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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.79 OF2005Occupational Health and Safety Association Petitioner Versus Union of India and others Respondents JUDGMENT K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.1. The Petitioner, a non-profit occupational health and safety organization, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, has invoked the extra-ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs :- a. To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction directing the Respondents to frame guidelines with respect to occupational safety and health regulations to be maintained by various industries; b. To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing respondents to appoint and constitute a committee for the monitoring of the working of thermal power plants in India and to keep check on the health and safety norms for the work...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.503 OF2014[Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No.9336 of 2013]. BALDEV SINGH ...APPELLANT Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ..RESPONDENT JUDGMENT VIKRAMAJIT SEN,J.1 Leave granted. 2 The Appellant has filed the present Special Leave Petition (now Appeal) in an endeavour to set aside the concurrent findings of the Courts below with regard to his conviction and sentence under Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter the P.C. Act). The Special Judge had convicted the Appellant, which came to be sustained by the High Court in terms of its impugned judgment dated 8.7.2013. Accordingly, the Courts below have concurrently found the Appellant guilty, and sentenced him to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of three years and to payment of a fine of Rs.5000/-, and in default thereof, to further undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of six months. 3 According to the Prosecution, a compla...
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.1785 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.14409 of 2010) Om Prakash Chautala Appellant Versus Kanwar Bhan and others Respondents JUDGMENT Dipak Misra, J.Leave granted.1. Reputation is fundamentally a glorious amalgam and unification of virtues which makes a man feel proud of his ancestry and satisfies him to bequeath it as a part of inheritance on the posterity. It is a nobility in itself for which a conscientious man would never barter it with all the tea of China or for that matter all the pearls of the sea. The said virtue has both horizontal and vertical qualities. When reputation is hurt, a man is half-dead. It is an honour which deserves to be equally preserved by the down trodden and the privileged. The aroma of reputation is an excellence which cannot be allowed to be sullied with the passage of time. The memory of nobility no one would like to lose; none would conceive of it being atrophied. It is dear ...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.309 OF2003Laxmi Narain Modi . Petitioner Versus Union of India and others . Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.330 OF2001 WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.44 OF2004 WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.688 OF2007 AND SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO.14121 OF2009ORDER K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.1. We, in our order dated 23.8.2012, had highlighted the extreme necessity of constituting State Committees for the purpose of supervising and monitoring the implementation of the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Establishment and Registration of Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Rules, 2000, the Environment Protection Act, 1986, the Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Slaughter House) Rules, 2000 etc.2. We passed another order on 10.10.2012 and, following that order, almost all the States and Union Territories have constituted the Stat...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.8221 OF2011Surjit Kaur Gill & Anr. ......Appellants Versus Adarsh Kaur Gill & Anr. .....Respondents JUDGMENT H.L.GOKHALE,J.(1) This appeal seeks to challenge the judgment and order dated 27.1.2009 rendered by a Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi in FAO (OS) No.290 of 2008 whereby the Division Bench has set aside in part the decision rendered by a learned Single Judge who had dismissed the application moved by the respondent No.1 (defendant No.1) under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure,1908 by his judgment and order dated 7th April, 2008. (2) Heard Mr. Shyam Diwan learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants and Mr. C.A. Sundaram learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. (3) The brief facts leading to this appeal are that one Ajit Singh filed a Suit bearing No.2167 of 1993, on the Original Side of Delhi High Court for partition of prope...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.61 OF2007Sasi Enterprises Appellant Versus Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax Respondent WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NOs.62, 63 & 64 OF2007JUDGMENT K.S. Radhakrishnan, J.1. We are concerned with four Criminal Appeals No.61 to 64 of 2007, out of which two Criminal Appeals No.61 of 2007 and 63 of 2007 relate to M/s Sasi Enterprises, a registered partnership firm, of which Ms. J.Jayalalitha and Mrs. N. Sasikala are partners, which relate to the assessment years 1991-92 and 1992-93 respectively. Criminal Appeal Nos.62 and 63 of 2007 relate to J.Jayalalitha and N. Sasikala respectively for the assessment years 1993-94. Proceedings giving rise to these appeals originated from the complaints filed by the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai, before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Egmore), Chennai, for the willful and deliberate failure to file returns for the assessment years 19...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.1102 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.10677 of 2008) Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. & Anr. ...Appellants Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.1103 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.10760 of 2008) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.1104 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.11055 of 2008) WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.1105 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.11057 of 2008) WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.1106 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.11393 of 2008) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.1107 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.11398 of 2008) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.1108 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.11401 of 2008) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.1109 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.11509 of 2008) WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.1110 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.11622 of 2008) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.1111 OF2014(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.11634 of 2008) WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.1112 OF2014(Arising out of S....
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[Non-Reportable]. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (Crl.) No.5369 of 2013 N.S.Nagendra Petitioner Vs. State of Karnataka Respondent JUDGMENT A.K.SIKRI,J.1. The petitioner is convicted for the offences punishable under Section 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the trial court. For offence under Section 302 IPC, he is sentenced to undergo life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs.2,000/-. For committing offence under Section 201 IPC, the petitioner is sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 7 years and also to pay a fine of Rs.500/-. Both the sentences are ordered to be run concurrently. The petitioner appealed to the High Court challenging the conviction. However, the High Court has dismissed said appeal maintaining the conviction and sentence of the petitioner vide impugned judgment dated 12th January 2010. Not satisfied and undeterred, present Special Leave Petition is filed questioning the validity of the co...
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[Non-Reportable]. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.1020-1021/2014 (@Special Leave Petition (Civil) 2920-2921/2014) (Arising out of CC No.17498-17499/2013) State of Maharashtra ...... Appellant(s) Versus Vijay Kumar Aggarwal & Anr. .......Respondent(s) JUDGMENT A.K.SIKRI, J.1. Delay Condoned.2. Leave Granted.3. Since counsel for the State of Maharashtra (Appellant) as well as Respondent No.1, who appears in person, were ready to argue the matter finally, we heard both the parties at length.4. The issue involved in the present case is in a very narrow compass, though actual matrix, stated in this matter, is irritatingly long. In any case, it is not necessary for us to narrate all the background facts in their entirety. Eschewing those details which are altogether unnecessary for the disposal of the present appeal, we state here under those only facts that are relevant for our purpose.5. Having successfully cleared the Civil Services Examinati...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.191 OF2004SHEESH RAM AND ORS. APPELLANTS Versus THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN RESPONDENT JUDGMENT (SMT.) RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, J.1. The appellants are original Accused Nos.1, 2 and 4 respectively in S.T. No.12 of 1993. The appellants were convicted, inter alia, under Section 302 of the IPC for the murder of one Balram and sentenced to life imprisonment. They have challenged judgment and order dated 29/5/2003 passed in Criminal Appeal No.322 of 1998 by the Rajasthan High Court, confirming their conviction and sentence.2. One Heera son of Surajmal lodged a complaint (Ex. P-7) at Jagal Tan, Village Lapawali on 04/02/1991 at around 3.50 p.m., stating that on 04/02/1991 at 8.00 a.m., he and his son Rameshwar accompanied his other sons Balram and Bhagwan Singh who were going to Hindaun School to see them off. They were standing on the road near the turn between Lapawali and Dhara. While they were waiting fo...
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