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Justice R. Banumathi

205 Supreme Court judgments with Justice R. Banumathi on the bench, 2018 to 2020, 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
2020 33 2019 101 2018 71
Most often on the same bench
Justice A.S. Bopanna 79Justice Indira Banerjee 40Justice Hrishikesh Roy 31Justice R. Subhash Reddy 30Justice Ranjan Gogoi 28Justice S. Abdul Nazeer 11Justice Vineet Saran 10Justice Ashok Bhushan 9
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 28Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 14Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 12Constitution of India 4Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 3Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 3Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 2Specific Relief Act, 1963 2
Shiv Prakash Mishra vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
SC · 23 July 2019
[2019] 10 S.C.R. 541 : 2019 INSC 798
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.319 – Power under – Exercise of – Complaint lodged that respondent no.2-SCS along with other accused viz. SaS, DS, LKS and RS formed themselves into an unlawful assembly and came to t…
2. Joint Secretary (Cofeposa), Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance vs Dimple Happy Dhakad
SC · 18 July 2019
[2019] 8 S.C.R. 1153 : 2019 INSC 777
Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 – s.3 – Customs Act, 1962 – ss.135, 108 – Appellants-Union of India case that respondents smuggled huge volume of gold weighing more than 33…
Sopan (Dead) through His L.R. vs Syed Nabi
SC · 16 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 969 : 2019 INSC 761
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – s.58(c) – Mortgage by conditional sale – Respondent-plaintiff received a sum of Rs.5000/- from appellant-defendant, however, same was construed as the consideration for the suit property…
M/s Hande Wavare & Co. vs Ramchandra Vitthal Dongre & Ors.
SC · 10 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 181 : 2019 INSC 746
Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963– ss.43, 52B – Government of Maharashtra decided to shift the wholesale fruit and vegetable market situated in Crawford Market to Vashi, Na…
Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited and Others vs Ajit Nain and Another
SC · 9 July 2019
[2019] 8 S.C.R. 1207 : 2019 INSC 740
Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971: ss. 2(e), 5(1), 7(2) and (2A) – Eviction of unauthorized occupants – On facts, lease between the parties came to an end on 31.05.2014 by efflux of time – Te…
Christopher Raj vs K Vijayakumar
SC · 5 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 61 : 2019 INSC 726
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: s.138 – Insufficiency of funds – Dishonour of cheque – Trial court acquitted the appellantaccused – In appeal by complainant before High Court, there was no representation for the appell…
The Superintending Engineer Twad Board & Another vs M. Natesan etc.
SC · 10 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 862 : 2019 INSC 672
THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER TWAD BOARD & ANOTHER v. M. NATESAN ETC. (Civil Appeal Nos. 4875-4884 of 2019) MAY 10, 2019 [R. BANUMATHI AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.] Industrial Disputes Act, 1947– s.17-B– Between 1986-89, the…
Birla Corporation Limited vs Adventz Investments and Holdings Limited & Others
SC · 9 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 655 : 2019 INSC 663
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 379, 403, 411 r/w. s. 120B – Theft and misappropriation of the documents – A Company petition was filed before Company Law Board (CLB) – In the said Company petition, documents No. 1 to 54 were fil…
Bhivchandra Shankar More vs Balu Gangaram More & Ors.
SC · 7 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 298 : 2019 INSC 643
BHIVCHANDRA SHANKAR MORE v. BALU GANGARAM MORE & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 4669 of 2019) MAY 07, 2019 [R. BANUMATHI AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.] Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or. IX r. 13 and s. 96(2) – Setting aside decree…
Ashoksinh Jayendrasinh vs State of Gujarat
SC · 7 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 309 : 2019 INSC 634
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w. s. 34, s.307 r/w. s. 34 – Prosecution case was that accused persons including appellantaccused no. 1 ploughed the disputed road for which a civil suit was pending between complainant and th…
Sasikala Pushpa and Others vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 7 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 319 : 2019 INSC 636
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.340 – In a sexual harassment case against the appellants, the appellants filed anticipatory bail applications along with Vakalatnama before the Madurai High Court – While filing the Va…
Rambir vs State of NCT, Delhi
SC · 6 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 163 : 2019 INSC 626
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 300 exception 4, 302 – Murder – Husband-appellant strangulated his wife with saria and caused her death – Testimony of the eye witness-son of the victim, oral evidence of prosecution witness whose s…
Raja Singh & Anr. vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 6 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 171 : 2019 INSC 624
Service law: UP Minority Welfare Department Gazetted Officers Service Rules 2001: Appointment – Post of District Minority Welfare Officer on deputation/transfer of service basis – Appellant selected for appointment to th…
Tejaswini Gaud and Ors. vs Shekhar Jagdish Prasad Tewari and Others
SC · 6 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 335 : 2019 INSC 630
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956: ss. 6, 13 – Custody of a minor child – Writ of habeas corpus – Maintainability of – On facts, father filed habeas corpus petition seeking custody of minor child from the appella…
State of Gujarat vs Kalusinh @ Harpalsinh
SC · 2 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 473 : 2019 INSC 1415
Appeal: Appeal against acquittal – Prosecution case was that on the fateful day when the accused persons were ploughing the disputed land, complainant party objected to their act of ploughing whereafter accused no.1 and…
Praveen Singh Ramakant Bhadauriya vs Neelam Praveen Singh Bhadauriya
SC · 1 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 150 : 2019 INSC 615
PRAVEEN SINGH RAMAKANT BHADAURIYA v. NEELAM PRAVEEN SINGH BHADAURIYA (Civil Appeal No. 4541 of 2019) MAY 1, 2019 [R. BANUMATHI AND S. ABDUL NAZEER, JJ.] Constitution of India: Art. 142 – Invocation of power under – In th…
Thongam Tarun Singh vs The State of Manipur
SC · 30 April 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 143 : 2019 INSC 599
Sentence/Sentencing: Gang rape of girl aged 16 years – Prosecution case was that accused no.1 picked up the victim in a car along with his friend accused no.2 and took her to a restaurant where he forcibly gave her a sof…
Govind Singh vs The State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 29 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 1082 : 2019 INSC 587
Penal Code, 1860: s.300 Exception 4 and s.304 (Par II) – Prosecution of appellant-accused u/s. 302 – For causing death of his daughter (deceased) – Eye-witnesses to the incident turned hostile – Trial Court convicted the…
Hari Steel and General Industries Ltd. & Anr. vs Daljit Singh & Ors.
SC · 24 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 819 : 2019 INSC 569
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or. XII, r.6 – Judgment on admission – Respondents-plaintiffs case that appellant no.2defendant approached them for sale of suit property and the franchisee rights in respect of the runnin…
Dharmaji Shankar Shinde and Others vs Rajaram Shripad Joshi (Dead) through Lrs. and Others
SC · 23 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 257 : 2019 INSC 555
Deeds and Documents – ‘Mortgage by conditional sale’ or ‘Sale with a condition to repurchase’ – Respondents-plaintiffs case was that the suit property was mortgaged by their father in favour of the predecessor-in-interes…
Cantonment Board, Meerut & Anr. vs Afzal
SC · 23 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 275 : 2019 INSC 558
Cantonments Act, 1924: ss. 184 and 185 – Illegal erection or re-erection – Allegation that respondents carried out unauthorized constructions without prior permission within the area of cantonment – Issuance of notices b…
Globe Ground India Employees Union vs Lufthansa German Airlines & Anr.
SC · 23 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 641 : 2019 INSC 559
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947– ss.10(4) and 25-F, 25-G, 25O, 25-N – Information furnished by the first respondent (holding company of the second respondent-employer of the appellantworkers’ union) that they would stop gr…
Jagdish Prasad Patel (Dead) Thr. Lrs.& Another vs Shivnath & Others
SC · 9 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 518 : 2019 INSC 493
Suit: Suit for declaration of title and possession – Filed by respondents-plaintiffs – Suit contested on the ground that the suit land was abandoned by respondent-plaintiff and lease was issued to the predecessor-in-inte…
Nutan Gautam vs Prakash Gautam
SC · 5 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 461 : 2019 INSC 467
Child and family welfare: Child custody – Interest and welfare of the child – Divorce between the parties – Direction/order by the High Court that the father to take the son and get him admitted at Boarding House in Publ…
Nandlal vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 15 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 199 : 2019 INSC 385
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302/34 or s.304 Part II – Conviction under – Prosecution case that there was exchange of abuse between the two parties over expenses of the construction of wall – Victim and his brother tried to paci…
Sarvepalli Ramaiah (Died) As Per Lrs and Others vs The District Collector Chittoor District and Others
SC · 14 March 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 372 : 2019 INSC 364
Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Inams (Abolition & Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1956 – ss.2-A, 3, 7 and 17 – Case of the appellants that their predecessor-in-interest (‘SR’) obtained ‘Saswatha Patta’ for two plots of land…
A. Rajagopalan etc. vs The District Collector, Thiruchirapalli District & Ors. & etc.
SC · 12 March 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 340 : 2019 INSC 348
Tamil Nadu Revenue Subordinate Service Rules (TNRSS) – r.5(g) in Annexure-III, item No.(ii) (amended) – Promotion to the post of Deputy Tahsildar – Supreme Court in M. Rathinaswami and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu and O…
Mrs. Neeraj Dutta vs State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi)
SC · 28 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 54 : 2019 INSC 291
MRS. NEERAJ DUTTA v. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) (Criminal Appeal No. 1669 of 2009) FEBRUARY 28, 2019 [R. BANUMATHI AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.] Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – s.7 & 13(1)(d) r/w. s.13(2) – Prosecut…
Jagdish Chander vs Satish Chander and Ors.
SC · 27 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 47 : 2019 INSC 283
Suit – Gift deed – Validity of – Respondent No.1-plaintiff alleged that appellant-first defendant by playing fraud on their mother, got executed a fictitious gift deed without her knowledge and consent in respect of a su…
Sunil Kumar Gupta and Others vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
SC · 27 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 875 : 2019 INSC 284
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.319 – Summoning of appellants for offence under s.302 IPC – Allegation of dowry death of victim-deceased – Prosecution case was that the dying declaration of the victim-deceased was th…

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