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WP(C) 302/2023 1 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition (Civil) No 302 of 2023 State of Punjab Petitioner Versus Principal Secretary to the Governor Respondents of Punjab and Another JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI1On 22 February 2023, the Council of Ministers of the Government of Punjab recommended the summoning of the Budget Session of the Sixteenth Punjab Vidhan Sabha on 3 March 2023 under Article 174(1) of the Constitution. 2 On 23 February 2023, the Governor of Punjab addressed a communication to the Chief Minister of the State. The subject of the letter was: WP(C) 302/2023 2 Cabinet decision on summoning of the house of the legislature of the State on 3rd March 2023. 3 The letter of the Governor refers to a prior exchange of correspondence between the Governor and the Chief Minister; the Governor having addressed an earlier communication of 13 February 2023 to which the Chief Minister had responded through a letter dated 14 Fe...
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NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.542 OF2023National Institute of Rural Development Appellant v. Shyam Sunder Prasad Sharma & Ors. ... Respondents JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.FACTUAL ASPECTS1 The issue involved in this Civil Appeal is of entitlement of respondent no.1 to pensionary benefits. The appellant is an autonomous organisation working under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. The appellant has more than 100 faculty members drawn from about 20 disciplines. It trains about 4,000 officials as well as non-officials engaged in the field of 1 rural development. It is also conducting international programmes for the benefit of third world countries.2. With effect from 14th August 2002, the appellant appointed respondent No.1 as an Associate Professor. Though the post was admittedly a regular post, he was appointed on a contract basis for a period of three years which was extendable to five years. Offer of contrac...
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1 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE/ORIGINAL JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.1497/2023 [ARISING OUT OF SLP(C) No.4149/2016]. SHAH NEWAZ KHAN & ORS. APPELLANTS VS. STATE OF NAGALAND & ORS. RESPONDENTS WITH TRANSFER PETITION (C) No.307/2016 SHAH NEWAZ KHAN & ORS. PETITIONERS VS. STATE OF NAGALAND & ORS. RESPONDENTS2JUDGMENT Dipankar Datta, J.1. Leave granted. THE ISSUE2 An issue, pristinely legal and novel, emerges for decision. It is novel in the sense that although three different High Courts of the country have taken views which are entirely consistent, except the view taken in the judgment and order under challenge of the Gauhati High Court which impliedly stands overruled by a larger Bench of the same High Court, this Court hitherto might not have had the occasion to deal with such an issue and decide either way.3. Shortly put, the issue is: Is the Supreme Court the sole repository of power in terms of section 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure (for brevity the CP...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.609 OF2015INDRAJIT DAS APPELLANT VERSUS THE STATE OF TRIPURA RESPONDENT JUDGMENT VIKRAM NATH, J.1. The appellant has assailed the correctness of the judgment and order of the High Court of Tripura dated 9th October, 2013 dismissing the appeal of the appellant while confirming the conviction recorded by the Trial Court under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code1 and 201 of IPC whereby he was awarded imprisonment for life and allied sentences to run concurrently. 1 in short IPC 1 2. The prosecution story begins with a telephone message by one Mantu Das (PW-40) informing the Police Station Kailashahar that huge quantity of blood had been seen on the Kailashahar-Kumarghat Road near Shantipur. The said telephone message was received by Bindhu Bhushan Das (PW-1) whereafter he along with Sub-Inspector Kajal Rudrapal proceeded for the said place, after making due entry in the G.D.Register.3. At the s...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) No.678 OF2021IMTIYAZ AHMAD MALLA .... PETITIONER VERSUS THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS .... RESPONDENTS JUDGMENT BELA M. TRIVEDI, J.1. The instant special leave petition is directed against the Judgment and Order dated 09.08.2019 passed by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir at Srinagar in LPASW No.71 of 2018, whereby the High Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the petitioner- appellant and confirmed the order dated 14.05.2018 passed by the Single Bench dismissing the SWP No.1766 of 2017.2. Briefly stated, the petitioner had successfully participated in the selection process conducted in 2008-2009 for the post of constable in the Jammu and Kashmir Executive Police, and he was issued an appointment letter dated 20.08.2009. The petitioner thereafter was deputed to the Police Training School, Manigam for 1 undergoing the nine months BRTC course. It appears that thereafter the s...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.634 OF2023(Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No.2454 of 2022) Royden Harold Buthello & Anr. . Appellant(s) Versus State of Chhattisgarh & Ors. . Respondent(s) With Crl.Appeal No.635 of 2023 @ SLP (Crl.) No.7306 of 2022 JUDGMENT A.S. Bopanna, J.1. Leave granted.2. The appellants, as also the respondents are common to these appeals and the subject matter relates to the same issue. Hence, they are taken up together and disposed of through the 1 common judgment. The appeal arising out of SLP Criminal No.2454 of 2022 is filed assailing the order dated 10.01.2022 passed in WPCR No.686 of 2020. In an appeal arising out of the SLP Criminal No.7306 of 2022, the order dated 15.09.2021 passed in Criminal Revision No.468 of 2021 is assailed. Both the said orders are passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur.3. The said order dated 10.01.2022 is passed in Writ Petition filed under Article 226 wherein the ap...
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NONREPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION I.A. No.192235/2022, I.A. No.192248/2022, I.A. No.192436/2022, I.A. No.12917/2023 and I.A. No.26340/2023 IN WRIT PETITION(CIVIL) NO(S). 940 OF2017BIKRAM CHATTERJI & ORS. .PETITIONER(S) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Rastogi, J.1. The present batch of IAs has been filed by various promoters/ developers/builders working in Noida/Greater Noida for recalling of the order dated 07th November, 2022. Pursuant thereto, orders dated 10th June, 2020, 19th August, 2020 and 25th August, 2020 passed in the pending proceedings were recalled. 12. At a given point of time, lease deeds were executed between such project builders/developers/promoters with the Noida/Greater Noida authorities, keeping in view the commercial considerations on agreed terms and conditions, later sought to invalidate and intended to amend their contractual terms so far as the payment of interest is concerned, through the intervention...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.190 OF2023ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY PETITIONER(S) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT K.M. JOSEPH, J.1. The reliefs sought for by the petitioner are as follows: a) direct the Home Ministry to constitute a Renaming Commission to find out original names of ancient historical cultural religious places, named after barbaric foreign invaders in order to maintain Sovereignty and to secure Right to Dignity, Right to Religion and Right to Culture guaranteed under Articles 21, 25 and 29 of the Constitution; b) alternatively, direct the Archaeological Survey of India to research and publish the initial names of ancient historical cultural religious places, which were renamed by barbaric foreign invaders, in order to secure Right to Know guaranteed under Article 19 of the Constitution; c) direct the Centre and State Governments to 1 update their websites and records and mention the origina...
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CA242013 1 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No 24 of 2013 Bhartiben Chandrakantbhai Thakor Appellant Versus State of Gujarat and Others Respondents JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI1The appellant was appointed as an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife by the District Panchayat, Valsad on 15 January 1980. She submitted her resignation from service on 18 April 1993, but on 23 November 1993, withdrew it. On 20 December 1993, she was called upon to resume service. She was however not permitted to join until 16 April 1994. On 23/26 December 1994, an order was passed accepting her resignation with effect from 31 March 1993. This CA242013 2 gave rise to the institution of a petition1 under Article 226 of the Constitution by the appellant. 2 By a judgment dated 12 October 2000, a Single Judge of the High Court of Gujarat set aside the order dated 23/26 December 1994 and directed that the appellant would be entitled to all consequential benefits. 3 ...
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1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). 572-573 OF2010AMAN SEMI-CONDUCTORS (PVT.) LTD. APPELLANT(S) VERSUS HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL DEVLOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. & ANR. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.1. The present appeals, by special leave, are directed against orders1 of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (hereinafter NCDRC). The NCDRC allowed a revision petition filed by the respondent corporation.2. The brief facts of the case are that the appellant, a proprietary concern applied for an industrial plot of the proposed project on 28-02-1994 in Industrial State Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon. The respondent corporation (hereinafter HSIDC) called the appellants proprietor, Modi Lal Gupta, for an interview 1 Dated 11.01.2007 in RP No.3125/2003 and order dated 07.11.2008 in Misc. Application No.711/2008 in Revision Petition No.3125/2003. 2 on 09-09-1994. A letter of intent was issued indicating certain conditions on 05...
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