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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.. OF2022(arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.2668 OF2022 DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT ..APPELLANT(S) versus PADMANABHAN KISHORE ..RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Uday Umesh Lalit, CJI1 Leave granted.2. This appeal challenges the final judgment and order dated 1.3.2021 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Writ Petition No.25670/2019.3. The aforestated writ petition was filed by the respondent herein seeking quashing of proceedings initiated against him under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PML Act, for short). 14. The basic facts which led to the filing of said writ petition stand captured in paragraphs 2.1 to 2.3 of the judgment under appeal, as under: - 2.1 One Andasu Ravinder (A1), IRS, was working as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai. On intelligence, the Central Bureau of Investigation (for brevity the CBI) checked a car that was parked in front of t...
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Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS.. OF2022(arising out of SLP (Crl.) Nos.5115-5118 OF2021 AROON PURIE ..APPELLANT(S) versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. ..RESPONDENT(S) WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS.... OF2022(arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.5258-5261/2021) CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS.... OF2022(arising out of SLP (Crl.) Nos.6392-6394/2021) JUDGMENT Uday Umesh Lalit, CJI1 Leave granted.2. These appeals challenge the common judgment and order dated 07.04.2021 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in Criminal M.C. Nos. 3492 of 2013, 4636 of 2013 and 1762 of 1 2014 filed by Mr. Aroon Purie; Mr. Parampreet Singh Randhawa & Ors.; and Mr. Saurabh Shukla, respectively.3. A news item1 titled Mission Misconduct was published in the news magazine INDIA TODAY (for the period of 23.04.2007 to 30.04.2007) stating that in a string of embarrassments for the foreign office, three Indian Officials posted in the Indian High Commission at UK had to be r...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No. OF2022(Arising out of SLP (C) No.12884/2020) GUJARAT STATE CIVIL SUPPLIES CORPORATION LTD. .... APPELLANT VERSUS MAHAKALI FOODS PVT. LTD. (UNIT2 & ANR. .... RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.127 OF2018M/S. RAMKRISHNA ELECTRICALS LTD. .APPELLANT VERSUS MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LTD. & ANR. .... RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.6167 OF2013M/S VIDARBHA CERAMICS PVT. LTD. APPELLANT(S) VERSUS M/S STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA & ORS .... RESPONDENT(S) WITH1CIVIL APPEAL No. OF2022(Arising out of SLP (C) No.31227 OF2018 GUJARAT STATE PETRONET LTD. APPELLANT VERSUS KRUNAL ENGINEERING WORKS & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No. OF2022(Arising out of SLP (C) No.7375 OF2020 BHARAT ELECTRONICS LTD. &ANR. APPELLANT(S) VERSUS IBEX INTEGRATED BUSINESS EXPRESS PRIVATE LTD. & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No. OF2022(Arising out of SLP (C) No.2135 OF2021 UNION OF INDIA APPEL...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.2811 OF2022(Arising from S.L.P(Civil) No.6526/2022 @ Diary No.27620/2020 Union of India and others Appellants Versus Munshi Ram Respondent WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.2812 OF2022(Arising from S.L.P(Civil) No.6530/2022 @ Diary No.27618/2020 CIVIL APPEAL No.2813 OF2022(Arising from S.L.P(Civil) No.6531/2022 @ Diary No.27616/2020 CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 2814-2815 OF2022(Arising from S.L.P(Civil) Nos. 5043-5044/2022 JUDGMENT M.R. SHAH, J.1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned common judgment and order dated 21.11.2019 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in Writ Petition (Civil) No.4535/2019 and other allied writ petitions, by which the High Court has allowed the said writ petitions preferred by the respective private respondents herein and has set aside the orders passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal and thereafter 1 directed the appellants Northern Railway to count 50% of their s...
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Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No 1441 of 2022 The State of Jharkhand Appellant versus Shailendra Kumar Rai @ Pandav Rai Respondent 1 JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J Table of Contents A. Background ............................................................................................................. 4 i. An overview of the testimonies of the witnesses examined by the prosecution ......................... 5 a. Lallan Prasad, PW11.................................................................................................................................... 5 b. Dr. RK Pandey, PW6..................................................................................................................................... 7 c. Dr. Minu Mukherjee, PW9........................................................................................................................... 7 d. Dr. R Mahto, PW8...................................
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1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) DIARY NO.33350 OF2022CHANDER PRAKASH WADHWA Petitioner(s) VERSUS STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. Respondent(s) ORDER The petitioner is arrested in two cases. The first was lodged by the Economic Offences Wing, Delhi and, the second has been lodged by the Directorate of Enforcement for the offences punishable under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. In the first case, because of his medical condition, the petitioner was granted the facility of interim bail for a while. During the period of said interim bail, the petitioner was arrested in connection with the second case by the Directorate of Enforcement and has since then been in custody. The application for bail was moved in connection with the second case and as the Order dated 27.05.2022 annexed as Annexure P-16 shows, the prayer for bail was rejected by the Trial Court. We have been apprised that no further challenge in ...
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NONREPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(s). 78057806 OF2022(Arising out of SLP(C) No(s).1408814089 of 2022) DR. AJIT KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA APPELLANT(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Rastogi, J.1. Leave granted.2. The appellant, a member of the Indian Forest Services (IFS), approached the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jabalpur, with the grievance that his candidature was considered for promotion to the 1 post of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in the DPC held on 12th May, 2020 and the officer junior to him was promoted pursuant to the recommendations made by Order dated 4th September, 2020, but without any cause or justification, his candidature was kept in a sealed cover and mandamus was sought by him to direct the authorities of the State to open the sealed cover which was adopted by the DPC held on 12th May, 2020 as illegal and pass further orders in accordance with law.3. The Central Admini...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.7629 of 2022 Shiv Kumar & Ors. Appellants Versus Gainda Lal & Ors. Respondents JUDGMENT M. R. Shah, J.1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 07.03.2019 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in First Appeal No.854 of 2014, the original claimants have preferred the present appeal to enhance the amount of compensation. 12. That the wife of the appellant no.1 died in a vehicular accident. At the relevant time, the deceased was aged 25 years and was a housewife. The Motor Accident Claim Tribunal awarded Rs.19,12,200/ with the interest at the rate of 7.5% towards the compensation under different heads. The Learned Tribunal awarded the loss of dependency at Rs.3,24,000/ considering the income of the deceased at Rs.1,500/ per month. As at the relevant time the deceased was pregnant, the learned Tribunal also awarded Rs.50,000/ for foetus. Learn...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.7614 OF2022South Delhi Municipal Corporation Appellant(s) Versus Federation of Residents Welfare Association, Respondent(s) Vasant Kunj (Regd.) and Ors. JUDGMENT M.R. SHAH, J.1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 06.12.2016 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in C.M. No.34439/2016 in Writ Petition No.3687/1995, by which, the Division Bench of the High Court has dismissed the said application preferred by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal Corporation) and has refused to modify the earlier order dated 03.12.2003 passed by the High Court in Writ Petition No.3687/1995, 1 the Municipal Corporation has preferred the present appeal.2. That the dispute is with respect to the cremation ground at Masoodpur, New Delhi which as such is in existence since last more than 100 years and the same is for the benefit of v...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS.2407-2412 OF2021THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS. ETC. ETC. APPELLANT (S) VERSUS UDAY EDUCATION AND WELFARE TRUST AND ANR. ETC. ETC. RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 3144-3146 OF2022CIVIL APPEAL NOS.3132-3134 OF2022CIVIL APPEAL NOS.3135-3137 OF2022CIVIL APPEAL NO.3138 OF2022CIVIL APPEAL NOS.4061-4062 OF2022CIVIL APPEAL NO.3141 OF2022CIVIL APPEAL NOS.2547-2548 OF2020CIVIL APPEAL NOS.3142-3143 OF2022CIVIL APPEAL NOS.3147-3149 OF2022JUDGMENT B.R. GAVAI, J.1. For the reasons stated in the applications for impleadment/intervention, the same are allowed. 12. This bunch of appeals challenges the order dated 18th February 2020, passed by the learned National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the learned NGT) in Original Application Nos.313, 335 and 396 of 2019, thereby quashing and setting aside the notice dated 1st March 2019 issued by the State of Uttar Pradesh for ...
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