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Justice R.F. Nariman

237 Supreme Court judgments with Justice R.F. Nariman 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 39 2020 55 2019 74 2018 69
Most often on the same bench
Justice Navin Sinha 67Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 36Justice V. Ramasubramanian 30Justice Surya Kant 30Justice Vineet Saran 23Justice Indu Malhotra 21Justice K.M. Joseph 20Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel 20
Acts most often in these headnotes
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 23Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 18Indian Penal Code, 1860 13Income Tax Act, 1961 7Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 6Constitution of India 6Companies Act, 1956 5Companies Act, 2013 4
M/s Bandekar Brothers Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. vs Prasad Vassudev Keni, etc. etc.
SC · 2 September 2020
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 1075 : 2020 INSC 531
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.340 – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.191 and 192 – Respondent/accused-proprietory concern had shared a business relationship with the appellants – Dispute arose between the parties, as a resul…
Avitel Post Studioz Limited & Ors. vs Hsbc Pi Holdings (Mauritius) Limited
SC · 19 August 2020
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 791 : 2020 INSC 498
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – s. 9 – Contract Act, 1872 – ss. 17 and 18 – A Share Subscription Agreement (SSA) and Shareholders’ Agreement (SHA) was entered into between the claimant and the appellants – Both…
Deccan Paper Mills Co. Ltd. vs Regency Mahavir Properties & Ors.
SC · 19 August 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 427 : 2020 INSC 497
Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 – s.8 – Cancellation of written instrument u/s.31, 1963 Act – Arbitrability of – Agreement between appellant and respondent no.2 to develop a portion of the land owned by appellant –…
M/s Exl Careers and Another vs Frankfinn Aviation Services Private Limited
SC · 5 August 2020
[2020] 6 S.C.R. 289 : 2020 INSC 477
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order VII Rules 10 and 10A – Return of the Plaint – To be presented in the Court having appropriate jurisdiction – Whether the suit to proceed de novo or to continue from the stage where it…
Gangadhar alias Gangaram vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 5 August 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 173 : 2020 INSC 478
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.8C r/w. s. 20(b)(ii)(c) – Appellant was convicted u/s. 8C r/w. s. 20(b)(ii)(c) of the 1985 Act for the recovery of 48 Kgs 200 gms. cannabis (ganja) and sentenced…
The Chairman, Board of Trustees, Cochin Port Trust vs M/s Arebee Star Maritime Agencies Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 5 August 2020
[2020] 11 S.C.R. 706 : 2018 INSC 216
Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 – Scheme of the Act – ss.2, 42, 43, 48, 59-65, 123, 131 – Goods not cleared by consignee – Payment of storage/demurrage charges – Liability of – High Court while deciding on limited question a…
B.B.M. Enterprises vs The State of West Bengal and Anr.
SC · 30 July 2020
[2020] 6 S.C.R. 8 : 2020 INSC 472
B.B.M. ENTERPRISES v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 2834 of 2020) JULY 30, 2020 [R. F. NARIMAN, NAVIN SINHA AND INDIRA BANERJEE, JJ.] Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: s. 34 – Petition under –…
Shiv Raj Gupta vs Commissioner of Income-Tax, Delhi-Iv
SC · 22 July 2020
[2020] 5 S.C.R. 874 : 2020 INSC 461
Income Tax Act, 1961 – ss.28(ii)(a) and 260-A – Payment made as non-competition fee – Taxability of – Appellant was the C chairman and Managing director of a Company-CDBL – A SWC group entered into a MOU with the appella…
Director of Income Tax-Ii (International Taxation) New Delhi & Anr. vs M/s. Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
SC · 22 July 2020
[2020] 6 S.C.R. 486 : 2020 INSC 460
Tax/Taxation – India-Korea Agreement for avoidance of double taxation of income and the prevention of fiscal evasion (DTAA) – Arts.5, 7 – Project Office whether a Permanent Establishment (PE) in India – Taxability of inc…
The Director General (Road Development) National Highways Authority of India vs Aam Aadmi Lokmanch & Ors.
SC · 14 July 2020
[2020] 6 S.C.R. 1050 : 2020 INSC 452
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 – ss. 14, 15, 17 and Schedules – Environment Protection Act, 1986 – Jurisdiction of the NGT – Victim was driving a car with her young daughter on the Highway – An over-mining resulted in…
Arjun Panditrao Khotkar vs Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors.
SC · 14 July 2020
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 180 : 2020 INSC 453
Evidence Act, 1872 – ss.3, 22A, 45A, 61-65, 65A, 65B, 136 – Interpretation of s.65B – Electronic records – Admissibility of – Appellant’s election challenged on the ground that his nomination papers having been filed aft…
Sri Anthony alias Anthony Swamy vs The Managing Director, K.S.R.T.C.
SC · 10 June 2020
[2020] 5 S.C.R. 860 : 2020 INSC 421
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Compensation – Permanent physical functional disability – Appellant met with an accident while travelling in respondent Corporation’s bus, when the bus driver hit a lorry from behind – Left leg…
U.P. State Road Transport Corporation vs Rajendri Devi & Ors.
SC · 8 June 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 199 : 2020 INSC 417
Motor Vehicle Accident – Claim under – Victim was hit by a bus, consequent to which he died – The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal found that it was a result of rash and negligent driving by the driver of the bus, which wa…
Chandrakanta Tiwari vs New India Assurance Company Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 8 June 2020
[2020] 5 S.C.R. 868 : 2020 INSC 419
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.163A – Son of the claimant, allegedly a pillion rider, was killed in a road accident – MACT held C the insurance company liable to pay Rs.1.99 lakhs with 6% interest thereon – Judgment set as…
Addissery Raghavan vs Cheruvalath Krishnadasan
SC · 8 June 2020
[2020] 6 S.C.R. 438 : 2020 INSC 418
Kerala Building (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 – s.11(8), 20 – Revisional jurisdiction of High Court – Appellant was tenant of two shop rooms – Eviction petitions filed by respondent were decreed by trial court on hi…
Somasundaram @ Somu vs The State Rep. by the Deputy Commissioner of Police
SC · 3 June 2020
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 27 : 2020 INSC 412
Penal Code, 1860: ss.365 and 302 – Abduction followed by murder in appropriate cases can enable a court to presume that the abductor is the murderer – The principle is that after abduction, the abductor would be in a pos…
M/s. Centrotrade Minerals and Metals Inc. vs Hindustan Copper Ltd.
SC · 2 June 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 73 : 2020 INSC 411
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: s.48 – Enforceability of the foreign award – Contract of sale of commodity between the parties – The agreement contained two tier arbitration by which the first tier was to be sett…
Bihar Staff Selection Commission & Ors. vs Arun Kumar & Ors.
SC · 6 May 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 181 : 2020 INSC 391
Service Law – Graduate Level Combined Examination-2010 – The Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) issued an advertisement to 1569 vacancies in Class III posts, in various departments of the State – The examinations we…
Sushilaben Indravadan Gandhi & Anr. vs The New India Assurance Company Limited & Ors.
SC · 15 April 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 32 : 2020 INSC 336
SUSHILABEN INDRAVADAN GANDHI & ANR. v. THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2235 of 2020) APRIL 15, 2020 [R. F. NARIMAN AND S. RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.] Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Comprehensi…
Internet and Mobile Association of India vs Reserve Bank of India
SC · 4 March 2020
[2020] 2 S.C.R. 297 : 2020 INSC 264
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – ss.17, 20-22, 26, 38, 45JA, 45L, 45U, 45W, 45Z-45ZO – Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a “Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies” dtd. 05.04.18 and circular dtd. 06.04.18 r…
Through Smt. Shakuntala alias Sushma & Ors. vs The State of Maharashtra Revenue and Forest Department & Ors.
SC · 19 February 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 913 : 2020 INSC 207
Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961: ss.8, 10, 11, 21, 44B – Ceiling limits – Partition Deed dated 31.01.1970 (duly registered on 1.07.1970) executed between appellant, his wife, minor son and…
Mr. Rajendra K. Bhutta vs Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority through Its Chairman & Anr.
SC · 19 February 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 305 : 2020 INSC 214
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – s.14(1)(d) – Interpretation of a Tripartite Joint Development Agreement was entered into between the society representing persons occupying tenements, Maharashtra Housing and Area D…
Rambabu Singh Thakur vs Sunil Arora & Ors.
SC · 13 February 2020
[2020] 2 S.C.R. 925 : 2020 INSC 177
Election Laws: Criminalisation of politics in India – In *Public Interest Foundation and Ors. v. Union of India, this Court had issued certain directions observing the increasing criminalisation of politics in India and…
ONGC Employees Mazdoor Sabha vs The Executive Director Basin Manager, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (India) Ltd.
SC · 13 February 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 961 : 2020 INSC 181
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: Regularisation – Entitlement of – Names called from employment exchange to fill up sanctioned posts by respondent – Interview conducted – Issuance of appointment order as per inter se merit…
Vijay Karia & Ors. vs Prysmian Cavi E Sistemi Srl & Ors.
SC · 13 February 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 336 : 2020 INSC 178
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: s.48(1)(b) – Enforcement of foreign awards – Violation of provisions of FEMA – Whether amounts to breach of Public Policy of India – If a particular act violates any provision of F…
Usha Ananthasubramanian vs Union of India
SC · 12 February 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 882 : 2020 INSC 176
Companies Act, 1956: ss. 241, 337, 339 – Application to tribunal for relief in cases of oppression, etc. – Charge sheet filed by CBI against several persons occupying positions in the Punjab National Bank as well as the…
Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Goa vs M/s Adani Exports Ltd.
SC · 11 February 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 887 : 2020 INSC 164
Customs Act, 1962: s.130A (1) and (4) – High Court is not mandatorily obligated to call for a statement from the Tribunal in every case before deciding application under s.130A – A reading of s.130A (1) and (4) makes it…
Union of India & Ors. vs Gopaldas Bhagwan Das & Ors.
SC · 4 February 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 765 : 2020 INSC 127
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4(1), 6 – In 1943, Govt. of India requisitioned 4 acres and 34 gunthas of land bearing Survey No. 120/2 (Part) of Village Malad, Mumbai – In 1949, 2.68 acres land out of the aforesaid land…
Maharashtra Seamless Limited vs Padmanabhan Venkatesh & Ors.
SC · 22 January 2020
[2020] 2 S.C.R. 1157 : 2020 INSC 76
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: s. 31 – Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) – Resolution plan which provided upfront payment of Rs. 477 crores was approved by the Adjudicating Authority – Appellate Tribu…
Keisham Meghachandra Singh vs The Hon’ble Speaker Manipur Legislative Assembly & Ors.
SC · 21 January 2020
[2020] 2 S.C.R. 132 : 2020 INSC 65
KEISHAM MEGHACHANDRA SINGH v. THE HON’BLE SPEAKER MANIPUR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 547 of 2020) JANUARY 21, 2020 [R. F. NARIMAN, ANIRUDDHA BOSE AND V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, JJ.] Constitution of India – Te…

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