(1) KALYAN KUMAR GOGOI … Vs. ASHUTOSH AGNIHOTRI AND ANOTHER …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 18/01/2011

Election Law - Non-compliance and Material Effect – Appeal against High Court's dismissal – Appellant challenged the election of the returned candidate on the ground of non-compliance with Sections 25, 31, 56, 57, and 58 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and Rules 3 and 15 of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 – Polling took place at a non-notified polling station initial...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4820 OF 2007 Docid 2011 LEJ Civil SC 610329

(2) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH … Vs. VISHWESHWAR KOL …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 18/01/2011

Criminal Law - Dying Declaration – Admissibility and Reliability – Criminal Appeal challenging High Court's acquittal based on reasons for discrediting the dying declaration – Supreme Court examines the credibility and circumstances under which the dying declaration was recorded – Held that the dying declaration made by Jyoti, recorded by the police officer after receiving the fitness...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1361 OF 2006 Docid 2011 LEJ Crim SC 237802

(3) ALAMELU AND ANOTHER … Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE …RESPONDENT D.D 18/01/2011

Criminal Law - Kidnapping and Rape – Appeal against conviction – The High Court upheld the trial court’s conviction of appellants for kidnapping and raping the victim, sentencing them to ten years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine – Supreme Court found inconsistencies and improbabilities in the prosecution's case, and noted that the prosecution's evidence was unreliable – The...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1053 OF 2009 Docid 2011 LEJ Crim SC 424211

(4) OFFSHORE HOLDINGS PVT. LTD. … Vs. BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 18/01/2011

Urban Development Law - Land Acquisition - Applicability of Section 11A of the Land Acquisition Act to the BDA Act – Appeal against High Court's judgment – Appellant challenged the acquisition of land by the BDA, contending that the lapse provisions under Section 11A of the Land Acquisition Act should apply – Supreme Court held that the BDA Act is a complete code in itself and the speci...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 711 OF 2011 (ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) NO. 14315 OF 2009) Docid 2011 LEJ Civil SC 730483

(5) KALYAN KUMAR GOGOI … Vs. ASHUTOSH AGNIHOTRI AND ANOTHER …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 18/01/2011

Election Law - Non-compliance and Material Effect – Appeal against High Court's dismissal – Appellant challenged the election of the returned candidate on the ground of non-compliance with Sections 25, 31, 56, 57, and 58 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and Rules 3 and 15 of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 – Polling took place at a non-notified polling station initial...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4820 OF 2007 Docid 2011 LEJ Civil SC 543686

(6) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH … Vs. VISHWESHWAR KOL …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 18/01/2011

Criminal Law - Dying Declaration – Admissibility and Reliability – Criminal Appeal challenging High Court's acquittal based on reasons for discrediting the dying declaration – Supreme Court examines the credibility and circumstances under which the dying declaration was recorded – Held that the dying declaration made by Jyoti, recorded by the police officer after receiving the fitness...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1361 OF 2006 Docid 2011 LEJ Crim SC 880853

(7) CUSTODIAN OF TEXTILES UNDERTAKING BOMBAY … Vs. HALL AND ANDERSON LTD. AND OTHERS …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 17/01/2011

Property and Business Separation – Textile Undertakings – Appeal against High Court's judgment – Respondent's premises at Calcutta was primarily a departmental store business separate from the textile mill in Bombay – Government enacted the Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act, 1983, and later the Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act, 1995, due to mismanagem...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 666 OF 2011 (ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) NO. 11162 OF 2008) Docid 2011 LEJ Civil SC 223561

(8) ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. … Vs. DHANBAI KANJI GADHVI AND OTHERS …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 17/01/2011

Motor Vehicles Act - Concurrent Claims – Appeal against High Court's judgment – Respondents, legal heirs of the deceased, initially claimed compensation under Section 166 and subsequently under Section 163A of the Motor Vehicles Act – Tribunal awarded compensation under Section 163A, and respondents sought to continue the Section 166 claim – Supreme Court held that once compensation u...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 682 OF 2011 (ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) NO. 12743 OF 2010) Docid 2011 LEJ Civil SC 598664

(9) CUSTODIAN OF TEXTILES UNDERTAKING BOMBAY … Vs. HALL AND ANDERSON LTD. AND OTHERS …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 17/01/2011

Property and Business Separation – Textile Undertakings – Appeal against High Court's judgment – Respondent's premises at Calcutta was primarily a departmental store business separate from the textile mill in Bombay – Government enacted the Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act, 1983, and later the Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act, 1995, due to mismanagem...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 666 OF 2011 (ARISING OUT OF SLP (C) NO. 11162 OF 2008) Docid 2011 LEJ Civil SC 421083