2022 INSC 115703 Nov 2022
S. KALEESWARAN versus STATE BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE POLLACHI TOWN EAST POLICE STATION, COIMBATORE DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU
The Supreme Court acquitted the appellants in a murder and robbery case resting on circumstantial evidence, holding that the extra-judicial confession, the last seen together evidence, the…
Criminal / BNS
2022 INSC 115503 Nov 2022
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (EXEMPTIONS) versus AHMEDABAD URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
The Supreme Court, on a clarification application, held that its earlier conclusions recorded finally against the revenue for assessment years already before it were final and precluded the…
Taxation
2022 INSC 114031 Oct 2022
GUJARAT STATE CIVIL SUPPLIES CORPORATION LTD. versus MAHAKALI FOODS PVT. LTD. (UNIT 2) & ANR
The Supreme Court holds that Chapter V of the MSMED Act, 2006 overrides the Arbitration Act, 1996, so a party to a section 17 dispute can approach the Facilitation Council despite an…
Arbitration
2022 INSC 112921 Oct 2022
MOHD. FIROZ versus STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH
On review, the Supreme Court modified life sentences under the POCSO Act and IPC to a fixed twenty-year term, so as to match the twenty-year term the Court had itself earlier and…
Criminal / BNS
2022 INSC 112320 Oct 2022
WEATHERFORD OIL TOOL MIDDLE EAST LIMITED versus BAKER HUGHES SINGAPORE PTE
The Supreme Court held that a Section 11(6) petition can be entertained although the reference on unstamped arbitration agreements is pending before a Constitution Bench, since…
TaxationArbitrationProperty / Land
2022 INSC 99322 Sept 2022
New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) v. Kendriya Karamchari Sehkari G.N. Samiti & Ors.
Appeals by NOIDA against an interim Allahabad High Court order were disposed of by directing NOIDA to give 844 members of the respondent cooperative society apartments of about 1800 square…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2022 INSC 93407 Sept 2022
MAHARANI DEEPINDER KAUR (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. & ORS. versus RAJKUMARI AMRIT KAUR AND ORS.
The Supreme Court dismisses the special leave petitions against the High Court's judgment on succession to the private properties of the former Ruler of Faridkot State, declining to disturb…
Property / Land
2022 INSC 83616 Aug 2022
STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS v. ADONIS ENGINEERS CO-OPERATIVE
The Supreme Court holds that deposit of Rs. 45,00,000, already made, would meet the ends of justice and substitutes it for the High Court's direction to deposit the entire decretal sum with…
Civil Procedure / CPC