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Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar

135 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar on the bench, 2018 to 2021, 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
2021 8 2020 30 2019 52 2018 45
Most often on the same bench
Justice N.V. Ramana 49Justice Ajay Rastogi 26Justice R. Subhash Reddy 22Justice Kurian Joseph 15Justice Navin Sinha 12Justice Vineet Saran 9Justice Indira Banerjee 7Justice Ranjan Gogoi 7
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 12Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 10Consumer Protection Act, 1986 6Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 4Constitution of India 3Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 2Land Acquisition Act, 1894 2Income Tax Act, 1961 2
Bijay Kumar Manish Kumar Huf vs Ashwin Desai
SC · 12 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1214 : 2018 INSC 1195
Suit – Maintainability of – Appellant-landlord filed suit for recovery of khas possession, mesne profits, permanent injunction against the respondent – Respondent filed application u/Or.VII, r.11 CPC and claimed rejectio…
State of Uttar Pradesh vs Wasif Haider etc.
SC · 10 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1161 : 2018 INSC 1181
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 307 r/w ss.149, 148 – Appeal against acquittal – PW-2-Police Official got to know that a crowd of around 200-300 rioters was causing rampage and destruction at a temple – PW-2 accompanied by…
Chairman, Board of Trustee, Sri Ram Mandir Jagtial Karimnagar District, A.P vs S. Rajyalaxmi (Dead) & Ors.
SC · 10 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1172 : 2018 INSC 1180
Suit – Declaration of title and perpetual injunction – Respondents-plaintiffs filed a suit against the appellants-defendants seeking declaration that they were the owners of the suit property – Trial Court dismissed the…
State of Punjab vs Rakesh Kumar
SC · 3 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 415 : 2018 INSC 1131
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.389 – Suspension of sentence – In the instant case, the respondents were apprehended with “manufactured drugs” and convicted by trial court under ss.21 and 22 of the NDPS Act – High Co…
Sunkara Lakshminarasamma (D) by Lrs. vs Sagi Subba Raju & Others etc.
SC · 28 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 222 : 2018 INSC 1113
Appeal – Maintainability of – When defendants were either deleted from array of parties or dead and whose legal representatives had not been brought on record – Appellantsplaintiffs filed two suits for partition of prope…
Jangir Singh vs The State of Punjab
SC · 31 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 731 : 2018 INSC 1025
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304 Part I and 300 Exception II - Right to private defence – Benefit of – On facts, altercation between the appellant and the victim, in presence of other colleagues – Victim aimed rifle at the appe…
J. S. Luthra Academy & Another vs State of Jammu and Kashmir & Others
SC · 30 October 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 1098 : 2018 INSC 1018
Natural Resources Allocation: Allotment of land – To educational institution – By the State – For shifting the institution from a Waqf property, pursuant to order by the Waqf Authority to evict the premises – Out of the…
The State of Madhya Pradesh vs Rajaram @ Raja
SC · 24 October 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 294 : 2018 INSC 986
Appeal: Appeal against acquittal – Scope of interference – Prosecution case was that the respondent committed rape on the victim-deceased due to which she was under depression and committed suicide by consuming poison –…
Govindammal (Dead) by Lrs. and Ors. vs Vaidiyanathan and Ors.
SC · 23 October 2018
[2018] 11 S.C.R. 1092 : 2018 INSC 974
Suit: Suit for declaration of title and permanent injunction for restraining the defendants from entering ‘A Schedule’ property (which is 50% of ‘B Schedule’ property) – In the alternative partition of half share in ‘B S…
Hiya Associates & Ors. vs Nakshatra Properties Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 26 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 135 : 2018 INSC 893
Remand: Remand of case to Revisionary Court – On facts, failure of the appellant-tenant to vacate possession of the suit premises to respondent-owner in terms of the compromise, led to filing of execution application by…
Yashwant etc. vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 4 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 654 : 2018 INSC 777
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 304 and ss.330,354,355, 342 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case was that the police officials took victim into custody in order to extract information regarding a ‘loot’ in a hotel – It was alleged th…
Bir Singh vs Delhi Jal Board & Ors.
SC · 30 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 513 : 2018 INSC 766
Constitution of India – Arts. 16(4), 341(1) and 342(1) – Interplay and interaction amongst – Extent and nature of – Whether the Presidential Order issued u/Art.341(1) or Art.342(1) has any bearing on the State’s action i…
Menoka Malik and Others vs The State of West Bengal and Others
SC · 28 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 707 : 2018 INSC 751
Penal Code, 1860: ss.147, 148, 149, 342, 448, 325, 326, 436, 379, 307 and 302 – Political rivalry – Mob assault – Use of sharp and pointed weapons – Death of 5 persons and serious injuries to several persons – Prosecutio…
Suresh and Anr. vs State of Haryana
SC · 21 August 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 959 : 2018 INSC 734
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Political rivalry – Incident on election day – Prosecution case was that victim-deceased was election agent of the losing candidate – Accused A-1 and…
Commissioner of Customs (Import), Mumbai vs M/s. Dilip Kumar and Company & Ors.
SC · 30 July 2018
[2018] 7 S.C.R. 1191 : 2018 INSC 646
Tax/Taxation: Exemption Notification – Interpretation of – In case of ambiguity in such Notification, whether the benefit of ambiguity would go to assessee or Revenue – Held: Exemption Notification should be interpreted…
Vijay Mahadeorao Kubade vs State of Maharashtra through the Collector
SC · 4 July 2018
[2018] 7 S.C.R. 1105 : 2018 INSC 584
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s.12(2) – Effective notice of the award – Land acquisition – Passing of the award – Copy of award not sent to land owner along with the notice dated 04.12.1987 of the award – Land owner recei…
Common Cause (A Regd. Society) & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 2 July 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 901 : 2018 INSC 568
Judicial Review: Writ petition u/Art. 32 of Constitution – Challenging appointment of respondent No. 2 as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and of respondent No. 3 as Vigilance Commissioner (VC) – Seeking quashing of…
Medical Council of India vs Vedantaa Institute of Academic Excellence Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.
SC · 1 June 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 1 : 2018 INSC 552
Education/Educational Institutions: Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999 – Regn. 8(3)(1)(a) – Medical education – Inspection conducted for granting first renewal for admission of students for academic year…
M/s. Haryana Suraj Malting Ltd. vs Phool Chand
SC · 18 May 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 377 : 2018 INSC 537
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: ss. 16, 17 and 17A – Ex-parte award – Power to recall, by the Industrial Tribunal/Labour Court after it becomes enforceable – Held: Industrial tribunal/labour court is not functus officio a…
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation vs Baby P. P. & Ors.
SC · 16 May 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 747 : 2018 INSC 525
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Chapter VI – ss.99, 100, 103 and s.104 and its Proviso – Road Transport Service – Grant of temporary permit to private stage carriage operators on notified routes – When not permissible – Schem…
Sushila Aggarwal & Ors. vs State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.
SC · 15 May 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 825 : 2020 INSC 106
Bail – Whether an anticipatory bail should be for a limited period of time – There are two divergent views: One are the line of Judgments in support that anticipatory bail should not be for a limited period and the other…
Commissioner of Central Excise, Indore vs M/s Grasim Industries Ltd.Through Its Secretary
SC · 11 May 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 1099 : 2018 INSC 500
Central Excise Act, 1944 – ss.3 and 4 – Whether s.4 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (as substituted with effect from 1-7-2000) and the definition of “transaction value” in clause (d) of sub-section (3) of s.4 are subject…
Ramsingbhai (Ramsangbhai) Jerambhai vs The State of Gujarat and Anr.
SC · 24 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 1019 : 2018 INSC 405
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s.28A – Re-determination of the amount of compensation on the basis of the award of the court – Application u/s 28A for re-determination of the compensation within a period of 3 months from t…
Income Tax Officer Ward No. 16 (2) vs M/s Techspan India Private Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 24 April 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 328 : 2018 INSC 396
Income Tax Act, 1961 – s.147 – Scope of – Held: s.147 empowers the Assessing authority to re-assess any income on the ground which was not brought on record during the original proceedings and escaped his knowledge; and…
Reji Thomas & Ors. vs The State of Kerala & Ors.
SC · 19 April 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 805 : 2018 INSC 379
Kerala Cooperative Societies Act, 1969 – s. 69 – Whether the High Court, in exercise of its power u/Art. 226 of the Constitution could extend the statutory period prescribed u/s.69(3), within which an election petition u…
Tamil Nadu Medical Officers’ Association & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 13 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 541 : 2018 INSC 332
Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000: Regulation 9 (IV) and (VII) [after amendment dated 5-4-2018 – Regulation 9(4) and (8)] – Power of State to provide for reservation in favour of in-service candidates in…
K. K. Mishra vs The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 13 April 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 315 : 2018 INSC 341
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.199(2) and (4) – Prosecution case that appellant made defamatory statements against the Hon’ble Chief Minister of the State in a press conference – Complaint was filed by the public p…
Kerala Ayurveda Paramparya Vaidya Forum vs State of Kerala and Others
SC · 13 April 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 566 : 2018 INSC 336
KERALA AYURVEDA PARAMPARYA VAIDYA FORUM v. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS (Civil Appeal No. 897 of 2009) APRIL 13, 2018 [R. K. AGRAWAL AND MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, JJ.] Travancore-Cochin Medical Practitioners Act, 1953 – s.3…
Union Public Service Commission vs M. Sathiya Priya and Others
SC · 13 April 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 701 : 2018 INSC 335
Service Law – Appointment by promotion – Respondent was appointed as Deputy Superintendent of Police in the State – The names of the officers which were to be considered for appointment to the IPS included the name of re…
K. K Gupta & Ors. vs Himachal Pradesh Petroleum Dealers Association & Anr.
SC · 11 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 1004 : 2018 INSC 327
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – Contempt Proceedings – Scope of – Writ petitions filed by respondents – By order dtd. 17.5.12, High Court passed direction to frame guidelines and till the guidelines were framed, there was…

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