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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
Shri Ram Mandir Indore vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Others
SC · 27 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 899 : 2019 INSC 279
Trusts and Charities: Shri Ram Mandir, Indoukh – Nature of – Mandir, a public temple or a private temple – Held: Shri Ram Mandir, Indoukh is a public temple and that the said property is vested in the Deity and not the p…
Balvir Singh vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 19 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 545 : 2019 INSC 226
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 341, 302 r/w. 34 – Arms Act – s. 25(1A) r/w. s.27 – Prosecution case was that PW-2, PW-13 and victim were going on a motorcycle, on the way, they were stopped by accused (No.1 to 4) – Accused No.2…
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Rep. by Its Chairman vs Tneb-Thozhilalar Aykkiya Sangam by Its General Secretary
SC · 13 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 150 : 2019 INSC 192
Labour Laws: Payment of Dearness Allowance – Settlement between the employer-Board and its workmen u/s. 18 of Industrial Disputes Act – As per one of the terms of settlement Dearness Allowance rates were to be revised tw…
Vasant Chemicals Limited vs The Managing Director, Hyderabad Metropolitian Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Others
SC · 13 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 749 : 2019 INSC 189
Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1989: s.55 – Charges towards the use of sewerage cess – Appellant unit’s industrial effluents, after partial treatment at another company, let into the Water Supply a…
Bir Singh vs Mukesh Kumar
SC · 6 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 24 : 2019 INSC 149
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: s.138 and 139 – Dishonour of cheque for insufficient funds – Conviction by trial Court as well as appellate court – In Revision, High Court reversing the concurrent factual finding of co…
Balkrishna Dattatraya Galande vs Balkrishna Rambharose Gupta and Another
SC · 6 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 791 : 2019 INSC 153
Specific Relief Act, 1963: s. 38 – Suit under – Seeking permanent injunction against the defendant – Claiming to be in actual possession of the suit property being the tenant thereof – Defendant-Landlord’s case was that…
Er. K. Arumugam vs V. Balakrishnan & Ors.
SC · 6 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 802 : 2019 INSC 154
Contempt of Court: Writ petition in respect of compensation amount for the land acquired by Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board) – High Court directed the Board to submit report to the District Collect…
State of Gujarat vs Afroz Mohammed Hasanfatta
SC · 5 February 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 1104 : 2019 INSC 146
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.190(1)(b) – Allegation of cheating/ siphoning of huge amounts of money through Hawala – A complaint was filed by the ICICI Bank against a company alleging that they hatched a conspira…
All India Institute of Medical Sciences vs Sanjiv Chaturvedi & Ors.
SC · 1 February 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 862 : 2019 INSC 127
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 – ss. 5, 24 and 25 – Chairman of the Tribunal, sitting singly and exercising his power to transfer proceedings from one Bench to another, stayed proceedings in an Original Application p…
State of Maharashtra vs Shankar Ganapati Rahatol & Ors.
SC · 31 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 1029 : 2019 INSC 119
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.378(3) – Leave to prefer appeal before High Court – Trial court acquitted accused against the charges u/ss.143, 147, 323 r/w. ss.149, 325 of IPC and s.135 of Bombay Police Act – State…
Britannia Industries Ltd. vs Bombay Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee & Anr.
SC · 24 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 838 : 2019 INSC 85
Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1963 – s. 2(1)(a) – “Agricultural Produce” – Products “edible oil”, “Vanaspati” and “sugar” – Applicability of the Act – Held: Products “edible oil”, “Vanaspat…
Rajasthan Small Industries a Corporation Limited vs M/s Ganesh Containers Movers Syndicate
SC · 23 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 559 : 2019 INSC 82
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.11 and 15 – Appointment of arbitrator – Terms of contract provided for arbitration by the Managing Director of the appellant-Corporation or his nominee – Respondent participate…
Punjab State Electricity Board and Another vs Thana Singh and Others
SC · 8 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 330 : 2019 INSC 30
Service Law – Parity of Pay Scale – When cannot be granted – Respondents, included in Group XII of the appellant-Board, were working as Sub Fire Officers in the appellant-Board – Respondents claimed parity of pay scale w…
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited vs Rajesh Kumar Jindal & Others
SC · 8 January 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 289 : 2019 INSC 31
Service Law: Pay scale – Parity of – Posts of Head Clerks and the Internal Auditors in State Electricity Board – Internal Auditors seeking parity of pay scale with Head Clerks irrespective of the nature of recruitment, q…
Hukum Chandra (D) Thr. Lrs. vs Nemi Chand Jain & Ors.
SC · 14 December 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 909 : 2018 INSC 1208
Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961: s.12(1)(f) – Eviction from shop on the ground of bonafide need – Eviction suit filed by respondent-landlord on the ground of bonafide requirement to settle his son – Trial…
Jamila Begum (D) Thr. Lrs. vs Shami Mohd. (D) Thr. Lrs. & Another
SC · 14 December 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 1253 : 2018 INSC 1206
Suit: Suit by respondent No.1 (plaintiff) – For declaration that the mortgage deed dated 21.11.1967 and sale deed dated 21.12.1970 in respect of suit house executed by his father in favour of appellant (defendant) was vo…
V. Ravi Kumar vs State, Rep. by Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Salem, Tamil Nadu & Ors.
SC · 14 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 828 : 2018 INSC 1205
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 420 and 409 r/w. s.34 – Appellant alleged that he supplied cotton lint to a Mill for conversion into yarn, however, all the respondents-accused connived with each other and sold entire lint and app…
State of Gujarat vs Navinbhai Chandrakant Joshi
SC · 7 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1141 : 2018 INSC 1169
Judgments/Orders – Modification of – Application filed by respondent no.1-accused no.2 seeking modification of the judgment dated 17.07.2018 reported in [2018] 9 SCR 329 wherein he was stated to be a Government servant,…
The Chairman V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust & Ors. vs Capt. Paul Nadar Bennet Singh
SC · 6 December 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 942 : 2018 INSC 1164
Tuticorin Port (Authorization of Pilots) Regulations, 1979: regns 2(e), 4, 6 – Appointment – Respondent was appointed in 2008 to the post of Pilot Officer – Appointment was on regular basis with a condition to serve at l…
Sanjay Kumar Jha vs Prakash Chandra Chaudhary & Ors.
SC · 5 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 893 : 2018 INSC 1160
Constitution of India: Art. 226 – Jurisdiction under – Scope of – Held: In exercise of jurisdiction u/s. 226, High Court cannot sit in appeal over the findings recorded by a competent administrative authority, nor reappr…
Sp Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd. vs State of Himachal Pradesh and Another
SC · 4 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1005 : 2018 INSC 1149
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: ss. 11(6), 21 and 25 (a) – Appointment of arbitrator – Contract between appellant-contractor and respondent-State – Dispute between the parties – Contractor requested appointment o…
State Rep. by the Drugs Inspector vs Manimaran
SC · 30 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 395 : 2018 INSC 1122
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – ss. 18(c), 27(b)(ii), 28 and proviso to 27(b)(ii) – Prosecution case was that when drugs inspectors had inspected the respondent’s medical shop, they had found certain drugs stored without…
The State of Himachal Pradesh vs Manga Singh
SC · 28 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 904 : 2018 INSC 1120
Penal Code, 1860 – s.376 – Prosecutrix-PW-4 was staying in her aunt’s house – Respondent-accused is son of the aunt – FIR filed stating that the respondent used to make the prosecutrix sleep with him and commit sexual in…
Bangalore International Airport Area Planning Authority vs Birla Super Bulk Terminal (Now a Unit of Ultra Tech Cement Ltd.) and Ors.
SC · 27 November 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 635 : 2018 INSC 1104
Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961: ss. 14, 15 and 18 – Levy of betterment fee u/s. 18 – Sustainability of – On facts, appellant constituted as the planning authority for a local planning area – Respondent No.…
Palani vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 27 November 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 658 : 2018 INSC 1105
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.148, 435 r/w. s.149 and s.302 r/w. s.149 – Case of the prosecution that when mother and brother of ‘S’ (PW-1 and PW-2 respectively) were going in an auto, ‘S’ along with PW-3 followed them on a moto…
Kamil vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 31 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 1093 : 2018 INSC 1027
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 464 – Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge – On facts, conviction of accused u/s. 302/34 IPC – However, omission to frame charge u/s. 302, though the gist o…
State of Mizoram vs Dr. C. Sangnghina
SC · 30 October 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 68 : 2018 INSC 1019
Constitution of India – Art.20(2) – Principle of double jeopardy – When not applicable – Case registered against the respondent-accused u/s.13(1)(c)(d)(e) r/w s.13(2), 1988 Act and s.409,IPC– Special Court discharged the…
State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) vs Pankaj Chaudhary and Ors.
SC · 30 October 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 78 : 2018 INSC 1017
Penal Code, 1860 – s.376(2)(g) – Case of the prosecution that accused-respondents, living in the neighbourhood of the prosecutrix entered her jhuggi on 28.07.1997 at about 9.00 pm and raped her – Trial court convicted th…
Dalip Singh and Others vs State of Haryana and Others
SC · 25 October 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 608 : 2018 INSC 995
Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977: s. 17(4) – Resumption of plot – Allotment of industrial plot, however noncommencement of production by allottee for a period of almost 20 years – Resumption of plot by the E…
Kamala and Others vs M.R. Mohan Kumar
SC · 24 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 505 : 2018 INSC 984
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.125 – Maintenance under, claimed by wife – Standard of proof required to prove marriage – Marriage between appellant No.1-wife (PW-1) and respondent-husband was solemnized against the…

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