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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.
5,781–5,800 · Page 290 of 500
Supreme Court of India5 Feb 2019Full text
2019 INSC 142 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 656
656 SUPREME [2019]COURT2 REPORTSS.C.R. 656 [2019] 2 S.C.R. A AMBI RAM v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND (Criminal Appeal No. 1723 of 2009) FEBRUARY 05, 2019 B [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 – s.5(2) – Appellant accepted illegal gratification – Trial Court convicted the appella…
Supreme Court of India2 May 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1415 · [2019] 7 S.C.R. 473
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.
5,781–5,800 · Page 290 of 500
Supreme Court of India5 Feb 2019Full text
2019 INSC 142 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 656
656 SUPREME [2019]COURT2 REPORTSS.C.R. 656 [2019] 2 S.C.R. A AMBI RAM v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND (Criminal Appeal No. 1723 of 2009) FEBRUARY 05, 2019 B [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND DINESH MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 – s.5(2) – Appellant accepted illegal gratification – Trial Court convicted the appella…
Supreme Court of India2 May 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1415 · [2019] 7 S.C.R. 473
HELD : The High Court observed that there was dispute as to the identity of accused No.2 and acquitted accused No.2 by holding that the identity of accused No.2 became suspicious. The findings Grecorded by the High Court is a plausible view which cannot be patently erroneous warranting interference with the judgment of…
Supreme Court of India9 Jan 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1413 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 310
Ahmedabad Pvt. Primary Teachers Association v. Administrative Officer & Ors. (2004) 1 SCC 755 : [2004] 1 SCR 470 – referred to. F Case Law Reference [2004] 1 SCR 470 referred to Para 2 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 2530 of 2012. G From the Judgment and Order dated 02.04.2008 of the High Court of Jharkh…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1411 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 342
– Held: Scope of review is limited – Review in the criminal proceedings is permissible only on the ground of error apparent on the face of the record – Review petition is not a rehearing of E the appeal over again – Grounds raised by the petitioner in this review petition are identical to those raised by the co-accused…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1410 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 1236
companies to have filed the revised returns of Income for the A.Y. 2016-2017 before the due date of 31.03.2018, since the NCLT had passed the last orders granting approval and sanction of the schemes only on 22.04.2018 and 01.05.2018 – The Single Judge of the High Court had rightly allowed the writ petitions – Accordin…
Supreme Court of India5 Feb 2019Full text
2019 INSC 141 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 1096
relying upon the evidence of the eye witness and the doctor – Conclusion by the High Court that it was a case of causing murder of the deceased, albeit by DB, an offence liable to be punished u/s. 302 simpliciter is upheld – It is not a case to convert the offence of murder to one u/s. 304 (II) – Appellants-BB, AB and …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1409 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 384
H 384 M/S CEE CEE & CEE CEE’S v. K. DEVAMANI & ORS. 385 Allowing the appeals, the Court A HELD: 1. The expression ‘from one place to another’ in Rule 209 of the Puducherry Excise Rules, 1970 is not restrictive, and does not curtail the power of the Licensing Authority to grant permission for shifting the licensed shop …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1408 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 177
cancelled by respondent no. 1 – Consequent to which, the appointment of the appellant as Junior Accounts Clerk was terminated – Both 'S' and appellant filed writ petitions against the order dated 11.11.1992 – In the writ petition filed by 'S', High Court stayed the order dated 11.11.1992 for 3 months – However, the wri…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1406 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 1158
punishable u/s.379 of IPC – Thus, they are two ‘different’ and not the ‘same offence’ – Therefore, contentions of the appellant were rejected – There was no bar on the Court from taking cognizance of offence u/s.379 IPC – And violation of s.4 of the Act, 1957, being a cognizable offence, the police could have investiga…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1405 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 368
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK v. HEAVY ENGINEERING 369 CORPORATION LTD. contract for supply of plant and equipment – On reading of letters A exchanged by and between the 1st respondent and the appellant pertaining to invocation of the guarantees, the condition of the guarantees had been duly complied with – Once the demand w…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1404 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 1174
– Reference to fourteen cases registered against the appellant under various heads of crime between 2007 and 2016 – Also reference to E criminal case of 2018 – Meanwhile appellant had got bail in the criminal case of 2018 and when bail was granted, detention order dated 25 October 2018 served on the appellant while he …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1403 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 214
V. Giri, Sr. Adv., Suvendu Suvasis Dash, Ms. Swati Vaibhav, Nabab Singh, Advs. for the Appellants. H 216 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 15 S.C.R. A Santosh Raut, Vishwa Pal Singh, Rajendra Prasad, Ms. Pallavi, Advs. for the Respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD, J. 1. Delay c…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1402 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 333
BANK, MIDNAPUR BRANCH & ORS. detected by the school staff, the official complaint was not lodged A immediately and only on the next date, the complaint was filed with the Bank authorities. Whether the Bank Manager was verbally informed on the very date of detection or on the next day is an aspect which is difficult to …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1401 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 984
Disposing of the appeals, the Court G HELD : 1. A perusal of Clause 4.1 of the scheme clearly indicates that the moderation committee has been constituted only for the purpose of deciding the cut-off marks in each subject for declaring the result. The advertisement clearly indicates that only those candidates who obtai…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1400 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 408
G Constitution of India: Art. 14 – Equality – Relief on the strength of Art. 14 – Claim of – Held: A person cannot invoke Art. 14 to claim a benefit extended to someone similarly placed if he is not lawfully entitled to such benefit in the first place – Article 14 embodies the concept of positive equality alone, and no…
Supreme Court of India5 Feb 2019Full text
2019 INSC 140 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 1083
Dismissing the appeal, the Court G HELD: 1.1 The finding of guilt recorded by the Trial Court against the appellant and affirmed by the High Court is a possible view and needs no interference. The Trial Court besides relying on the evidence of PW-6, an injured eye-witness and PW-9, an independent eye-witness also adver…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1399 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 1196
take up the remaining issue – Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 363, 366, 377, 376(2)(f) and 302 – Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – s. 6. Advocates/Lawyer: Appointment as Amicus Curiae – Guidelines for, in cases where there is a possibility of life sentence H 1196 ANOKHILAL v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH 1197 o…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1397 · [2019] 16 S.C.R. 252
– On facts, review petition on the ground that there is an apparent error in the judgment by this Court holding that suit was barred D by time – Petitioner’s case that in money suit pertaining to interest on principal amount received by the petitioner, the last supply was completed on 04.10.93 but the last payment was …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1396 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 358
G 1.2 Having regard to totality of the facts and circumstances of the case and evidence on record, taking note of the fact that the appellant was working in the firm owned by the accused no.2, he was salaried employee and and he was relatively lower in the hierarchy. it is a fit case to modify the sentence imposed on t…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1395 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 295
machineries) which was accepted by the Arbitral Tribunal for Rs. 27,78,125/- with interest @ 18% p.a.– Single Judge upheld the award – Division Bench partly allowed the appeal and set aside the award of the Tribunal relating to claim no.2 – Held: Mandate u/s.31(3) is to have reasoning which is intelligible and adequate…
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HELD : The High Court observed that there was dispute as to the identity of accused No.2 and acquitted accused No.2 by holding that the identity of accused No.2 became suspicious. The findings Grecorded by the High Court is a plausible view which cannot be patently erroneous warranting interference with the judgment of…
Supreme Court of India9 Jan 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1413 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 310
Ahmedabad Pvt. Primary Teachers Association v. Administrative Officer & Ors. (2004) 1 SCC 755 : [2004] 1 SCR 470 – referred to. F Case Law Reference [2004] 1 SCR 470 referred to Para 2 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 2530 of 2012. G From the Judgment and Order dated 02.04.2008 of the High Court of Jharkh…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1411 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 342
– Held: Scope of review is limited – Review in the criminal proceedings is permissible only on the ground of error apparent on the face of the record – Review petition is not a rehearing of E the appeal over again – Grounds raised by the petitioner in this review petition are identical to those raised by the co-accused…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1410 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 1236
companies to have filed the revised returns of Income for the A.Y. 2016-2017 before the due date of 31.03.2018, since the NCLT had passed the last orders granting approval and sanction of the schemes only on 22.04.2018 and 01.05.2018 – The Single Judge of the High Court had rightly allowed the writ petitions – Accordin…
Supreme Court of India5 Feb 2019Full text
2019 INSC 141 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 1096
relying upon the evidence of the eye witness and the doctor – Conclusion by the High Court that it was a case of causing murder of the deceased, albeit by DB, an offence liable to be punished u/s. 302 simpliciter is upheld – It is not a case to convert the offence of murder to one u/s. 304 (II) – Appellants-BB, AB and …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1409 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 384
H 384 M/S CEE CEE & CEE CEE’S v. K. DEVAMANI & ORS. 385 Allowing the appeals, the Court A HELD: 1. The expression ‘from one place to another’ in Rule 209 of the Puducherry Excise Rules, 1970 is not restrictive, and does not curtail the power of the Licensing Authority to grant permission for shifting the licensed shop …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1408 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 177
cancelled by respondent no. 1 – Consequent to which, the appointment of the appellant as Junior Accounts Clerk was terminated – Both 'S' and appellant filed writ petitions against the order dated 11.11.1992 – In the writ petition filed by 'S', High Court stayed the order dated 11.11.1992 for 3 months – However, the wri…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1406 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 1158
punishable u/s.379 of IPC – Thus, they are two ‘different’ and not the ‘same offence’ – Therefore, contentions of the appellant were rejected – There was no bar on the Court from taking cognizance of offence u/s.379 IPC – And violation of s.4 of the Act, 1957, being a cognizable offence, the police could have investiga…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1405 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 368
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK v. HEAVY ENGINEERING 369 CORPORATION LTD. contract for supply of plant and equipment – On reading of letters A exchanged by and between the 1st respondent and the appellant pertaining to invocation of the guarantees, the condition of the guarantees had been duly complied with – Once the demand w…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1404 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 1174
– Reference to fourteen cases registered against the appellant under various heads of crime between 2007 and 2016 – Also reference to E criminal case of 2018 – Meanwhile appellant had got bail in the criminal case of 2018 and when bail was granted, detention order dated 25 October 2018 served on the appellant while he …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1403 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 214
V. Giri, Sr. Adv., Suvendu Suvasis Dash, Ms. Swati Vaibhav, Nabab Singh, Advs. for the Appellants. H 216 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 15 S.C.R. A Santosh Raut, Vishwa Pal Singh, Rajendra Prasad, Ms. Pallavi, Advs. for the Respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD, J. 1. Delay c…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1402 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 333
BANK, MIDNAPUR BRANCH & ORS. detected by the school staff, the official complaint was not lodged A immediately and only on the next date, the complaint was filed with the Bank authorities. Whether the Bank Manager was verbally informed on the very date of detection or on the next day is an aspect which is difficult to …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1401 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 984
Disposing of the appeals, the Court G HELD : 1. A perusal of Clause 4.1 of the scheme clearly indicates that the moderation committee has been constituted only for the purpose of deciding the cut-off marks in each subject for declaring the result. The advertisement clearly indicates that only those candidates who obtai…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1400 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 408
G Constitution of India: Art. 14 – Equality – Relief on the strength of Art. 14 – Claim of – Held: A person cannot invoke Art. 14 to claim a benefit extended to someone similarly placed if he is not lawfully entitled to such benefit in the first place – Article 14 embodies the concept of positive equality alone, and no…
Supreme Court of India5 Feb 2019Full text
2019 INSC 140 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 1083
Dismissing the appeal, the Court G HELD: 1.1 The finding of guilt recorded by the Trial Court against the appellant and affirmed by the High Court is a possible view and needs no interference. The Trial Court besides relying on the evidence of PW-6, an injured eye-witness and PW-9, an independent eye-witness also adver…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1399 · [2019] 18 S.C.R. 1196
take up the remaining issue – Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 363, 366, 377, 376(2)(f) and 302 – Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – s. 6. Advocates/Lawyer: Appointment as Amicus Curiae – Guidelines for, in cases where there is a possibility of life sentence H 1196 ANOKHILAL v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH 1197 o…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1397 · [2019] 16 S.C.R. 252
– On facts, review petition on the ground that there is an apparent error in the judgment by this Court holding that suit was barred D by time – Petitioner’s case that in money suit pertaining to interest on principal amount received by the petitioner, the last supply was completed on 04.10.93 but the last payment was …
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1396 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 358
G 1.2 Having regard to totality of the facts and circumstances of the case and evidence on record, taking note of the fact that the appellant was working in the firm owned by the accused no.2, he was salaried employee and and he was relatively lower in the hierarchy. it is a fit case to modify the sentence imposed on t…
Supreme Court of India18 Dec 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1395 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 295
machineries) which was accepted by the Arbitral Tribunal for Rs. 27,78,125/- with interest @ 18% p.a.– Single Judge upheld the award – Division Bench partly allowed the appeal and set aside the award of the Tribunal relating to claim no.2 – Held: Mandate u/s.31(3) is to have reasoning which is intelligible and adequate…
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