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1 2024 INSC661REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.OF2024(@SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) No.2520 OF2024 SURAJ SINGH GUJAR & ANR. APPELLANTS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & ORS. RESPONDENTS ORDER Leave granted.2. The appellants have been convicted by the Trial Court under Sections 323, 324 and 325 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months, six months and one year for respective offences. Vide the impugned order dated 26.12.2023, Madhya Pradesh High Court disposed of the criminal appeal of appellants by maintaining their conviction and sentence as awarded by the Trial Court. 23. Now, the appellants have filed the present appeal stating that they have settled the dispute with the injured persons vide a Compromise Deed dated 29.01.2024 and thus, pray before us to grant permission for compounding the offence. The relevant portion from paragraphs 12 to 17 of the Set...
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2024 INSC643NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 8528-8529 OF2024M/s. Modern Builders Appellant versus State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. Respondents JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.FACTUAL ASPECTS1 The appellant was appointed as a contractor to construct a minor bridge. The contract was granted by the first respondentState of Madhya Pradesh. The second respondent, Executive Engineer, National Highway Division Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, rescinded the contract by the letter dated 9th November 2001. Clause 29 in the work order incorporated an arbitration clause. The appellant requested for constitution of an Arbitral Board. The said request was rejected. Even the subsequent representation was rejected. Therefore, the appellant applied for a reference to the Madhya Pradesh Arbitration Tribunal, Bhopal (for short, the Arbitration Tribunal) in accordance with Section 7 of the Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 (for short, the Civil...
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1 REPORTABLE2024INSC657IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos.3642-3646/2018 AKSHAY & ANR. Appellant(s) VERSUS ADITYA & ORS. Respondent(s) JUDGMENT1 This set of five Appeals arises out of the common Judgment and Order dated 28-11-2017 passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi (here-in-after, referred to as NCDRC) in First Appeal Nos.1664-1668 of 2017, whereby the NCDRC has dismissed the said Appeals filed by the present appellants challenging the Judgment and Order dated 10-7-2017 passed by the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Circuit Bench, Nagpur (here-in-after, referred to as State Commission) in a Consumer Complaint No.85 of 2015.2. The appellants herein are the owners of the land in question. They entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Respondent No.2 Glandstone Mahaveer Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. for the development of the land and for 2 construction of flats as mentioned herein.It a...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC639IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF2024(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.3981/2023) MULAKALA MALLESHWARA RAO & ANR. ..APPELLANT(S) Versus STATE OF TELANGANA & ANR. ..RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT SANJAY KAROL, J.Leave Granted.2. The present appeal is directed against an order of the High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad dated 22nd December, 2022 passed in Criminal Petition No.11528 of 2022, whereby the High Court refused to quash proceedings arising out of C.C.No.1369 of 2022 on the file of XXVIth Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Hayathnagar, under 1|SLP(CRL.)NO.3981/2023 Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code, 18601 and Section 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.3. Brief facts giving rise to the present appeal are as follows :3. 1 The complaint, which set in motion the Criminal Law, was at the instance of one Padala Veerabhadra Rao (Respondent No.2 referred to as the complainant herein), wh...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC665IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1556 OF2013CHABI KARMAKAR & ORS. .....Appellant(s) Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL .....Respondent(s) ORDER1 The appellants have been convicted under Sections 498A, 304B and 306 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The Trial Court had convicted sister-in-law (appellant no.1), husband (appellant no.2) and mother-in-law of the deceased and sentenced them to suffer life imprisonment, 3 years R.I and 10 years R.I for offences under Sections 304B, 498A and 306 of IPC respectively, along with fine and other default stipulations. Both the conviction and the sentence of the present appellants have been upheld in appeal and the High Court has dismissed the appeal. During the pendency of the appeal, one of the appellants i.e. appellant No.3 (Sova Rani Karmakar, the mother-in-law of the deceased) had passed away and the case against her stands abated.2. The brief case of the prosecution is...
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2024 INSC640REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 9975-9976 OF2024[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NOS.5034-5035 OF2019]. A. B. GOVARDHAN APPELLANT VERSUS P. RAGOTHAMAN RESPONDENT JUDGMENT AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH, J.Heard Mr. Narendra Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. V. Prabhakar, learned Senior counsel for the respondent.2. Leave granted. The pending applications shall be dealt with in the final pages of this judgment.3. The present appeals germinate from the:3. 1. Final Judgment and Order dated 22.02.2017 (hereinafter referred to as the First Impugned Order)1 passed by a Division Bench of the 1 2017 SCC OnLine Mad 11918 | (2017) 3 CTC777| (2017) 3 Mad LJ522| (2017) 4 LW421 2 High Court of Judicature at Madras (hereinafter referred to as the High Court) in Original Side Appeal2 No.189 of 2011, whereby the appeal filed by the respondent was allowed and Judgment dated 01.04.2010 passed by a Single Judge of the High Court ...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC642IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No...OF2024(@SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (Crl.) No.2029 OF2018K. RAVI APPELLANT(S) VERSUS STATE OF TAMIL NADU & ANR. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT BELA M. TRIVEDI, J.1. Leave granted.2. The instant appeal filed by the Appellant Defacto Complainant arises out of an extremely unusual and untenable Judgment and Order dated 27.07.2017 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Criminal Revision being Crl.R.C. No.1268 of 2016 filed by the Respondent No.2 (originally Accused No.2) under Section 397 and 401 of Cr.P.C., whereby the High Court while allowing the said Revision Application set aside the order dated 18.10.2016 passed by the Principal Sessions Judge, Dharmapuri framing charge in SC No.90 1 of 2015, and directed the further investigation in Crime No.2074 of 2009 under Section 173(8) of Cr.P.C.3. The brief facts leading to the present appeal are that an FIR being No.2074 of 2009 came to b...
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NON-REPORTABLE2024INSC638IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.OF2024(ARISING OUT OF S.L.P (C) NO.10546 OF2019 U.P. STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION & ORS. APPELLANT(S) VERSUS BRIJESH KUMAR & ANR. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT PANKAJ MITHAL, J.1. Leave granted.2. Under challenge in this appeal by the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation1 is the order dated 12.09.2018 passed by the Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court in Letters Patent Appeal arising from a writ petition filed by the respondent wherein the learned Single Judge vide judgment and order dated 1 In short UPSRTC 1 12.01.2018 allowed the writ petition of the respondent after setting aside the order dated 30.01.2016 terminating the services of the respondent passed by the Assistant Regional Manager, Mathura, UPSRTC.3. The father of the respondent Bal Krishna was a regular conductor working with the appellant (UPSRTC) who died on 18.10.2003 while in service. At that time, the respon...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC635IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). 7440-7441 OF2012NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND ANOTHER .APPELLANT(S) VERSUS MANJU TOMAR AND OTHERS ..RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). 7442-7444 OF2012JUDGMENT Mehta, J.1. Heard.2. These appeals filed by New Delhi Municipal Council1 (hereinafter being referred to as NDMC) and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee2 (hereinafter being referred to as DSGMC) arise out of a common judgment dated 9th December, 2009 passed by the High Court of Delhi in Letters Patent Appeal 1 Civil Appeal No(s). 7440-7441 of 2012 2 Civil Appeal No(s). 7442-7444 of 2012 1 Nos. 441 and 442 of 2009 and hence, they have been heard and are being decided together. Civil Appeal Nos. 7442-7444 of 2012 3. Facts in a nutshell relevant and essential for disposal of the appeals are noted hereinbelow.4. The appellant-DSGMC was managing and operating a school, namely, Khalsa Boys Primary School (in short school), co...
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2024 INSC634REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Civil) No(s). 13484-13488 of 2019) K. NIRMALA & ORS. .APPELLANT(S) VERSUS CANARA BANK & ANR. .RESPONDENT(S) WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Civil) No(s). 19877 of 2019) CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Civil) No(s). 23500-23501 of 2019) CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Civil) No(s). 13453 of 2019) JUDGMENT Mehta, J.1. Heard.2. Leave granted. 13. This batch of appeals, which involves identical questions of fact and law, arises from the judgments delivered by the Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka, as listed in the table below. Given the similarities, the appeals have been heard together and are being decided collectively. SLP No(s). Writ Date of Concerned Community Appeal Impugned Respondents/ (Scheduled No(s). Judgement Employer Caste/Scheduled Tribe) Special Writ Appeal 24th April, The Canara Kotegara (S...
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