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Justice Krishna Murari

190 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Krishna Murari 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 41 2022 86 2021 23 2020 27 2019 13
Most often on the same bench
Justice M.R. Shah 58Justice N.V. Ramana 27Justice S. Abdul Nazeer 21Justice Hima Kohli 20Justice S. Ravindra Bhat 9Justice A.M. Khanwilkar 9Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 9Justice Aniruddha Bose 8
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 14Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 11Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 9Constitution of India 4Customs Act, 1962 4Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 4Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 4Land Acquisition Act, 1894 3
Joseph Johnson N. Maithkuri vs Subrahmanya & Another
SC · 9 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 505 : 2022 INSC 944
Bail – Cancellation of – High Court granted bail to accused persons – Original complainant has preferred appeal before the Supreme Court for cancellation of bail and submitted that in a case of co- accused, Supreme Court…
Rajiv Shukla vs Gold Rush Sales and Services Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 8 September 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 213 : 2022 INSC 941
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.21 – Appellant booked a new car, paid the entire sale consideration – Respondent no.1-dealer delivered a used car which was used as “Demo-Test Drive Vehicle” – National Commission settin…
Chaitu Gowala and Another vs The State of Assam
SC · 7 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 190 : 2022 INSC 937
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 and 149 – Appellants alongwith 70 other accused persons were accused of murdering the Managing Director of a company in which they were working – Prosecution examined three eye witnesses who id…
Velayudhan vs National Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 7 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 222 : 2022 INSC 938
Compensation – Vehicular Accident – Appellant-Claimant sustained very serious injuries resulting into 68% permanent disability – Held: Tribunal and High Court awarded Rs.50,000/only towards pain and suffering – Further,…
M/s. Peacock Industries Ltd. vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 5 September 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 220 : 2022 INSC 909
Central Excise Act, 1944 – s.173L – Central Excise Rules – Claim for refund of excise duty – Assessee if entitled to the refund to the extent of the value of the returned goods – Held: No cogent evidence was led by the a…
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited vs The Board of Trustees of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority & Ors.
SC · 5 September 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 916 : 2022 INSC 925
Tender: Grievance of appellant/petitioner was that in respect of two tenders, it was considered disqualified and/or was held ineligible in view of the termination of the Concession Agreement by the Visakhapatnam Port Aut…
The State of Madhya Pradesh vs Nandu @ Nandua
SC · 2 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 487 : 2022 INSC 901
Sentence/Sentencing – ss.147,148,323 and 302/34 of IPC – Reduction of sentence by the High Court – Proper or not – The respondent-accused along with other accused was convicted for the offence punishable u/ss.147,148,323…
Ratilal S. Pujara (Since Deceased) Thr. His Lrs. vs Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors.
SC · 25 August 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 200 : 2022 INSC 867
Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 – ss.353B and 354 – Demolition of building – Notice issued to Respondent No. 4-housing society u/s.354 of MMC Act in respect of whole building which was identified as dilapidated an…
Smt. Katta Sujatha Reddy & Anr. vs Siddamsetty Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd.& Ors.
SC · 25 August 2022
[2022] 17 S.C.R. 416 : 2022 INSC 865
Specific Performance – Limitation Act, 1963 – Article 54 – Limitation period for Specific Performance – Specific Relief Act, 1963 – ss. 10, 12 – Appellant herein (Purchaser) entered into an agreement with the Respondents…
Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. and Another vs Adani Power (Mundra) Limited and Another
SC · 24 August 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 102 : 2022 INSC 862
Electricity – Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) – Arts. 11, 13 – ‘Change in Law’ event – Restitutionary principles – Appellants (distribution licensees) if liable to pay simple interest or compound interest on the carryin…
Union of India & Anr. vs M/s. Ganpati Dealcom Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 23 August 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 320 : 2022 INSC 853
Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 – ss.3(2),5 – Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 – Held: s.3(2) of the unamended 1988 Act is unconstitutional for being manifestly arbitrary – Acco…
S. Madhusudhan Reddy vs V. Narayana Reddy and Others
SC · 18 August 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 42 : 2022 INSC 846
Civil procedure Code, 1908 – S.114 r/w Or XLVII – Review Application – Maintainability of – Held: s.114 r/w Or XLVII makes it clear that a review application would be maintainable on (i) discovery of new and important ma…
B.L.A. Industries Private Limited vs Union of India and Another
SC · 17 August 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 184 : 2022 INSC 838
Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 – Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 – Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014 – Supreme Court in Manohar Lal Sharma v. Principal Secretary and Others [2014] 8 SCR 4…
Jai Prakash Tiwari vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 4 August 2022
[2022] 10 S.C.R. 198 : 2022 INSC 791
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 313 – Power to examine the accused – Object and scope of – Held: s. 313 confers a valuable right upon an accused to establish his innocence – Purpose of s. 313 is to provide the accus…
Mrs. Akella Lalitha vs Sri Konda Hanumantha Rao & Anr.
SC · 28 July 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 790 : 2022 INSC 759
Family Law – Surname of child – Dispute between Appellantmother and respondent-grandparents, (parents of deceased father of the child) with regard to surname given to the child – Whether Appellant-mother, who is the only…
Narcotics Control Bureau vs Mohit Aggarwal
SC · 19 July 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 600 : 2022 INSC 730
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss. 8, 22, 29, 37 and 67 – Post-arrest bail – Not granted – Respondent made statement u/s. 67 NDPS Act and disclosed that he was illegally selling and purchasing the…
Mekala Sivaiah vs The State of Andhra Pradesh
SC · 15 July 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 989 : 2022 INSC 727
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Murder – On account of previous grudge, accused armed with knife, sprinkled chilli powder into the eyes of the agriculturalist and stabbed him on the chest and abdomen, resulting in grievous in…
Union of India and Ors. vs Sharvan Kumar
SC · 6 July 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 445 : 2022 INSC 1307
Service Law – High Court held that the remitted proceedings in the disciplinary enquiry against the respondent were rendered nullity, for having not been concluded within the time limit fixed by the Tribunal in its earli…
Deepak Yadav vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 20 May 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 1 : 2022 INSC 610
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : s. 439 – Bail – Cancellation of – Accused with the common intention to kill the victim, inflicted gun shot injuries to victim who later succumbed to his injuries – Before death, the vic…
Samaj Parivartana Samudaya and Ors. vs State of Karnataka and Ors.
SC · 20 May 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 110 : 2022 INSC 611
Environmental Laws: Mines and Minerals – Iron Ore – Illegal Mining – Sale of iron ore extracted illegally in the districts of Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur of Karnatataka – Direction by this Court to sell the existing…
Sabitri Samantaray vs State of Odisha
SC · 20 May 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 276 : 2022 INSC 608
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 and 304(II) – Prosecution case that victim-deceased was strangulated to death by the appellants (husband and wife) along with their daughter in their house and an attempt was made to conceal id…
S.P. Velumani vs Arappor Iyakkam and Ors.
SC · 20 May 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 1067 : 2022 INSC 623
Investigation: Preliminary enquiry report of Superintendent of Police – Non-disclosure of – On facts, in a corruption case against the appellant-Cabinet Minister, the High Court ordered a preliminary enquiry by a Superin…
Ms. P vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Another
SC · 5 May 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 823 : 2022 INSC 514
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 439 – Special powers of High Courts and Courts of Sessions regarding bail – Exercise of – Held: High Court or the Sessions Court have wide discretion u/s. 439(1) however, it must be e…
Ramjhan Gani Palani vs National Investigating Agency and Anr.
SC · 27 April 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 1050 : 2022 INSC 482
Bail: Regular bail – Denial of – Matter pertaining to seizure of huge quantity of Narcotics drug, Heroin near Port in Gujarat in a joint operation by the Indian Coast Guard and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence-DRI – P…
Imran vs Mr. Mohammed Bhava & Anr.
SC · 22 April 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 1093 : 2022 INSC 467
Bail: Cancellation of Bail – In the instant case, accused persons 1 to 10 were accused of having committed the offence u/ss.114, 109, 120B, 143, 147, 148, 341, 307, 302 and 395 r/w s.149 IPC – Accused no. 6 applied for a…
Anuj Singh @ Ramanuj Singh @ Seth Singh vs The State of Bihar
SC · 22 April 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 1023 : 2022 INSC 463
Penal Code, 1860 : ss. 324, 307 r/w s. 34 – Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means – Altercation between the one of the appellant and the informant, over a land dispute – Appellants armed with guns fired…
Dalpat Singh Naruka & Anr. vs Karuna Bansal & Ors.
SC · 21 April 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 139 : 2022 INSC 458
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.9 and 37 – Scope of appeal – Limited jurisdiction vested u/s.37 – Interim orders passed by High Court in appeals preferred by respondents u/s.37, being aggrieved by order passe…
Ms.Y vs State of Rajasthan and Anr.
SC · 19 April 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 27 : 2022 INSC 431
Bail – Necessity of reasoned bail orders, especially in matters involving serious offences – In the present case, respondent no.2 was accused of committing the grievous offence of raping his young niece of nineteen years…
K.C. Laxmana vs K.C. Chandrappa Gowda & Anr.
SC · 19 April 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 40 : 2022 INSC 432
K.C. LAXMANA v. K.C. CHANDRAPPA GOWDA & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 2582 of 2010) APRIL 19, 2022 [S. ABDUL NAZEER AND KRISHNA MURARI, JJ.] Limitation Act, 1963: Articles 58 and 109 – Plaintiff challenged alienation of portion…
Nadakerappa Since Deceased by Lrs. & Ors. vs Pillamma Since Deceased by Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 31 March 2022
[2022] 14 S.C.R. 1046 : 2022 INSC 374
Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 – ss.2(27), 2(33), 2(34), Proviso to s.48-A – Karnataka Land Reforms Rules, 1974 – r.19 – Held: Order of remand cannot be passed as a matter of course – An order of remand cannot also be…

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