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Supreme Court judgments on Benami transactions

6 judgments, latest first, from 2019 to 2025. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (filed under the provisions below, or naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

Smt. Shaifali Gupta vs Smt. Vidya Devi Gupta & Ors.
SC · 20 May 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 69 : 2025 INSC 739
Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the court of first instance as well as the High Court rejecting the application u/Ord.VII r.11 CPC; and whether the property in respect of which the suit, claim or…
C. Subbiah @ Kadambur Jayaraj and Others vs The Superintendent of Police and Others
SC · 15 May 2024
[2024] 5 S.C.R. 813 : 2024 INSC 416
Matter pertains to the permissibility of suing the accused for a civil wrong, in relation to the benami transactions, as a corollary, allowing criminal prosecution of the accused in relation to the same cause of action.
Pushpalata vs Vijay Kumar (Dead) Thr. Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 5 September 2022
[2022] 18 S.C.R. 85 : 2022 INSC 910
Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Act, 1988 – s.4(3)(a) – Original first plaintiff-Karta of HUF purchased properties in name of minor sons (first and second defendants) – First property-the suit property which was bought…
Union of India & Anr. vs M/s. Ganpati Dealcom Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 23 August 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 320 : 2022 INSC 853
Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 – ss.3(2),5 – Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 – Held: s.3(2) of the unamended 1988 Act is unconstitutional for being manifestly arbitrary – Acco…
M/s Fair Communication and Consultants & Anr. vs Surendra Kerdile
SC · 20 January 2020
[2020] 1 S.C.R. 441 : 2020 INSC 57
Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 – ss. 3, 4 – Respondent constituted his nephew-second appellant (sole proprietor of first appellant) as his attorney for disposing of his flat – An agreement to sell was entere…
Mangathai Ammal (Died) through Lrs and Others vs Rajeswari & Others
SC · 9 May 2019
[2019] 7 S.C.R. 619 : 2019 INSC 664
Benami transactions: Transactions, whether benami or not – Determination of – Held: Payment of part sale consideration cannot be the sole criteria to hold the sale/transaction as benami – Intention of the person who cont…

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