Court : Supreme Court of India
Decided on : Aug-18-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.4252 OF2022ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) No.23352 OF2019PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX I, CHANDIGARH ...APPELLANT VERSUS M/S. ABC PAPERS LIMITED ...RESPONDENT WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.4253 OF2022ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) No.25541/2019 WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.3480 OF2022ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) No.8146/2022 JUDGMENT PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J.1. These appeals give rise to an important question concerning appellate jurisdiction of the High Courts under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 19611 against judgments of Income Tax Appellate Tribunals2. As Benches of the ITAT are constituted to exercise jurisdiction over more than one state, each state having a separate High Court, question arose as to which of the High Court is the appropriate Court for filing appeals under Section 260A. The question arose 1 hereinafter referred to as the Act. 2 hereinafter referred to as ITAT / Tribunals. Page 1 of 28 because Section 260A...
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Decided on : Aug-29-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.8162 OF2012INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS FEDERATION OF INDIA (REGD.) ... A PPELLANT VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER ... R E SPONDENTS W I T H CIVIL APPEAL No.8684 OF2012CIVIL APPEAL No.2229 OF2013CIVIL APPEAL No.9406 OF2013CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 6316-6329 OF2017CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 6330-6331 OF2017CIVIL APPEAL No.3870 OF2018CIVIL APPEAL No.7457 OF2018CIVIL APPEAL No.7458 OF2018CIVIL APPEAL No.7459 OF2018CIVIL APPEAL No.7460 OF2018CIVIL APPEAL No.7461 OF2018CIVIL APPEAL No.7462 OF2018Civil Appeal No.8162 of 2012 and Others Page 1 of 35 CIVIL APPEAL No.OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No.12535 OF2014 CIVIL APPEAL No.OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No.15069 OF2015 CIVIL APPEAL No.OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No.19930 OF2017 CIVIL APPEAL No.OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No.3293 OF2019 CIVIL APPEAL No.OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAV...
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Decided on : Sep-06-2022
Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition (Criminal) No 336 of 2019 Rashidul Jafar @ Chota ... Petitioner(s) Versus State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr ... Respondent(s) W.P.(Crl.) No.398/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.376/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.226/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.117/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.265/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.306/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.360/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.348/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.112/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.127/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.134/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.143/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.147/2021 2 W.P.(Crl.) No.142/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.149/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.153/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.369/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.397/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.421/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.446/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.502/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.488/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.514/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.497/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.499/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.494/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.508/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.1/2022 W.P.(Crl.) No.123/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.7/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.23/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.189/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.277/2020 W.P.(Crl.) No.75/2021 W.P.(Crl.) No.3...
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Decided on : Sep-30-2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE30H DAY OF SEPTEMBER,2022 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. SOMASHEKAR AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE T.G.SHIVASHANKARE GOWDA CRIMINAL APPEAL No.142 OF2018BETWEEN: SRI.VENKATESHA, S/OVENKATARAMANAPPA, AGED ABOUT32YEARS, R/AT LAKKUR VILLAGE, MALUR TALUK, KOLAR DISTRICT. ... APPELLANT (BY SRI JAVEED S., ADV.) AND: STATE BY S.P.P, BY DODDABELAVANGALA POLICE STATION, REPT.BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT BUILDING BANGALORE-560 001. ... RESPONDENT (BY SRI VIJAYAKUMAR MAJAGE, ADDL. SPP.) T HIS CRIMINAL APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION3742) CR.P.C. PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION DATED0811.2017 AND ORDER OF CONVICTION DATED CRL.A.142/2018 2 20.11.2017 PASSED BY THE VII ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT, BENGALURU IN S.C.NO.333/2011, CONVICTING THE APPELLANT/ACCUSED FOR THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION376AND302OF IPC. THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN HEARD AND RESERVED FOR JUDGMENT ON2...
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Decided on : Oct-13-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.242 OF2022SUBRAMANYA ..APPELLANT VERSUS STATE OF KARNATAKA ..RESPONDENT JUDGMENT J.B. PARDIWALA, J.1. This statutory criminal appeal is at the instance of a convict accused charged with the offence of murder of one Kamalamma (deceased) and is directed against the judgment and order of conviction passed by the High Court of Karnataka dated 02.07.2019 in the Criminal Appeal No.473 of 2013 by which the High Court allowed the acquittal appeal filed by the State of Karnataka against the judgment and order of acquittal passed by the Principal Sessions Judge, Chikmagalur dated 20.12.2012 in the Sessions Case No.59 of 2011 and held the appellant herein guilty of the offence of murder punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, the IPC). The High Court sentenced the appellant herein to undergo life imprisonment with fine of Rs. 25,000/ and in the event of default of payment of...
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Decided on : Oct-13-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE/ORIGINAL JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.7095 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.5236 OF2022 AISHAT SHIFA .....APPELLANT(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & ORS. .....RESPONDENT(S) W I T H WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.120 OF2022CIVIL APPEAL No.7075 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.15405 OF2022 CIVIL APPEAL No.6957 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.9217 OF2022 CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 7078-7083 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NOS. 15407-15412 OF2022 CIVIL APPEAL No.7077 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.15419 OF2022 CIVIL APPEAL No.7074 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.15403 OF2022 CIVIL APPEAL No.7076 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.15418 OF2022 1 CIVIL APPEAL No.7072 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.11396 OF2022 CIVIL APPEAL No.6934 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.7794 OF2022 CIVIL APPEAL No.7084 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.15402 OF2022 CIVIL APPEAL No.7085 OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) No.15416 OF2...
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Decided on : Oct-13-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 6465 OF2022Ramanand @ Nandlal Bharti Appellant Versus State of Uttar Pradesh Respondent JUDGMENT J.B. PARDIWALA, J.1. Mark Twain, the great American writer and philosopher, once said:"It is like this, take a word, split it up into letters, the letters, may individually mean nothing but when they are combined they will form a word pregnant with meaning. That is the way how you have to consider the circumstantial evidence. You have to take all the circumstances together and judge for yourself whether the prosecution have established their case.2. These appeals, by special leave, arise out of the judgment and order dated 09.07.2021 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Bench at Lucknow confirming the death sentence awarded to the accused appellant herein.3. The accused appellant has been held guilty of the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, th...
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Decided on : Oct-19-2022
1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.3795 OF2014M/S NEW NOBLE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY APPELLANT(S) VERSUS THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX1AND ANR. RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.3793 OF2014CIVIL APPEAL No.3794 OF2014CIVIL APPEAL No.9108 OF2012CIVIL APPEAL No.6418 OF2012J U D G M E NT S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.1. It has been said that education is the key that unlocks the golden door to freedom.1 In Avinash Mehrotra v Union of India2, this court underlined the object and value of education in the following words:1. n aphorism common to all faiths. Proverb 4:13 states, Take hold of instruction, do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. The Pavamana Mantras (purifying mantras) appealing to be taken from darkness to light in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, as part of verse 1.3.28 too emphasizes the value of knowledge and education, Lead me from the darkness of ignorance to the light (of knowledge). Surah Al-Baqarah, gives an important inter...
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Decided on : Nov-07-2022
1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA ORIGINAL/CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.55 OF2019JANHIT ABHIYAN PETITIONER(S) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA RESPONDENT(S) WITH T.C.(C) No.8/2021, W.P.(C) No.596/2019, W.P.(C) No.446/2019, W.P.(C) No.427/2019, W.P. (C) No.331/2019, W.P.(C) No.343/2019, W.P.(C) No.798/2019, W.P. (C) No.732/2019, W.P. (C) No.854/2019, T.C. (C) No.12/2021, T.C.(C) No.10/2021, T.C. (C) No.9/2021, W.P.(C) No.73/2019, W.P. (C) No.72/2019, W.P. (C) No.76/2019, W.P.(C) No.80/2019, W.P. (C) No.222/2019, W.P. (C) No.249/2019, W.P.(C) No.341/2019, T.P.(C) No.1245/2019, T.P. (C) No.2715/2019, T.P.(C) No.122/2020, SLP(C) No.8699/2020, T.C.(C) No.7/2021, T.C.(C) No.11/2021, W.P.(C) No.69/2019, W.P.(C) No.122/2019, W.P. (C) No.106/2019, W.P.(C) No.95/2019, W.P.(C) No.133/2019, W.P. (C) No.178/2019, W.P.(C) No.182/2019, W.P.(C) No.146/2019, W.P. (C) No.168/2019, W.P.(C) No.212/2019, W.P.(C) No.162/2019, W.P.(C) No.419/2019, W.P.(C) No.473/2020, W.P.(C) No.493/20...
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Decided on : Nov-16-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS.__________________OF2022(Arising out of SLP (C) Nos.4609-4610 OF2021 M.P. POWER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED, JABALPUR APPELLANT(S) Versus M/S. SKY POWER SOUTHEAST SOLAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & OTHERS RESPONDENTS(S) JUDGMENT K.M. JOSEPH, J.1. Leave granted.2. The appellant impugns the Judgment of the High Court dated 27.02.2020 in Writ Petition No.420 of 2019. It further challenges the Order dated 28.12.2020 in Review Petition No.682 of 2020. By the said Judgment in the Writ Petition, the High Court allowed the Writ Petition filed by the first respondent and quashed the Order dated 07.07.2018, which was passed by the appellant, terminating the Power Purchase Agreement 1 (hereinafter referred to as the PPA, for short), which was entered into by the appellant and the first respondent. The review filed by the appellant was dismissed. Hence the appeals. THE FACTS3 The appellant, which is a wholly owned com...
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