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Justice M.R. Shah

829 Supreme Court judgments with Justice M.R. Shah 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 162 2022 271 2021 174 2020 96 2019 100 2018 26
Most often on the same bench
Justice B.V. Nagarathna 188Justice C.T. Ravikumar 115Justice D.Y. Chandrachud 98Justice Ashok Bhushan 93Justice Arun Mishra 63Justice Krishna Murari 58Justice R. Subhash Reddy 49Justice A.S. Bopanna 45
Acts most often in these headnotes
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 69Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 52Indian Penal Code, 1860 44Land Acquisition Act, 1894 32Constitution of India 32Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 26Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 19Income Tax Act, 1961 18
Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Madras vs The State, Represented by the Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch, Chennai & Another
SC · 23 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 715 : 2022 INSC 228
Land Grabbing: Transfer of 864 cases pending in civil courts to the jurisdictional courts – Original complainant in case pending on the file of the Special Court for Land Grabbing Cases, filed petition before the High Co…
Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. vs State of U.P. and Ors.
SC · 22 February 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 428 : 2022 INSC 221
U.P. Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1997 : ss. 2 (h), 4, 9, 10, 12 and 20 – Payment of tax – Non-use of vehicle and refund of tax – Financier of motor vehicle/transport vehicle in respect of which hire-purchase, lease or h…
A.Dharmaraj vs The Chief Educational Officer, Pudukkottai & Ors.
SC · 18 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 1125 : 2022 INSC 202
Service Law – Promotion – Appellant was granted permission to pursue B.A. (English) under distance education from January 2012 to December 2014 – While pursuing B.A. (English), Appellant was granted permission to pursue…
K. Kumara Gupta vs Sri Markendaya and Sri Omkareswara Swamy Temple & Ors.
SC · 18 February 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 968 : 2022 INSC 207
Auction: Auction conducted on 26.06.1998 by the Executive Officer of the Temple Trust following due procedure under the provisions of the Endowments Act 1987 – Appellant was the highest bidder – After confirming the sale…
Srs Advertising & Marketing Pvt. Ltd. Ors. vs Mr. Kamal Garg & Anr.
SC · 16 February 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 254 : 2022 INSC 192
Constitution of India – Writ petition – Exceeding of jurisdiction by High Court – Respondent no.1-writ petitioner bought properties auctioned in pursuance of Recovery Certificate which was in favour of bank – 25% of the…
Deenadayal Nagari Sahakari Bank Ltd. & Another vs Munjaji and Others
SC · 16 February 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 948 : 2022 INSC 191
Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960: s.154 – Auction – Respondent no.1-borrower borrowed loan from two banks and as a security mortgaged four properties – Default in payment – Both the banks initiated separate r…
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation & Ors. vs Vasant Mahadev Patil (Dead) through L.R.S & Ors.
SC · 14 February 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 358 : 2022 INSC 179
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 – s.19 – Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 – ss.126, 127 – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4, 6, 1…
Umesh Kumar Pahwa vs The Board of Directors Uttarakhand Gramin Bank & Ors.
SC · 11 February 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 420 : 2022 INSC 178
Constitution of India: Art.226 – Appellant who was serving as the Branch officer at the Respondent Bank was accused of taking bribe from the borrower of the bank – Case of borrower-complainant that he had applied for loa…
M.P. Housing Board & Anr. vs Satish Kumar Batra and Ors.
SC · 10 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 545 : 2022 INSC 172
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Respondent Nos.1 to 3 purchased land in question from the predecessor-in-title – With respect to the land in question, s.4 Notification had been issued – The predecessorin-title had submitted…
Bank of Baroda vs M/s Karwa Trading Company & Anr.
SC · 10 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 1100 : 2022 INSC 169
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 – ss.13(2), 13(4), 14 and 17 – Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 – r.8 r/w r.9 – Appellant (bank) granted ter…
Omkar Singh vs Jaiprakash Narain Singh & Anr.
SC · 9 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 550 : 2022 INSC 166
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.34 – Murder – Common intention –Two accused, A-2 (respondent no.1) and his son (A-1) – Three PWs – Sessions Court convicted A-1 u/s.302 and A-2 u/s. 302 r/w 34 – High Court affirmed convict…
M/s. Sree Surya Developers and Promoters vs N. Sailesh Prasad and Ors.
SC · 9 February 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 1081 : 2022 INSC 167
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or. XXIII r.3A – Challenge to Compromise Decree by instituting a separate suit – Maintainability of – Held: Or.XXIII r.3A states that no suit shall lie to set aside a decree on the ground t…
Nawabuddin vs State of Uttarakhand
SC · 8 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 1083 : 2022 INSC 162
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012: ss.5/ 6 – Penal Code, 1860 – s.376(2)(i) – Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused was neighbour of PW-1-informant – On the fateful day, when PW-1 went out o…
M/s Bombay Chemical Industries vs Deputy Labour Commissioner & Anr.
SC · 4 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 523 : 2022 INSC 152
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: s.33C(2) – Recovery of money due from an employer – Serious dispute that respondent no.2 had worked as an employee of appellant – Jurisdiction of Labour Court – Respondent No.2 filed an app…
The State of Uttarakhand vs Sachendra Singh Rawat
SC · 4 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 529 : 2022 INSC 153
Penal Code, 1860: Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – Prosecution case was that an altercation took place between the victim-deceased and the respondent-accused at the place of marriage ceremony – Due to interven…
Smt. Rekha Jain and Anr. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors.
SC · 3 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 509 : 2022 INSC 141
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Criminal proceedings u/ss.406, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC – Six accused including appellants-accused –Allegation in FIR that one co-accused had misappropriated complainant…
State of U.P. vs Veerpal & Anr.
SC · 1 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 1163 : 2022 INSC 133
Evidence Act, 1872 – s.32 – Dying declaration – Appreciation of – Dying declaration recorded by the Magistrate in which deceased specifically stated that due to feud over demand of money, respondents-accused burnt her af…
Divisional Controller Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation vs Kalawati Pandurang Fulzele
SC · 31 January 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 399 : 2022 INSC 125
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947:ss. 25F and 25G – Retrenchment of workman – On facts, terminationof workman set aside by courts belowexcept Industrial Court and ordered reinstatement with back wages – Correctness of – Held…
National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited vs Montecarlo Limited & Anr.
SC · 31 January 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 810 : 2022 INSC 124
NATIONAL HIGH SPEED RAIL CORPORATION LIMITED v. MONTECARLO LIMITED & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 6466 of 2021) JANUARY 31, 2022 [M. R. SHAH AND A. S. BOPANNA, JJ.] Constitution of India – Judicial Review – Foreign funded proj…
The Director, Directorate of Enforcement & Anr. vs K. Sudheesh Kumar & Ors.
SC · 28 January 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 720 : 2022 INSC 114
Service Law – MACP Scheme – Claim of grade pay of Rs.6600/- – Clause 8.1 of the scheme provides that the grade pay of Rs.5400 in PB-2 and Rs.5400 in PB-3 shall be treated as separate grade pays for the purpose of grant o…
Centrum Financial Services Limited vs State of NCT of Delhi and Anr.
SC · 28 January 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 19 : 2022 INSC 115
Bail –Non-consideration of relevant factors– Penal Code, 1860 – ss.409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B –Commercial transaction – Respondent no.2-accused granted bail by High Court– Correctness of – On appeal, held:While rel…
Sunil Kumar vs The State of Bihar and Anr.
SC · 25 January 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 229 : 2022 INSC 99
Bail – Murder – Unlawful assembly – Respondent No.2 and other accused persons allegedly formed an unlawful assembly and killed the elder brother of informant- appellant – Deceased was fired at, and also assaulted with da…
Brijesh Chandra Dwivedi (Dead) Thr. Lrs. vs Sanya Sahayak and Ors.
SC · 25 January 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 240 : 2022 INSC 93
Service law: Armed service – Misconduct – Dismissal from service – Appellant- employee was driver in the Military and was posted at the 12th Battalion, P.A.C. at Fatehpur – Allegation against him was that on the fateful…
Manno Lal Jaiswal vs The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 25 January 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 990 : 2022 INSC 97
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 439 and 161 – Bail – Grant of – Appellant lodged FIR against the respondents-accused for murder of his son – Respondents-accused applied for bail – Sessions Courts rejected the said…
The State of Punjab and Another vs Anshika Goyal and Others
SC · 25 January 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 77 : 2022 INSC 94
Constitution of India: Art.226 – Punjab Private Health Sciences Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission, Fixation of fee and making of Reservation) Act, 2006 – s.6 – Reservation – State framed Sports Policy in…
Joseph Stephen and Others vs Santhanasamy and Others
SC · 25 January 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 182 : 2022 INSC 96
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.401 – Whether in exercise of revisional jurisdiction under s.401, High Court can convert a finding of acquittal into one of conviction and what is the procedure to be followed by the H…
State of Gujarat vs Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Limited
SC · 21 January 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 720 : 2022 INSC 83
STATE OF GUJARAT v. ARCELOR MITTAL NIPPON STEEL INDIA LIMITED (Civil Appeal Nos. 7710-7714 of 2021) JANUARY 21, 2022 [M. R. SHAH AND SANJIV KHANNA, JJ.] Gujarat Sales Tax Act, 1969: s. 49(2), 45 – Exemption from payment…
State of U.P. vs Jai Dutt and Anr.
SC · 19 January 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 215 : 2022 INSC 71
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 326 – Murder – Conviction by trial court u/s.302 accepting the prosecution case that the accused persons armed with deadly weapons went to the agricultural field were the victim (complainant…
Village Officer and Others vs Chunayamakkal Joseph and Another
SC · 19 January 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 977 : 2022 INSC 68
Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 – ss. 2(f), 3, 4, 8 & 13 – Kerala Private Forest (Tribunal) Rules, 1972 – r.2A – Kerala Land Tax Act, 1961– s.5 – Area/land in question was notified as vested For…
Narender Singh vs The State of Haryana & Ors.
SC · 18 January 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 311 : 2022 INSC 59
Service Law: Selection – Haryana Public Service Commission (PSC) advertised for post of Assistant Professor – Appellant who was JBT Teacher in Education Department applied for the said post – As per advertisement, candid…

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