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NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.8671 OF2015CISF AND OTHERS ... A P PELLANTS VERSUS SANTOSH KUMAR PANDEY ... R ESPONDENT JUDGMENT SANJIV KHANNA, J.This appeal, which has been preferred by Central Industrial Security Force1 and two others, takes exception to the judgment dated 16.12.2014 in Special Civil Application No.13718 of 2004, whereby the High Court of Gujarat has allowed the writ petition preferred by Respondent No.1 Santosh Kumar Pandey and directed his reinstatement in service with 50% back wages from the date of his removal.2. Respondent No.1 Santosh Kumar Pandey, who was working as a constable with the CISF, was posted at the Greenbelt Area of the IPCL Township, Vadodara, Gujarat, where he was charge-sheeted vide memorandum dated 28.10.2001 on allegations of misconduct, which allegations we shall refer to in some detail subsequently. 1 For short, CISF. Civil Appeal No.8671 of 2015 Page 1 of 14 Respondent No.1 Santos...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No 2319 of 2022 (Arising out of SLP (Crl) No 8238 of 2022) Iqram Appellant versus The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors Respondents JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI1Leave granted. 2 The facts of the present case provide another instance, a glaring one at that, indicating a justification for this Court to exercise its jurisdiction as a protector of the fundamental right to life and personal liberty inhering in every citizen. If the Court were not to do so, a serious miscarriage of justice of the nature which has emerged in the present case would be allowed to persist and the voice of a citizen whose liberty has been abrogated would receive no attention. The history of this Court indicates that it is in the seemingly small and routine matters involving grievances of citizens that issues of moment, both in jurisprudential and constitutional terms, emerge. The intervention by this Court to protec...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.2310 OF2022(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No.8488 of 2022 ) HASMUKHLAL D. VORA & ANR. APPELLANT (S) VERSUS THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU RESPONDENT (S) JUDGMENT KRISHNA MURARI, J.Leave Granted.2. The present appeal is directed against the final order dated 23.08.2021 passed by the High Court of Madras (hereinafter referred to as "High Court) in Criminal O.P. No.6445 of 2018, where the Appellants' plea under Section 482 of the Cr.PC to quash the criminal complaint against them was dismissed. 13. Briefly, the facts relevant for the purpose of this Appeal are as follows: I. Appellant No.1 is the proprietor of an established company under the name of M/s. Chem Pharm, a trader of raw material chemicals used in food, food supplements, medicinal preparations etc. Appellant No.2 is the son and employee of Appellant No.1. II. During the course of their business, the Appellants purchased 75...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). 2311 OF2022[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) NO(S). 6762 of 2022]. RAJARAM APPELLANT(S) VERSUS STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.1. Special leave granted. The appellant (husband of the deceased) is aggrieved by his conviction under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the sentence imposed on him. His appeal, against the conviction and sentence in respect of that offence, was dismissed by the impugned judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.2. The prosecution alleged that on 23-04-2009 at 10:00 A.M., information was received from the hospital that a woman had been brought there by her husband (the appellant) in a burnt condition. At the request of Police Station Ashok Nagar District Ashoknagar, Guna, M.P, the medico legal certificate (MLC) of the injured Pushpa was issued. Her dying declaration was recorded.3. On 23-04-2009, some burnt cloth...
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REPORTABLE2022INSC1293IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 9252-9253 OF2022(arising out of SLP(C) Nos. 7860-7861 of 2018) KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY APPELLANT(S) BOARD & ORS. VERSUS THOMAS JOSEPH ALIAS .RESPONDENT(S) THOMAS M. J.& ORS. WITH Civil Appeal Nos. 9256-9257 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7886-7887 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9254-9255 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7875-7876 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9262 -9263 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7880-7881 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9264 -9265 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7863-7864 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9266 -9267 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7882-7883 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9268 -9269 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7884-7885 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9270 -9271 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7870-7871 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9258 -9259 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7873-7874 of 2018 Civil Appeal Nos. 9260 -9261 of 2022 @ SLP(C) Nos. 7878-7879 of 2018 JUDGMENT J.B. PARDIWALA, J., 1. Leave granted in all the captioned Special Leave Petitions.2. Since th...
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[REPORTABLE]. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO._ OF2022(Arising out of SLP (C) No.14140 OF2020 GOKAL CHAND (D) THR. LRS. Appellant(s) VERSUS AXIS BANK LTD. & ANR. Respondent(s) JUDGMENT Hrishikesh Roy, J.Leave granted.2. Heard Mr. Harshit Khanduja, the learned counsel appearing for the appellants. Also heard Ms. Suman Bagga, learned counsel representing the Max Life Insurance Corporation (respondent No.2). The first respondent is represented by Mr. Devendra Kumar Singh.3. The appeal arises out of a home loan secured by the appellants for which obtaining the life insurance in the name of Gokal Chand (now deceased) was a pre- requisite, as set out by the Axis Bank (respondent no.1). Page 1 of 164. The appellants project that respondent No.1 bank acting as an agent for respondent No.2 Insurance Company, on 25.7.2017 sanctioned home loan of Rs. 70,99,172/-. From the disbursed loan amount, insurance premium of Rs. 6,24,172/- was paid on behalf of th...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.________of 2022 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.3525 of 2018) WAVE INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD. Appellant(s) VERSUS STATE OF U.P. & ORS. Respondent(s) WITH Civil Appeal No._______of 2022 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.4053 of 2018) Civil Appeal No._______of 2022 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.3537 of 2018) Civil Appeal No._______of 2022 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.12724 of 2018) JUDGMENT Hrishikesh Roy, J.Leave granted.2. Heard Mr. T. Srinivasa Murthy, the learned counsel appearing for the appellants. Also heard Mr. Balbir Page 1 of 17 Singh, the learned Additional Solicitor General of India appearing for respondent-State. The U.P State Sugar Corporation (respondent no.2) for short the UPSSCL, is represented by Mr. Pradeep Misra, the learned counsel.3. For the sake of convenience, we will take the facts of SLP(C) No.3525 of 2018, for the purpose of this judgment: - The appellants were the writ petitioners before the High C...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.9040 OF2022(@ SLP(C) No.14252 OF2022 Kumari Laxmi Saroj & Ors. ...Appellant(S) Versus State of U.P. & Ors. ...Respondent(S) JUDGMENT M. R. Shah, J.1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 13.07.2022, passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench in Writ A. No.3993/2022, by which, the High Court has dismissed the said writ petition and refused to issue a writ directing the respondent(s) to appoint them on the post of Health Worker (Female), the original writ petitioners have preferred the present appeal.2. The facts leading to the present appeal in a nutshell are as under: 1 2.1 That applications were invited vide advertisement dated 15.12.2021 for appointment on the post of Health Worker (Female). The last date for submitting the application was 05.01.2022. As per clause 6 of the advertisement, it was inevitable for the candidate to possess...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.9229 OF2022(@Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.23601 of 2022) (@ Diary No.3575 of 2022) Govt. of NCT of Delhi ..Appellant Versus Mohd. Maqbool & Ors. ..Respondents JUDGMENT M. R. Shah, J.1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 01.12.2015 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in Writ Petition (C) No.27 of 2015 by which the High Court has allowed the said writ petition preferred by the respondent no.1 original writ petitioner and has declared that the acquisition with respect to the land in 1 question is deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the Act 2013), the Government of NCT of Delhi has preferred the present appeal.2. A Notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). 9233 OF2022[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No.10860 OF2020 HARPREET KAUR & ORS. APPELLANT(S) VERSUS MOHINDER YADAV & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.1. Leave granted. With consent of counsel for the parties, the appeal was heard finally.2. The appellants are aggrieved by the final judgment1 of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh, which partly allowed their first appeal, enhancing the compensation awarded to the petitioners from 6,60,000 (with 6% interest) to 17,66,000 (with 7.5% interest). The appellants grievance is that the High Court erred in computation of compensation for loss of income, and failed to award any amount under the head of loss of love and affection, 1 Final judgment dated 18.03.2019 in FAO No.2228/2007 (O&M) passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. 1 while computing the final compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereafter, MV Act)...
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