – United Nationals Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 (UNCLOS) – Annex VII – On 15.02.2012, two fishermen who were onboard the boat registered in India, were fired at from a…
Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. and Anr. vs Cg Power and Industrial Solutions Limited and Anr.
SC · 12 May 2021
[2021] 5 S.C.R. 37 : 2021 INSC 294
Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996: s. 3(1), (2) – Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Rules, 1998 – rr. 3 and 4 (1)-(4) – Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation…
Iffco Tokio General Insurance Company Ltd. vs Pearl Beverages Ltd.
SC · 12 April 2021
[2021] 14 S.C.R. 104 : 2021 INSC 247
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 –s.185 – Contract of Insurance – Drunken driving – Liability of insurer – Exclusion Clause – Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.185 – Respondent-Company’s car (Porsche) insured with the appellant,…
Sesh Nath Singh & Anr. vs Baidyabati Sheoraphuli Co-Operative Bank Ltd. and Anr.
SC · 22 March 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 806 : 2021 INSC 199
SESH NATH SINGH & ANR. v. BAIDYABATI SHEORAPHULI CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. AND ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 9198 of 2019) MARCH 22, 2021 [INDIRA BANERJEE AND HEMANT GUPTA, JJ.] Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: Object and Rea…
Devilal and Others vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 25 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 592 : 2021 INSC 118
DEVILAL AND OTHERS v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 989 of 2007) FEBRUARY 25, 2021 [UDAY UMESH LALIT, INDIRA BANERJEE AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 r/w 34 – Appellants convicted u/ss.302…
The State of Odisha vs Banabihari Mohapatra and Anr.
SC · 12 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 612 : 2021 INSC 85
THE STATE OF ODISHA v. BANABIHARI MOHAPATRA AND ANR. (Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 1156 of 2021) FEBRUARY 12, 2021 [INDIRA BANERJEE AND HEMANT GUPTA, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: ss.302/201 r/w s.34 – Prosecution case was…
Vikash Kumar vs Union Public Service Commission & Ors.
SC · 11 February 2021
[2021] 12 S.C.R. 311 : 2021 INSC 78
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 – ss. 2(r), 2(s), 2(y), 3 and 56 – Civil Services Examination Rules, 2018 – Facility of a scribe in the Civil Services Examination – Entitlement to – The appellant has a disa…
Phoenix Arc Private Limited vs Spade Financial Services Limited & Ors.
SC · 1 February 2021
[2021] 15 S.C.R. 1079 : 2021 INSC 51
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss.5(7), (8) – Financial creditor; financial debt – Sham/Collusive transactions, if financial debts – Held: A person can be categorised as a financial creditor if a financial debt i…
Manjit and Ors. vs Union of India and Anr.
SC · 29 January 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 474 : 2021 INSC 49
MANJIT AND ORS. v. UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. (Writ Petition (Civil) No 78 of 2021) JANUARY 29, 2021 [DR DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD, INDIRA BANERJEE AND SANJIV KHANNA, JJ.] Service Law: Largess Scheme – Providing for entry in…