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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.2705 OF2020(arising out of SLP (Civil) No.28548 of 2014) United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Appellant versus Satinder Kaur @ Satwinder Kaur & Ors. Respondents WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.2706 OF2020(arising out of SLP (Civil) No.12520 of 2015) Satinder Kaur @ Satwinder Kaur & Ors. Appellants versus United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Respondent JUDGMENT INDU MALHOTRA, J.Leave granted. 1 1. The deceased Satpal Singh was residing in Doha, Qatar since 1984. The Employment Contract Form of the deceased dated 21.08.1984 revealed that he was engaged as a labourer initially for a period of one year on a salary of 750 Qatari Riyal p.m., and continued to live in Qatar where he was employed, till he passed away in a motor vehicle accident in India in 1998.2. Satpal Singh was visiting India in November, 1998. On 18.11.1998, he was riding a scooter, with his wife as the pillion rider, when he met with an accident with a Marut...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.7164 OF2013THE COMMERCIAL TAX OFFICER & ANR. .Appellant(s) Vs. MOHAN BREWARIES AND DISTRILLERIES LIMITED .Respondent(s) WITH C.A. No.7165 OF2013AND C.A. Nos. 4416-4419 OF2014JUDGMENT Dinesh Maheshwari, J.Preliminary and Brief Outline 1. The appeals in this batch, involving similar questions between the same parties, have been considered together and are taken up for disposal by this common judgment.2. Civil Appeal Nos. 7164 of 2013 and 7165 of 2013, filed respectively by the revenue and the assessee, are directed against the final judgement and order dated 10.09.2004, passed by a Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Madras in W.P. No.25081 of 2002, whereby the High Court has allowed the writ petition filed by the assessee while holding, inter alia, that 1 though the purchase turnover, with respect to the purchase of empty bottles from unregistered dealers under bought note, is exigible to...
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1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO._2697 OF2020[Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.20133 OF2018 MOHD. INAM ...APPELLANT(S) VERSUS SANJAY KUMAR SINGHAL & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT B.R. GAVAI, J.1. 2. Leave granted. This appeal challenges the judgment and order dated 26.10.2017 passed by the learned single judge of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital in Writ Petition No.1074 of 2008 (M/S) thereby, allowing the writ petition filed by the respondent Nos. 1 and 2 landlords herein. 2 3. The facts, in brief, necessary for adjudication of the present appeal are thus: Rashid Ahmed, the father of the present appellant, was the original tenant of House No.61/8, Ground Floor, Green Pasture View, Landhour Bazar, Mussoorie (hereinafter referred to as the suit premises or the premises) since 1965. The respondents had purchased the suit premises from the original landlord Sudesh Kumar Singhal in the year 1998 and, as such...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 2651-2656 OF2020(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NOS. 7746-7751 OF2020 RAJASTHAN STATE WAREHOUSING CORPORATION VERSUS STAR AGRIWAREHOUSING AND COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED & ORS. W I T H .....APPELLANT(S) .....RESPONDENT(S) CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 2657-2662 OF2020(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NOS. 7834-7839 OF2020 A N D CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 2663-2664 OF2020(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NOS. 7935-7936 OF2020 JUDGMENT HEMANT GUPTA, J.Leave granted.1. The present appeals are directed against the interim order passed by the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan on 29th May, 2020 and 10th June, 2020 whereby in an intra-court appeal, the High Court passed an order of status quo with a further direction that other formalities may proceed but the contract shall not be signed 1 2.3. with the leave of the Court. The Rajasthan State Warehousing Corporation Ltd. is in appeal aggrieved against the said interim order. It is argu...
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NONREPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION MISC. APPLICATION No.929 OF2020IN CIVIL APPEAL No.1674 OF2020Shakti Nath & Ors. Appellant/Applicant Vs. Alpha Tiger Cyprus Investment No.3 Ltd. & Ors. Respondents ORDER1 The present Misc. Application No.929 of 2020 was earlier listed before this Court on 19.05.2020, when the Appellants were permitted to deposit Rs. 26,00,00,000/ (Rupees Twenty Six Crores only) with the Registry of this Court by 21.05.2020. With respect to the balance payment of Rs. 3,17,20,477/ (Rupees Three Crores Seventeen Lacs Twenty Thousand Four Hundred and SeventySeven only), an extension of two months was granted to deposit the said amount in the Registry of this Court. 1 With respect to prayer (iv) of the Application, Notice was issued to the other parties.2. In compliance with the Order dated 19.05.2020, the Appellants deposited Rs. 26,00,00,000 (Rupees TwentySix Crores only) on 20.05.2020 in the Registry of this Court.3. The matter has...
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION SUO MOTU WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.7/2020 REPORTABLE IN RE : THE PROPER TREATMENT OF COVID19PATIENTS AND DIGNIFIED HANDLING OF DEAD BODIES IN THE HOSPITALS ETC. ORDER1 This Court issued notice on 12.06.2020 in this Suo Motu writ petition with object to notice deficiencies, shortcomings and lapses in patient care of Covid-19 in different hospitals in National Capital Territory of Delhi and other States. The object was to take remedial action by all concerned to redeem the plight of patients and other persons who needs medical care.2. In response to notice dated 12.06.2020, Union of India, Delhi Government and other States have filed their affidavits. Several applications for intervention have also been filed by different individuals, organisations highlighting one or other aspects of the issue.3. The Union of India in its affidavit after 1 noticing the aberration, which were highlighted by the Court in its order, have brought on t...
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1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.460 OF2020(@ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.1616 of 2020) Jinofer Kawasji Bhujwala ... Appellant Versus State of Gujarat ... Respondent ORDER V. Ramasubramanian.J Leave granted.1. Aggrieved by the dismissal of his bail application by the 2. High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad, a person who is cited as A-1 in the First Information Report in Crime No.I-I/5/2019 dated 26.06.2019 for alleged offences under Sections 406, 409, 420, 465, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 2 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, has come up with the above appeal. We have heard Mr. Harish Salve and Mr. Siddhartha 3. Dave, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the appellant; Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General appearing for the State of Gujarat and Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned Senior Counsel appearing for Gujarat Maritime Board. Pursuant to an invitation to offer floated in Novemb...
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1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.452 OF2020(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CRL.) NO.2433/2020) S.KASI ...APPELLANT(S) VERSUS STATE THROUGH THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE SAMAYNALLUR POLICE STATION MADURAI DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT BHUSHAN,J.ASHOK This appeal has been filed questioning the judgment of Madurai Bench of Madras High Court dated 11.05.2020 in Crl.OP(MD) No.5296 of 2020 by which judgment the bail application of the appellant has been dismissed.2. Brief facts giving rise to this appeal are: - 2.1. The appellant is an accused in Crime No.495 of 2015 under Sections 457, 380, 457(2), 380(2), 411(2) and 414(2) of Indian Penal Code. The appellant was arrested on 21.02.2020 in the above case 2 and lodged in Central Prison, Trichy. The bail application of the appellant under Section 439 was rejected by the trial court on 30.04.2020. After being in judicial custody for more than 73 days, the appellant filed an application Crl.OP(MD)...
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NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION (ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NOS. 10733-10734 OF2019 OF2020CIVIL APPEAL NOS. LAXMI SINGH AND OTHERS ..... APPELLANT(S) VERSUS REKHA SINGH AND OTHERS ..... RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT SANJIV KHANNA, J.Leave granted.2. Sixty-four out of the ninety-two elected members of the Zila Panchayat, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh had on 1st October 2018 moved a motion of no confidence (the Motion, for short) against the Panchayat Adhyaksha, Ms. Rekha Singh, the first respondent before us.3. The District Judge, Allahabad had thereupon nominated the Additional District Judge, Allahabad to act as the Presiding Officer in the meeting of the Zila Panchayat summoned to consider the Motion. Civil Appeals arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 10733-734 of 2019 Page 1 of 11 4. In the meeting of the Zila Panchyat held on 25th October 2018, forty-eight out of fifty-one members present had voted in favour of the Motion, two members had voted a...
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NONREPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2183 OF2011SUBHASH SAHEBRAO DESHMUKH ...APPELLANT(S) VERSUS SATISH ATMARAM TALEKAR AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT NAVIN SINHA, J.The petitioner, an accused in the complaint case, is aggrieved by the refusal of the High court to interfere with the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, setting aside the order of the Special Metropolitan Magistrate, dismissing the complaint under Section 203 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as "the Cr.P.C.) 1 2. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that respondent no.l filed a complaint under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. alleging offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 120B, 114 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The Magistrate called for a report from the police. The police, after investigation submitted report that the allegations were false. Notice was issued to the complainant, who then filed a protest petition seeking an order ...
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