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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
Vidya Drolia & Ors. vs Durga Trading Corporation
SC · 28 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 465 : 2019 INSC 290
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – s.11(6) – Dispute between landlord and tenant regarding determination of lease – Arbitrator appointed on petition filed by respondent-landlord – Appellant-tenant objected on arbit…
Delhi Development Authority vs Virender Lal Bahri & Ors.
SC · 27 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 469 : 2019 INSC 287
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013: s. 24 Proviso – Whether the proviso governs s. 24(1)(b) or s. 24(2) – Held: The proviso governs s. 24(1)(b) and n…
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. vs Tata Communications Ltd.
SC · 27 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 885 : 2019 INSC 286
Contract Act, 1872 – ss. 74 and 70 – Compensation for breach of contract where penalty stipulated for – Claim in quantum meruit u/s. 70 when parties governed by contract – Permissibility of – Purchase Order wherein respo…
Joseph Easwaran Wapshare & Ors. vs Shirley Katheleen Wheeler
SC · 26 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 732 : 2019 INSC 277
Succession Act, 1925: ss. 372, 383, 33(a) and 25 – Revocation of Succession Certificate granted u/s. 372 in favour of appellant No.1 – Respondent filed application u/s. 383 seeking revocation of the Succession Certificat…
Aarish Asgar Qureshi vs Fareed Ahmed Qureshi & Anr.
SC · 26 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 400 : 2019 INSC 270
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.340 – Matrimonial proceedings – Certain averments made in anticipatory bail applications both before the Sessions Court as well as the High Court – Allegation that the statements made…
Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. [uhbvnl] & Anr. vs Adani Power Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 25 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 487 : 2019 INSC 261
v. ADANI POWER LTD. & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 5865 of 2018) FEBRUARY 25, 2019 [R. F. NARIMAN AND NAVIN SINHA, JJ.] Electricity – Power Purchase Agreements(PPAs) – Adjustment in monthly tariff payment on account of change…
Reliance Communication Limited & Ors. vs State Bank of India & Ors.
SC · 20 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 64 : 2019 INSC 242
RELIANCE COMMUNICATION LIMITED & ORS. v. STATE BANK OF INDIA & ORS. (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 845 of 2018) With (Contempt Petition (C) No. 1838 of 2018, 55 of 2019 and 185 of 2019 in W.P.(C) No. 845 of 2018) FEBRUARY 20…
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. vs Mahendra Prasad Jakhmola & Ors.
SC · 20 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 504 : 2019 INSC 244
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970: Notification dated 24.4.1990 issued under the Act, 1970 – Exemption from its applicability to BHEL – Held: BHEL, insofar as their UP operations are concerned, in Hari…
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board vs Sterlite Industries (I) Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 18 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 777 : 2019 INSC 220
Environment – Air (Prevention and Control of Pollutions) Act, 1981 – ss. 21, 31, 31A and 31B – Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 – ss.18, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33A and 33B – National Green Tribunal Act,…
Sirajul Hoque vs The State of Assam & Ors.
SC · 14 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 1047 : 2019 INSC 199
Foreigners’ Act, 1946: s.9 – Burden of proof – Citizenship status of proceedee – Appellant declared foreigner by the Foreigner’s Tribunal holding that there was discrepancy in the name of the grandfather – Upheld by the…
M/s Scg Contracts India Pvt. Ltd. vs K. S. Chamankar Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 12 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 1050 : 2019 INSC 187
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (As amended in the wake of the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015 coming into force on 23-10-2015): Or. VIII, r. 1, proviso and…
Tek Singh vs Shashi Verma and Anr.
SC · 4 February 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 697 : 2019 INSC 131
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: s. 115 proviso (As inserted by amendment in 1999) – Revisional jurisdiction of High Court – Scope of – Held: In view of the proviso revisional jurisdiction is not maintainable against inter…
Vijay Kumar Jain vs Standard Chartered Bank & Ors.
SC · 31 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 779 : 2019 INSC 122
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss.21, 24, 25 and 30 – Right of member of suspended Board of Directors to access certain documents particularly the resolution plans – Held: Though the erstwhile Board of Directors…
Swaraj Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
SC · 29 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 682 : 2019 INSC 108
Companies Act, 1956: ss. 439, 434(1)(a) and (1)(b), 441(2) and 529 – Winding up petition – By the secured creditor/respondent-Bank, after obtaining decree from Debts Recovery Tribunal and a recovery certificate based the…
Swiss Ribbons Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 25 January 2019
[2019] 3 S.C.R. 535 : 2019 INSC 95
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: Constitutional validity of – Held: Provisions of the Code passes constitutional muster. ss. 5(7), 5(8), 5(20), 7(1), 7(4), 7(5), 8 and 9 – Classification between financial creditor a…
Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation vs M/s Anoj Kumar Agarwala & Ors.
SC · 23 January 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 493 : 2019 INSC 83
Tenders – Essential tender condition – Non-compliance of – Tender called by the appellant on 06.01.2018 for balance earthwork to be done in a canal – Tender was ultimately replied to by three persons – Clause 2.22 of the…
Forech India Ltd. vs Edelweiss Assets Reconstruction Co. Ltd.
SC · 22 January 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 477 : 2019 INSC 77
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss.7, 9, 11, 238, 255 and The Eleventh Schedule – Proceedings u/ss.7 and 9, if independent of winding up process pending in High Court – Winding up petition filed by the appellant bef…
Authorised Representative Ms. Natalia Voruz & Others vs Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. Thru the
SC · 8 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 145 : 2019 INSC 35
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: s.9 – Suit / Counter Claim – Adjudication – Procedure for – Suit seeking permanent injunction against defendants, restraining them from using their registered trade-mark in violation of the…
Jaipur Metals & Electricals Employees Organization through General Secretary Mr. Tej Ram Meena vs Jaipur Metals & Electricals Ltd. through Its Managing Director
SC · 12 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 926 : 2018 INSC 1196
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss.7, 238 – Respondent No.1-company became a non-performing asset – Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) was of prima facie opinion that the company ought to be…
Sourabh Brala and Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 6 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 901 : 2018 INSC 1218
Education/Educational Institutions: Medical college – MBBS Course – Allegation of students of 1st year MBBS course that respondent no. 5 College had not got its act in order – Students sought transfer from respondent no.…
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Anr. vs Pratibha Industries Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 4 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1143 : 2018 INSC 1151
High Courts – Power to recall its order – Appellant issued Tender Notice for supply, installation and maintenance of water meters – Tender Notice was accepted and parties entered into an agreement, which included a claus…
Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India vs Shri Gurvinder Singh & Anr.
SC · 16 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 321 : 2018 INSC 1071
Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 : s.22 read with s.21, Schedule I Part IV – Other misconduct – Complaint against Chartered Accountant relating to sale of shares, transferred to the Chartered Accountant’s own name – Disci…
Hari Mohan Sharma & Anr. vs Charanjeet Singh Rekhi & Ors. etc.
SC · 16 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 324 : 2018 INSC 1067
Party/Parties: Necessary party – Suit for specific performance – Determination of correct defendants – Issue arose whether one CS and his wife who are defendant no. 2 & 3 in one group of SLP and defendant no. 1 & 2 in ot…
M/s Hindon Forge Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh through District Magistrate Ghaziabad & Anr.
SC · 1 November 2018
[2018] 11 S.C.R. 1019 : 2018 INSC 1034
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Interest Act, 2002: s.17(1) – Whether an application under s.17(1) of the SARFAESI Act at the instance of a borrower, is maintainable ev…
Reena Hazarika vs State of Assam
SC · 31 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 1108 : 2018 INSC 1029
S.C.R. 1108 REENA HAZARIKA v. STATE OF ASSAM (Criminal Appeal No. 1330 of 2018) OCTOBER 31, 2018 [R. F. NARIMAN AND NAVIN SINHA, JJ.] Evidence: Circumstantial evidence – Links in the chain of circumstances – Determinatio…
Sushila N. Rungta (D) Lrs. vs The Tax Recovery Officer-16(2) and Ors.
SC · 30 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 1147 : 2018 INSC 1020
Gold (Control) Act, 1968: Repeal of the Act without the saving clause – Applicability of s.6 of the General Clauses Act – Held: The statement of objects and reasons makes it clear that over 22 years, the results achieved…
Star India Private Limited vs Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion & Ors.
SC · 30 October 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 128 : 2018 INSC 1022
Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017 – Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2017 – Consti…
M/s. Caravel Shipping Services Pvt. Ltd. vs M/s. Premier Sea Foods Exim Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 29 October 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 289 : 2018 INSC 1008
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: ss.7(3), 7(4), 8 – Bill of lading – Suit for recovery by respondent-consignor in Kochi court – Application filed by appellant, who is agent to facilitate transport under s.8 of AC…
B. K. Educational Services Private Limited vs Parag Gupta and Associates
SC · 11 October 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 794 : 2018 INSC 956
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – s.238A (As inserted by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2018 w.e.f. 06.06.2018) – s.238A, if retrospective in nature – Held: s.238A being clarificatory of law…
Vedanta Ltd. vs Shenzen Shandong Nuclear Power Construction Co. Ltd.
SC · 11 October 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 829 : 2018 INSC 959
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.34 and 37 – Appellant and the Respondent-Company entered into four interrelated contracts for construction of a Co-Generation Power Plant – Dispute arose between the parties –…

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