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NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.115 OF2016AJAY KUMAR PANDEY Appellant(s) VERSUS IN RE:- PIYUSH VERMA ADDL. CIVIL JUDGE (JUNIOR DIVISION) JALAUN AT ORAI Respondent(s) JUDGMENT KURIAN, J.1. The appellant is aggrieved since he has been convicted under the Contempt of Courts Act and sentenced to undergo six months' imprisonment. There is also a direction that the appellant shall not enter the premises of District Judgeship, Auraiya, U.P. for a period of five years.2. In another case, the appellant suffered the same punishment and we are informed that the appellant has served the term of six months in jail. While the appellant was serving the term, this appeal was moved and taking note of the remorseful conduct, as expressed through the learned counsel, we permitted the appellant to file an affidavit before the High Court. Accordingly, the appellant has filed an affidavit before the High Court and a copy of the same has been pr...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.3500 OF2006HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA .....APPELLANTS & ORS Versus JAGDEV SINGH .....RESPONDENT JUDGMENT Dr. D Y CHANDRACHUD, J1The High Court of Punjab and Haryana allowed, by its judgment dated 1 August 2005, a petition filed by the Respondent under Article 226 of the Constitution to challenge a direction issued by the State to the Accountant General for the recovery of an excess payment towards salary. 2 The facts lie in a narrow compass. The Respondent was appointed as a Civil Judge (Junior Division) on 16 July 1987 and was promoted as Additional Civil Judge on 28 August 1997 in the judicial service of the State. By a notification dated 28 September 2001, a pay scale of Rs. 10000-325-15200 (senior scale) was allowed under the Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch) and Haryana Superior Judicial Service Revised Pay Rules 2001. Under the rules, each officer was required to submit an undertaking ...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL Nos. 700-701 OF2016[Arising out of SLP (Crl) Nos.3009-3010 of 2015]. SUDHIR CHAUDHARY ETC. ETC. .....APPELLANTS Versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....RESPONDENT JUDGMENT Dr. D Y CHANDRACHUD, J.Leave granted. 2 A judgment of the High Court of Delhi dated 11 February 2015 has given rise to these proceedings. The High Court dismissed a petition instituted under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 and affirmed an order dated 7 July 2014 of the Additional Sessions Judge01 Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, in a Criminal Revision. 3 On 2 October 2012, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered at P.S. Crime Branch New Delhi, on a complaint made by Rajiv Bhadauria of Jindal Steel Company Private Limited. Briefly stated, the allegation in the FIR (FIR240of 2012) is that the Appellants demanded a sum of money to refrain from telecasting programmes on a television channel pertaining to the alleg...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 8884-8900 OF2010M/s. Galada Power and Appellant(s) Telecommunication Ltd. Versus United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Respondent(s) and Another Etc. JUDGMENT Dipak Misra, J.The appellant-complainant filed a batch of 21 complaints i.e. C.D. Nos.539 to 559 of 2000, claiming compensation of Rs.43.59 lacs along with interest @ 18% p.a. from the respondents, namely, United India Insurance Company Limited and India Transport Organization, on the ground that there had been shortage/loss of 'All Aluminium Alloy Conductor' (for short, 'AAAC') wire, which was supplied by the complainant to the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL). The case of the complainant before the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Ranga Reddy District (for short, 'the District Forum') was that between 1.3.1998 to 13.4.1998, twenty-one trucks of AAAC wire packed in wooden drums were delivered at stores of PGCIL at Assam. In all the...
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL Nos.7219-20 OF2016(Arising out of SLP(C)Nos.24895-24896 of 2013) BHIKULAL KEDARMAL GOENKA (D) BY L.RS. .......APPELLANTS VERSUS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR .......RESPONDENTS ORDER Leave granted. Two pieces of the appellant's (since deceased. and is now represented by his legal representatives) land measuring 2250 and 5034 sq.meters were sought to be compulsorily acquired, vide Notifications dated 30.10.1986 and 13.11.1986 respectively, issued under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act'). Admittedly, the purpose for which the land was acquired was to raise a structure for a primary school and to provide playgrounds therefor. Vide awards dated 31.08.1987 and 09.11.1987, the Special Land Acquisition Officer determined the market value of the land measuring 2250 sq.meters at Rs.110/- per sq.meter. For the land measuring 5034 sq.meters, the Special Land Acquisition Officer b...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.6978 of 2016 (ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NO.5695 OF2016 BAKSHI SECURITY AND PERSONNEL SERVICES PVT. LTD. APPELLANT VERSUS DEVKISHAN COMPUTED PVT. LTD. AND ORS. RESPONDENTS JUDGMENT R.F. Nariman, J.1. Leave granted.2. On 20.11.2014, the Commissioner of Transport, Government of Gujarat, floated a tender seeking bids for services inter alia of supervisors, computer programmers, data entry operators, and electrician staff at 11 RTO check-posts. A few material clauses of the tender are set out hereinbelow:- 2.5.5 Commercials The Commercial Bids should strictly conform to the formats provided in Annexure 2 of this tender document. 2.5.6 Fixed Price Prices quoted by the Bidder shall be fixed and no variation will be allowed under any circumstances during the entire period of the project. No open-ended Bid shall be entertained and the same is liable to be rejected straightaway. 2.8.3 Rejection of Bid The hard...
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NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.952 OF2010BABY @ SEBASTIAN & ANR. APPELLANTS Vs. CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ADIMALY RESPONDENT JUDGMENT V.GOPALA GOWDA, J.This criminal appeal is directed against the impugned judgment and order dated 09.06.2009 in Crl. Appeal No.1898 of 2005 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam whereby it has allowed the said criminal appeal filed by the respondent herein, by setting aside the order of acquittal passed by the Court of the Addl. Sessions Judge, Thodupuzha, in Sessions Case No.461 of 2001. The High Court convicted both the appellants for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short IPC) and has sentenced them to undergo imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs.25,000/- each. In default of payment of fine they shall suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years each. Brief facts of the case are stated hereunder to appreciate the ri...
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NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.6697 OF2016[@SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) No.17102 OF2016 DEV NARAYAN MANDAL Appellant (s) VERSUS STATE OF U.P. AND ORS Respondent(s) JUDGMENT KURIAN, J.1. Leave granted.2. In the nature of the order we propose to pass, it is not necessary to go into the factual details of this case. There were certain disputes with regard to the allotment of two plots. The respondents, in view of the alleged non-diligence on the part of the appellant, had cancelled the allotment and taken steps for fresh auction.3. When the matter came up before this Court on 18.07.2016, we directed Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to go ahead with the auction, permitting the appellant also to participate in the auction.4. An affidavit has been filed on behalf of Respondent Nos. 2 and 3. It is submitted that the appellant herein was the highest bidder for both plots and that the respondents have no objection, in principle, in granting the b...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.6179 OF2016(Arising out of SLP (C) No.28851 of 2014) Union of India & Anr. ..Appellants Versus Premco-DKSPL (JV) & Ors. .....Respondents JUDGMENT SHIVA KIRTI SINGH, J.The appellants have assailed the legality and correctness of final order dated 25.02.2014 passed in Arbitration Petition No.14 of 2013 by an Honble Judge of Gauhati High Court designated by the Chief Justice of that Court to decide respondents applications under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). By the impugned order the designated Judge allowed the application under Section 11 of the Act and appointed a former Judge of that Court as the Arbitrator after holding that the appellants had forfeited their right to appoint railway officers as arbitrators in terms of clause 64(3)(a)(ii) of the agreement. According to Ms. Kiran Suri, learned senior counsel for the appellants the impug...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION APPLICATION (CIVIL) No.4 OF2015ETOILE CREATIONS Petitioner Versus SARL DANSET DECO ...Respondent JUDGMENT R. BANUMATHI, J.In this petition under Section 11(5) read with Section 11(9) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the petitioner prays for the appointment of a sole arbitrator for adjudication of disputes that have arisen between the parties in relation to Buyers Agreement dated 18.10.2012 executed between them.2. Briefly stated case of the petitioner is as under:- Petitioner is a proprietorship firm having its registered office at C-291, Suraj Mal Vihar, Delhi. The petitioner is engaged in the business of manufacturing of products relating to home furnishing and upholstery etc., exclusively for the respondent since 2000. The respondent-SARL DANSET DECO is a concern having its office at 240 Rue De La Lys 59250, Halluin, France which is engaged in the business of purchase and sale of the produ...
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