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RELIANCE INFRASTRUCTURE LTD. ….APPELLANT(S) Vs.
STATE OF GOA ….RESPONDENT(S) D.D
10/05/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 34 - Setting aside of arbitral award - Patent illegality - Appeal against judgment and order passed by High Court setting aside arbitral award - Whether interference by High Court in findings and conclusions of arbitral award sustainable - Held, no - Mere errors on merits of the case do not amount to patent illegality - Narrow scope of patent illega...
(2)
RELIANCE INFRASTRUCTURE LTD. ….APPELLANT(S) Vs.
STATE OF GOA ….RESPONDENT(S) D.D
10/05/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 34 - Setting aside of arbitral award - Patent illegality - Appeal against judgment and order passed by High Court setting aside arbitral award - Whether interference by High Court in findings and conclusions of arbitral award sustainable - Held, no - Mere errors on merits of the case do not amount to patent illegality - Narrow scope of patent illega...
(3)
Sanjiv Kumar Rajendrabhai Bhatt …Petitioner(s) Vs.
State of Gujarat & Anr. …Respondent(s) D.D
10/05/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Section 482 – Recusal of Judge – Request for recusal by petitioner due to a previous stricture made against petitioner’s conduct in a related matter in 2011 – Prayer rejected – Held, request lacked bona fide and seemed to be made with mala fide intention to avoid the Bench for no valid reason – Observations made by the High ...
(4)
Tarak Nath Keshari …Appellant Vs.
State of West Bengal …Respondent D.D
10/05/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Appeal – Probation - Essential Commodities Act, 1955 - Violation of West Bengal Pulses, Edible Oil (Dealers Licensing) Order, 1978 - Conviction and sentence - Appellant found guilty of possessing mustard oil and vegetable oil in excess of permissible limit - Appellant convicted under Section 7(1)(a)(ii) of Essential Commodities Act - Trial Court sentenced appellant to rigorous impri...
(5)
C.S. GOPALAKRISHNAN ETC. Vs.
THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU & OTHERS D.D
09/05/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Validity of Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 - Attack on the ground of manifest arbitrariness and discrimination when compared to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition; Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 - Comparison of two legislations by different governments and by different legislatures - Held, Article 14 of the Constitution of India does not authorize the str...
(6)
M.P. PARVATHI Vs.
M/S. SATHYANARANA SERVICE STATION AND ORS. D.D
09/05/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Challenge to award — Scope of interference with findings of fact recorded by an arbitrator — Perverse or patently illegal findings of fact, only exception to court’s limited jurisdiction of interference — Merely because different views are possible, court cannot interfere with the findings of fact recorded by...
(7)
M/s. Jermyn Capital LLC Dubai … APPELLANT(S) Vs.
Central Bureau Of Investigation & Ors. RESPONDENT(S) D.D
09/05/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Freezing of Assets - Imposition of Bank Guarantee - The second freeze order had incapacitated the appellant from repatriating an amount of Rs. 38.52 crores - Lower courts had imposed a bank guarantee equivalent to the amount sought to be withdrawn, which the appellant had challenged. (Paragraphs 4-9)
Investigation - Redundancy - Dharmesh Doshi was in no way connected to the appellant company - ...
(8)
M/s. Shree Vishnu Constructions …Appellant(s) Vs.
The Engineer in Chief Military Engineering Service & Ors. …Respondent(s) D.D
09/05/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
In the present case, an arbitration agreement was entered into between the parties in the year 2007, prior to the Amendment Act, 2015 coming into force. A dispute arose between the parties, and a notice invoking arbitration was issued on 28.05.2015. The application under Section 11(6) of the Act was filed by the appellant on 10.08.2015, after the Amendment Act, 2015 had come into force. The respon...
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SIMARNJIT SINGH ... APPELLANT(S) Vs.
STATE OF PUNJAB ... RESPONDENT(S) D.D
09/05/2023
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Criminal Appeal – Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – Conviction under Section 15 – Drawing of Samples at the time of seizure – Compliance with Section 52A(2) – Procedure for drawing samples in the presence of a Magistrate – Effect on prosecution’s case – Doubt about the nature of seized substance. (Para 3)
Criminal Procedure &...