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(1) Aslam Ismail Khan Deshmukh...Petitioner Vs. ASAP Fluids Pvt. Ltd. & Anr....Respondents D.D 07/11/2024

Arbitration – Appointment of Arbitrator – Limitation and Time-barred Claims – Referral Court’s Scope – Petitioner sought appointment of an arbitrator for disputes arising from a Shareholders Agreement after the respondent’s delay in issuing shares and share certificates – Supreme Court examined whether the claims were time-barred for appointment of an arbi...

REPORTABLE # ARBITRATION PETITION NOS. 20 & 22 OF 2019 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 901130

(2) Aslam Ismail Khan Deshmukh...Petitioner Vs. ASAP Fluids Pvt. Ltd. & Anr....Respondents D.D 07/11/2024

Arbitration – Appointment of Arbitrator – Limitation and Time-barred Claims – Referral Court’s Scope – Petitioner sought appointment of an arbitrator for disputes arising from a Shareholders Agreement after the respondent’s delay in issuing shares and share certificates – Supreme Court examined whether the claims were time-barred for appointment of an arbi...

# ARBITRATION PETITION NOS. 20 & 22 OF 2019 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 497799

(3) Commissioner of Customs ...Petitioner Vs. M/s Canon India Pvt. Ltd. ...Respondent D.D 07/11/2024

Proper Officer Jurisdiction – Section 6 and Section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 – Jurisdiction of DRI Officers to Issue Notices – Canon India Clarified - The Supreme Court clarified that DRI officers had been validly empowered to issue show cause notices under Section 28 of the Customs Act, 1962, by virtue of prior notifications and statutory provisions under Sections 2(34) and 5....

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION REVIEW PETITION (C) NO. 400 OF 2021 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 841947

(4) Aruna Dhanyakumar Doshi ...Appellant Vs. The State of Telangana & Ors. ...Respondents D.D 07/11/2024

Criminal Law - Quashing of FIR – Absence of Specific Allegations – Investigation Necessity – Appellant’s complaints centered on family disputes and alleged forced execution of property gift deeds to family members – Supreme Court found complaints lacked specific allegations against certain respondents (4th and 5th), noting that vague claims and considerable delay in f...

NON REPORTABLE # Criminal Appeal No. 4130 of 2024 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 530116

(5) Goqii Technologies Private Limited...Appellant Vs. Sokrati Technologies Private Limited...Respondent D.D 07/11/2024

  Arbitration Law – Appointment of Arbitrator – Appeal under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Appellant (Goqii Technologies Private Limited) challenged High Court’s dismissal of arbitration application, seeking appointment of arbitrator under Clause 18.12 of Master Services Agreement (MSA) with the Respondent (Sokrati Technologies Private L...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 12234 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 15562 of 2024) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 349940

(6) Tej Prakash Pathak & Ors....Appellant(s) Vs. Rajasthan High Court & Ors....Respondent(s) D.D 07/11/2024

Public Employment – Doctrine of “Rules of the Game” – Non-Alteration of Criteria Mid-Recruitment – High Court’s recruitment process set a 75% cutoff for selection after exams were conducted – Candidates argued this changed the criteria mid-selection, violating fairness – Supreme Court held that recruitment benchmarks cannot change once the process st...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL No. 2634 OF 2013 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 326532

(7) Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited & Anr....Petitioners Vs. Union of India & Ors....Respondents D.D 07/11/2024

Economic Law – Royalty Computation – Writ Petition under Article 32 – Petitioners challenge the validity of Explanation to Rule 38 of the Mineral (Other than Atomic and Hydrocarbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016 (MCR, 2016) and Explanation to Rule 45(8)(a) of the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2017 (MCDR, 2017) – Contend that these provisions create a...

REPORTABLE # Writ Petition (C) No. 715 of 2024 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 400760

(8) Manik Panjabrao Kalmegh ...Appellant(s) Vs. Executive Engineer Bembla Project Division Yavatmal & Others ...Respondent(s) D.D 06/11/2024

Land Acquisition – Determination of Compensation – Additional Compensation for Trees and Borewell – Review Jurisdiction – Appellant sought enhanced compensation for acquired land, including fruit-bearing trees and a borewell – High Court dismissed the award of compensation for these items granted by the reference court in a review application – Supreme Court uph...

NON REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NOs. [Arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 4494-95 of 2023] Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 706924

(9) Devendra Kumar & Others …..Appellants Vs. State of Chhattisgarh ……. Respondent D.D 06/11/2024

Criminal Law - Conviction Modified from Murder to Culpable Homicide – Sudden Quarrel and Lack of Premeditation – Appeal Partly Allowed – The appellants were convicted under Section 302 IPC following a violent altercation over land, during which the deceased, Bahal, was fatally injured by the appellants using agricultural tools. Held: The Court found that although the appellants c...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 328 OF 2015 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 565174