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REPORTABLE2024INSC428IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024Arising out of SLP (CIVIL) NO(S). 12842 OF2018MUKATLAL .APPELLANT(S) VERSUS KAILASH CHAND (D) THROUGH LRS. AND ORS. .RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Mehta, J.1. Leave granted.2. The instant appeal by special leave challenges the final judgment and order dated 2nd November, 2017 passed by learned Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court in D.B. Special Appeal (Writ) No.1029 of 2006 whereby the appeal preferred by the appellant questioning the legality and validity of the judgment dated 21st July, 2006 passed by learned Single Judge of the 1 Rajasthan High Court in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.1587 of 1993 was dismissed.3. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to by their rank in the Revenue Court.4. In order to appreciate the controversy involved in the matter in the proper perspective, it would be beneficial to reproduce the genealogical table/pedigree of the families ...
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2024 INSC427NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Civil) No(s). 4237 of 2015) S. SHIVRAJ REDDY(DIED) THR HIS LRS. AND ANOTHER APPELLANT(S) VERSUS S. RAGHURAJ REDDY AND OTHERS RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Civil) No(s). 23143-23144 of 2016) JUDGMENT Mehta, J.Civil Appeal @ SLP(Civil) No(s). 4237 of 2015 1. Leave granted.2. The present appeal is preferred for assailing the judgment dated 27th March, 2014 passed by the Division Bench of High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad, whereby the 1 learned Division Bench allowed LPA No.47 of 2002 preferred by respondent No.1- plaintiff.3. The status and rank of the parties to the lis is as below: - Party Name Position before Position in O.S. No.this Court 67 of 1999 S. Raghuraj Reddy Respondent No.1 Plaintiff M/s Shivraj Reddy Appellant No.6 Defendant No.1 & Brothers Late S. Shivraj Through his LRs Defendant No.2 Re...
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2024 INSC434REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2608 OF2024(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.121 of 2024) TARSEM LAL APPELLANT VERSUS DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT JALANDHAR ZONAL OFFICE RESPONDENT WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2609 OF2024@ SLP (Crl.) No.191 of 2024 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2610 OF2024@ SLP (Crl.) No.698 of 2024 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2611 OF2024@ SLP (Crl.) No.330 of 2024 CRIMINAL APPEALNO.2612 OF2024@ SLP (Crl.) No.743 of 2024 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2613 OF2024@ SLP (Crl.) No.728 of 2024 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2614 OF2024@ SLP (Crl.) No.969 of 2024 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2615 OF2024@ SLP (Crl.) No.3928 of 2024 JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.1. Leave granted. Criminal Appeal @ SLP(Crl.) 121 of 2024 Page 1 of 37 FACTUAL ASPECTS2 Since the issues involved are common and very little turns on facts, we broadly refer to the factual aspects. The appellants are the accused in complaints under Section 44 (1) (b) of the Prevention of Money Lau...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC450IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO(S).1008 OF2023TRISHA SINGH .PETITIONER(S) VERSUS ANURAG KUMAR .RESPONDENT(S) ORDER1 The instant transfer petition came to be preferred by the petitioner-wife seeking transfer of the petition filed by the respondent-husband under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 being Matrimonial Case No.2172/2022 titled as Anurag Kumar S/o Ravindra Nath Sharma Vs. Trisha Singh, pending before the Court of 7-Principal Judge, Family Court, Varanasi, U.P. to the Family Court at Pune, Maharashtra.2. The transfer petition was dismissed for want of prosecution on 26th July, 2023. Subsequently, vide order dated 21st August, 2023, the transfer petition was restored to its original number and on the request of learned counsel for the parties, the matter was forwarded to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre for exploring 1 the possibility of an amicable settlement between the parties. Pursuant to th...
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2024 INSC395Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.270 of 2012 Mrs. Bhumikaben N. Modi & Ors. Appellant(s) Versus Life Insurance Corporation of India Respondent(s) JUDGMENT C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J.1. The appellants herein were the respondents before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi (for short the NCDRC). As per the impugned order, the NCDRC allowed revision petition No.3384 of 2006 filed by the Life Insurance Corporation of India, the respondent herein and reversed the concurrent orders of the forums below passed in favour of the appellants herein and dismissed C.A. No.270 of 2012 Page 1 of 35 their complaint that culminated in a direction in their favour for grant of compensation.2. Succinctly stated, the facts that led to the captioned appeal, are as follows: - The appellants are the widow and the children of one Shri Narender Kumar Kantilal Modi (hereafter referred to as the deceased) who met with an accidental d...
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2024 INSC391REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL N0. 1389 OF2024(Arising out of SLP (C) No.11136 of 2023) SHEIKH NOORUL HASSAN APPELLANT VERSUS NAHAKPAM INDRAJIT SINGH & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT MANOJ MISRA, J.1. This appeal is directed against the order of the High Court of Manipur at Imphal1 dated 14.03.2023, whereby leave has been granted to the election petitioner (the first respondent herein) to file a replication in answer to the new facts asserted in the written statement filed by the returned candidate (the appellant herein). 1 High Court Civil Appeal No.____ of 2024 Page 1 of 30 Factual Matrix 2. The first respondent filed an election petition seeking a declaration that the election of the returned candidate, namely, the appellant herein, is null and void under: (a) Section 100(1) (d) (i) (ii) and (iv); and (b) Section 100 (1) (b) of the Representation of Peoples Act, 19512. In addition, thereto, a prayer was made to declare t...
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2024 INSC397REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024[Arising out of SLP (C) No(s). 28466 of 2023]. COL. RAMNEESH PAL SINGH APPELLANT(S) VERSUS SUGANDHI AGGARWAL RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, J.Introduction 1. Leave granted.2. The present appeal preferred by the Appellant seeks to assail the correctness of an order dated 11.10.2023 passed by a Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi (the High Court) in M.A.T. APP (F.C.) 132 of 2020 (the Impugned Order). Vide the Impugned Order the High Court partly allowed the appeal preferred by the Respondent against an SLP (C) No.28466 of 2023 Page 1 of 27 order dated 22.08.2020 passed by the Learned Family Court, West, Tis Hazari Court (the Family Court) in GP No.45/17 (Old GP No.75 of 2015) whereby the Family Court granted permanent custody of minor children to the Appellant and provided visitation rights to the Respondent (the Underlying Order). Pertinently, vid...
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2024 INSC387REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.OF2024(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.3033 of 2024) CHILD IN CONFLICT WITH LAW THROUGH HIS MOTHER Appellant (s) VERSUS THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER Respondent(s) JUDGMENT Rajesh Bindal, J.Leave granted. BRIEF FACTS2 The present appeal has been filed by Child in Conflict with Law1 impugning the order2 passed by the High Court3. 1 Hereinafter referred to as CCL. 2 Order dated 15.11.2023 passed in Criminal Revision Petition No.1243 of 2023. 3 High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru. Page 1 of 773. Vide aforesaid order, the High Court set aside the order dated 10.04.2023 passed by the Board4.4. Briefly, the facts as available on record are that FIR5 was registered against the CCL for commission of offences under sections 376(i), 342 IPC and sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 20126. After his apprehension on 03.11.2021, the ...
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1 2024 INSC399Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos 4603-4604 of 2024 Tapas Guha & Ors Appellants Versus Union of India & Ors Respondents JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI1 Application for intervention is allowed.2. These Appeals arise from an order dated 25 January 2024 of the Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal.3. The Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Union Government decided to build a commercial Airport at Silchar in Assam since the existing defence airport is not suitable for domestic civilian operations.4. Three tea estates, namely, (i) Doloo; (ii) Khoreel; and (iii) Silcoorie were identified by the Government of Assam for the sites of the airport. The Airport Authority of India1 conducted a feasibility study and chose Doloo as the site for a new Greenfield Airport on 1AAI 2 land admeasuring approximately 335 hectares. AAI made a request for additional land, following which an adjacent area in the same tea e...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC381IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (C)No.251 of 2016 ABHIMEET SINHA & ORS. ..PETITIONER(S) VERSUS HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) With WRIT PETITION (C) No.663/2021, WRIT PETITION (C) No.735/2021, WRIT PETITION (C) No.1073/2022, WRIT PETITION (C) No.1146/2022 and WRIT PETITION (C) No.785/2023 JUDGMENT Hrishikesh Roy, J.1. The common challenge in these six writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India is to the constitutionality of the Rules stipulating minimum qualifying marks in the viva voce test as a part of the selection criteria for appointment to the District Judiciary in the States of Bihar and Gujarat respectively. The writ petitioners have approached this Court alleging a violation of their fundamental rights under Articles 14 and 16 contained in Part III of the Constitution of India. The specific consideration to be made in these matters is whether prescribing minimum qualify...
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