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Justice K.M. Joseph

253 Supreme Court judgments with Justice K.M. Joseph on the bench, 2018 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 29 2022 61 2021 37 2020 37 2019 82 2018 7
Most often on the same bench
Justice Hrishikesh Roy 62Justice Ashok Bhushan 50Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul 41Justice R.F. Nariman 20Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha 19Justice Ranjan Gogoi 18Justice Navin Sinha 16Justice B.V. Nagarathna 15
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 21Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 14Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 7Constitution of India 6Consumer Protection Act, 1986 4Land Acquisition Act, 1894 4Customs Act, 1962 3Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 3
Rathish Babu Unnikrishnan vs The State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) & Anr.
SC · 26 April 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 989 : 2022 INSC 480
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 – Scope of – Summoning order passed against appellant u/s.138 of NI Act – Petition u/s.438 for quashing summoning order – High Court opined that the grounds agitated by the appella…
Delhi Development Authority vs Bhim Sain Goel and Ors.
SC · 25 April 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 1164 : 2022 INSC 472
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: ss. 4, 6, 16 and 18 – Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 –s. 24(2) – Notification u/s 4 to acquire land of the responden…
U.P. Awas Evam Vikas Parishad through Housing Commissioner vs Ram Singh (D) Th. Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 20 April 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 853 : 2022 INSC 448
Land Acquisition Act, 1894:s. 48 – Scope of – ‘Actual’ Possession – Completion of acquisition not compulsory, but compensation to be awarded when not completed – Acquisition of land u/s. 28 of the U.P. Awas Evam Vikas Pa…
Nemai Chandra Dey (Dead) through Lrs. vs Prasanta Chandra (Dead) through Lrs. & Anr.
SC · 19 April 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 1076 : 2022 INSC 433
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Or. XLI, r. 31 – Duty of first Appellate Court – Reappreciation of evidence – Consideration of arguments and arriving at findings – Suit was filed by the plaintiff (wife of the uncle of the f…
Jahir Hak vs The State of Rajasthan
SC · 11 April 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 101 : 2022 INSC 412
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.439 – Application for anticipatory bail by undertrial prisoner who has undergone 8 years of incarceration – Appellant was arrested in connection with FIR for offences punishable under…
Augustan Textile Colours Limited (Now Augustan Textile Colours Pvt Limited) vs Director of Industries & Anr.
SC · 8 April 2022
[2022] 15 S.C.R. 104 : 2022 INSC 408
AUGUSTAN TEXTILE COLOURS LIMITED (NOW AUGUSTAN TEXTILE COLOURS PVT LIMITED) v. DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRIES & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 2830 of 2022) APRIL 08, 2022 [K. M. JOSEPH AND HRISHIKESH ROY, JJ.] Kerala General Sales Tax…
Eastern Coalfields Limited & Ors. vs Rabindra Kumar Bharti
SC · 7 April 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 1084 : 2022 INSC 405
Service Law – Departmental proceedings – Respondent, employed as a clerk with the appellant(s), was suspended by the appellant on the complaint of demanding bribe to clear retirement formalities and also served with a no…
Goa Public Service Commission vs Pankaj Rane & Ors.
SC · 6 April 2022
[2022] 5 S.C.R. 657 : 2022 INSC 399
Goa Civil Service Rules, 2016: r 10, 12 – Constitution of India – Art.320 – Power of Commission, scope – Pursuant to advertisement, the respondents appeared in the computer-based screening test and cleared the same – The…
State of Rajasthan & Anr. vs Mangat Lal Sidana
SC · 23 March 2022
[2022] 14 S.C.R. 765 : 2022 INSC 333
Rajasthan Service Rules, 1951 – r.54 – Scope and purport of – Held: Whenever there is reinstatement in the circumstances attracting r.54, the authority is to pass a specific order relating to the pay and allowances to be…
Hardial Singh vs Balbir Kaur & Anr.
SC · 10 March 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 833 : 2022 INSC 291
Code of Civil Procedure, 1973: s.100 – Second appeal – Substantial question of law – On 25.02.2016, Constitutional Bench judgment in Pankajakshi case, held that as far as Punjab and Haryana High Court is concerned, in a…
Tedhi Singh vs Narayan Dass Mahant
SC · 7 March 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 442 : 2022 INSC 272
Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881: s.139 – Presumption in favour of holder – Respondent filed complaint stating that appellant was his friend and as he was in urgent need of money, he gave a sum of Rs.7 lakhs – However, ch…
Abdul Vahab vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 4 March 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 311 : 2022 INSC 263
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 – Jurisdiction of High Court under s.482 for quashing of confiscation proceedings under s.11(5) of the M.P Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act, 2004 and Rule 5 of the M.P Govansh Vadh…
Sukhdarshan Singh vs The State of Punjab & Ors.
SC · 3 March 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 1132 : 2022 INSC 257
Service Law: Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970 – In the instant case, appellant was appointed as a clerk by the State Transport Department – Two FIRs were lodged against him and in connection with…
Rama Negi vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 2 March 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 487 : 2022 INSC 252
Service Law – Promotion – Seniority-cum-merit – In the instant case, the appellant was promoted to the post of Office Superintendent (selection post) in the Cantonment Board – The promotion of respondent no.3 was decline…
Chandra Sekhar Jha vs Union of India & Anr.
SC · 28 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 743 : 2022 INSC 246
Customs Act, 1962: s. 129E – Deposit of certain percentage of duty demanded or penalty imposed before filing appeal – Appellant intercepted with smuggled gold - Imposition of penalty of Rs.75 lakhs – Challenged to, by th…
Rajbir vs Suraj Bhan & Anr.
SC · 28 February 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 932 : 2022 INSC 247
RAJBIR v. SURAJ BHAN & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 1700 of 2022) FEBRUARY 28, 2022 [K.M. JOSEPH AND HRISHIKESH ROY, JJ.] Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or. XXI r. 34 – Decree for execution of a sale document – Decree holder-r…
Gowramma C (Dead) by Lrs vs Manager (Personnel) Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 23 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 734 : 2022 INSC 226
Service law: Back wages – Appellant was appointed as Staff Nurse with the respondent – Enquiry was held against her that she professed to belong to Scheduled Caste (SC) category but she did not belong to SC category – Ta…
Jayashree vs The Director Collegiate Education
SC · 22 February 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 734 : 2022 INSC 218
Karnataka Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointments, etc.) Act, 1990 – s.4(4) – Respondent-State terminated the services of the appellant on the basis that she was found t…
Heera Traders vs Kamla Jain
SC · 22 February 2022
[2022] 10 S.C.R. 291 : 2022 INSC 219
Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 – s.13 – When tenant can get benefit of protection against eviction– Interpretation of – Held: Even though s.13 does refer to the erstwhile tenant as a tenant and it obliges…
Sunil Kumar Rai & Ors. vs The State of Bihar & Ors.
SC · 21 February 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 1111 : 2022 INSC 212
Social status certificate: Notification dated 23.08.2016 issued by Government of Bihar – In terms of said Notification, approval given to issue Scheduled Tribe certificate to Lohara (Lohar) community – Writ petition file…
Hotel Priya, a Proprietorship vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 18 February 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 322 : 2022 INSC 206
Licensing and Performance for Public Amusement including Cabaret Performance, Melas and Tamashas Rules, 1960 – rr.108, 109, 120, 122 and 123 – Constitution of India – Article 15(1), 19(1)(g) – Impugned conditions inter a…
Regional Transport Authority & Anr. vs Shaju etc.
SC · 17 February 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 785 : 2022 INSC 196
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.83 – Kerala Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 – r.174(2)(c) – Whether r.174(2)(c) is ultravires the provisions of the Act as the power with respect to prescription of age limit of a motor vehicle is…
B. R. Patil vs Tulsa Y. Sawkar & Ors.
SC · 9 February 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 569 : 2022 INSC 165
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 -Order II r.2,3 - Joinder of causes of action – Order II r. 3 does not compel a plaintiff to join two or more causes of action in a single suit - The failure to join together all claims aris…
New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) vs Yunus & Ors.
SC · 3 February 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 923 : 2022 INSC 142
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 – ss.20-22 – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.28A, 26 – Whether the Award passed by a Lok Adalat u/s.20 of the 1987 Act can form the basis for redetermination of compensation as contem…
N. Rajendran vs S. Valli
SC · 3 February 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 498 : 2022 INSC 140
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – ss.13(1)(ia), 15 – Family Courts Act, 1984 – ss. 19, 20 – Limitation Act, 1963 – s. 29 – Cruelty – Irretrievable breakdown of marriage – Dissolution of Marriage – Case of appellant that respond…
The State of Rajasthan & Anr. vs Anju Rini Saini
SC · 2 February 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 898 : 2022 INSC 137
Service Law – Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996 – r.266A – Rajasthan Educational Subordinate Service Rules, 1971 – r.11 – Applications were invited for filling up vacancies of Lower Division Clerk (LDC), reservation w…
United Bank of India vs Biswanath Bhattacharjee
SC · 31 January 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 988 : 2022 INSC 117
Service law – Reinstatement – Respondent-Bank employee was appointed by the bank, he served as a manager of a bank’s branch – Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against him alleging his complicity in five major char…
Amar Nath (Dead) through L.R. vs Gian Chand and Ors.
SC · 28 January 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 281 : 2022 INSC 106
Deeds and Documents – Power of attorney – When not cancelled – Plaintiff entered into an oral agreement for the sale of his property for Rs. 55,000/- with the first defendant – It was plaintiff’s case that the first defe…
Sushil Kumar vs The State of Haryana & Ors.
SC · 19 January 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 279 : 2022 INSC 67
Punjab Police Rules, 1934: rr. 12.10, 13.1, 13.7 – Promotion to Head Constable – Promotion under the 10% quota of outstanding performance for inclusion in the B-I List – Recommendation power of Departmental Promotion Com…
G.T. Girish vs Y. Subba Raju (D) by Lrs and Another
SC · 18 January 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 991 : 2022 INSC 51
Specific Performance – Suit for – Maintainability – Plaint property was allotted to first defendant by Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and a lease-cum-sale agreement was entered into between BDA and the first defen…

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