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2024 INSC317REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Crl.) Nos.8663-8665 of 2023) THE STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH APPELLANT(S) VERSUS KAMAL AGARWAL & ORS. ETC. RESPONDENT(S) WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL No.OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No.7301 OF2022 CHANDRA MOHAN BADAYA APPELLANT(S) VERSUS THE STATE OFARUNACHAL PRADESH & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT VIKRAM NATH, J.Leave granted. SLP (CRL.) NOS. 8663-8665 of 20232 Page 1 of 192. Both the above appeals arise out of the First Information Report1 registered as FIR Case No.227 of 2017 at Police Station Pasi Ghat, District Siang East, Arunachal Pradesh for offences under section 420/120B/34 Indian Penal Code, 18602 lodged by Mr. Anil Agarwal attorney holder for Mr. Okep Tayeng, the proprietor of M/s Shiv Bhandar. This FIR was registered against several named accused, details of which will be dealt with at a later stage and additional names surfaced during investigation.3...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC313IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No(s). 7880 of 2023) THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL .APPELLANT(S) VERSUS JAYEETA DAS ..RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Mehta, J.1. Leave granted.2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record.3. The State of West Bengal has approached this Court by way of this appeal for assailing the legality and validity of the judgment dated 11th May, 2023 passed by the High Court of Calcutta in C.R.R. No.3180 of 2022. Brief Facts:- 4. Based on written complaint dated 1st January, 2022 filed by the SI Raju Debnath, STF Police Station, Kolkata on 28th 1 December, 2021 informing about recovery of an unclaimed black coloured bagpack lying abandoned at Sahid Minar containing some written posters of CPI(Maoist) and some incriminating articles about the activities of CPI(Maoist), FIR No.01 of 2022 came to be registered at STF Police Station, Kolk...
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2024 INSC316Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.OF2024(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CRL.) NO.9122 OF2021 MUKHTAR ZAIDI APPELLANT VERSUS THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR. RESPONDENTS JUDGMENT VIKRAM NATH, J.Leave granted.2. This appeal assails the correctness of the order dated 24.08.2021 passed by the Allahabad High Court dismissing the application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19731 filed by the appellant wherein a prayer was made to quash the Summoning Order dated 08.03.2021 by the Chief Judicial Magistrate2, 1 Cr.P.C. 2 CJM SLP(CRL.) No.9122 OF2021Page 1 of 14 Aligarh in Case No.129/2020 under Sections 147, 342, 323, 307, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 18603 Police Station, Civil Lines, District Aligarh. There is an order dated 01.11.2021 passed by the High Court wherein the Case Number mentioned in the order dated 24.08.2021 was corrected as Case No.5727/2021.3. Respondent no.2 lodged a First Information Report4 b...
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2024 INSC315REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.6884 OF2012THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH APPELLANT VERSUS SATISH JAIN (DEAD) BY LRS & ORS. RESPONDENTS JUDGMENT VIKRAM NATH J.1. The Appellant-State of Madhya Pradesh1-Defendant in the Original Suit filed by Satish Jain (Respondent No.1), since deceased, represented by his legal heirs, is in appeal assailing the correctness of the judgment and order dated 14.11.2005 passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court allowing Civil Revision 1 Hereinafter referred to as the, State-Appellant Civil Appeal No.6884 of 2012 1 No.201 of 2005, titled Satish Jain versus Rama & Ors., whereby the High Court set aside the order of the Trial Court dated 22.12.2004, and further directed the Trial Court to proceed in accordance with law to implement the award of the Arbitrator. It also rejected the objections of the appellant dated 09.11.2004, and further the order rejecting the report of the Arbitrator was also set a...
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Reportable 2024 INSC314IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOs. 5027 of 2024 (@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No.30152 OF2018 MRINMOY MAITY APPELLANT(S) VERSUS CHHANDA KOLEY AND OTHERS RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Aravind Kumar, J.1. Leave granted.2. The short point that arises for consideration in this appeal is: Whether the writ court was justified in entertaining the writ petition filed by the respondent No.1 herein challenging the approval dated 03.06.2014 granted in favour of the appellant herein for starting LPG distributorship at Jamalpur, District Burdwan?. 1 3. The facts in brief which has led to filing of the present appeal are as under:4. An advertisement came to be issued on 09.09.2012 calling for application for distributors to grant LPG distributorship under GP Category at Jamalpur, District Burdwan. From amongst the applications so received, the application submitted by the appellant as well as respondent No.1 were found to be in order. Sin...
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NON-REPORTABLE2024INSC309IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024(Arising out of SLP (C) No(s). 8788-8789 of 2023) SANDEEP KUMAR .APPELLANT(S) VERSUS GB PANT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY GHURDAURI & ORS. .RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Mehta, J.1. Leave granted.2. The instant appeals are directed against the judgments dated 4th August, 2022 and 21st February, 2023 passed by the learned Division Bench of Uttarakhand High Court in Writ Petition(S/B) No.395 of 2022 and MCC Review Application No.4 of 2022 in Writ Petition(S/B) No.395 of 2022, respectively.3. The learned Division Bench of Uttarakhand High Court, vide judgment dated 4th August, 2022 dismissed the Writ Petition(S/B) No.395 of 2022 filed by the appellant herein under Article 226 of 1 the Constitution of India for assailing the order dated 19th May, 2022 passed by respondent No.2 terminating the services of the appellant on the post of Registrar of respondent No.1- G.B. Pant Insti...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC333IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.OF2024(ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO.8488 OF2024 ARCADIA SHIPPING LTD. ..... APPELLANT VERSUS TATA STEEL LIMITED AND OTHERS ..... RESPONDENTS ORDER SANJIV KHANNA, J.Leave granted.2. This order gives reasons and decides a question of territorial jurisdiction under the Code of Civil Procedure, 19081.3. We begin by briefly referring to the facts of the case and pleadings in the plaint - Suit No.458/2000: o The original plaintiff is Bhushan Steel & Strips Ltd2. Bhushan Steel has merged with Tata Steel Limited (respondent No.1 before this Court). o The defendant nos. 1-4 are, TYO Trading Enterprises3 (respondent No.2 before this Court), Commercial Bank of Ethiopia4 (respondent No.3 before this Court), Arcadia Shipping Limited5 (appellant before this 1 For short, Code. 2 For short, Bhushan Steel. 3 For short, TYO Trading. 4 For short, Bank of Ethiopia. 5 For short, Arcadia. Civi...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC306IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 4886-4888 OF2023ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS AND OTHERS ETC. ...APPELLANT(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS ETC. ...RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.4372 OF2023CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 4891-4892 OF2023CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 4889-4890 OF2023CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 5747-5750 OF2023JUDGMENT B.R. GAVAI, J.Civil Appeal Nos. 4886 to 4889, 4892 and 5748 to 5750 of 2023 1. The present set of appeals challenge the judgment dated 3rd August 2022, passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Madras (Madras High Court for short), whereby the writ appeals being W.A. Nos. 82 and 95 of 2015 and 5251 of 2022 filed by the respondents herein were 1 allowed and the order dated 23rd December 2014 passed by the learned Single Judge of the Madras High Court in Writ Petition No.11148 of 2017 was quashed and set aside.2. The facts giving rise to present appeals are as under:2. 1 The employees are govern...
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NON-REPORTABLE2024INSC308IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). 1258 OF2010RAMVIR @ SAKET SINGH .APPELLANT(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH .RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Mehta, J.1. The instant appeal is directed against the judgment dated 27th July, 2007 passed by Division Bench of High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Gwalior whereby Criminal Appeal No.607 of 1998 filed by the appellant was dismissed and the judgment and order dated 9th November, 1998 passed by the Vth Upper Sessions Judge, Bhind, Madhya Pradesh(hereinafter being referred to as the trial Court) in Session Case No.70 of 1987 was upheld. 12. Vide judgment and order dated 9th November, 1998, the learned trial Court convicted and sentenced the appellant as below: - (i) Under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1860(hereinafter being referred to as IPC): Life imprisonment and fine of Rs. 2000/- in default two months rigorous imprisonment (for the murder of Kaptan Singh). (ii) Under Sec...
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NON-REPORTABLE2024INSC307IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1858 OF2009DHARAMBIR @ DHARMA ..Appellant(s) VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA .Respondent(s) JUDGMENT Mehta, J.1. Vide judgment and order dated 3rd May, 1999, learned Sessions Judge, Bhiwani convicted the appellant for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as IPC) and by an order of sentencing dated 10th May, 1999 awarded sentence of life imprisonment and fine of Rs.500/-, in default of payment of fine, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment of six months to the appellant. 12. The appellant challenged the said judgment by filing Criminal Appeal No.259-DB of 1999 in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. The Division Bench rejected the appeal vide judgment dated 21st April, 2008 and affirmed the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the trial Court. Brief Facts: - 3. The prosecution case in nutshell i...
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