ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE

The appellants Surendra Singh and Ram Singh were convicted for the murder of shopkeeper Rajendra Kumar based on a series of circumstantial facts, including motive, being the last persons seen with the victim, recovery of stolen items and blood‑stained clothing at their homes, identification of those items, discovery of…

The appellant filed suit O.S. No. 6640/1996 for declaration and injunction over a piece of land, while the respondent filed a cross‑suit O.S. No. 2150/1992; both suits were clubbed and the trial court dismissed the appellant's suit and decreed the cross‑suit. The appellant then filed two first appeals under Section 96 …

Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd., a Government of India undertaking, owned 263.57 acres of land in Pune and disputed with the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) over the disposal of part of that land. The company filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking mandamus for disposal of the land,…

The respondent sought appointment of an arbitrator under Section 20 of the Arbitration Act, 1940, invoking Clause 11 of a partnership deed of "Gupta Bus Service" dated 5 July 1960. The appellants objected, arguing that the partnership was unregistered and therefore barred by Section 69(3) of the Partnership Act, 1932, …

The plaintiffs, owners of Khasra No.146 in Himachal Pradesh, sued the defendants alleging encroachment on their land. The trial court dismissed the suit, but the First Appellate Court remitted additional issues and appointed a Local Commissioner to demarcate the land. After the commissioner’s report and objections, the…

The dispute concerned the right to operate a Fair Price Shop in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, where the Sub‑Divisional Magistrate cancelled the licence of respondent No.1 and the Commissioner dismissed the subsequent appeals. Respondent No.1 filed a writ petition, and the High Court set aside both the SDM and Commissioner’s …

Kanubhai Bhagvanbhai Nayak was convicted of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code by a Sessions Court, and the Gujarat High Court affirmed the conviction. The appellant challenged the High Court's order, contending that it neither referenced nor evaluated the trial evidence nor recorded any findings on the …

Omveer Singh appealed to the Supreme Court after a Single Judge of the Allahabad High Court dismissed his application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking to quash a criminal complaint (Sections 498A, 323, 376 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act). The High Court judge relied sol…

The appellants, Dr. Jagdish Prasad and others, filed a criminal complaint under IPC sections 498A and 323 and the Dowry Prohibition Act. They sought to quash the complaint and the proceedings by invoking Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Single Judge of the Allahabad High Court dismissed their applicat…

The appellants filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking to quash a charge sheet and criminal proceedings arising under IPC sections 498A, 304B and the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Single Judge of the Allahabad High Court dismissed the application without setting out the factual mat…

Geeta and others filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the FIR and proceedings under Section 498A of the IPC. The Single Judge of the Allahabad High Court dismissed the application, relying only on legal principles and without detailing the factual matrix of the case. Th…

The State of Karnataka acquired 24 acres of land in Hubli under Section 28(1) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 for an industrial estate. The Special Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded compensation at Rs.500 per Gunta, which was challenged and the Reference Court fixed the market rate at R…

The appellant, a workman, was dismissed for misconduct and the employer sought approval of the dismissal under Section 6E(2) of the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, which requires that the workman be paid wages for one month before dismissal. The appellant claimed that his monthly wages of Rs.1,214.40 were …

The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a writ petition filed by a Gram Panchayat seeking a fact‑finding inquiry and restoration of land allegedly encroached upon by private respondents, directing the Deputy Commissioner to act without hearing those private respondents. The private respondents filed a review, whi…

The dispute concerned possession of a flat in Kozhikode between private individuals Roshina T (appellant) and Abdul Azeez K.T. (respondent No.1). While a civil suit for injunction was pending, the respondent filed a writ petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution seeking a mandamus directing the appellant to r…

The appellant claimed to have been the highest bidder in a 1990 auction of residential quarter No.6 by the Nagar Palika and asserted that he had occupied the quarter since June 1990. He sought a direction under Section 35 of the Municipalities Act for the Nagar Palika to execute a sale deed in his favour. The Commissio…

The appellant, Suresh Chandra, had bid the highest price for a 639.75 sq.m plot owned by Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad, but the Parishad re‑auctioned the land alleging the bids did not reflect market value. The appellant filed a writ petition challenging the re‑auction; the High Court allowed a re‑auction subj…

The Supreme Court heard civil appeals filed by Surjeet Singh and others against Sadhu Singh and others, challenging a Himachal Pradesh High Court order that remanded the matter to the first appellate court for fresh consideration of the first appeal and cross‑objection. The appellants contended that the High Court's re…

Manju Saxena, a senior confidential secretary of HSBC Bank, was terminated after her post became redundant and she refused four alternate positions offered at the same pay scale, as well as a severance package. She raised an industrial dispute seeking an enhanced severance package, but the Central Government Industrial…

The Government of Haryana entered into a BOT concession agreement with M/s G.F. Toll Road Pvt. Ltd., which contained an arbitration clause requiring each party to nominate an arbitrator and the third arbitrator to be appointed by the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA). When the State nominated a retired engineer, the …

Mallikarjuna, a driver employed by the North East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, died of a heart attack while on duty on 6 April 1999. His widow filed a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 and the Commissioner awarded Rs 3,79,120 with a direction that interest at 12% per annum would accrue only if t…

The Management of Sri Ramnarayan Mills Ltd. applied to the Joint Commissioner of Labour to amend its certified standing orders by adding "break in service" as a new ground for punishment under Clause 16. The certifying officer allowed the amendment, but the workers' union challenged it. The Labour Court set aside the a…

The case concerned a partition of ancestral Hindu Mitakshara property of Gopalji Prasad among his sons, after which the share allotted to defendant No.2 was claimed to be ancestral for his sons and grandson. The plaintiffs sought to set aside an exchange deed executed between defendant No.1 and No.2, arguing that it in…

The respondent, Pratap Singh, worked as a peon for the Barara Cooperative Marketing‑cum‑Processing Society Ltd from 1973 until his termination in 1985. The Labour Court held the termination illegal and awarded him a lump‑sum compensation of Rs.12,500 in lieu of reinstatement, which he accepted. In 1993 he sought re‑emp…

The appellant, Khokan Giri, was convicted along with three others for the murder and robbery of an elderly couple in Kolkata, based largely on the confessional statement of an accomplice, Raju Rao, who became an approver. The appellant challenged the conviction, arguing that the High Court gave undue weight to the appr…

Dr. S.K. Jhunjhunwala performed a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on Mrs. Dhanwanti Kaur, but intra‑operatively discovered inflammation and converted to an open gall‑bladder removal. The patient alleged she had only consented to laparoscopy, claimed negligence and post‑operative ailments, and was awarded Rs 2 lakhs by the…

The assessees Ryatar Sahakari Sakkarre Karkhane Niyamit filed several appeals under Section 260-A of the Income Tax Act, which were dismissed by the Karnataka High Court without framing any substantial question of law as mandated by Section 260-A(3). The Supreme Court examined whether the High Court complied with the s…

The respondent, a retired employee, filed an original application before the Orissa State Administrative Tribunal seeking full post‑retirement benefits; the Tribunal granted some benefits but denied others. He then filed a writ petition in the High Court, which partially allowed the petition and directed the State to g…

The Federation of Bank of India Staff Unions and an employee sought to have three workmen nominated as directors of the Bank of India under the Nationalised Banks (Management and Miscellaneous Provisions) Scheme, 1970. The Central Government rejected the panel because the candidates had less than three years of service…

G. Ratna Raj filed a civil suit for redemption of mortgage and injunction against Sri Muthukumarasamy Fund Ltd. The plaintiff presented his evidence and closed his case, after which the suit was called for recording the defendants' evidence. The defendants failed to appear and had not led any evidence, prompting the tr…

The original appellant, owner of land subject to the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, claimed that ceiling proceedings became void after the Act was repealed in 1999 and filed a writ petition in 2002. The Allahabad High Court dismissed the writ on 14 March 2008, finding the appellant could not prove posse…