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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.
2,821–2,840 · Page 142 of 382
Supreme Court of India29 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 931 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 803
Reservation - In Judicial Service - Role/power of Executive vis-a-vis Judiciary - Constitutional imperatives and limitations -FDiscussed - Held: Under the scheme of the Constitution, Executive is not the only authority to formulate a policy for reservation - It is under a constitutional obligation to consult the High C…
Supreme Court of India28 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 927 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 692
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.
2,821–2,840 · Page 142 of 382
Supreme Court of India29 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 931 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 803
Reservation - In Judicial Service - Role/power of Executive vis-a-vis Judiciary - Constitutional imperatives and limitations -FDiscussed - Held: Under the scheme of the Constitution, Executive is not the only authority to formulate a policy for reservation - It is under a constitutional obligation to consult the High C…
Supreme Court of India28 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 927 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 692
F Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. The High Court went wrong both in its analysis of facts and approach on law. A cursory reading of the Loi issued by the appellant to the first respondent would clearly show that it G is not a case of forfeiture of security deposit " ... if the contract had frustrated on account…
Supreme Court of India28 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 926 · [2016] 6 S.C.R. 851
[2016] 6 S.C.R. 851 STATE OF H.P. & ORS. A v. RAJESH CHANDER SOOD ETC. ETC. (Civil Appeal Nos. 9750-9819of2016) 8 SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 [JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR AND C. NAGAPPAN, JJ.) Service law: Himachal Pradesh Government Corpora/e Sec/or E111ployees Pension (Fa111ily Pension, Co111mu1a1io11 of Pension and Gratuity) c Sche…
Supreme Court of India28 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 925 · [2016] 7 S.C.R. 912
Aniket Jain, Saurav Aggarwal, Kamlendra Mishra, Advs., for the Appellant. Gaurav Jain, Ms. Abha Jain, Advs., for the Respondents. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by ANIL R. DAVE, J. I. Leave granted. D 2. Being aggrieved by the Judgment dated 21.9.2011 delivered by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in S…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 922 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 374
[2016] S S.C.R. 374 A SUNIL KUMAR KORI & ANR. v. GOPAL DAS KABRA & ORS. ETC. (Civil Appeal Nos.9728-9729 of2016) B SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 [ANIL R. DAVE AND L. NAGESWARA RAO, JJ.J Cantonment Act, 2006 - ss.27, 28, 2(zt), (zc), 234, 247, 248 -Cantonment Electoral Rules, 2007 - r.10(3) - Right to vote of c persons living in i…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 920 · [2016] 7 S.C.R. 127
G Partly allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Clause 5 of the Contract cannot be read in isolation. The other terms and conditions of the contract must be read as a whole. Clause 5 of the agreement dated 261h May 2003 posits authority in the appellants to reduce or increase the tendered quantity by +/- 30%, whilst t…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 919 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 393
[2016] 5 S.C.R. 393 GULSHERA KHANAM A v. AFTAB AHMAD (Civil Appeal No.9727of2016) SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 B [J. CHELAMESWAR AND ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, JJ.) U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 - s.3(g) - Definition of word 'fa111ily"- Married daughter - Eviction for the bona fide need of 1…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 918 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 84
H 84 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. v. DEV JEE MISHRA 85 Allowing the appeal, the Court A HELD: 1. As regards the first reason, the impugned order of High Court does make reference to the fact that the respondent had faced action for similar misconduct in the past. The analysis of given evidence is not only in respect of accept…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 917 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 972
972 R. VENKATA RAMUDU & ANOTHER ETC. v. STATE OF A.P & 973 OTHERS Rules 17(a)(ii) or 17(b) or 16(e) or 31 of the General Rules - By a A statutory declaration the period of probation stands extended until the Assistant Executive Engineer passes the prescribed test - There is no other material on record to indicate that …
Supreme Court of India26 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 915 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 406
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by KURIAN, J. 1. Delay condoned. H 2. Leave granted. 406 CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMNR., NEW DELHI v. 407 LALA J. R. EDUCATION SOCIETY [KURIAN, J.] 3. Appellants are aggrieved since the application filed under Order A VII, Rule 11, CPC has been rejected. 4. According to the appel…
Supreme Court of India26 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 911 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 360
M. C. Dhingra, Ms. Gauri Neo Rampa!, Advs. for the Appellant. Tushar Mehta, ASG, Rakesh Kr. Khanna, Sr. Adv., P. K. Mullick, Ritesh Kumar, Rajat Nair, Manoj Singh, Rajat M., B. K. Prasad, Mukesh D Kumar Maroria, Rajeev Singh, Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Advs. for the Respondents. The Judgment of the Co…
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 909 · [2016] 6 S.C.R. 488
[2016) 6 S.C.R. 488 A RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. v. SHASHI SHARMA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 9654of2016) B SEPTEMBER23,2016 [RANJAN GOGOi, PRAFULLA C. PANT AND A.M. KHANWILKAR, JJ.] Compensation - Fatal accident - In motor accident - Of employee covered under Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the c Dependants …
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 908 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 673
[2016] 9 S.C.R. 673 CENTRE FOR PUBLIC LITIGATION A v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (Writ Petition (C) No. 355 of201 l) SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 B [T. S. THAKUR, CJI AND DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.] Public Interest Litigation - Writ petition u/Art. 32 inter alia . seeking independent investigation into alleged administrative and financ…
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 907 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 335
Disposing of the appeal, the Court E HELD: 1. In order to constitute the offence under Section 354 of the IPC, mere knowledge that the modesty of a woman is likely to be outraged is sufficient without any deliberate intention of having such outrage alone for its object. There is no abstract conception of modesty that c…
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 906 · [2016] 7 S.C.R. 746
WITH C.A. Nos. 8108 and 8269 of2010 H C. A. No. 1105 of2013. 746 . BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED v. VODAFONE ESSAR 747 GUJARAT LIMITED Ranjit Kumar, SG., Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG., Shyam Divan,Ramji A Srinivasan, Sr. Advs., Abhishek Kumar, K. Vijay Kumar, Gagan Gupta, Ms. Maneesha Dhir, Navin Chawla, Aditya V. Singh, Ms. Ru…
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 905 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 36
[2016] 8 S.C.R. 36 A DHAL SINGH DEWANGAN v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH (Criminal Appeal Nos. 162-163of2014) B SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 [RANJAN GOGOi, PRAFULLA C. PANT AND UDAY UMESH LALIT, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: s . .J02 - Conviction and death sentence by courts below for causing death of wife and 5 daughters -c Prosecution case …
Supreme Court of India5 Jan 2016Full text
2016 INSC 9 · [2016] 1 S.C.R. 74
[2016] I S.C.R. 74 A SRI AUROBJNDO ASHRAM TRUST AND ORS. v. R. RAMANATHAN AND ORS. (Civi!Appea!No. l2of2016) JANUARY 5, 2016 B [MADAN B. LOKUR AND S. A. BOBDE, JJ.] Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - s.92 - Suit under - By the persons concerned with the appellant-trust (Aurobindo Ashram Trust) - Praying for removal of the…
Supreme Court of India22 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 899 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 108
Limitation Act, 1963: s.l./ - Exclusio11 of time o.f prosecuting the case bonatide in G Court 1101 having j11risdictio11 - E111itleme111 - Held: The lll'o main ingredients j(1r al/racting s.1-1 are (i) prosecution of another civil proceedings with due diligence (ii) such prosecutio11 has to be in good faith - In the .f…
Supreme Court of India22 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 897 · [2016] 6 S.C.R. 986
c Ms. Pinki Anand, ASG, Kailash Vasudev, Neeraj Kumar Jain, R. S. Sethi, Sr. Advs., R. K. Rathore, Ms. Vibhu Shankar Mishra, Shailender Saini, Ms. Gunwant Dara, Harish Khinchi, Shadman Ali, D. S. Mahra, Atulesh Kumar, Meenesh Kumar Dubey, (for Mrs. Sushma Suri), Minish Dubey, M. K. Maroria, ShadmanAli, Vikas K. Singh, …
Supreme Court of India22 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 896 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 68
68 ELECTRICITY DEPT., REP. BY ITS S.E., PORT BLAIR v. MIS 69 SURYACHAKRA POWER CORPN. LTD. CEA to arrive at this figure specifically included the aforesaid. A No such figures were shown. [Paras 7, 8) [72-C; 73-B-C] 1.3 Therefore, the appeal is allowed only to this limited extent. Judgment of the Appellate Tribunal inso…
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F Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. The High Court went wrong both in its analysis of facts and approach on law. A cursory reading of the Loi issued by the appellant to the first respondent would clearly show that it G is not a case of forfeiture of security deposit " ... if the contract had frustrated on account…
Supreme Court of India28 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 926 · [2016] 6 S.C.R. 851
[2016] 6 S.C.R. 851 STATE OF H.P. & ORS. A v. RAJESH CHANDER SOOD ETC. ETC. (Civil Appeal Nos. 9750-9819of2016) 8 SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 [JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR AND C. NAGAPPAN, JJ.) Service law: Himachal Pradesh Government Corpora/e Sec/or E111ployees Pension (Fa111ily Pension, Co111mu1a1io11 of Pension and Gratuity) c Sche…
Supreme Court of India28 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 925 · [2016] 7 S.C.R. 912
Aniket Jain, Saurav Aggarwal, Kamlendra Mishra, Advs., for the Appellant. Gaurav Jain, Ms. Abha Jain, Advs., for the Respondents. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by ANIL R. DAVE, J. I. Leave granted. D 2. Being aggrieved by the Judgment dated 21.9.2011 delivered by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in S…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 922 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 374
[2016] S S.C.R. 374 A SUNIL KUMAR KORI & ANR. v. GOPAL DAS KABRA & ORS. ETC. (Civil Appeal Nos.9728-9729 of2016) B SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 [ANIL R. DAVE AND L. NAGESWARA RAO, JJ.J Cantonment Act, 2006 - ss.27, 28, 2(zt), (zc), 234, 247, 248 -Cantonment Electoral Rules, 2007 - r.10(3) - Right to vote of c persons living in i…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 920 · [2016] 7 S.C.R. 127
G Partly allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Clause 5 of the Contract cannot be read in isolation. The other terms and conditions of the contract must be read as a whole. Clause 5 of the agreement dated 261h May 2003 posits authority in the appellants to reduce or increase the tendered quantity by +/- 30%, whilst t…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 919 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 393
[2016] 5 S.C.R. 393 GULSHERA KHANAM A v. AFTAB AHMAD (Civil Appeal No.9727of2016) SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 B [J. CHELAMESWAR AND ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, JJ.) U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 - s.3(g) - Definition of word 'fa111ily"- Married daughter - Eviction for the bona fide need of 1…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 918 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 84
H 84 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. v. DEV JEE MISHRA 85 Allowing the appeal, the Court A HELD: 1. As regards the first reason, the impugned order of High Court does make reference to the fact that the respondent had faced action for similar misconduct in the past. The analysis of given evidence is not only in respect of accept…
Supreme Court of India27 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 917 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 972
972 R. VENKATA RAMUDU & ANOTHER ETC. v. STATE OF A.P & 973 OTHERS Rules 17(a)(ii) or 17(b) or 16(e) or 31 of the General Rules - By a A statutory declaration the period of probation stands extended until the Assistant Executive Engineer passes the prescribed test - There is no other material on record to indicate that …
Supreme Court of India26 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 915 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 406
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by KURIAN, J. 1. Delay condoned. H 2. Leave granted. 406 CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMNR., NEW DELHI v. 407 LALA J. R. EDUCATION SOCIETY [KURIAN, J.] 3. Appellants are aggrieved since the application filed under Order A VII, Rule 11, CPC has been rejected. 4. According to the appel…
Supreme Court of India26 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 911 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 360
M. C. Dhingra, Ms. Gauri Neo Rampa!, Advs. for the Appellant. Tushar Mehta, ASG, Rakesh Kr. Khanna, Sr. Adv., P. K. Mullick, Ritesh Kumar, Rajat Nair, Manoj Singh, Rajat M., B. K. Prasad, Mukesh D Kumar Maroria, Rajeev Singh, Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Advs. for the Respondents. The Judgment of the Co…
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 909 · [2016] 6 S.C.R. 488
[2016) 6 S.C.R. 488 A RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. v. SHASHI SHARMA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 9654of2016) B SEPTEMBER23,2016 [RANJAN GOGOi, PRAFULLA C. PANT AND A.M. KHANWILKAR, JJ.] Compensation - Fatal accident - In motor accident - Of employee covered under Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the c Dependants …
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 908 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 673
[2016] 9 S.C.R. 673 CENTRE FOR PUBLIC LITIGATION A v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (Writ Petition (C) No. 355 of201 l) SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 B [T. S. THAKUR, CJI AND DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.] Public Interest Litigation - Writ petition u/Art. 32 inter alia . seeking independent investigation into alleged administrative and financ…
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 907 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 335
Disposing of the appeal, the Court E HELD: 1. In order to constitute the offence under Section 354 of the IPC, mere knowledge that the modesty of a woman is likely to be outraged is sufficient without any deliberate intention of having such outrage alone for its object. There is no abstract conception of modesty that c…
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 906 · [2016] 7 S.C.R. 746
WITH C.A. Nos. 8108 and 8269 of2010 H C. A. No. 1105 of2013. 746 . BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED v. VODAFONE ESSAR 747 GUJARAT LIMITED Ranjit Kumar, SG., Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG., Shyam Divan,Ramji A Srinivasan, Sr. Advs., Abhishek Kumar, K. Vijay Kumar, Gagan Gupta, Ms. Maneesha Dhir, Navin Chawla, Aditya V. Singh, Ms. Ru…
Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 905 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 36
[2016] 8 S.C.R. 36 A DHAL SINGH DEWANGAN v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH (Criminal Appeal Nos. 162-163of2014) B SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 [RANJAN GOGOi, PRAFULLA C. PANT AND UDAY UMESH LALIT, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: s . .J02 - Conviction and death sentence by courts below for causing death of wife and 5 daughters -c Prosecution case …
Supreme Court of India5 Jan 2016Full text
2016 INSC 9 · [2016] 1 S.C.R. 74
[2016] I S.C.R. 74 A SRI AUROBJNDO ASHRAM TRUST AND ORS. v. R. RAMANATHAN AND ORS. (Civi!Appea!No. l2of2016) JANUARY 5, 2016 B [MADAN B. LOKUR AND S. A. BOBDE, JJ.] Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - s.92 - Suit under - By the persons concerned with the appellant-trust (Aurobindo Ashram Trust) - Praying for removal of the…
Supreme Court of India22 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 899 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 108
Limitation Act, 1963: s.l./ - Exclusio11 of time o.f prosecuting the case bonatide in G Court 1101 having j11risdictio11 - E111itleme111 - Held: The lll'o main ingredients j(1r al/racting s.1-1 are (i) prosecution of another civil proceedings with due diligence (ii) such prosecutio11 has to be in good faith - In the .f…
Supreme Court of India22 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 897 · [2016] 6 S.C.R. 986
c Ms. Pinki Anand, ASG, Kailash Vasudev, Neeraj Kumar Jain, R. S. Sethi, Sr. Advs., R. K. Rathore, Ms. Vibhu Shankar Mishra, Shailender Saini, Ms. Gunwant Dara, Harish Khinchi, Shadman Ali, D. S. Mahra, Atulesh Kumar, Meenesh Kumar Dubey, (for Mrs. Sushma Suri), Minish Dubey, M. K. Maroria, ShadmanAli, Vikas K. Singh, …
Supreme Court of India22 Sep 2016Full text
2016 INSC 896 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 68
68 ELECTRICITY DEPT., REP. BY ITS S.E., PORT BLAIR v. MIS 69 SURYACHAKRA POWER CORPN. LTD. CEA to arrive at this figure specifically included the aforesaid. A No such figures were shown. [Paras 7, 8) [72-C; 73-B-C] 1.3 Therefore, the appeal is allowed only to this limited extent. Judgment of the Appellate Tribunal inso…
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