Court : Supreme Court of India
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-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-17-2022
R IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE17H DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.NARENDAR AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.DESAI WRIT PETITION NO.11423/2022 (GM-CON) c/w WRIT PETITION NO.15230/2022 (GM-CON) IN W.P.11423/2022 BETWEEN:1. THE MANGALORE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMPANY LTD., CORPORATE OFFICE, MESCOM BHAVAN, KAVOOR CROSS ROAD, BEJAI, MANGALURU-575004 NOW REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.2. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, EXECUTION AND MAINTENANCE, SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICE, MANGALORE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CO. LTD., MANIPAL-576119. ... PETITIONERS (BY SRI SRIRANGA, SR. ADV. FOR SMT. SUMANA NAGANAND, ADV.) AND:1. SRI. ABDUL KAREEM, AGED ABOUT50YEARS S/O MARAMUKUTTY MASTER R/AT PALAYANGAL HOUSE, POST KUNNAKKAVU, VIA CHERUKAVA, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, KERALA-679340 REPRESENTED BY HIS SPA HOLDER NIKHIL SATHIANATHAN S/O T M SATHIANATHAN, VIDYARATHNANAGAR, MANIPAL, UDUPI-576104.2. SRI BASHEER PARVANTA VIDA, AGED ABOUT49YEARS S/O ABDULLA PARAVANTA V...
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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 : Oct-20-2022
1 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos 841-843 of 2022 Cdr Amit Kumar Sharma etc .... Appellants Versus Union of India & Ors etc ....Respondents WITH Civil Appeal No 846 of 2022 (@ Civil Appeal Nos 845-846 of 2022) WITH Civil Appeal No 2457/2022 WITH Civil Appeal Nos 2059-2060/2022 WITH Civil Appeal No 2216/2022 WITH Civil Appeal Nos 856-858/2022 WITH Civil Appeal No 855/2022 WITH Civil Appeal Nos 852-854/2022 2 WITH Civil Appeal Nos 844/2022 WITH Civil Appeal Nos 847-851/2022 WITH Civil Appeal No of 2022 (Diary No 20730/2022) AND WITH Civil Appeal No of 2022 (Diary No.23503/2022) 3 JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J1 Leave to appeal under Section 31(1) of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007 is granted.2. Delay condoned.3. This batch of appeals arises from a judgment dated 3 January 2022 of the Principal Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal1. The AFT dismissed the applications challenging the denial of Permanent Commission2 in the Ind...
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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-07-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) NOS. 10622-10623 OF2022 STATE OF JHARKHAND ... APPELLANT Versus SHIV SHANKAR SHARMA & ORS. ... RESPONDENTS WITH CIVIL APPEAL NOS. OF2022(ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) NOS.11364-11365 OF2022 JUDGMENT Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.Leave granted.1. The above two petitions have been filed before this Court by the State of Jharkhand through the Resident Commissioner, challenging the orders dated 03.06.2022 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Jharkhand, where the High Court has ordered that the PILs filed by respondent no.1 1 before the Jharkhand High Court are maintainable, and thus the High Court decided to proceed with the matter on its merits. The petitioner here poses a challenge to the very maintainability of these two PILs. After hearing the parties at length, this Court vide its order dated 17.08.2022 had reserved its orders and directed that meanwhile the High Court sha...
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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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Decided on : Nov-16-2022
CA7982/2012 1 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos 79-82 of 2012 Wg Cdr A U Tayyaba (Retd) and Others Appellants Versus Union of India and Others Respondents W I T H Civil Appeal Nos 192-196 of 2012 Civil Appeal Nos 83-84 of 2012 Civil Appeal No 5164 of 2012 CA7982/2012 2 JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI1 The batch of appeals which forms the subject matter of the present dispute emanates from a judgment of the Delhi High Court dated 11 August 2011. The High Court in its lead judgment dated 12 March 2010 in Babita Puniyas case1 issued specific directions for considering women Short Service Commissioned Officers2 in the Air Force and in the Army for the grant of Permanent Commission3. Following the decision of the Delhi High Court in Babita Puniya, a batch of writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India came to be instituted before the Delhi High Court seeking the benefit of the Babita Puniya judgment. The Delhi ...
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Decided on : Nov-29-2022
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.8717 OF2022Sansera Engineering Limited Appellant Versus Deputy Commissioner, Large Tax Payer Unit, Bengaluru Respondent JUDGMENT M.R. SHAH, J.1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 23.07.2021 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru in Writ Appeal No.249/2020, whereby the Division Bench of the High Court has dismissed the said appeal preferred by the appellant herein and has confirmed the common judgment and order dated 22.11.2019 passed by the learned Single Judge dismissing the writ petitions, upholding the order passed by the respondent rejecting the 1 claim of the appellant for rebate on the ground that the claim was barred by time/limitation prescribed under Section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), the original writ petitioner/appellant herein has preferred the present appeal.2. The facts leading to the p...
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