Court : Supreme Court of India
Decided on : Dec-16-2022
REPORTABLE2022INSC1293IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 9252-9253 OF2022(arising out of SLP(C) Nos. 7860-7861 of 2018) KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY APPELLANT(S) BOARD & ORS. VERSUS THOMAS JOSEPH ALIAS .RESPONDENT(S) THOMAS M. J.& ORS. WITH Civil Appeal Nos. 9256-9257 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7886-7887 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9254-9255 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7875-7876 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9262 -9263 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7880-7881 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9264 -9265 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7863-7864 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9266 -9267 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7882-7883 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9268 -9269 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7884-7885 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9270 -9271 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7870-7871 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9258 -9259 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7873-7874 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9260 -9261 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7878-7879 of 2018 JUDGMENT J.B. PARDIWALA, J., 1. Leave granted in all the captioned Special Leave Petitions.2. Since th...
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Decided on : May-20-2022
NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1301 OF2019RISHIRAJ @ TUTUL MUKHARJEE & ANR. ..Appellants VERSUS STATE OF CHHATTISGARH ..Respondent WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1302 OF2019HANI @ KOUSTUBH SAMDARIYA ..Appellant VERSUS STATE OF CHHATTISGARH ..Respondent AND CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1303 OF2019VIJAY @ HALLO JAISWAL & ANR. ..Appellants VERSUS STATE OF CHHATTISGARH & ANR. ..Respondents JUDGMENT Uday Umesh Lalit, J.1. These appeals by special leave, at the instance of accused, named; (1) Rishiraj @ Tutul Mukharjee, (2) Samrat @ Laltu Mukharjee, (3) Vijay @ 1 Hallo Jaiswal, (4) Ajay @ Chhotu @ Jijji Jaiswal and (5) Hani @ Koustubh Samadriya, challenge the common judgment and order dated 10.08.2018 passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur in Criminal Appeal Nos.452, 492, 522 and 538 of 2012.2. The present proceedings arise out of the registration of crime pursuant to First Information Report No.187 of 2010 dated 09.06.2010, lodge...
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Decided on : May-23-2022
Crl.A.847/2022 1 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No 847 of 2022 P R Adikesavan Appellant Versus The Registrar General, High Court of Respondents Madras and Another JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J1The appeal arises from the judgment dated 25 March 2022 of a Division Bench of the Madras High Court convicting appellant under Section 2(c)(iii) read with Section 12(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971 and sentencing him two weeks of simple imprisonment. Crl.A.847/2022 2 2 Insolvency proceedings were initiated against the appellant under the provisions of the Presidency Towns Insolvency Act 1909. On 12 March 2021, a Single Judge of the Madras High Court issued a non-bailable warrant seeking the presence of the appellant on 26 March 2021. On 31 March 2021, when a team of the police tried to execute the warrant, the appellant and fifty other advocates gheraoed the police and prevented them from executing the order. The Deputy Co...
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Decided on : Jun-03-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION I.A. No.1000 of 2003 (Recommendation of CEC dated 20.11.2003) WITH I.A. Nos.982984 of 2003 AND I.A. Nos.10261028 of 2004 AND I.A. Nos. 11231124 of 2004 AND I.A. Nos.11971199 of 2004 AND I.A. Nos. 12101211 of 2004 AND I.A. Nos.12501251 of 2004 AND I.A. No.1412 of 2005 AND I.A. No.1512 of 2006 AND I.A. No.1992 of 2007 AND1I.A. No.3880 of 2015 AND I.A. No.96949 of 2019 AND I.A. No.117831 of 2019 AND I.A. No.65571 of 2021 In the Matter of: WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.202 of 1995 In Re: T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad ..Petitioner(s) Versus Union of India and Ors. Respondent(s) JUDGMENT ANIRUDDHA BOSE, J.These proceedings originate from the Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India registered as W.P. (Civil) No.202 of 1995 (T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Ors.), which is in the nature of a public interest litigation. It was instituted for protection of forest lands in the Nilgiris district of t...
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Decided on : Jun-24-2022
1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No../2022 (arising out of SLP(Crl.) No../2022 @ Diary No.34207/2018) ZAKIA AHSAN JAFRI . APPELLANT versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. . RESPONDENTS JUDGMENT1 There is a delay of 216 days in filing of this special leave petition against the judgment and order dated 5.10.2017 passed by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad1 in Criminal Revision Application No.205/2014. Even though the explanation offered in the application for condonation of delay is blissfully vague and bereft of any material facts and particulars, keeping in mind the 1 for short, the High Court 2 subject matter involved, we deemed it appropriate to ignore/condone the delay and proceeded to hear the matter on merits.2. We must note that the respondents had faintly objected to the hearing of this matter on merits owing to unexplained delay in filing of the petition. However, they have a serious objection to the joining of Ms. Teesta S...
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Decided on : Jul-11-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 4105-4107 OF2022Gregory Patrao and Ors. Appellant(s) Versus Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited & Ors. Respondent(s) JUDGMENT M.R. SHAH, J.1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru in First Appeal No.259 of 2021 and other allied first appeals, by which the High Court has set aside the judgment and award passed by the learned Reference Court and has remanded the matter to the Reference Court to decide the references afresh after affording an opportunity to all the parties including respondent No.1 herein - M/s. Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Ltd., Mangalore (MRPL), the original claimants / original landowners have preferred the present appeals. 12. The lands belonging to the original claimants/original landowners/appellants herein were acquired under Section 28(4) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Dev...
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Decided on : Jul-26-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (C) No.755 OF2020ALL INDIA HAJ UMRAH TOUR ORGANIZER ASSOCIATION MUMBAI PETITIONERS v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION (C) NO.781 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.907 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.772 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.882 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.809 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.940 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.855 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.977 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.856 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.860 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.896 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.989 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.1034 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.1014 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.1329 OF2020WRIT PETITION (C) NO.1431 OF20201 JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.1. The broad question involved in this group of writ petitions is about the liability of Haj Group Organizers (HGOs) or Private Tour Operators (PTOs) to pay service tax on the service rendered by them to Haj pilgrims for the Haj pilgrimage. FACTUAL ASPECTS2 The H...
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Decided on : Jul-27-2022
1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No.4634 OF2014VIJAY MADANLAL CHOUDHARY & ORS. ...PETITIONER(S) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ...RESPONDENT(S) WITH SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No.28394 OF2011SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No.28922 OF2011SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No.29273 OF2011SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.............OF2022(@ DIARY No.41063 OF2015 SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No.9987 OF2015SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.10018 OF2015SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No.10019 OF20152 SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No.993 OF2016TRANSFER PETITION (CRIMINAL) No.150 OF2016TRANSFER PETITION (CRIMINAL) NOS.151-157 OF2016WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No.152 OF2016SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No.11839 OF2019SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No.2890 OF2017SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No.5487 OF2017CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1269 OF2017CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1270 OF2017CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 1271-1272 O...
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Decided on : Aug-05-2022
NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.11287 OF2013K. S. SAHU APPELLANT v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ...RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.1. This is an appeal under Section 31 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 by which, an exception has been taken to the judgment and order dated 27th August 2013 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal (for short, the said Tribunal), Regional Bench, Kochi.2. On 31st July 2002, the appellant joined Indian Navy as a sailor. The appellant was selected by the Service Selection Board to undergo training for being commissioned as an officer. He underwent initial training at INS Mandovi at Goa for a period of two years from 7th July 2002. On 21st June 2009, he was sent for training at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala 1 (for short, INA). He was required to complete 5th and 6th terms of training at INA. On 1st December 2010, a communication was issued by the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Na...
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Decided on : Aug-17-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.OF2022(Arising out of SLP (C)No.14697 of 2021) M/S. PATIL AUTOMATION PRIVATE LIMITED AND ORS. APPELLANT(S) VERSUS RAKHEJA ENGINEERS PRIVATE LIMITED RESPONDENT(s) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.OF2022(Arising out of SLP (C)No.5737 of 2022) ALONG WITH SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) Diary No.29458 of 2021 JUDGMENT K. M. JOSEPH, J.1. Leave granted.2. The seminal question which arises for consideration is whether the statutory pre-litigation mediation contemplated under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 1 (hereinafter referred to as Act) as amended by the Amendment Act of 2018 is mandatory and whether the Courts below have erred in not allowing the applications filed under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as CPC), to reject the plaints filed by the respondents in these appeals without complying with the procedure under Section 12A of the Act.3. In Civil Appea...
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