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Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
3,221–3,240 · Page 162 of 500
Supreme Court of India29 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 492 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 1166
awarded to the appellant was modified to imprisonment for life with the requirements that he would remain in prison for the whole of remainder of his natural life without parole and any remission in the term of imprisonment–Impugned order passed by the Director General of Prisons declined furlough to the appellant D re…
Supreme Court of India29 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 491 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 1029
Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
3,221–3,240 · Page 162 of 500
Supreme Court of India29 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 492 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 1166
awarded to the appellant was modified to imprisonment for life with the requirements that he would remain in prison for the whole of remainder of his natural life without parole and any remission in the term of imprisonment–Impugned order passed by the Director General of Prisons declined furlough to the appellant D re…
Supreme Court of India29 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 491 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 1029
the candidates who stood first in the Forest Guard training schools without entrance – Subsequent to enactment of State Reorganisation Act, 2000, State of Chhattisgarh was formed – However, the circular of the undivided State of M.P continued – Appellant No. 1, who was undergoing training as Forest Guard stood first in…
Supreme Court of India28 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 490 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 121
Rajesh Kumar Daria Vs. Rajasthan Public Service Commission and Ors. (2007) 8 SCC 785 : [2007] 8 SCR F 972 – distinguished. Case Law Reference [2007] 8 SCR 972 distinguished Para 7 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal No.3468 G of 2022. From the Judgment and Order dated 20.02.2015 of the High Court of Judicature …
Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2022Full text
2022 INSC 49 · [2022] 11 S.C.R. 291
to be advertised, either upon admission of the petition or anytime thereafter – Contention of appellants that this vitiated the whole proceedings – Held: Sub-sections (1) and (2) of s.468 of the 2013 Act empower the Central Government to make Rules providing for all matters relating to winding up of companies – In exer…
Supreme Court of India28 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 489 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 1002
that on reshuffling and on respondent No.1 – original applicant being appointed now against the reserved category seats and while the other two candidates belonging to OBC category, to be treated in the general category seats, two candidates already appointed and belonging to general category C shall not be removed. Ho…
Supreme Court of India28 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 488 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 1045
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 1045 1045 MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM LTD. (EAST-I) A v. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER BIHANMUMBAI MAHANAGARPALIKA AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 6745 of 2009) B APRIL 28, 2022 [K.M. JOSEPH AND HRISHIKESH ROY, JJ.] Municipalities – Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 – ss. 297, 299 and 301 – Powers of the mu…
Supreme Court of India27 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 486 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 1072
2019, the Respondent(MIL) filed an application for appointment of the arbitrator before the High Court of Delhi as per s. 11(6) of the 1996 Act – The application for appointment of the arbitrator was allowed by the High Court on December 14, 2020 – Appellant did not raised any objection to the issue of limitation befor…
Supreme Court of India27 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 484 · [2022] 10 S.C.R. 986
D Disposing of the Writ Petitions, the Court HELD: 1. None of the Counsel appearing on behalf of the workers in the present batch of cases disputed the factual position, asserted on behalf of LIC, that the judgment of the two-judge Bench in TN Terminated Employees Association affirming the E validity of the Srivastav A…
Supreme Court of India27 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 483 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 926
– In exercise of the appellate jurisdiction, the court must have due deference to the grounds which weighed with the tribunal in holding that it lacks jurisdiction having regard to the object and spirit underlying the statute which entrusts the arbitral tribunal with the power to rule on its own jurisdiction – Decision…
Supreme Court of India27 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 482 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 1050
R. Basant, Azmat Hayat Amanullah, Nishant Awana, Devansh Malhotra, Ms. Nitya Sharma, Akshay Sahay, Advs. for the Petitioner. H 1050 RAMJHAN GANI PALANI v. NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY 1051 AND ANR. K. M. Nataraj, ASG, Subhranshu Padhi, Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Vinayak A Sharma, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Ad…
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 481 · [2022] 17 S.C.R. 622
Whether, a person against whom a single FIR/charge sheet is filed for any of the anti-social activities mentioned in section 2(b) of the Gangsters Act, 1986 can be prosecuted under the Gangsters Act – Held: On perusal of the definitions of ‘Gang’ and ‘Gangster’ under the Gangsters Act, 1986, a ‘Gang’ is a group of one …
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 480 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 989
appellant’s company when the cheques were presented, the complainant is not entitled to receive any payment at that stage, through encashment of the cheques, made available to him – Held: The burden of proving that there is no existing debt or liability, is to be discharged in the trial – The transactional arrangement …
Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2022Full text
2022 INSC 48 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 322
322 SUPREME COURT[2022]REPORTS1 S.C.R. 322 [2022] 1 S.C.R. A SEETHAKATHI TRUST MADRAS v. KRISHNAVENI (Civil Appeal Nos. 5384-5385 of 2014) B JANUARY 17, 2022 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL AND M. M. SUNDRESH, JJ.] Specific Relief Act, 1963: s.19(b) – A previous suit filed by respondent for specific performance of agreement of sal…
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 478 · [2022] 5 S.C.R. 849
[2022] 5 S.C.R. 849 849 KALYANI (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. & ORS. A v. THE SULTHAN BATHERY MUNICIPALITY & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 3189 of 2022) APRIL 26, 2022 B [DINESH MAHESHWARI AND VIKRAM NATH, JJ.] Constitution of India: Art. 300A–No person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law – Right to compensation …
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 477 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 1095
chargeable in terms of Article 20(a) was capped at Rs. 1,00,000/ . In addition to the said amount of Rs.1,00,000/, the appellant was asked to pay an additional duty of Rs.40,000/ under Section 3A. The appellant has thus paid a total amount of Rs.1,40,000/ with the instrument having been charged as a conveyance under G …
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 475 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 978
C HELD: 1. The District Council Court, Aizawl, on second remand, upon considering the factual matrix, particularly Section 109(3) and Section 109(10) of the Mizo Customary Law, observed that though as per the Mizo Customary Law, it is the youngest son, who would be entitled to inherit the property of his father; there …
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 474 · [2022] 19 S.C.R. 400
would t…
Supreme Court of India25 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 473 · [2022] 5 S.C.R. 760
760 SUPREME COURT[2022]REPORTS5 S.C.R. 760 [2022] 5 S.C.R. A MANIBEN MAGANBHAI BHARIYA v. DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER DAHOD & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 3153 of 2022) B APRIL 25, 2022 [AJAY RASTOGI AND ABHAY S. OKA, JJ.] Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 – ss.1(3), 1(3A) and 2 – Gratuity – Entitlement to – Whether Aganwadi wo…
Supreme Court of India25 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 472 · [2022] 2 S.C.R. 1164
1164 DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY v. BHIM SAIN GOEL AND ORS. 1165 application u/s 18 of the 1894 Act seeking reference and claiming A enhanced compensation – National Highways Act, 1956 – Subsequent events. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 Notification came to be issued under Section 4 Bof the Land Acquisition A…
Supreme Court of India25 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 471 · [2022] 17 S.C.R. 297
B Insurance – Rule of contra proferentem – Standard form insurance policies – Contract d’ adhesion or boilerplate contracts – Reconciliation of ambiguous terms – Held: An ambiguous term in an insurance contract is to be construed harmoniously by reading the contract in its entirety – If after that, no clarity emerges, …
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the candidates who stood first in the Forest Guard training schools without entrance – Subsequent to enactment of State Reorganisation Act, 2000, State of Chhattisgarh was formed – However, the circular of the undivided State of M.P continued – Appellant No. 1, who was undergoing training as Forest Guard stood first in…
Supreme Court of India28 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 490 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 121
Rajesh Kumar Daria Vs. Rajasthan Public Service Commission and Ors. (2007) 8 SCC 785 : [2007] 8 SCR F 972 – distinguished. Case Law Reference [2007] 8 SCR 972 distinguished Para 7 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal No.3468 G of 2022. From the Judgment and Order dated 20.02.2015 of the High Court of Judicature …
Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2022Full text
2022 INSC 49 · [2022] 11 S.C.R. 291
to be advertised, either upon admission of the petition or anytime thereafter – Contention of appellants that this vitiated the whole proceedings – Held: Sub-sections (1) and (2) of s.468 of the 2013 Act empower the Central Government to make Rules providing for all matters relating to winding up of companies – In exer…
Supreme Court of India28 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 489 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 1002
that on reshuffling and on respondent No.1 – original applicant being appointed now against the reserved category seats and while the other two candidates belonging to OBC category, to be treated in the general category seats, two candidates already appointed and belonging to general category C shall not be removed. Ho…
Supreme Court of India28 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 488 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 1045
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 1045 1045 MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM LTD. (EAST-I) A v. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER BIHANMUMBAI MAHANAGARPALIKA AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 6745 of 2009) B APRIL 28, 2022 [K.M. JOSEPH AND HRISHIKESH ROY, JJ.] Municipalities – Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 – ss. 297, 299 and 301 – Powers of the mu…
Supreme Court of India27 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 486 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 1072
2019, the Respondent(MIL) filed an application for appointment of the arbitrator before the High Court of Delhi as per s. 11(6) of the 1996 Act – The application for appointment of the arbitrator was allowed by the High Court on December 14, 2020 – Appellant did not raised any objection to the issue of limitation befor…
Supreme Court of India27 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 484 · [2022] 10 S.C.R. 986
D Disposing of the Writ Petitions, the Court HELD: 1. None of the Counsel appearing on behalf of the workers in the present batch of cases disputed the factual position, asserted on behalf of LIC, that the judgment of the two-judge Bench in TN Terminated Employees Association affirming the E validity of the Srivastav A…
Supreme Court of India27 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 483 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 926
– In exercise of the appellate jurisdiction, the court must have due deference to the grounds which weighed with the tribunal in holding that it lacks jurisdiction having regard to the object and spirit underlying the statute which entrusts the arbitral tribunal with the power to rule on its own jurisdiction – Decision…
Supreme Court of India27 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 482 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 1050
R. Basant, Azmat Hayat Amanullah, Nishant Awana, Devansh Malhotra, Ms. Nitya Sharma, Akshay Sahay, Advs. for the Petitioner. H 1050 RAMJHAN GANI PALANI v. NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY 1051 AND ANR. K. M. Nataraj, ASG, Subhranshu Padhi, Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Vinayak A Sharma, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Ad…
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 481 · [2022] 17 S.C.R. 622
Whether, a person against whom a single FIR/charge sheet is filed for any of the anti-social activities mentioned in section 2(b) of the Gangsters Act, 1986 can be prosecuted under the Gangsters Act – Held: On perusal of the definitions of ‘Gang’ and ‘Gangster’ under the Gangsters Act, 1986, a ‘Gang’ is a group of one …
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 480 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 989
appellant’s company when the cheques were presented, the complainant is not entitled to receive any payment at that stage, through encashment of the cheques, made available to him – Held: The burden of proving that there is no existing debt or liability, is to be discharged in the trial – The transactional arrangement …
Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2022Full text
2022 INSC 48 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 322
322 SUPREME COURT[2022]REPORTS1 S.C.R. 322 [2022] 1 S.C.R. A SEETHAKATHI TRUST MADRAS v. KRISHNAVENI (Civil Appeal Nos. 5384-5385 of 2014) B JANUARY 17, 2022 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL AND M. M. SUNDRESH, JJ.] Specific Relief Act, 1963: s.19(b) – A previous suit filed by respondent for specific performance of agreement of sal…
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 478 · [2022] 5 S.C.R. 849
[2022] 5 S.C.R. 849 849 KALYANI (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. & ORS. A v. THE SULTHAN BATHERY MUNICIPALITY & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 3189 of 2022) APRIL 26, 2022 B [DINESH MAHESHWARI AND VIKRAM NATH, JJ.] Constitution of India: Art. 300A–No person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law – Right to compensation …
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 477 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 1095
chargeable in terms of Article 20(a) was capped at Rs. 1,00,000/ . In addition to the said amount of Rs.1,00,000/, the appellant was asked to pay an additional duty of Rs.40,000/ under Section 3A. The appellant has thus paid a total amount of Rs.1,40,000/ with the instrument having been charged as a conveyance under G …
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 475 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 978
C HELD: 1. The District Council Court, Aizawl, on second remand, upon considering the factual matrix, particularly Section 109(3) and Section 109(10) of the Mizo Customary Law, observed that though as per the Mizo Customary Law, it is the youngest son, who would be entitled to inherit the property of his father; there …
Supreme Court of India26 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 474 · [2022] 19 S.C.R. 400
would t…
Supreme Court of India25 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 473 · [2022] 5 S.C.R. 760
760 SUPREME COURT[2022]REPORTS5 S.C.R. 760 [2022] 5 S.C.R. A MANIBEN MAGANBHAI BHARIYA v. DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER DAHOD & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 3153 of 2022) B APRIL 25, 2022 [AJAY RASTOGI AND ABHAY S. OKA, JJ.] Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 – ss.1(3), 1(3A) and 2 – Gratuity – Entitlement to – Whether Aganwadi wo…
Supreme Court of India25 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 472 · [2022] 2 S.C.R. 1164
1164 DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY v. BHIM SAIN GOEL AND ORS. 1165 application u/s 18 of the 1894 Act seeking reference and claiming A enhanced compensation – National Highways Act, 1956 – Subsequent events. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 Notification came to be issued under Section 4 Bof the Land Acquisition A…
Supreme Court of India25 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 471 · [2022] 17 S.C.R. 297
B Insurance – Rule of contra proferentem – Standard form insurance policies – Contract d’ adhesion or boilerplate contracts – Reconciliation of ambiguous terms – Held: An ambiguous term in an insurance contract is to be construed harmoniously by reading the contract in its entirety – If after that, no clarity emerges, …
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