(981) MUNNA PRASAD VERMA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2022 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) - Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B - Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) - Section 482 - Quashing of criminal proceedings - Compassionate appointment based on forged marksheet - There is no prima facie evidence on record which implicate the appellants directly/indirectly connected to the commission of crime - Appellants are implicated, being the members of the Selection Committee, who relied on the documents placed on record without any verification on the assum India Law Library Docid # 1602016
(982) THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Vs. NANDU @ NANDUA [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2022 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) - Section 302 - Murder - Quantum of punishment - Punishment for murder under Section 302 IPC shall be death or imprisonment for life and fine - Therefore, the minimum sentence provided for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC would be imprisonment for life and fine - There cannot be any sentence/punishment less than imprisonment for life, if an accused is convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC. India Law Library Docid # 1602013
(983) THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. PHOOL SINGH [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2022 Service Law - Reinstatement - Employee can be reinstated in service only when his acquittal is an honourable acquittal, and not one given due to a "benefit of doubt". India Law Library Docid # 1602011
(984) M. MOHAN Vs. THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2022 Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 - Sections 15(1) and 15(2) - Tamil Nadu Highways Rules, 2003 - Rule 5(2) - Non-filing of a statement by way of answer to the objections by the Highways Department and/or non-furnishing the copy of the same to the original land owners shall not vitiate the entire process of acquisition process - Object and purpose of sub-rule (2) of Rule 5 seems to be to give an opportunity to the Highways Department also to meet with the objections raised by the land owners and so a India Law Library Docid # 1602012
(985) XYZ Vs. ABHISHEIK AND ANOTHER [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2022 The appeals arise from the judgments of a Single Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh dated 22 August 2016 in Criminal Revision No 278 of 2016 and Misc Criminal Case No 5495 of 2016. The High Court, while allowing a revision against the decision of the 4th Additional Sessions Judge, Satna dated 21 December 2015 came to the conclusion that the first respondent was a juvenile on the date of the incident. We hold, for the reasons to follow, that the High Court has erred in its findings and tha India Law Library Docid # 1602079
(986) C.L. HARIKUMAR Vs. M. PAZHANISWAMY AND ANOTHER [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2022 The appellant is before this Court assailing the judgment dated 01.08.2018, passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam in MACA. No. 631/2012. Through this appeal, the appellant is seeking further enhancement of the compensation. India Law Library Docid # 1854878
(987) DR.M.DEIVANAYAGAM Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2022 Invoking the jurisdiction under Article 32 of the Constitution, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs: - To direct the Respondents herein to Abolish the practice of principles of Laws of Manu / Principles of Varashrama as the same leads to discrimination and diversifying the people of India on the basis of Religion, Caste, Language, Sect and etc. India Law Library Docid # 1846114
(988) KRISHNAMURTHY Vs. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2022 The instant appeal filed by the appellant- Krishnamurthy (Original Accused no. 2) under Article 136 of the Constitution of India is directed against the judgment and order dated 27.10.2009 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Criminal Appeal No. 734 of 2008, whereby the High Court had dismissed the appeal of the present appellant and confirmed the judgment of conviction and sentence passed against him by the Sessions Court, Cuddalore (hereinafter referred to as the “Sessions Court India Law Library Docid # 1602497
(989) MORGAN SECURITIES AND CREDITS PVT. LTD. Vs. VIDEOCON INDUSTRIES LTD. [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2022 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 31(7) - Post-award interest - Arbitrator must exercise the discretionary power to grant post-award interest reasonably and in good faith, taking into account all relevant circumstances. India Law Library Docid # 1602008
(990) LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. SANJEEV BUILDERS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2022 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) - Order 6 Rule 17 - Amendment of pleadings - In dealing with a prayer for amendment of pleadings, the court should avoid a hypertechnical approach, and is ordinarily required to be liberal especially where the opposite party can be compensated by costs. India Law Library Docid # 1602009
(991) VISALATCHI AND OTHERS Vs. NAGARAJAN AND ANOTHER [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2022 The appellants are aggrieved by the order dated 04.02.2020 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras whereby their appeal against the order dated 29.12.2006 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal at Karaikal (for short, 'the Tribunal') in M.A.C.T.O.P.No.232/2004 has been dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 1854877
(992) RIYADH M @ ANES Vs. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LIMITED [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2022 The appellant assails the Order dated 13-12-2019 passed by the High Court of Kerala, whereby the award dated 20-5-2015 passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Pathanamthitta, Kerala has been modified and the compensation to the tune of Rs.5,95,590/-with 9 per cent interest from the date of original petition along with proportionate cost of Rs.34,529/- as awarded by the Tribunal, has been reduced by Rs.1,62,000/-. India Law Library Docid # 1854879
(993) X Vs. M. MAHENDER REDDY AND OTHERS [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2022 The present contempt petition seeks to highlight the conduct on part of the alleged contemnors in willfully violating the mandatory directions issued by this Court. The directions which are put in focus are those which were issued in the decision delivered in State of Karnataka by Nonavinakere Police vs. Shivanna alias Tarkari Shivanna - (2014) 8 SCC 913. Para 10 of said decision reads as under: India Law Library Docid # 1846094
(994) VENKATESHWAR GLOBAL SCHOOL Vs. JUSTICE FOR ALL AND OTHERS [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2022 We are unable to appreciate how clause 4 of the impugned order dated 26.05.2022 can be worked out even if the schools are at default for the earlier period of years as the same cannot be compensated in this manner by an interim order. India Law Library Docid # 1846113
(995) KRISHNAMURTHY Vs. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2022 The instant appeal filed by the appellant- Krishnamurthy (Original Accused no. 2) under Article 136 of the Constitution of India is directed against the judgment and order dated 27.10.2009 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Criminal Appeal No. 734 of 2008, whereby the High Court had dismissed the appeal of the present appellant and confirmed the judgment of conviction and sentence passed against him by the Sessions Court, Cuddalore (hereinafter referred to as the "Sessions Court India Law Library Docid # 1852051
(996) SANGHAR ZUBER ISMAIL Vs. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND ANOTHER [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-08-2022 The appeal before the NGT arose from the grant of an environmental clearance on 5 January 2021 in favour of the second respondent for the expansion of the capacity of its refinery situated in the petro-chemical complex at Vadinar, District Devbhumi Dwarka, Gujarat from 20 MMTPA to 46 MMTPA. The main challenge before the NGT, as recorded in paragraph 3 of the decision is that the expansion was likely to cause an adverse impact on the marine environment, both in terms of the mangroves and marine b India Law Library Docid # 1826035
(997) SANJEET KUMAR SINGH @ MUNNA KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-08-2022 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) - Section 54 - Presumption from possession of illicit articles - Section 54 of the Act raises a presumption and the burden shifts on the accused to explain as to how he came into possession of the contraband - But to raise the presumption under Section 54 of the Act, it must first be established that a recovery was made from the accused. India Law Library Docid # 1602001
(998) MARAYAMMAL AND OTHERS @APELLANT Vs. K.S. VENKIDUSAMY AND ANOTHER [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-08-2022 We have gone through the curative petition and the relevant documents. India Law Library Docid # 1602035
(999) EX. HAVILDAR BHOOP SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-08-2022 We have gone through the curative petition and the relevant documents. India Law Library Docid # 1602036
(1000) MAHADEO AND OTHERS SMT. SOVAN DEVI AND OTHERS [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-08-2022 Rajasthan Special Assistance to Disabled Ex-Servicemen and Dependants of Deceased Defence Personnel (Allotment of Lands) Rules, 1963 - Rules 2(a), 3, 6 and 7 - Allotment of land - Rules contemplate that if the possession is not taken within 6 months, the allotment shall be deemed to have been cancelled - Inter-departmental communication cannot be treated to be a letter of allotment - Even if it is considered to be a letter of allotment, the writ petitioner-wife of the ex-serviceman, who died in India Law Library Docid # 1602002