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Justice S. Ravindra Bhat

251 Supreme Court judgments with Justice S. Ravindra Bhat on the bench, 2019 to 2023, 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
2023 84 2022 66 2021 49 2020 39 2019 13
Most often on the same bench
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit 65Justice Dipankar Datta 43Justice Aravind Kumar 28Justice L. Nageswara Rao 25Justice Arun Mishra 22Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha 21Justice Vineet Saran 17Justice K.M. Joseph 15
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 19Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 13Constitution of India 10Income Tax Act, 1961 9Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 7Indian Evidence Act, 1872 5Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 5Consumer Protection Act, 1986 5
Jacob Punnen & Anr. vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
SC · 9 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 787 : 2021 INSC 853
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.2(g) – Insurance policy – Renewal of – Limitations imposed on Insurer’s liability – Nondisclosure by Insurer – Deficiency in service – Appellants had an annual medical insurance policy w…
The State by S.P. through the Spe CBI vs Uttamchand Bohra
SC · 9 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 821 : 2021 INSC 855
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – ss.13(1)(e), 13(2) – A-1, a public servant was accused of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income in collusion with other accused – Respondent accused of a…
Commissioner of GST and Central Excise vs M/s Citi Bank N. A.
SC · 9 December 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 424 : 2021 INSC 857
Central Excise Act, 1944 - ss. 35L(1)(b) – Finance Act, 1994 – 65B(44), 65(33a), 67, 68 – Service Tax on interchange Fee – An internal audit group of the Service Tax Commissionerate found that respondent-bank was receivi…
Sri Lankappa & Ors. vs Karnataka Industrial Corporation & Ors.
SC · 8 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 521 : 2021 INSC 841
Suit – Declaration of title and possession – The appellants had filed a suit seeking declaration of title and injunction in respect of the suit schedule property – The appellants case was that they were owners in possess…
The Director of Indian System of Medicine & Anr. etc. vs Dr. Susmi C.T. & Anr. etc.
SC · 8 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 573 : 2021 INSC 839
Service Law – Selection – Right of selected candidates – Extent and ambit of – Candidates complaining that some vacancies had been kept back and not reported –Held: Right of those who find a position in the ranked list i…
Hamid Ali Khan (D) through Lrs. & Anr. vs State of U.P. & Ors.
SC · 23 November 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 198 : 2021 INSC 774
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: ss. 5A and 17(4) – Special powers in case of urgency – Invocation of – Dispensing with hearing of objections u/s. 5A – Justification of – On facts, issuance of Notifications to acquire land fo…
Attorney General for India vs Satish and Another
SC · 18 November 2021
[2021] 10 S.C.R. 955 : 2021 INSC 762
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012: s. 7 –”sexual assault” –Words touch and physical contact – Interpretation of – Held: Both the said words “touch” and “physical contact”have been interchangeably used…
Assa Singh (D) by Lrs. vs Shanti Parshad (D) by Lrs. & Others
SC · 17 November 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 1162 : 2021 INSC 743
ASSA SINGH (D) BY LRs. v. SHANTI PARSHAD (D) BY LRs. & OTHERS (Civil Appeal No. 6915 of 2021) NOVEMBER 17, 2021 [K. M. JOSEPH AND S. RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.] Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953: s. 25 – Bar of jurisdict…
State of Kerala & Anr. vs M/s Popular Estates (Now Dissolved) & Anr.
SC · 29 October 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 541 : 2021 INSC 693
Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971: ss. 2(a), 2(f), 3, 6 and 8 – Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 – ss. 2(47) and 81 – Private forests – Meaning of – Nature of land – Determination of, by Taluk land B…
Musunuri Satyanarayana vs Dr. Tirumala Indira Devi & Ors.
SC · 27 October 2021
[2021] 10 S.C.R. 545 : 2021 INSC 678
Andhra Pradesh Tenancy (Andhra Area) Act – ss.14, 15 and 16 – The appellant-tenant claimed the cultivating tenant’s right to first purchase the land leased to him – Dispute arose between the appellant and first responden…
Bharath Booshan Aggarwal vs State of Kerala
SC · 6 October 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 671 : 2021 INSC 621
Kerala Forest Act – ss.2(f), 27, 69 – Appellant convicted and sentenced by Trial Court u/s.27 (1) (d), u/r.3(iii) r/w r.23 of the Transit Rules – Acquitted by Sessions Court – Acquittal reversed by High Court – On appeal…
Shaikh Ansar Ahmad Md. Husain vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 5 October 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 811 : 2021 INSC 614
Judgment/Order: Reasoned judgment – Requirment to give reasons in the judgment/order – Grievance of the appellants is that the reasoning for the impugned judgment was given and published long after its operative portion…
Korukonda Chalapathi Rao & Anr. vs Korukonda Annapurna Sampath Kumar
SC · 1 October 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 836 : 2021 INSC 586
Registration Act, 1908 – ss. 17(1)(b), 49 – Partition – Family Settlement, if required registration – Suit filed by respondent inter alia for declaration of title over the plaint schedule property and eviction of the app…
Avtar Singh & Ors. vs Bimla Devi & Ors.
SC · 29 September 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 239 : 2021 INSC 569
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.100 – Punjab Courts Act, 1918 – Suit filed by respondents / plaintiffs alleging that defendant Nos. 2 to 4 broke the lintel portion of the roof (of the first floor of the building) illeg…
Vishwabandhu vs Sri Krishna and Anr.
SC · 29 September 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 15 : 2021 INSC 570
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or. IX, r.13; Or. V, r.9(5) – Respondent no.2 filed suit for recovery against respondent no.1 alleging that he failed to refund the money received by him towards part sale consideration fo…
Adani Gas Limited vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 28 September 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 1146 : 2021 INSC 558
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006 – ss. 2(d),11,16,17 and 61 – Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Authorizing Entities to Lay, Build, Operate or Expand City or Local Natural Gas Distribution N…
National Highways Authority of India & Others vs Madhukar Kumar & Others
SC · 23 September 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 299 : 2021 INSC 532
National Highways Fee (Determination or Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 – rr. 3, 8, 9, 17 – Construction of Toll Plaza – Appellant-NHAI proposed for the construction of Toll Plaza at the four laning of Patna-Bakhityarp…
Sri Marthanda Varma (D) Th. Lrs. & Ors. vs State of Kerala & Ors.
SC · 22 September 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 619 : 2021 INSC 525
Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950 – Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple – In first batch of Miscellaneous Applications, two reports each of the Administrative and Advisory Committees of temple were filed –…
Mohd. Rafiq @ Kallu vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 15 September 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 163 : 2021 INSC 481
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 and s.304 – Prosecution case that Sub-Inspector (SI) motioned a truck, driven by the accused/appellant, to stop – Instead of applying brakes, the accused tried to speed away, upon which SI boarde…
Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Ltd. vs Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
SC · 9 September 2021
[2021] 5 S.C.R. 984 : 2021 INSC 464
DELHI AIRPORT METRO EXPRESS PVT. LTD. v. DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD. (Civil Appeal No. 5627 of 2021) SEPTEMBER 09, 2021 [L. NAGESWARA RAO AND S. RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.] Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: s. 34 – I…
K. N. Nagarajappa & Ors. vs H. Narasimha Reddy
SC · 9 September 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 109 : 2021 INSC 461
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.103 – High Courts’ jurisdiction to appreciate factual issues u/s.103 CPC – Held: High Courts are empowered to exercise limited factual review u/s.103 CPC – The rule that sans a substanti…
Commissioner of Police vs Raj Kumar
SC · 25 August 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 4 : 2021 INSC 423
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v. RAJ KUMAR (Civil Appeal No. 4960 of 2021) AUGUST 25, 2021 [K. M. JOSEPH AND S. RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.] Service Law – Recruitment – Public employment – Delhi Police – Post of constable – Standing Ord…
Gunasekaran vs The Divisional Engineer National Highways & Ors.
SC · 24 August 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 1149 : 2021 INSC 420
Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 – s.26 – Tamil Nadu State Highway Act, 2001 – s.28(2)(iii) – National Highway Act, 1956 – s.5 – Show cause notices issued to the appellants alleging that they hav…
Central Govt. of India vs Raj Devi alias Raj Kumari & Anr.
SC · 5 August 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 432 : 2021 INSC 383
Interest – Payable on solatium – The decree was put in execution and the Execution Court had passed the order which is impugned by the appellant, by which the appellant is directed to pay interest on solatium from the da…
M/s Laureate Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. vs Charanjeet Singh
SC · 22 July 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 673 : 2021 INSC 347
Housing – Builder flat – Rights of subsequent purchaser (reallottee), when builder does not honour its commitment to deliver the flat within a stipulated time – Refund of amount deposited with developer/ builder in respe…
Madras Bar Association vs Union of India and Anr.
SC · 14 July 2021
[2021] 5 S.C.R. 791 : 2021 INSC 332
Tribunals – Finance Act, 2017 – ss.184 and 186(2) [as amended by the Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021] – Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance,…
The State of Odisha & Ors. vs Orissa Private Engineering College Association
SC · 29 June 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 386 : 2021 INSC 312
Education/Educational Institutions: Odisha Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007: ss. 3(1) and 3(2) – Method of admission in professional educational institutions…
In Re: Distribution of Essential Supplies and Services During Pandemic vs .
SC · 31 May 2021
[2021] 5 S.C.R. 268 : 2021 INSC 302
IN RE: DISTRIBUTION OF ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES DURING PANDEMIC (Suo Motu Writ Petition (Civil) No. 3 of 2021) MAY 31, 2021 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD, L NAGESWARA RAO AND S RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.] COVID-19 pandemi…
Lalit Kumar Jain vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 21 May 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 1075 : 2021 INSC 297
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss.1(3), 2(e), 5(22), 60, 179, 234, 235, 238 and 243 – Vires and validity of notification dated 15.11.2019 issued by the Central Government – Whether the impugned notification was a…
Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil vs The Chief Minister & Ors.
SC · 5 May 2021
[2021] 15 S.C.R. 715 : 2021 INSC 284
Reservation – Constitution of India – Arts. 15 and 16 – Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment) Act, 2000 – Socially and educationally backward class (SEBC) – Reservation in favour of backward class citizens – On 16.11.199…

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