(1)
STATE OF KARNATAKA LOKAYUKTA POLICE .....APPELLANT Vs.
S.SUBBEGOWDA ....RESPONDENT D.D
03/08/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Appeal - Validity of Sanction - Discharge of Accused - Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 13(1)(e) read with Section 13(2) - Challenge to the validity of sanction granted by the Government to prosecute the accused - Accused raising objections at various stages of trial - Trial court framing charges and examining witnesses - Accused filing interlocutory application seeking dischar...
(2)
RAHUL GANDHI Petitioner(s) Vs.
PURNESH ISHWARBHAI MODI & ANR. Respondent(s) D.D
03/08/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Stay of Conviction - Provisions of Section 499 IPC - Appeal challenging the order of conviction and sentence passed by the Trial Judge - Petitioner granted Special Leave to Appeal - Trial Judge imposed the maximum sentence of two years without providing reasons - Subsection (3) of Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 triggered due to the maximum sentence - Offence non-cognizable...
(3)
Kishore Balkrishna Nand - Appellant(s) Vs.
State of Maharashtra & Anr. - Respondents D.D
02/08/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Appeal – Defamation – Challenge to the order of issue of process for the offence of defamation under Section 500 of IPC – High Court declining to entertain the petition on the ground of delay – Allegations made in the complaint addressed to SDM – Appellant contending that the alleged defamatory words were made in good faith and constitute an accusation prefer...
(4)
E.S.I. CORPORATION, REP. BY THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR … Appellant(s) Vs.
M/s. ENDOCRINOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY LAB … Respondent(s) D.D
02/08/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 - Coverage of establishment - Applicability of Act to pathological laboratory - Dispute over the date of coverage of respondent establishment under the Act - Challenge to High Court's order allowing the respondent's appeal - Notification dated 27.05.1976 issued by the Government of Kerala - Circular dated 22.11.2002 issued by E.S.I. Corporation - No...
(5)
Avtar Singh & Anr. Vs.
State of Punjab D.D
02/08/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Appeal No. 1050 of 2013 – Acquittal of appellants – Lack of evidence connecting them to the crime – Discrepancies in prosecution’s version – Chain of events broken by earlier acquittal of one accused – No external/internal injury on prosecutrix’s body – Medical examination discredits her version – Appellants’ alibi claim disregar...
(6)
CC and CE and ST, NOIDA ...Appellant(s) Vs.
M/s Interarch Building Products Pvt. Ltd. ...Respondent(s) D.D
02/08/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Service Tax - Works Contract Service - Valuation - Option to pay service tax at reduced rate - Whether the assessee providing works contract service is entitled to take the total contract value, including goods and services, for remittance of service tax and claim CENVAT credit on the entire amount - Determination of value under Rule 2A of the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006 and t...
(7)
Municipal Commissioner, Jamnagar Municipal Corporation and Anr. …Appellant(s) Vs.
R.M. Doshi …Respondent(s) D.D
02/08/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Civil Appeal - Municipal Corporation - Power and authority of Commissioner to impose major penalty - Validity of dismissal order - Lapses and negligence on part of officers - Delegation of power - Ratification of decision - Whether Commissioner had power to take action with respect to lapses other than purchases - Whether dismissal order passed by Commissioner was void ab initio - Whether subseque...
(8)
OMPRAKASH SAHNI ... APPELLANT Vs.
JAI SHANKAR CHAUDHARY & ANR. ETC. ... RESPONDENTS D.D
02/08/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Suspension of sentence and grant of bail under Section 389 of the CrPC - Factors to consider - Prima facie satisfaction of fair chances of acquittal - Whether the High Court committed an error in suspending the substantive order of sentence and granting bail to the convicts pending the final disposal of their criminal appeals – Held - the appellate court must record reasons in writing and ob...
(9)
THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ORS. Vs.
SHARWAN KUMAR KUMAWAT ETC. ETC D.D
01/08/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Constitution of India - Article 32 - Validity of Amendments to Rules - Impugned amendments to the Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1986, introduced by the State Government, pertaining to the grant of mineral concessions, auction process, and rejection of pending applications - Challenge on grounds of constitutionality.
Para 3, Para 5, Para 10
Jurisdiction - Civil Appellate Jurisdict...