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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.
4,721–4,740 · Page 237 of 500
Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 51 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 728
728 SUPREME COURT[2020]REPORTS1 S.C.R. 728 [2020] 1 S.C.R. A M/S. PAWAN HANS LIMITED & ORS. v. AVIATION KARMACHARI SANGHATANA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 353 of 2020) B JANUARY 17, 2020 [UDAY UMESH LALIT AND INDU MALHOTRA, JJ.] Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 – Employees’ Provident Fund S…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 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.
4,721–4,740 · Page 237 of 500
Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 51 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 728
728 SUPREME COURT[2020]REPORTS1 S.C.R. 728 [2020] 1 S.C.R. A M/S. PAWAN HANS LIMITED & ORS. v. AVIATION KARMACHARI SANGHATANA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 353 of 2020) B JANUARY 17, 2020 [UDAY UMESH LALIT AND INDU MALHOTRA, JJ.] Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 – Employees’ Provident Fund S…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 509 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 528
528 NARASAMMA & ORS. v. A. KRISHNAPPA (DEAD) 529 THROUGH LRS. concurrent findings of the courts below – Thus, plea of possessed A title of defendant’s wife was not established on basis of the documents propounded – As far as alternative plea of adverse possession is concerned, the claim of title from 1976 and plea of a…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 508 · [2020] 14 S.C.R. 372
Government in terms of sub-section (2) to s.3 – International Convention/Treaties – General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT), 1947; General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT), 1994 – Articles XI and XIX – Constitution of India – Arts. 73, 77, 253, Part XI- Chapter I – Government of India (Transaction of Business)…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 506 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 734
charged or subjected to the levy of fee or amounts. [Para 29] [754-D-G] 2. The assignment of numbers by the registering authority through an official/agency or department notified by the State Government, cannot be seen as a mere step – albeit at the fag- C end of the registration allotment process. In fact, though it …
Supreme Court of India25 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 505 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 185
cited by the parties are not of direct application to the instant case for, they essentially relate to the right to receive compensation and not about the date of vesting of the land, with which the instant matter is concerned – In the matters of compulsory acquisition, accrual of capital gain depends upon completion o…
Supreme Court of India24 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 503 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 136
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.14(1)(e) – Jurisdiction of consumer forum – Nature and extent of – Discussed. Consumer Protection – Flat buyers’ agreements – Delayed G possession – Award of compensation in addition to agreement – Duty of Courts – Held: Ordinarily, courts would hold parties down to a contractual barga…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 502 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 1148
Words & Expressions – ‘person aggrieved’, in context of a judgment/decree – Meaning of – Discussed – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. G Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – ss.96 and 100 – Scope of – Discussed. Dismissing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1.1 Section 96 and 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure provide for preferring…
Supreme Court of India20 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 501 · [2020] 14 S.C.R. 349
[2020] 14 S.C.R. 349 SARDAR BAHGINDER SINGH S/O GURUCHARAN SINGH v. SARDAR MANJIEETH SINGH JAGAN SINGH AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2964 of 2020) AUGUST 20, 2020 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Nanded Sikh Gurudwara Sachkhand Shri Hazur Apchalnagar Sahib Act, 1956 __ ss.6(1)(viii); 2(a),(c),(e), 5, 6…
Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 50 · [2020] 5 S.C.R. 34
The appellants-farmers took a loan from the first respondent in 2008 for purchasing a tractor. The loan remained outstanding. Thereafter, an Agricultural Debt Waiver and DebtH 34 SATPAL AND ANR. v. BANK OF INDIA AND ORS. 35 Relief schemes were notified. The farmers were categorised into A three categories: (1) marginal…
Supreme Court of India7 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 5 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 341
[2020] 1 S.C.R. 341 341 PURSHOTTAM CHOPRA & ANR. A v. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI) (Criminal Appeal Nos. 194-195 of 2012) JANUARY, 07, 2020 B [A. M. KHANWILKAR AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r/w s. 34 – Murder – By two accused – Setting the deceased on fire – Information given to Police Control Room…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 499 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 983
unnecessary apprehensions and repeated applications are being filed which in fact is hampering the process of inquiry. [Paras 10 and 15][988-F-G; 990-C-E] Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Justice S. R. Tendolkar [1959] SCR 279; State of Karnataka v. Union of India (1977) C 4 SCC 608 : [1978] 2 SCR 1; Sham Kant v. State of Maharas…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 498 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 791
the claimants into investing the aforesaid money of USD 60 million in the shares of Appellants – It was also alleged that the entire investment proceeds of USD 60 million was siphoned off to Companies in which the appellants had a stake – As dispute arose between the parties, the notices of arbitration were issued by t…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 497 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 427
and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 – Contract Act, 1872 – s.17 – Arbitration Act, 1940 – s.20. Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.31 – Proceedings under, in rem or in personam – Discussed – Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996. H 427 428 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2020] 13 S.C.R. A Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 496 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 150
150 MOHD. ANWAR v. THE STATE (N.C.T. OF DELHI) 151 show elevated level of mental intellect – The answers recorded u/s. A 313 Cr. P.C. were also not mechanical or laconic – Further, the appellant is now as per record untraceable – The plea of mental illness is a made-up story – Consequently, appellant’s bail bonds are c…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 495 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 471
471 472 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2020] 11 S.C.R. A Rules, 1975 – Central Excise Rules, 1944 – Central Excise Rules, 2002. Disposing of the appeals, the Court HELD: 1.1 Common Issues arising in these appeals B It may be seen from the facts involved in these batches of cases that there is a common thread that runs along th…
Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 494 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 425
Disaster Management Act, 2005 – s.12 – Guidelines for D Minimum Standards of Relief – COVID-19 – Pandemic – A public interest litigation filed in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, seeking direction to the Union of India to lay down minimum standards of relief u/s. 12 of the Act, 2005 to be provided to persons affected with CO…
Supreme Court of India14 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 493 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 967
– Discussed. Penal Code, 1860: s.304B – Offence under – Object, nature and essential ingredients for attracting the provision – Discussed. G Words and Phrases: ‘Dowry’ – Meaning of. H 967 968 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2020] 6 S.C.R. A Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Section 389 Cr. P.C. provides that pending any a…
Supreme Court of India14 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 492 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 718
purposes – It was appointed only to check the misuse of residential properties for commercial purposes – Later, it was also directed to look into encroachment and unauthorized colonies on the public land – At no point in time, Monitoring Committee was empowered by this Court to act vis-à-vis the purely residential prem…
Supreme Court of India14 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 490 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 368
Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD : 1. When Section 238-A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is read with the consistent decisions of this Court in Innoventive Industries, B.K. Educational Services, FSwiss Ribbons, K. Sashidhar, Jignesh Shah, Vashdeo R. Bhojwani, Gaurav Hargovindbhai Dave and Sagar Sharma re…
Supreme Court of India16 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 49 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 1030
– Held: On reading of the process leading upto the instant proceedings, it cannot be said that EAC has, it its appraisal process, ignored the E concerns which were highlighted by the Supreme Court – The EAC has adequately addressed four areas i.e. (i) Forests; (ii) Ecologically sensitive areas; (iii) Western Ghats and …
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2020 INSC 509 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 528
528 NARASAMMA & ORS. v. A. KRISHNAPPA (DEAD) 529 THROUGH LRS. concurrent findings of the courts below – Thus, plea of possessed A title of defendant’s wife was not established on basis of the documents propounded – As far as alternative plea of adverse possession is concerned, the claim of title from 1976 and plea of a…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 508 · [2020] 14 S.C.R. 372
Government in terms of sub-section (2) to s.3 – International Convention/Treaties – General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT), 1947; General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT), 1994 – Articles XI and XIX – Constitution of India – Arts. 73, 77, 253, Part XI- Chapter I – Government of India (Transaction of Business)…
Supreme Court of India26 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 506 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 734
charged or subjected to the levy of fee or amounts. [Para 29] [754-D-G] 2. The assignment of numbers by the registering authority through an official/agency or department notified by the State Government, cannot be seen as a mere step – albeit at the fag- C end of the registration allotment process. In fact, though it …
Supreme Court of India25 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 505 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 185
cited by the parties are not of direct application to the instant case for, they essentially relate to the right to receive compensation and not about the date of vesting of the land, with which the instant matter is concerned – In the matters of compulsory acquisition, accrual of capital gain depends upon completion o…
Supreme Court of India24 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 503 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 136
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.14(1)(e) – Jurisdiction of consumer forum – Nature and extent of – Discussed. Consumer Protection – Flat buyers’ agreements – Delayed G possession – Award of compensation in addition to agreement – Duty of Courts – Held: Ordinarily, courts would hold parties down to a contractual barga…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 502 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 1148
Words & Expressions – ‘person aggrieved’, in context of a judgment/decree – Meaning of – Discussed – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. G Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – ss.96 and 100 – Scope of – Discussed. Dismissing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1.1 Section 96 and 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure provide for preferring…
Supreme Court of India20 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 501 · [2020] 14 S.C.R. 349
[2020] 14 S.C.R. 349 SARDAR BAHGINDER SINGH S/O GURUCHARAN SINGH v. SARDAR MANJIEETH SINGH JAGAN SINGH AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2964 of 2020) AUGUST 20, 2020 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Nanded Sikh Gurudwara Sachkhand Shri Hazur Apchalnagar Sahib Act, 1956 __ ss.6(1)(viii); 2(a),(c),(e), 5, 6…
Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 50 · [2020] 5 S.C.R. 34
The appellants-farmers took a loan from the first respondent in 2008 for purchasing a tractor. The loan remained outstanding. Thereafter, an Agricultural Debt Waiver and DebtH 34 SATPAL AND ANR. v. BANK OF INDIA AND ORS. 35 Relief schemes were notified. The farmers were categorised into A three categories: (1) marginal…
Supreme Court of India7 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 5 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 341
[2020] 1 S.C.R. 341 341 PURSHOTTAM CHOPRA & ANR. A v. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI) (Criminal Appeal Nos. 194-195 of 2012) JANUARY, 07, 2020 B [A. M. KHANWILKAR AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r/w s. 34 – Murder – By two accused – Setting the deceased on fire – Information given to Police Control Room…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 499 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 983
unnecessary apprehensions and repeated applications are being filed which in fact is hampering the process of inquiry. [Paras 10 and 15][988-F-G; 990-C-E] Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Justice S. R. Tendolkar [1959] SCR 279; State of Karnataka v. Union of India (1977) C 4 SCC 608 : [1978] 2 SCR 1; Sham Kant v. State of Maharas…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 498 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 791
the claimants into investing the aforesaid money of USD 60 million in the shares of Appellants – It was also alleged that the entire investment proceeds of USD 60 million was siphoned off to Companies in which the appellants had a stake – As dispute arose between the parties, the notices of arbitration were issued by t…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 497 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 427
and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 – Contract Act, 1872 – s.17 – Arbitration Act, 1940 – s.20. Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.31 – Proceedings under, in rem or in personam – Discussed – Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996. H 427 428 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2020] 13 S.C.R. A Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 496 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 150
150 MOHD. ANWAR v. THE STATE (N.C.T. OF DELHI) 151 show elevated level of mental intellect – The answers recorded u/s. A 313 Cr. P.C. were also not mechanical or laconic – Further, the appellant is now as per record untraceable – The plea of mental illness is a made-up story – Consequently, appellant’s bail bonds are c…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 495 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 471
471 472 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2020] 11 S.C.R. A Rules, 1975 – Central Excise Rules, 1944 – Central Excise Rules, 2002. Disposing of the appeals, the Court HELD: 1.1 Common Issues arising in these appeals B It may be seen from the facts involved in these batches of cases that there is a common thread that runs along th…
Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 494 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 425
Disaster Management Act, 2005 – s.12 – Guidelines for D Minimum Standards of Relief – COVID-19 – Pandemic – A public interest litigation filed in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, seeking direction to the Union of India to lay down minimum standards of relief u/s. 12 of the Act, 2005 to be provided to persons affected with CO…
Supreme Court of India14 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 493 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 967
– Discussed. Penal Code, 1860: s.304B – Offence under – Object, nature and essential ingredients for attracting the provision – Discussed. G Words and Phrases: ‘Dowry’ – Meaning of. H 967 968 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2020] 6 S.C.R. A Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Section 389 Cr. P.C. provides that pending any a…
Supreme Court of India14 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 492 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 718
purposes – It was appointed only to check the misuse of residential properties for commercial purposes – Later, it was also directed to look into encroachment and unauthorized colonies on the public land – At no point in time, Monitoring Committee was empowered by this Court to act vis-à-vis the purely residential prem…
Supreme Court of India14 Aug 2020Full text
2020 INSC 490 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 368
Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD : 1. When Section 238-A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is read with the consistent decisions of this Court in Innoventive Industries, B.K. Educational Services, FSwiss Ribbons, K. Sashidhar, Jignesh Shah, Vashdeo R. Bhojwani, Gaurav Hargovindbhai Dave and Sagar Sharma re…
Supreme Court of India16 Jan 2020Full text
2020 INSC 49 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 1030
– Held: On reading of the process leading upto the instant proceedings, it cannot be said that EAC has, it its appraisal process, ignored the E concerns which were highlighted by the Supreme Court – The EAC has adequately addressed four areas i.e. (i) Forests; (ii) Ecologically sensitive areas; (iii) Western Ghats and …
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