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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.63 OF2006Mahipal Singh Rana, Advocate .Appellant VERSUS State of Uttar Pradesh ....Respondent JUDGMENT ANIL R. DAVE, J.1. The present appeal is preferred under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) against the judgment and order dated 02.12.2005 delivered by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Criminal Contempt Petition No.16 of 2004, whereby the High Court found the appellant guilty of Criminal Contempt for intimidating and threatening a Civil Judge (Senior Division), Etah in his Court on 16.4.2003 and 13.5.2003 and sentenced him to simple imprisonment of two months with a fine of Rs. 2,000/- and in default of payment of the fine, the appellant to undergo further imprisonment of 2 weeks. The High Court further directed the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to consider the facts contained in the complaint of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) Etah...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.5875 OF2012GUJARAT URJA VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED ...APPELLANT(S) VERSUS TARINI INFRASTRUCTURE LTD. & ORS. ...RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 1973-1974 OF2014JUDGMENT RANJAN GOGOI, J.1. Is the tariff fixed under a PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) sacrosanct and inviolable and beyond review and correction by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission which is the statutory authority for fixation of tariff under the Electricity Act, 2003 (hereinafter for short the Act). This is the short question that arises for determination in the present appeals. The Regulatory Commission did not consider it appropriate to confer on itself the said power upon a construction of the provisions of the Act and the terms of the PPA(s) in question. The Appellate Tribunal disagreed and held that the power would be available to the State Regulatory Commission. This is how the matter has come up before us in the present appeals...
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.5862 OF2016(Arising out of S.L.P.(C) No.27853 of 2012) AJAY GUPTA ... APPELLANT (S) VERSUS RAJU @ RAJENDRA SINGH YADAV ... RESPONDENT (S) JUDGMENT KURIAN, J.: Leave granted. The impugned judgment on limitation to file a suit gives an interesting reading on reasoning:Learned trial court has vide impugned order, disposed the application filed under Order 7 Rule 11 by the defendant on the ground that 01.01.2011 was non-working Saturday, therefore the Suit was filed on 03.01.2011 is within limitation. Although, there is no bar for filing of Suit on non- working Saturday but if the Suit is not filed on non-working Saturday under the assumption that it is non-working Saturday then the mistake of non- filing is a bonafide mistake, so the mistake is taken as bonafide mistake. It is not in dispute that the last date for filing the suit was 31.12.2010, the last day of winter vacation for court. 01.01.2011 was a Saturday, ...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.5805 OF2016(Arising out of SLP(C) No.27268 of 2008 SUBRAYA M.N. ...Appellant Versus VITTALA M.N. & ORS. Respondents JUDGMENT R. BANUMATHI, J.Leave granted.2. This appeal is preferred against the judgment dated 20.03.2008 passed by the High Court of Karnataka in R.F.A. No.805 of 1998 dismissing the appeal preferred by the appellant-defendant and thereby confirming the judgment and decree for partition passed by the trial court.3. Briefly stated the case of respondents-plaintiffs is as follows:-The appellant-defendant and the respondents-plaintiffs are the sons of one late Narayana. The suit scheduled property comprises of item No.1 bearing S.No.69/69 measuring 1.00 acre; item No.2 bearing S.No.69/70 measuring 0.25 acre and item No.3 bearing S.No.69/5C2 measuring 1.00 acre. Items No.1 and 2 are the joint family property of late Narayana. Narayana died in the year 1962. Plaintiffs No.3 and 4 were working...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.8360 OF2010Union of India & Ors. Appellants Versus Vishav Priya Singh Respondent With CIVIL APPEAL NO8830-8835 OF2010CIVIL APPEAL NO8838 OF2010CIVIL APPEAL NO2547 OF2011CIVIL APPEAL NO2548 OF2011CIVIL APPEAL NO2549 OF2011CIVIL APPEAL NO2550 OF2011CIVIL APPEAL No.D.13803 OF2015CIVIL APPEAL No.D.18038 OF2015AND CIVIL APPEAL NO.6679 OF2015JUDGMENT Uday Umesh Lalit, J.Civil Appeal Nos.8360 of 2010 and 8830-8835 of 2010, at the instance of Union of India challenge correctness of the common judgment and order of the High Court of Delhi dated 25.01.2008 in Writ Petition (Civil) Nos.2511 of 1992, 3519 of 1998, 6185 of 2002, 2433 of 2003, 17622 of 2004, 18185 of 2004 and 20233 of 2005. Civil Appeal No.8838 of 2010 seeks to assail the decision of the High Court of Delhi dated 02.05.2008 in Writ Petition No.4341 of 1999 which relied upon the earlier decision dated 25.01.2008.2. For the sake of facility we may ...
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Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO5542 OF2016[Arising out of SLP [C]. No.12398/2014]. Sai Bhaskar Iron Ltd. Appellant(s) Vs. A.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission & Ors. Respondents WITH CA Nos.5543-5544 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. Nos. 14638-14639/2014 CA No.5545 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. No.15205/2014 CA Nos. 5546-5571 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. Nos. 15245-15270/2014 CA Nos. 5572-5575 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. Nos. 15348-15351/2014 CA Nos. 5576-5578 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. Nos. 15356-15358/2014 CA Nos. 5579-5583 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. Nos. 15360-15364/2014 CA Nos. 5584-5586 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. Nos. 15389-15391/2014 CA No.5587 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. No.15603/2014 CA No.5588 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. No.15845/2014 CA Nos. 5589-5598 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. Nos. 15878-15887/2014 CA No.5599 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. No.15891/2014 CA Nos. 5600-5601 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. Nos. 15938-15939/2014 CA No.5602 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. No.15940/2014 CA Nos. 5603-5611 of 2016 @ SLP [C]. Nos. 15985-15993/2014 CA No.561...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.618 OF2012Mukhtiar Singh .... Appellant(s) Versus State of Punjab .... Respondent(s) JUDGMENT R.K. Agrawal, J.1) This appeal has been filed against the judgment and order dated 28.07.2011 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal Appeal No.852-SB of 2002 whereby the High Court disposed of the appeal filed by the appellant herein against the judgment and order dated 03.05.2002 passed by the Special Judge, Patiala in C.C. No.20 T/2001/11.4.97 by affirming the conviction while reducing the sentence.2) Brief facts: (a) Mukhtiar Singh-the appellant herein was posted as Revenue Patwari at Patiala at the relevant time. One Arjan Singh-the complainant approached the appellant herein in his office and requested for a copy of Jamabandi of his land for the year 1992-93. As per the prosecution, the appellant herein agreed to supply the copy provided he was paid Rs. 600/-. The ...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.565 OF2016(Arising out of SLP(Crl.)No.3406 of 2008) SURINDERJIT SINGH MAND & ANR. .......APPELLANTS VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. .......RESPONDENTS JUDGMENT Jagdish Singh Khehar, J.1. Leave granted.2. Surinderjit Singh Mand and P.S. Parmar, the appellants before this Court, while holding the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police, were posted in District Kapurthala, in the State of Punjab, during the relevant period in 1999. Piara Lal (holding the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspector), was also posted at Kapurthala, at the same time. The above mentioned Piara Lals son - Neeraj Kumar was officially arrested on 28.06.1999. The arrest of Neeraj Kumar, was made in furtherance of a First Information Report bearing No.30, which was registered at Police Station City, Kapurthala on 03.03.1999. Before the arrest of Neeraj Kumar, his father Piara Lal was placed under suspension on 10.06.1999. The aforesaid F...
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NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.5891 OF2016(ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) No.20397/2014) NHPC Ltd. .Appellant(s) VERSUS M/s Jai Prakash Associates Ltd. & Ors. Respondent(s) JUDGMENT Abhay Manohar Sapre, J.1. Leave granted.2. This appeal is filed against the final judgment and order dated 06.02.2014 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in F.A.O. No.3607 of 2011 wherein the Single Judge of the High Court dismissed the FAO filed by the appellant herein, in consequence, affirmed the order dated 24.12.2010 passed by the Additional District Judge, Faridabad in Arbitration Petition No.52 of 2010.3. On 11.08.2014, this Court issued notice of the appeal to respondent No.1 confining it to examine only the question regarding the rate of interest awarded by the High Court on the awarded sum to the respondent.4. Therefore, the short question involved in the appeal is whether the rate of interest awarded by the High Court on ...
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Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 6042-6048 OF2011Anita International . Appellant versus Tungabadra Sugar Works Mazdoor Sangh and others . Respondents with CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 5501-5502 OF2016(Arising out of SLP(C) Nos. 7490-7491 of 2014) Tungabadra Sugar Works Mazdoor Sangh . Appellant versus Official Liquidator and others . Respondents JUDGMENT Jagdish Singh Khehar, J.1. Leave granted in Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 7490-7491 of 2014.2. Two company petitions, i.e., Company Petition Nos. 170 of 1995 and 35 of 1997 were filed by Videocon International Ltd. and Tapti Machines Pvt. Ltd., for winding up of Deve Sugars Ltd. before the High Court of Judicature at Madras. Deve Sugars Ltd. was running a sugar factory in the State of Karnataka. Deve Sugars Ltd. was ordered to be wound up on 16.4.1999. An Official Liquidator was accordingly directed to take possession of the properties of the company - Deve Sugars Ltd.. The Official Liquid...
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