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Justice Pankaj Mithal

121 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Pankaj Mithal on the bench, 2023 to 2026, 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
2026 13 2025 33 2024 52 2023 23
Most often on the same bench
Justice Abhay S. Oka 23Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha 14Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti 13Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale 12Justice Bela M. Trivedi 12Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah 11Justice V. Ramasubramanian 11Justice R Mahadevan 8
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 14Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 12Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 11Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 7Constitution of India 5Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 4Specific Relief Act, 1963 3Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 3
M/s. Jaiprakash Industries Ltd. (Presently known as M/s. Jaiprakash Associates Ltd.) vs Delhi Development Authority
SC · 5 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 427 : 2024 INSC 273
High Court had sanctioned the scheme for amalgamation of M/s. Jaiprakash Associates Pvt Ltd and M/s. Jaypee Rewa Cement, directing that the properties in the Schedule thereto which included four plots perpetually leased…
Level 9 Biz Pvt. Ltd. vs Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority & Another
SC · 2 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 1 : 2024 INSC 257
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court disposing the writ petition by accepting the statements of the respondent no. 1-tenderee and respondent no. 2-successful bidder, permitting the res…
Satyendar Kumar Jain vs Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 18 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 778 : 2024 INSC 217
Whether the appellants have been able to satisfy the twin conditions laid down in s. 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the persons accused of the off…
Dablu Kujur vs The State of Jharkhand
SC · 12 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 614 : 2024 INSC 197
The issue for consideration was the compliance of the requirements of a Police Report under Section 173(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
High Court Bar Association, Allahabad vs State of U.P. & Ors.
SC · 29 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 946 : 2024 INSC 150
What is the object behind passing interim orders; Whether the High Courts are empowered to vacate or modify interim relief; Whether an interim order can come to an end automatically only due to the lapse of time; What is…
Anun Dhawan & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 22 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 812 : 2024 INSC 136
In the instant writ petition, Petitioners claiming to be social activists sought directions against the States and Union Territories to formulate a scheme to implement the concept of Community Kitchens to combat hunger,…
No.2809759H Ex-Recruit Babanna Machched vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 9 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 242 : 2024 INSC 95
The appellants were dismissed/discharged from service on the ground that at the time of their enrollment in the Army through Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre under the Unit Headquarters Quota in December, 2009 th…
Central Bureau of Investigation vs Kapil Wadhawan & Anr.
SC · 24 January 2024
[2024] 1 S.C.R. 677 : 2024 INSC 58
Whether the respondents were entitled to the benefit of the statutory right conferred under the proviso to s.167(2), Cr.P.C, on the ground that the investigation qua some of the accused named in the FIR was pending, thou…
Shakti Yezdani & Anr. vs Jayanand Jayant Salgaonkar & Ors.
SC · 14 December 2023
[2023] 16 S.C.R. 695 : 2023 INSC 1076
Whether a nominee of a holder of shares or securities appointed u/s. 109A of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Bye-laws under the Depositories Act, 1996 is entitled to the beneficial ownership of the shares or securi…
Pavana Dibbur vs The Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 29 November 2023
[2023] 13 S.C.R. 1049 : 2023 INSC 1029
Whether the offence u/s.120B, IPC included in Paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, can be treated as a scheduled offence even if the criminal conspiracy alleged is to commit an off…
Anil Kumar vs The State of Kerala
SC · 1 November 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 173 : 2023 INSC 965
Whether in the circumstances of the instant case, the appellant had any premeditated mind to kill the deceased or was it due to grave and sudden provocation which would not amount to murder or would at best be a case of…
Purushothaman vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 30 October 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 181 : 2023 INSC 970
When the sentence of accused is suspended on appeal and he is released on bail, whether the High Court can cancel the bail without giving a reasonable opportunity, to the accused of being heard.
Ambalal Parihar vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.
SC · 16 October 2023
[2023] 15 S.C.R. 213 : 2023 INSC 946
Impugned order passed in Civil Writ Petition, filed by the second to fourth respondents for clubbing of eight FIRs filed against them, directing that no coercive action be taken against the aforesaid respondents in conne…
Case Details Chandra Pratap Singh vs State of M.P.
SC · 9 October 2023
[2023] 13 S.C.R. 761 : 2023 INSC 887
Whether the High Court was justified in altering the charge u/s. 302 read with ss. 148 and/or 149 to a charge u/s. 302/34 IPC, and convicting and sentencing the appellant for the offence punishable u/s 302/34 and u/s. 20…
Case Details Sri. K.M. Krishna Reddy vs Sri. Vinod Reddy & Anr.
SC · 6 October 2023
[2023] 13 S.C.R. 210 : 2023 INSC 877
When in a suit simpliciter for a perpetual injunction based on title, the defendant pleads perfection of his title by adverse possession against the plaintiff or his predecessor, is it necessary for the plaintiff to clai…
Case Details Sudesh Kumar Goyal vs State of Haryana & Ors.
SC · 21 September 2023
[2023] 12 S.C.R. 414 : 2023 INSC 842
Whether the appellant who qualified in the selection process for appointment to the higher judicial service of the State under the direct recruitment quota is entitled to be selected against a vacancy caused by resignati…
B.C. Nagaraj & Anr. vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.
SC · 13 September 2023
[2023] 12 S.C.R. 235 : 2023 INSC 828
Whether the retired physical instructors of the Government College are entitled to the benefit of revised pay scale when the same benefit was granted to the similarly placed employees. Service law – Revised pay scale – B…
Case Details M/s. Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Co Ltd. vs Rambha Devi and Ors.
SC · 13 September 2023
[2023] 12 S.C.R. 241 : 2023 INSC 832
Whether a person holding a driving licence in respect of a “light motor vehicle” could on the strength of the licence be entitled to drive a “transport vehicle of light motor vehicle class” having unladen weight not exce…
Sivanandan C T and Others vs High Court of Kerala and Others
SC · 12 July 2023
[2023] 11 S.C.R. 674 : 2023 INSC 709
Rule 2(c)(iii) of the Kerala State Higher Judicial Services Special Rules 1961 stipulates that 25% of the posts in the category shall be filled by direct recruitment from the Bar “on the basis of aggregate marks/grade ob…
M/s Trinity Infraventures Ltd. & Ors. etc. vs M. S. Murthy & Ors. etc.
SC · 15 June 2023
[2023] 8 S.C.R. 283 : 2023 INSC 581
Suit – Partition suit – Decree – Preliminary decree – Mathruka property – Whether on facts, the Division Bench of the High Court was right in declaring that the preliminary decree dated 28.06.1963 was vitiated by fraud a…
A. Srinivasulu vs The State Rep. by the Inspector of Police
SC · 15 June 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 11 : 2023 INSC 971
Penal Code, 1860: ss.120B, 193, 420, 468 and 471 – Criminal conspiracy and cheating – Prosecution case that the appellant, officials of PSU and other private persons entered into a criminal conspiracy to cheat the PSU in…
Jitendra Nath Mishra vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 2 June 2023
[2023] 7 S.C.R. 642 : 2023 INSC 576
JITENDRA NATH MISHRA v. STATE OF U.P. & ANR (Criminal Appeal No. 978 of 2022) JUNE 02, 2023 [DIPANKAR DATTA AND PANKAJ MITHAL, JJ.] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.319 – Exercise of power under – Held: What is essen…
Salem Muslim Burial Ground Protection Committee vs State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
SC · 18 May 2023
[2023] 7 S.C.R. 388 : 2023 INSC 551
Wakf – Suit land was declared as wakf property by Single Judge – Order set aside by Division Bench – Held: Under the Muslim law, a wakf can be created in several ways but primarily by permanent dedication of any movable…
Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited through Its Constituted Attorney & Anr. vs The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors.
SC · 8 May 2023
[2023] 6 S.C.R. 56 : 2023 INSC 504
GODREJ AND BOYCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED THROUGH ITS CONSTITUTED ATTORNEY & ANR. v. THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GREATER MUMBAI & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 9021 of 2014) MAY 08, 2023 [V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN AND PANKAJ MIT…
The State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. vs Vijayanagaram Chinna Reddappa
SC · 28 April 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 485 : 2023 INSC 726
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.426(2)(b), 427(2) – Interplay between – Held: While s.426 covers the case of an escaped convict, clause (b) of sub-section (2) thereof creates a conundrum in respect of life convicts…
State of Gujarat & Ors. etc. vs Dr. P. A. Bhatt & Ors. etc.
SC · 26 April 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 301 : 2023 INSC 434
Service Law : Equal Pay – Allopathy doctors and doctors of indigenous medicine-, if can be said to be performing “equal work” so as to be entitled to “equal pay Non-MBBS medical officers seeked extension of the benefit o…
Sanjay Raghunath Agarwal vs The Directorate of Enforcement
SC · 20 April 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 461 : 2023 INSC 408
Bail – A criminal complaint u/ss. 406, 407, 415 to 420, 120B r/w s.34 IPC was filed against six persons, including the appellant – Complaint was, that Farmax India Ltd. availed the services of the accused in raising Glob…
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd. & Ors. etc. vs Vijay D. Kasbe and Ors. etc.
SC · 18 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 246 : 2023 INSC 388
Service Law – Government servants – Claim of Over Time Allowance u/s.59(1), Factories Act – Denial of – Held: Appointment either to a civil post or in the civil services of the Union or the State is not an employment gov…
Jolly George and Anr. vs George Elias and Associates and Ors.
SC · 12 April 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 413 : 2023 INSC 365
Kerala Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Facilitation Act,2019 – ss.2,5,6 and 10 – Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 – Kerala Panchayat Building Rules, 2019 – Rule 68 – ‘GEA’ purchased Hot Mix Plants for undertaking road w…
The Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka and Anr. vs Sri M. Narasimha Prasad
SC · 10 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 51 : 2023 INSC 342
Service Law – Respondent was appointed as a Civil Judge (Junior Division) – Respondent was suspended from service on allegations of gross misconduct, followed by the initiation of disciplinary proceedings – As per the en…

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