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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.
4,681–4,700 · Page 235 of 500
Supreme Court of India21 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 557 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 299
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 299 299 RAKESH KUMAR AGARWALLA & ANR. A v. NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU & ORS. (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1030 of 2020) B SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY AND M. R. SHAH, JJ.] National Law School of India Act, 1986 – Admission of C students, mode of enrolment – …
Supreme Court of India18 Sep 2020Full text
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.
4,681–4,700 · Page 235 of 500
Supreme Court of India21 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 557 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 299
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 299 299 RAKESH KUMAR AGARWALLA & ANR. A v. NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU & ORS. (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1030 of 2020) B SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY AND M. R. SHAH, JJ.] National Law School of India Act, 1986 – Admission of C students, mode of enrolment – …
Supreme Court of India18 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 556 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 1
1 2 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2020] 11 S.C.R. A accepted major part of consideration, cannot contend that the agreement could not have been enforced in respect of 200 sq. yards in favour of the vendee – The suit for specific performance against ‘P’ having been barred by limitation and the suit for declaration having been …
Supreme Court of India18 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 555 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 472
even in view of the order of the Supreme Court whereby the period of limitation was extended in view of Covid-19 pandemic. Maxims: ‘Vigilantibus Non Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt’ – E Applicability of. Limitation Act, 1963: s. 4 – Expression ‘prescribed period’ under – Connotation of – Held: The expression denotes perio…
Supreme Court of India17 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 554 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1027
with the demand of penalty – As regards the notice by Municipal Corporation, the observation of the High Court amply protects the right of the purchaser – The orders of Municipal Corporation passed during pendency of the appeal being subsequent actions cannot be entertained in the present appeal. G Disposing of the app…
Supreme Court of India17 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 553 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 968
968 SUPREME COURT[2020]REPORTS7 S.C.R. 968 [2020] 7 S.C.R. A PAPPU DEO YADAV v. NARESH KUMAR AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2567 of 2020) B SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 [L. NAGESWARA RAO, KRISHNA MURARI AND S. RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.] Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 C Motor accident – Of 20 year old man who was working as a data entry operator/…
Supreme Court of India17 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 551 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 268
the ten times penalty was validly imposed by the Collector of Stamps under s.40 – Held: The statutory scheme of s.40(1)(b) vest discretion to the Collector to impose the penalty amount not exceeding ten times – When statute transfers discretion to an authority, the discretion is to be exercised in furtherance of object…
Supreme Court of India16 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 550 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1036
transaction was governed by agreement dated 31.03.2018 which was an ‘Umbrella Agreement’ and as per Clause 23 thereof, Arbitral Tribunal had already been constituted by International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Held: In view of the nature of dispute that has been raised by the applicant with regard to the price and ter…
Supreme Court of India20 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 55 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 69
rejected – High Court also, in Revision, dismissed the Petitioner’s claim of juvenility – On appeal, held: In the present case, this is not the first time that the petitioner has raised the plea of juvenility – When the matter was pending before the lower courts, earlier the petitioner had raised the plea of juvenility…
Supreme Court of India16 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 549 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1015
Allowing the petition, the Court F HELD: 1. A fair investigation is as much a part of a constitutional right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution as a fair trial, without which the trial will naturally not be fair. Normally when an investigation has been concluded and police report submitted under Section 17…
Supreme Court of India16 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 548 · [2020] 12 S.C.R. 1
[2020] 12 S.C.R. 1 1 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA A v. 1. VEDANTA LIMITED (FORMERLY CAIRN INDIA LTD.) 2. RAVVA OIL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3. VIDEOCON INDUSTRIES LIMITED B (Civil Appeal No. 3185 of 2020) SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 [S. ABDUL NAZEER, INDU MALHOTRA AND ANIRUDDHA BOSE, JJ.] Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.47 and …
Supreme Court of India16 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 547 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1140
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by NAVIN SINHA, J. 1. Leave granted. G 2. The appellant assails his conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (in short, “IPC”) and the consequent sentence of life imprisonment, upheld by the High Court. 3. Ms. Nanita Sharma, learned counsel for the appellant, submits…
Supreme Court of India15 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 546 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 244
Mulla – Hindu Law 22nd Edition – referred to. 3. Section 20(3) of the Act, 1956 is nothing but recognition of principles of Hindu Law regarding maintenance of children and aged parents. Section 20(3) now makes it statutory obligation of C a Hindu to maintain his or her daughter, who is unmarried and is unable to mainta…
Supreme Court of India15 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 545 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 558
kick in – Judgment of High Court does not suffer from any infirmity – However, on facts the sentence is reduced from 15 years to 10 years – Evidence – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.313 . Criminal Trial – Appeal against acquittal – Power of appellate G courts – Discussed. Words & Expressions –”possession” – Meani…
Supreme Court of India11 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 544 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 517
– Source of funds from which the expenditure is made is not relevant E – It is also not relevant as to whether the expenditure is incurred out of the corpus funds or from the interest income earned by the appellant – Findings arrived at by the AO, ITAT and the High Court not agreed with –View taken by the CIT(A)concurr…
Supreme Court of India10 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 543 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 546
C Ms. Prachi Mishra, AAG, Raj Kishor Choudhary, Shakeel Ahmed, Anupam Bhati, Nakul Chaudhary, Ms. Malvika Raghawan, Sumeer Sodhi, Ms. Simran Agrawal, Advs. for the appearing parties. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by M. R. SHAH, J. D 1. Leave granted. 2. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned Jud…
Supreme Court of India10 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 542 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 1078
proceeding, irrespective of the outcome of criminal proceeding – Disciplinary Authority has wide discretion in imposing punishment for a proved delinquency subject to principles of proportionality and fair play – Punishment of dismissal from service is far from disproportionate to the charges of corruption, fabrication…
Supreme Court of India9 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 541 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 869
SHREYAS SINHA v. THE WEST BENGAL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 871 OF JURIDICAL SCIENCES & ORS. Vikas Singh, Sr Adv., Anand Varma, Abhishek Prasad, Dhairya A Madan, Kunal Chatterji, Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Pravar Veer Misra, Vinayak Mehrotra, Amit Agrawal, Kushagra Agrawal, Ms. Radhika Yadav, Advs. for the appearing parties. The…
Supreme Court of India9 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 540 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 283
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 283 283 STALIN A v. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE (Criminal Appeal No. 577 of 2020) B SEPTEMBER 09, 2020 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY AND M. R. SHAH, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302, s. 304 and Exception IV to s.300 – Appellant-accused was convicted and sentenced u/s. 302 IPC – C Appel…
Supreme Court of India9 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 539 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 238
238 SUPREME COURT[2020]REPORTS10 S.C.R. 238 [2020] 10 S.C.R. A RAJASTHAN STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND OTHERS v. GOVERDHAN LAL SONI AND ANR. B (Civil Appeal No. 1789 of 2020) SEPTEMBER 09, 2020 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Pension – Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation Employees Pension Regulation…
Supreme Court of India8 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 536 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 488
– Bangalore Club is an association of persons and not the creation, by a person who is otherwise assessable, of one among a large number of associations of persons without defining the shares of the members so as to escape tax liability – In order to be an association of persons attracting s.21AA it is necessary that p…
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2020 INSC 556 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 1
1 2 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2020] 11 S.C.R. A accepted major part of consideration, cannot contend that the agreement could not have been enforced in respect of 200 sq. yards in favour of the vendee – The suit for specific performance against ‘P’ having been barred by limitation and the suit for declaration having been …
Supreme Court of India18 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 555 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 472
even in view of the order of the Supreme Court whereby the period of limitation was extended in view of Covid-19 pandemic. Maxims: ‘Vigilantibus Non Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt’ – E Applicability of. Limitation Act, 1963: s. 4 – Expression ‘prescribed period’ under – Connotation of – Held: The expression denotes perio…
Supreme Court of India17 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 554 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1027
with the demand of penalty – As regards the notice by Municipal Corporation, the observation of the High Court amply protects the right of the purchaser – The orders of Municipal Corporation passed during pendency of the appeal being subsequent actions cannot be entertained in the present appeal. G Disposing of the app…
Supreme Court of India17 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 553 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 968
968 SUPREME COURT[2020]REPORTS7 S.C.R. 968 [2020] 7 S.C.R. A PAPPU DEO YADAV v. NARESH KUMAR AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2567 of 2020) B SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 [L. NAGESWARA RAO, KRISHNA MURARI AND S. RAVINDRA BHAT, JJ.] Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 C Motor accident – Of 20 year old man who was working as a data entry operator/…
Supreme Court of India17 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 551 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 268
the ten times penalty was validly imposed by the Collector of Stamps under s.40 – Held: The statutory scheme of s.40(1)(b) vest discretion to the Collector to impose the penalty amount not exceeding ten times – When statute transfers discretion to an authority, the discretion is to be exercised in furtherance of object…
Supreme Court of India16 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 550 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1036
transaction was governed by agreement dated 31.03.2018 which was an ‘Umbrella Agreement’ and as per Clause 23 thereof, Arbitral Tribunal had already been constituted by International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Held: In view of the nature of dispute that has been raised by the applicant with regard to the price and ter…
Supreme Court of India20 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 55 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 69
rejected – High Court also, in Revision, dismissed the Petitioner’s claim of juvenility – On appeal, held: In the present case, this is not the first time that the petitioner has raised the plea of juvenility – When the matter was pending before the lower courts, earlier the petitioner had raised the plea of juvenility…
Supreme Court of India16 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 549 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1015
Allowing the petition, the Court F HELD: 1. A fair investigation is as much a part of a constitutional right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution as a fair trial, without which the trial will naturally not be fair. Normally when an investigation has been concluded and police report submitted under Section 17…
Supreme Court of India16 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 548 · [2020] 12 S.C.R. 1
[2020] 12 S.C.R. 1 1 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA A v. 1. VEDANTA LIMITED (FORMERLY CAIRN INDIA LTD.) 2. RAVVA OIL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3. VIDEOCON INDUSTRIES LIMITED B (Civil Appeal No. 3185 of 2020) SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 [S. ABDUL NAZEER, INDU MALHOTRA AND ANIRUDDHA BOSE, JJ.] Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.47 and …
Supreme Court of India16 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 547 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1140
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by NAVIN SINHA, J. 1. Leave granted. G 2. The appellant assails his conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (in short, “IPC”) and the consequent sentence of life imprisonment, upheld by the High Court. 3. Ms. Nanita Sharma, learned counsel for the appellant, submits…
Supreme Court of India15 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 546 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 244
Mulla – Hindu Law 22nd Edition – referred to. 3. Section 20(3) of the Act, 1956 is nothing but recognition of principles of Hindu Law regarding maintenance of children and aged parents. Section 20(3) now makes it statutory obligation of C a Hindu to maintain his or her daughter, who is unmarried and is unable to mainta…
Supreme Court of India15 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 545 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 558
kick in – Judgment of High Court does not suffer from any infirmity – However, on facts the sentence is reduced from 15 years to 10 years – Evidence – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.313 . Criminal Trial – Appeal against acquittal – Power of appellate G courts – Discussed. Words & Expressions –”possession” – Meani…
Supreme Court of India11 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 544 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 517
– Source of funds from which the expenditure is made is not relevant E – It is also not relevant as to whether the expenditure is incurred out of the corpus funds or from the interest income earned by the appellant – Findings arrived at by the AO, ITAT and the High Court not agreed with –View taken by the CIT(A)concurr…
Supreme Court of India10 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 543 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 546
C Ms. Prachi Mishra, AAG, Raj Kishor Choudhary, Shakeel Ahmed, Anupam Bhati, Nakul Chaudhary, Ms. Malvika Raghawan, Sumeer Sodhi, Ms. Simran Agrawal, Advs. for the appearing parties. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by M. R. SHAH, J. D 1. Leave granted. 2. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned Jud…
Supreme Court of India10 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 542 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 1078
proceeding, irrespective of the outcome of criminal proceeding – Disciplinary Authority has wide discretion in imposing punishment for a proved delinquency subject to principles of proportionality and fair play – Punishment of dismissal from service is far from disproportionate to the charges of corruption, fabrication…
Supreme Court of India9 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 541 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 869
SHREYAS SINHA v. THE WEST BENGAL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 871 OF JURIDICAL SCIENCES & ORS. Vikas Singh, Sr Adv., Anand Varma, Abhishek Prasad, Dhairya A Madan, Kunal Chatterji, Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Pravar Veer Misra, Vinayak Mehrotra, Amit Agrawal, Kushagra Agrawal, Ms. Radhika Yadav, Advs. for the appearing parties. The…
Supreme Court of India9 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 540 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 283
[2020] 7 S.C.R. 283 283 STALIN A v. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE (Criminal Appeal No. 577 of 2020) B SEPTEMBER 09, 2020 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY AND M. R. SHAH, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302, s. 304 and Exception IV to s.300 – Appellant-accused was convicted and sentenced u/s. 302 IPC – C Appel…
Supreme Court of India9 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 539 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 238
238 SUPREME COURT[2020]REPORTS10 S.C.R. 238 [2020] 10 S.C.R. A RAJASTHAN STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND OTHERS v. GOVERDHAN LAL SONI AND ANR. B (Civil Appeal No. 1789 of 2020) SEPTEMBER 09, 2020 [ASHOK BHUSHAN AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Pension – Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation Employees Pension Regulation…
Supreme Court of India8 Sep 2020Full text
2020 INSC 536 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 488
– Bangalore Club is an association of persons and not the creation, by a person who is otherwise assessable, of one among a large number of associations of persons without defining the shares of the members so as to escape tax liability – In order to be an association of persons attracting s.21AA it is necessary that p…
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