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2024 INSC150Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.3589 OF2023High Court Bar Association, Allahabad Appellant versus State of U.P. & Ors. Respondents with Special Leave Petition (Crl.) nos.13284-13289 of 2023 and Criminal Appeal..Diary No.49052 of 2023 JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.Table of Contents A. FACTUAL BACKGROUND .............................................. 2 I. Directions in Asian Resurfacing ................................. 2 II. Order of reference to Larger Bench ........................... 7 B. SUBMISSIONS ............................................................. 8 C. ANALYSIS .................................................................. 14 I. Object of passing interim orders .............................. 14 II. High Courts power to vacate or modify interim relief .................................................................................. 16 Criminal Appeal No.3589 of 2023 etc. Page 1 of 47 III. Whether a...
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2024 INSC175Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NOS1015910168 OF2020Vedanta Limited Petitioner Versus The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors Respondents WITH SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NOS1046110462 OF2020AND CIVIL APPEAL NOS276285 OF2021JUDGMENT Table of Contents A. SLP (C) Nos 1015910168 and 1046110462 of 2020 ............................................................... 3 i. Background ................................................................................................................................... 3 ii. The judgment of this Court in 2013 ................................................................................................ 4 iii. The decision in this case ................................................................................................................ 6 a. Violations of environmental norms and consequent harm ........................................................................
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2024 INSC152Non-Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.9035 OF2013(@Special Leave Petition (C) No.33563 of 2011) Savitri Bai and another Appellants Versus Savitri Bai Respondent JUDGMENT SANJAY KUMAR, J1 Civil Suit No.22A/80 was dismissed by the learned Additional Civil Judge, Class-1, Mudwara Katni, vide judgment dated 21.12.1992. The same stood confirmed in appeal by the learned First Additional District Judge, Mudwara Katni, when Civil Appeal No.1A/1993 filed by the plaintiff was dismissed on 14.03.1997. However, Second Appeal No.395 of 1997 filed by the said plaintiff was allowed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur on 28.07.2011. Thereby, the High Court declared that the plaintiff was the owner of the suit house property under the registered Sale Deed dated 18.01.1979 and decreed its possession in 1 her favour. Further, the High Court declared the Will dated 23.03.1977 executed in favour of Meghraj, the second defendant, ...
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2024 INSC151REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.2886 OF2012BASAVARAJ Appellant(s) VERSUS INDIRA AND OTHERS Respondent(s) JUDGMENT Rajesh Bindal, J.1. Vide impugned order1 passed by the High Court2, an application filed by respondents No.1 and 2/plaintiffs for amendment of the plaint was allowed subject to costs of 2,000/-.2. Briefly, the facts available on record are that respondents No.1 and 2 filed a suit3 for partition of the ancestral property belonging to their grand father pleading that no actual partition of the property has 1 Order dated 18.08.2010 passed in W.P. No.82086 of 2010 2 High Court of Karnataka, Circuit Bench at Gulbarga 3 Original Suit No.151 of 2005 Page 1 of 15 ever taken place. When the suit was at the fag end, an application was filed by respondents No.1 and 2 seeking amendment of the plaint. The amendment sought was to add prayer in the suit for a declaration that an earlier compromise decree dated 14.10.2004 ...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC148IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.7257 OF2011BHARTI CELLULAR LIMITED (NOW BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED) ..... A PPELLANT VERSUS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE57 KOLKATA AND ANOTHER ..... R E SPONDENTS W I T H CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 2652-2653, 4949-4950 AND49474948 OF2015 7455 OF2018 111 AND2860OF2021 8902 OF2022 7729, 7735, 7736, 7737, 7738, 7739, 7740, 7741, 7742, 7743, 7679, 7680, 7681, 7682, 7744, 7745, 7746, 7747, 7748, 7848, 7849, 7852, 7853, 7854, 7855, 7856, 7857 AND7859OF2023 AND3514 3515, 3516 AND3517OF2024JUDGMENT SANJIV KHANNA, J.This common judgment decides the aforestated appeals preferred by the Revenue and the assessees, who are cellular mobile telephone service providers. The issue relates to the liability to deduct tax at source under Section 194-H of the Income Tax Act, 19611 on the amount which, as per the Revenue, is a commission 1 The Act, for short. Civil Appeal No.7257 of 2011 & Ors. Page 1 of 44 pay...
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NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA2024INSC160CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.2451 OF2022SOLAR ENERGY CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED (SECI) APPELLANT(S) VERSUS WIND FOUR RENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT1 The appellant Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited1 impugns the judgment and order dated 11.01.2022 passed by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity2 at New Delhi, whereby the appeal preferred by respondent No.1 Wind Four Renergy Private Limited3 was allowed, directing that the period of 132 days, for which delay was to be condoned, would commence from the date of the impugned judgment, that is, 11.01.2022.2. Respondent No.1 - WFRPL and respondent No.3 Power Trading Company India Limited4 had entered into five Power Purchase Agreements5 dated 21.07.2017. Vide each of the said PPA, WFRPL had agreed to establish a 50 MW wind power unit and generate to supply renewable (wind) power to PTC. The 1 SECI, for short. 2 APTEL, for short. 3 WFRPL,...
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2024 INSC145REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA INHERANT JURISDICTION MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION (CIVIL) No.2045 OF2022IN CURATIVE PETITION (CIVIL) DIARY No.23828 OF2020IN REVIEW PETITION (CIVIL) NO.789 OF2019IN CIVIL APPEAL NO.8450 OF2016M/S BRAHMAPUTRA CONCRETE PIPE INDUSTRIES ETC. ETC. APPELLANT(S) VERSUS THE ASSAM STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD AND OTHERS RESPONDENT(S) WITH MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION (CIVIL) NOS . 2046 , 2047 , 2048 AND2050OF2022IN CURATIVE PETITION (CIVIL) DIARY NOS . 23829, 23830, 23831 OF2020AND14718of 2021 IN REVIEW PETITION (CIVIL ) NOS . 786 787 OF2019IN1CIVIL APPEAL NOS . 8442 8443 OF2016WITH MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION (CIVIL ) NO . 2049 OF2022IN CURATIVE PETITION (CIVIL ) DIARY NO . 23833 OF2020IN REVIEW PETITION (CIVIL ) NO . 788 OF2019IN CIVIL APPEAL NO . 8445 OF2016JUDGMENT ANIRUDDHA BOSE, J.The appellants before us are firms who are aggrieved by an order of a Registrar (JIV) of this Court passed on 31.10.2022 declining registration of a set of petitions labe...
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RPC10362023 2024 INSC147Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA INHERENT JURISDICTION Review Petition (Civil) No 1036 of 2023 In Civil Appeal No 2216 of 2022 Cdr Seema Chaudhary ...Petitioner Versus Union of India and Others ...Respondents JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI1A batch of petitions pertaining to the grant of Permanent Commission1 to Short Service Commission2 Officers in the Indian Navy was disposed of by 1 PC 2 SSC Page 1 of 11 RPC10362023 this Court by its judgment in Union of India vs Lieutenant Commander Annie Nagaraja3. The review petitioner was one of the officers before this Court. The submissions which were urged on her behalf were set out in paragraph 52 of the judgment. 2 In order to appreciate the grievance in the review petition, a reference to some of the salient facts would be in order. The petitioner was commissioned in the Indian Navy as a Short Service Commissioned Officer4 in the Judge Advocate Generals5 Branch of the Indian Navy on 6 August 2007. ...
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NONREPORTABLE2024INSC140IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION(C) NOS.1122511256 OF2021K. BALASUBRAMANI ETC. PETITIONER(S) Versus THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED BY THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ETC. RESPONDENT(S) WITH SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION(C)NOS.82518252/2022 J U DG M E N T Sanjay Karol, J.1. Briefly set out, the instant petitioners (hereinafter referred to as the tenants) were inducted as 1| SLP(C)NO.11225-56/21 tenants/licencees in different shops, vide different transactions, owned by the respondents herein (hereinafter referred to as the landlords). The respondentlandlords are managing the affairs of a temple, i.e., Arulmighu Dhandayuthpani Swamy Temple, Palani, under the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the Act).2. Posttermination of their original lease/licence period, the tenants stand declared as encroachers under the provisions of Section 78 of the Act....
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NONREPORTABLE2024INSC141IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PETITION FOR SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL (C) NO.18366 of 2021 SWAMI GOVERDHAN RANGACHARIJI & ORS. Petitioner(s) Versus M/S. A.J.PRINTERS Respondent(s) JUDGMENT Sanjay Karol, J.1. The dispute is inter se the instant petitioners (hereinafter referred to as the landlords) and the respondent herein (hereinafter referred to as the tenant) with respect to the property bearing Bungalow No.97, Ground Floor, Sunder Nagar, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the demised premises).2. In terms of the impugned judgment dated 03.08.2021 passed in CM(M) No.646/2020, the learned Single Judge (High Court of Delhi) has remanded the matter to the competent authority, i.e., the Rent Controller for adjudication 1|SLP(C)NO.18366/21 of the lis under the provisions of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1995. Noticeably, the landlord is a Trust and the respondent is occupying the demised premises as a tenant in terms of the written lease...
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