Supreme Court of India

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Gajanan Babulal Bansode & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

05 Feb 2021 · L. Nageswara Rao; Indu Malhotra; Vineet Saran · 2021 INSC 63
Cites 0 · Cited by 1

The Supreme Court held that the Maharashtra Government's unilateral appointment of additional Police Sub-Inspectors beyond notified vacancies without MPSC consultation violated recruitment rules and constitutional principles, and stayed the appointments pending tribunal adjudication.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant Police Sub-Inspector Recruitment Rules 1995 Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Maharashtra Public Service Commission Government Resolution 22.04.2019

Gajanan Babulal Bansode & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

05 Feb 2021 · L. Nageswara Rao; Indu Malhotra; Vineet Saran

The Supreme Court stayed the Maharashtra Government's appointment of additional Police Sub-Inspectors beyond notified vacancies without MPSC consultation, holding it violates recruitment rules and constitutional equality.

administrative appeal_allowed Significant Maharashtra Public Service Commission Police Sub-Inspector Recruitment Limited Departmental Competitive Examination Government Resolution 22.04.2019

U.P. HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD & ANR v. NAMIT SHARMA

03 Feb 2021 · ASHOK BHUSHAN; R. SUBHASH REDDY · 2021 INSC 58

The Supreme Court held that invalidated and unrenewed housing registrations do not confer any right to allotment, setting aside the High Court's direction to allot a plot to the respondent.

civil appeal_allowed Significant housing allotment registration validity Government order 2002 draw of lots

U.P. HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD & ANR v. NAMIT SHARMA

03 Feb 2021 · Ashok Bhushan; R. Subhash Reddy

The Supreme Court held that invalidated registration does not confer right to housing allotment and set aside the High Court's direction to allot a plot to the respondent.

property appeal_allowed Significant housing allotment registration Government order draw of lots

Vishwas Bhandari v. State of Punjab & Anr.

03 Feb 2021 · Hemant Gupta; S. Ravindra Bhat

The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against the appellant due to absence of any allegation or evidence implicating him, holding that continuation of such proceedings would be an abuse of process of law.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant Section 482 CrPC quashing of FIR kidnapping abduction

Vishwas Bhandari v. State of Punjab & Anr.

03 Feb 2021 · Hemant Gupta; S. Ravindra Bhat

The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against the appellant due to absence of any allegation or evidence implicating him, holding continuation of proceedings an abuse of process of law.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant Section 482 CrPC quashing of FIR abuse of process of law kidnapping for marriage

N. Vijayakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu

03 Feb 2021 · Ashok Bhushan; R. Subhash Reddy; M.R. Shah
Cites 1 · Cited by 0

The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act, holding that the trial court's acquittal was a possible view supported by evidence and the prosecution failed to prove demand and acceptance of bribe beyond reasonable doubt.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 7 Section 13(1)(d) Section 13(2)

PHOENIX ARC PVT. LTD. v. KETULBHAI RAMUBHAI PATEL

03 Feb 2021 · Ashok Bhushan; R. Subhash Reddy; M.R. Shah · 2021 INSC 59

The Supreme Court held that a pledge of shares by a corporate debtor to secure a loan taken by a third party does not create a financial debt or financial creditor status under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

corporate appeal_dismissed Significant financial creditor financial debt pledge agreement contract of guarantee

OPTO Circuit India Ltd. v. Axis Bank & Ors.

03 Feb 2021 · S.A. Bobde; A.S. Bopanna; V. Ramasubramanian
Cites 0 · Cited by 6

Freezing of bank accounts under PMLA must comply with mandatory procedural safeguards under Section 17, failing which the freezing order is invalid and accounts must be defrozen to allow statutory payments.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant Prevention of Money Laundering Act Section 17 PMLA freezing of bank accounts due process

Index Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.

03 Feb 2021 · L. Nageswara Rao; Indira Banerjee
Cites 3 · Cited by 0

The Supreme Court struck down Rule 12(8)(a) of Madhya Pradesh medical admission rules as unconstitutional for imposing disproportionate restrictions on filling vacant seats after mop-up round, violating Articles 14 and 19(1)(g).

constitutional appeal_allowed Significant Article 14 Article 19(1)(g) proportionality test medical college admissions

Index Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.

03 Feb 2021 · L. Nageswara Rao; Indira Banerjee
Cites 3 · Cited by 2

The Supreme Court struck down Rule 12(8)(a) of Madhya Pradesh medical admission rules as unconstitutional for unreasonably restricting private colleges from filling vacant seats after mop-up round counselling, violating Articles 14 and 19(1)(g).

administrative appeal_allowed Significant Article 14 Article 19(1)(g) proportionality test medical college admissions

PHOENIX ARC PVT. LTD. v. KETULBHAI RAMUBHAI PATEL

03 Feb 2021 · Ashok Bhushan; R. Subhash Reddy; M.R. Shah

The Supreme Court held that a pledge of shares by a corporate debtor to secure a loan taken by a third party does not create financial debt or financial creditor status under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

corporate appeal_dismissed Significant financial creditor financial debt pledge contract of guarantee

State of Gujarat v. Bhalchandra Laxmishankar Dave

02 Feb 2021 · Ashok Bhushan; R. Subhash Reddy; M. R. Shah

The Supreme Court held that a High Court must re-appreciate the entire evidence in appeals against conviction and remanded the case for fresh consideration after quashing the acquittal of a corruption accused.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant Prevention of Corruption Act appeal against conviction re-appreciation of evidence High Court appellate jurisdiction

Santosh Kumar @ Rana Ram Kalal v. Ashok Chand and Others

02 Feb 2021 · N. V. Ramana; Surya Kant; Aniruddha Bose · Non­Reportable 2021 INSC 52

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's direction to decide maintainability issues as preliminary legal questions while cautioning against prejudicial observations affecting the trial.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant preliminary issues of law mixed questions of fact and law maintainability of suit civil death

Santosh Kumar @ Rana Ram Kalal v. Ashok Chand and Others

02 Feb 2021 · N. V. Ramana; Surya Kant; Aniruddha Bose

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's direction to decide maintainability issues as preliminary legal questions while cautioning against prejudicial observations and directed expeditious trial.

civil appeal_dismissed Significant preliminary issues of law mixed questions of fact and law civil death Jain Diksha

Phoenix Arc Private Limited v. Spade Financial Services Limited & Ors.

01 Feb 2021 · Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud; Indu Malhotra; Indira Banerjee

The Supreme Court held that AAA and Spade are not financial creditors due to collusive transactions and, being related parties, are rightly excluded from the Committee of Creditors under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

corporate appeal_dismissed Significant financial creditor financial debt related party Committee of Creditors

Ajay Kumar @ Bittu v. State of Uttarakhand

29 Jan 2021 · Ashok Bhushan; R. Subhash Reddy; M.R. Shah · 2021 INSC 48

The Supreme Court held that the power to summon a person as accused under Section 319 Cr.P.C. is discretionary and must be exercised on strong evidence, and that subsequent proceedings under Section 446 Cr.P.C. do not bar judicial review of such summoning orders.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant Section 319 Cr.P.C. summoning of accused discretionary power Section 446 Cr.P.C.

AJAY KUMAR @ BITTU v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

29 Jan 2021 · Ashok Bhushan; R. Subhash Reddy; M.R. Shah

The Supreme Court held that the High Court erred in dismissing the revision against summoning under Section 319 Cr.P.C. on procedural grounds and directed fresh consideration of the revision on merits.

criminal appeal_allowed Significant Section 319 Cr.P.C. summoning of accused discretionary power Section 446 Cr.P.C.

Amruta Ben Himanshu Kumar Shah v. Himanshu Kumar Pravinchandra Shah

29 Jan 2021 · V. Ramasubramanian

The Supreme Court dismissed the transfer petition of a family suit at its final stage but allowed procedural reliefs to address the petitioner’s hardship without transferring the case.

family appeal_dismissed Significant transfer petition family suit restitution of conjugal rights change of circumstances

Amruta Ben Himanshu Kumar Shah v. Himanshu Kumar Pravinchandra Shah

29 Jan 2021 · V. Ramasubramanian

The Supreme Court dismissed the transfer petition of a family suit at its final stage, emphasizing that change of circumstances alone does not warrant transfer and directing the Family Court to address the petitioner’s grievances through procedural accommodations.

family appeal_dismissed Significant transfer petition family court restitution of conjugal rights change of circumstances