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Justice L. Nageswara Rao

249 Supreme Court judgments with Justice L. Nageswara Rao on the bench, 2018 to 2022, 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
2022 41 2021 59 2020 39 2019 91 2018 19
Most often on the same bench
Justice Hemant Gupta 82Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 58Justice S. Ravindra Bhat 25Justice M.R. Shah 25Justice S.A. Bobde 20Justice B.V. Nagarathna 15Justice Sanjiv Khanna 13Justice Ajay Rastogi 11
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 19Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 11Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 8Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 4Constitution of India 3Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 3Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 3Indian Succession Act, 1925 3
Netaji Achyut Shinde (Patil) & Anr. vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 23 March 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 255 : 2021 INSC 200
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 – Prosecution case was that on the fateful day, at 17:30, accused persons in furtherance of their common intention assaulted the victim-deceased and inflicted serious injuries with a swor…
In Re: Cognizance for Extension of Limitation vs .
SC · 8 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 640 : 2021 INSC 168
Limitation – Extension of – COVID-19 pandemic – Sou motu cognizance was taken of the situation arising from difficulties faced by the litigants across the country during COVID-19 pandemic in filing petitions/applications…
Sridevi Datla vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 2 March 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 282 : 2021 INSC 141
Limitation Act, 1963: Applicability to Special laws – Held: Where period of limitation are prescribed under special laws, appeals that exceed the period granted in the special laws can be entertained at the discretion of…
Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences vs Srikeerti Reddi Pingle & Ors.
SC · 16 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 935 : 2021 INSC 92
Medical Council of India Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997 – Regn.4(2) – Admission to MBBS course – NRI candidate – Eligibility criteria – University treated the respondentcandidate as ineligible for admiss…
The International Association for Protection of Intellectual Property (India Group) vs Union of India
SC · 12 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 799 : 2021 INSC 83
Trademarks Act, 1999 – s.89A – Finance Act, 2017 – s.184 – Continuation of the incumbent Chairperson – Application for – Applicant sought directions for continuation of the incumbent Chairperson of the Intellectual Prope…
Gajanan Babulal Bansode & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 5 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 478 : 2021 INSC 63
GAJANAN BABULAL BANSODE & ORS. v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 104 of 2021) FEBRUARY 05, 2021 [L. NAGESWARA RAO, INDU MALHOTRA AND VINEET SARAN, JJ.] Service Law – Selection – To the post of Police Sub I…
Index Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre vs The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 3 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 647 : 2021 INSC 61
Education/Educational Institutions: Madhya Pradesh Chikitsa Shiksha Pravesh Niyam, 2018 – r. 12(8)(a) – Allotment for admission in the last round of counselling (Mop up round)– r.12(8)(a) providing that vacant seats whic…
Tate of Uttarakhand & Ors. vs Smt. Sureshwati
SC · 20 January 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 166 : 2021 INSC 32
STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & ORS. v. SMT. SURESHWATI (Civil Appeal No. 142 of 2021) JANUARY 20, 2021 [L. NAGESWARA RAO, NAVIN SINHA, INDU MALHOTRA, JJ.] Labour Laws Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 – s. 25-B – Complaint – Allegin…
Haryana Space Application Centre (Harsac) & Anr. vs M/s Pan India Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 20 January 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 282 : 2021 INSC 33
HARYANA SPACE APPLICATION CENTRE (HARSAC) & ANR. v. M/S PAN INDIA CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD. (Civil Appeal No. 131 of 2021) JANUARY 20, 2021 [L. NAGESWARA RAO, INDU MALHOTRA AND AJAY RASTOGI, JJ.] Arbitration and Conciliation…
Deputy General Manager (Appellate Authority) and Others vs Ajai Kumar Srivastava
SC · 5 January 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 51 : 2021 INSC 7
Service Law: Bank service – Misappropriation of funds – Dismissal from service – Enquiry officer noticed in his enquiry report that the respondent delinquent neither produced any document nor witness in self-defence and…
Madhavi vs Chagan & Ors.
SC · 9 December 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 1208 : 2020 INSC 690
Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977 – Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981 – Appellant was appointed at a School on a temporary ba…
Inderjit Singh Sodhi and Others vs The Chairman, Punjab State Electricity Board and Another
SC · 3 December 2020
[2020] 11 S.C.R. 966 : 2020 INSC 674
Punjab State Electricity Board Service of Engineers (Civil) Regulations, 1965 – Appellants, promoted from the post of Junior Engineer, claimed time bound promotional scale while working as Assistant Engineers – Allowed b…
Pankjeshwar Sharma and Others vs State of Jammu & Kashmir and Others
SC · 3 December 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 198 : 2020 INSC 673
PANKJESHWAR SHARMA AND OTHERS v. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS (Civil Appeal No(s).3904-3905 of 2020) DECEMBER 03, 2020 [L. NAGESWARA RAO, HEMANT GUPTA AND AJAY RASTOGI, JJ.] Service Law – Irregular appointments –…
S. D. Containers Indore vs M/s. Mold Tek Packaging Ltd.
SC · 1 December 2020
[2020] 12 S.C.R. 1104 : 2020 INSC 668
Design Act, 2000 – ss. 19 and 22 – Commercial Courts Act, 2015 – s. 3 – Plaintiff/respondent filed suit for declaration and permanent injunction to restrain the appellants from either directly or indirectly copying, usin…
Madras Bar Association vs Union of India & Anr.
SC · 27 November 2020
[2020] 2 S.C.R. 246 : 2020 INSC 666
MADRAS BAR ASSOCIATION v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. (Writ Petition (C) No. 804 of 2020) NOVEMBER 27, 2020 [L. NAGESWARA RAO, HEMANT GUPTA AND S. RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.] Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities [Qualifi…
Kirpa Ram (Deceased) through Legal Representatives & Ors. vs Surendra Deo Gaur & Ors.
SC · 16 November 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 1030 : 2020 INSC 640
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: s.9 – Jurisdiction of civil court, when not barred – Suit filed by respondents and for permanent injunction claiming that the suit land situated in the revenue estate of Village Basai Darap…
C. Bright vs The District Collector & Ors.
SC · 5 November 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 997 : 2020 INSC 633
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002: s.14 – Whether mandatory or directory provision – Held: s.14 mandating the District Magistrate to deliver possession o…
Hindustan Unilever Limited vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 5 November 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 455 : 2020 INSC 634
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 – s.17 – Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 – s.97 – General Clauses Act, 1897 – s.6 – A complaint was filed by inspector of Food and Health on the basis of a sample taken on 07…
Hitesh Verma vs The State of Uttarakhand & Anr.
SC · 5 November 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 593 : 2020 INSC 636
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Petition under – For quashing charges u/ss. 452, 504 and 506 IPC and u/ss. 3(1)(x) (Substituted as 3(1)(r) by Act No. 1 of 2016) and 3(1)(e) of Scheduled Castes and the Schedule…
Pappu Deo Yadav vs Naresh Kumar and Ors.
SC · 17 September 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 968 : 2020 INSC 553
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Motor accident – Of 20 year old man who was working as a data entry operator/ typist – Disability (amputation of right upper limb) of the victim was ascertained as 89% – Claim for compensation –…
Shreyas Sinha vs The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences & Ors.
SC · 9 September 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 869 : 2020 INSC 541
National University of Juridical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2018 – Reservation for students domiciled in State of West Bengal provided – Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) conducted – Appellant who sought admission to five-…
State of M.P. & Ors. vs Rakesh Sethi & Anr.
SC · 26 August 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 734 : 2020 INSC 506
Madhya Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1994: r. 55 A – Validity of – High Court held that Rule 55-A is ultra vires the State’s power under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 – Held: In view of…
Sri V.N. Krishna Murthy & Anr. etc. etc. vs Sri Ravikumar & Ors. etc. etc.
SC · 21 August 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 1148 : 2020 INSC 502
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – ‘Judgment in rem’; ‘aggrieved party’ – When not – Owners of the land in dispute executed an agreement to sell in favour of a Society – A General Power of Attorney (GPA) in favour of office…
Dr. Aswathy R. S. Karthika & Ors. vs Dr. Archana M. & Ors.
SC · 29 July 2020
[2020] 6 S.C.R. 955 : 2020 INSC 470
Service Law: Reservation – Shortfall in – Adjustment of – ‘Hindu Nadar Community’ included in ‘Other Backward Classes’ in the State of Kerala by Circular dated 21.11.2009 – The decision was incorporated in State Subordin…
Dahiben vs Arvindbhai Kalyanji Bhanusali
SC · 9 July 2020
[2020] 5 S.C.R. 694 : 2020 INSC 450
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.VII, r. 11 (a) & (d) – C Rejection of plaint, if suit is barred by Limitation and does not disclose cause of action – The plaintiffs sold the suit property to respondent no.1-purchaser…
New Delhi Television Ltd. vs Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax
SC · 3 April 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 649 : 2020 INSC 330
Income Tax Act, 1961 : s.147 – Power under, invocation of – Whether the revenue had sufficient reasons to believe that undisclosed income of the assessee has escaped assessment and C there were grounds to issue notice u/…
Bhagwat Sharan (Dead Thr. Lrs.) vs Purushottam & Ors.
SC · 3 April 2020
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 579 : 2020 INSC 327
Hindu Law – Property of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) – Burden to prove – Person had four sons – 2 sons severed and had no connection with property of the family – Two branches left in the family – Suit filed by descendan…
Nand Ram (D) through Lrs. & Ors. vs Jagdish Prasad (D) through Lrs.
SC · 19 March 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 1009 : 2020 INSC 315
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Land given on lease for 20 years to the defendant with a clause that plaintiff-lessor could seek ejectment of the defendant-lessee from the leased premises, only in case the rent for one year…
Dhanpat vs Sheo Ram (Deceased) through Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 19 March 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 131 : 2020 INSC 316
Indian Succession Act, 1925: s. 63 – Will – Admissibility of – Suit seeking declaration that the plaintiff, his mother and his sisters had equal share in the suit land which was given to defendant No. 5 by way of a Will…
Aarifaben Yunusbhai Patel & Ors. vs Mukul Thakorebhai Amin & Ors.
SC · 17 March 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 944 : 2020 INSC 297
AARIFABEN YUNUSBHAI PATEL & ORS. v. MUKUL THAKOREBHAI AMIN & ORS. (Civil Appeal Nos. 1643-1644 of 2020) MARCH 17, 2020 [L. NAGESWARA RAO AND DEEPAK GUPTA, JJ.] Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or. XXI, r. 90 – Limitation…

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