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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.
8,541–8,560 · Page 428 of 500
Supreme Court of India21 Jan 2015Full text
2015 INSC 60 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 543
544 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 1 S.C.R. A 2.The Revision Court is not justified in reversing the decree of the trial Court on such a technicality which did not in any manner affect the merits of the case, in view of Section 99 CPC that no decree to be reversed or modified for error or irregularity not affecting merit…
Supreme Court of India6 Jan 2015Full text
2015 INSC 6 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 8
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.
8,541–8,560 · Page 428 of 500
Supreme Court of India21 Jan 2015Full text
2015 INSC 60 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 543
544 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 1 S.C.R. A 2.The Revision Court is not justified in reversing the decree of the trial Court on such a technicality which did not in any manner affect the merits of the case, in view of Section 99 CPC that no decree to be reversed or modified for error or irregularity not affecting merit…
Supreme Court of India6 Jan 2015Full text
2015 INSC 6 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 8
805.58 sq.mt. of area in addition to 303.73 sq.mt. already surrendered by her - Writ petition by appellant, set aside by High Court - On appeal, held: Appellant bound to surrender to the Government a total 20% of the permissible floor space F in the light of the corrigendum - Calculating 20% of the floor space, appella…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 599 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 295
- Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 148, 149, 307, 302. F State through CBI v. Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Ors. (2000) 10 SCC 438: 1997 (1) Suppl. SCR 212; Dinesh Dalmia it. CBI (2007) 8 SCC 770: 2007 (9) SCR 1124- relied on. G Case Law Reference 1997 (1) Suppl. SCR 212 relied on. Para 11 2007 (9) SCR 1124 relied on. Para 12 H 295 …
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 598 · [2015] 11 S.C.R. 533
HELD: 1. According to the Punjab Home Guard Class- II Rules, 1988, the appointment to the promotional F post is to be made on seniority-cum-merit basis. As per the ACRs placed on record, the appellant has fulfilled the aforesaid requirement of seniority-cum-merit by securing 14 marks, as per the Instructions by Letter …
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 597 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 505
[2015] 10 S.C.R. 505 PARISONSAGROTECH (P) LTD. &ANR. A v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No.4027 of 2009) B AUGUST21, 2015 [A.K. SIKRI AND R. F. NARIMAN, JJ.] Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) A<;t, 1992 - s. 5 rw s. 3 - Issuance of Notification whereby ban on importation of palm oil through all the ports…
Supreme Court of India25 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 596 · [2015] 11 S.C.R. 512
V. Lakshmikumaran, M.P. Devanath, Vivek Sharma, L. Charanaya,Aditya Bhattacharya, R. Ramachandran, Hemant G Bajaj,Anandh K., Praveen Kumarforthe Respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by H 516 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 11 S.C.R. A A.K. SIKRI, J. 1. The respondent (hereinafter referred to as the 'assesse…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 595 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 752
754 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 9 S.C.R. A remission in the.payment of licence fee if it is precluded from transacting business on the strength of that licence because of factors and reasons extraneous to it and/or if it is granted the licence on the direction of a Court for only a portion of the financial year. [Para…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 594 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 583
- Respondent's application, claiming to be entitled to further amount of Rs. 51. 83 crores- Special Court allowed additional sum of Rs. 30, 13, 55, 1751- to respondent- On appeal, held: F Power u/s. 144 has to be exercised to ensure equity, fairness and justice to both the parties- For ascertaining the value of the pro…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 593 · [2015] 12 S.C.R. 837
Bihar Distillery vs. Union of India AIR (1997) SC 1208: 1997 (1) SCR 680; Synthetics & Chemicals Ltd. v. state of U.P. (1990) 1 sec 109: ~ 989 (1) H 837 838 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 12 S.C.R. A Suppl. SCR 623 ; Vam Organics Chemicals Ltd. v. State of UP (1997) 2 sec 715: 1997 (1) SCR 403; Prat1ma Chowdhury v. Kafpa…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 592 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 798
English law on grant of specific performance to the extent of ownership/interest in joint property- Discussed. Specific performance of contract in piecemeal -F Permissibility - Held: The Court will not as a generai rule compel specific performance of a contract unless it can execute the whole contract - This principle …
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 591 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 816
s. 364A - When attracted- Held: Kidnapping/abduction H demanding ransom from private persons also- attracts s. 816 VIKRAM SINGH@VICKYv. UNION OF INDIA 817 364A - Language employed in s. 364A is wide enough to A cover even cases where the demand for ransom is made not as a part of any terrorist act but also for monetary…
Supreme Court of India20 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 590 · [2015] 14 S.C.R. 276
276 MADRAS INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 277 v. DR. K. SIVASUBRAMANIYAN Academic Authorities about the suitability of a candidate to A be appointed as Associate Professor in a research institute cannot normally be examined by the High Court under its writ jurisdiction - Having regard to tlie fact that the candidates…
Supreme Court of India21 Jan 2015Full text
2015 INSC 59 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 477
Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 The reservation of the land in favour of the B Railway was deemed to be released under the said provision of the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act. Thus, the land reserved for the purpose under Section 127 of the MRTP Act, is lapsed and the appellant is entitled for develop…
Supreme Court of India20 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 589 · [2015] 8 S.C.R. 1046
[2015] 8 S.C.R. 1046 A COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL EXCISE & CUSTOMS, KERALA v. MIS LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD. B (Civil Appeal No. 6770 of 2004 etc.) AUGUST20, 2015 [A. K. SIKRI AND R. F. NARIMAN, JJ.] c Service tax (as introduced by Finance Act, 1994) -Whether leviable on indivisible works contract, prior to introduction of Financ…
Supreme Court of India20 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 588 · [2015] 8 S.C.R. 530
ROYAL MEDICAL TRUST (REGO) v. UNION OF INDIA 531 establishment of new college) but also in case of subsequent· A renewal - The timely assessment is integral to the scheme - MCI and Central Government are obliged to conduct renewal inspection every year so as to ensure that establishment and expansion of hospital facili…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 586 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 789
790 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 9 S.C.R. A account of subsequent deposit of required percentage of principal dues under the Amnesty Scheme of 2008 - The amnesty earned in 2008 must be confined to the arrears of interest outstanding at the relevant time in 2008 and by that date the earlier deposits of Rs. 50 Lacs had a…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 584 · [2015] 12 S.C.R. 771
· Ram Jethmalani, Gopal Jain, Salman Khurshid, Sr.Advs., G Vikas Agarwal, Madhukar, Vinay Arora, Sudarshan Singh Rawat, San jay Jain, Ms. Lata Krishnamurthy, Anirudh Anand, Somnath Gaur, Ajay Awasthi, Chirag Madan, Ms. P. R. Mala, Mohit D. Ram, Ms. Monisha Handa, Sanjay Narayan, Ms. H 771 772 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [201…
Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 583 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 113
HELD: 1. A Court, while imposing sentence, has a duty to respond to the collective cry of the society. The legislature in its wisdom has conferred discretion on the H 113- 114 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 9 S.C.R. A Court but the duty of the court in such a situation becomes more difficult and complex. It has to exerci…
Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 582 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 171
Dev Dutt v. Union of India and Ors. (2008) 8 SCC 725: 2008 (8) SCR 174; Abhijit Ghosh Dastidarv. Union of India and Ors. (2009) 16 SCC 146; Sukhdev Singh v. G Union oflndia (2013) 9 SCC 566: 2013 (5) SCR 1004 - held inapplicable. Casa Law Reference 2008 (8) SCR 174 held inapplicable. Para 8 H 171 172 SUPREME COURT REPO…
Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 581 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 205
F Evidence: Injured witness - Testimony of, evidentiary value- Held: Evidence of injured witnesses is entitled to great weight and very cogent and convincing grounds are required to discard such evidence. G Dismissing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1. In the incident, PW-3 and PW-5, sister of the deceased sustained injur…
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805.58 sq.mt. of area in addition to 303.73 sq.mt. already surrendered by her - Writ petition by appellant, set aside by High Court - On appeal, held: Appellant bound to surrender to the Government a total 20% of the permissible floor space F in the light of the corrigendum - Calculating 20% of the floor space, appella…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 599 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 295
- Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 148, 149, 307, 302. F State through CBI v. Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Ors. (2000) 10 SCC 438: 1997 (1) Suppl. SCR 212; Dinesh Dalmia it. CBI (2007) 8 SCC 770: 2007 (9) SCR 1124- relied on. G Case Law Reference 1997 (1) Suppl. SCR 212 relied on. Para 11 2007 (9) SCR 1124 relied on. Para 12 H 295 …
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 598 · [2015] 11 S.C.R. 533
HELD: 1. According to the Punjab Home Guard Class- II Rules, 1988, the appointment to the promotional F post is to be made on seniority-cum-merit basis. As per the ACRs placed on record, the appellant has fulfilled the aforesaid requirement of seniority-cum-merit by securing 14 marks, as per the Instructions by Letter …
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 597 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 505
[2015] 10 S.C.R. 505 PARISONSAGROTECH (P) LTD. &ANR. A v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No.4027 of 2009) B AUGUST21, 2015 [A.K. SIKRI AND R. F. NARIMAN, JJ.] Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) A<;t, 1992 - s. 5 rw s. 3 - Issuance of Notification whereby ban on importation of palm oil through all the ports…
Supreme Court of India25 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 596 · [2015] 11 S.C.R. 512
V. Lakshmikumaran, M.P. Devanath, Vivek Sharma, L. Charanaya,Aditya Bhattacharya, R. Ramachandran, Hemant G Bajaj,Anandh K., Praveen Kumarforthe Respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by H 516 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 11 S.C.R. A A.K. SIKRI, J. 1. The respondent (hereinafter referred to as the 'assesse…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 595 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 752
754 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 9 S.C.R. A remission in the.payment of licence fee if it is precluded from transacting business on the strength of that licence because of factors and reasons extraneous to it and/or if it is granted the licence on the direction of a Court for only a portion of the financial year. [Para…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 594 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 583
- Respondent's application, claiming to be entitled to further amount of Rs. 51. 83 crores- Special Court allowed additional sum of Rs. 30, 13, 55, 1751- to respondent- On appeal, held: F Power u/s. 144 has to be exercised to ensure equity, fairness and justice to both the parties- For ascertaining the value of the pro…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 593 · [2015] 12 S.C.R. 837
Bihar Distillery vs. Union of India AIR (1997) SC 1208: 1997 (1) SCR 680; Synthetics & Chemicals Ltd. v. state of U.P. (1990) 1 sec 109: ~ 989 (1) H 837 838 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 12 S.C.R. A Suppl. SCR 623 ; Vam Organics Chemicals Ltd. v. State of UP (1997) 2 sec 715: 1997 (1) SCR 403; Prat1ma Chowdhury v. Kafpa…
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 592 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 798
English law on grant of specific performance to the extent of ownership/interest in joint property- Discussed. Specific performance of contract in piecemeal -F Permissibility - Held: The Court will not as a generai rule compel specific performance of a contract unless it can execute the whole contract - This principle …
Supreme Court of India21 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 591 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 816
s. 364A - When attracted- Held: Kidnapping/abduction H demanding ransom from private persons also- attracts s. 816 VIKRAM SINGH@VICKYv. UNION OF INDIA 817 364A - Language employed in s. 364A is wide enough to A cover even cases where the demand for ransom is made not as a part of any terrorist act but also for monetary…
Supreme Court of India20 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 590 · [2015] 14 S.C.R. 276
276 MADRAS INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 277 v. DR. K. SIVASUBRAMANIYAN Academic Authorities about the suitability of a candidate to A be appointed as Associate Professor in a research institute cannot normally be examined by the High Court under its writ jurisdiction - Having regard to tlie fact that the candidates…
Supreme Court of India21 Jan 2015Full text
2015 INSC 59 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 477
Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 The reservation of the land in favour of the B Railway was deemed to be released under the said provision of the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act. Thus, the land reserved for the purpose under Section 127 of the MRTP Act, is lapsed and the appellant is entitled for develop…
Supreme Court of India20 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 589 · [2015] 8 S.C.R. 1046
[2015] 8 S.C.R. 1046 A COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL EXCISE & CUSTOMS, KERALA v. MIS LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD. B (Civil Appeal No. 6770 of 2004 etc.) AUGUST20, 2015 [A. K. SIKRI AND R. F. NARIMAN, JJ.] c Service tax (as introduced by Finance Act, 1994) -Whether leviable on indivisible works contract, prior to introduction of Financ…
Supreme Court of India20 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 588 · [2015] 8 S.C.R. 530
ROYAL MEDICAL TRUST (REGO) v. UNION OF INDIA 531 establishment of new college) but also in case of subsequent· A renewal - The timely assessment is integral to the scheme - MCI and Central Government are obliged to conduct renewal inspection every year so as to ensure that establishment and expansion of hospital facili…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 586 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 789
790 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 9 S.C.R. A account of subsequent deposit of required percentage of principal dues under the Amnesty Scheme of 2008 - The amnesty earned in 2008 must be confined to the arrears of interest outstanding at the relevant time in 2008 and by that date the earlier deposits of Rs. 50 Lacs had a…
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 584 · [2015] 12 S.C.R. 771
· Ram Jethmalani, Gopal Jain, Salman Khurshid, Sr.Advs., G Vikas Agarwal, Madhukar, Vinay Arora, Sudarshan Singh Rawat, San jay Jain, Ms. Lata Krishnamurthy, Anirudh Anand, Somnath Gaur, Ajay Awasthi, Chirag Madan, Ms. P. R. Mala, Mohit D. Ram, Ms. Monisha Handa, Sanjay Narayan, Ms. H 771 772 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [201…
Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 583 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 113
HELD: 1. A Court, while imposing sentence, has a duty to respond to the collective cry of the society. The legislature in its wisdom has conferred discretion on the H 113- 114 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 9 S.C.R. A Court but the duty of the court in such a situation becomes more difficult and complex. It has to exerci…
Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 582 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 171
Dev Dutt v. Union of India and Ors. (2008) 8 SCC 725: 2008 (8) SCR 174; Abhijit Ghosh Dastidarv. Union of India and Ors. (2009) 16 SCC 146; Sukhdev Singh v. G Union oflndia (2013) 9 SCC 566: 2013 (5) SCR 1004 - held inapplicable. Casa Law Reference 2008 (8) SCR 174 held inapplicable. Para 8 H 171 172 SUPREME COURT REPO…
Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2015Full text
2015 INSC 581 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 205
F Evidence: Injured witness - Testimony of, evidentiary value- Held: Evidence of injured witnesses is entitled to great weight and very cogent and convincing grounds are required to discard such evidence. G Dismissing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1. In the incident, PW-3 and PW-5, sister of the deceased sustained injur…
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