Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Union of India & Ors. v. Shri Hanuman Industries & Anr.

A. Estoppel, Acquiescence and Waiver — Estoppel/Promissory Estoppel — Challenge against the refusal of the appellants/Union of India to sanction financial assistance under the industrial promotion policy on the ground of delay...

Sanjeev Kumar Gupta v. State of U.P. (Now State of Uttarakhand)

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Witnesses — Eyewitness — Inconsisties in the testimony of Eyewitness/prosecution witnesses — The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses have been fully corroborated by the medical reports of...

Purushottam Dashrath Borate & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra

A. Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 375 and 376-D — Rape — Particular kinds of rape and with other offences — Rape and murder/death — Victim, lady employed as an Associate in a BPO company, who used to work in the night...

Commnr. of Central Excise, Jaipur-I v. M/s. JVS Foods Pvt. Ltd.

Excise — Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 — Appeal to Supreme Court — Demand of excise — Appeal against the order of the Tribunal holding that the respondent could not be fasten with any liability to pay the excise duty — Legality...

The Commnr. of Customs, Delhi v. M/s. Baxter (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Customs — Customs duty — Whether the described item is a medical equipment — Held, the departmental representative conceded before the tribunal that continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis fluid (CAPD fluid) is a medical...

M/s. Gajra Gears Ltd. v. Commnr. Customs & Central Excise

Excise — Central Excise Act, 1944 — Central Excise Rules, 1944 — R. 57-Q — Appeal to Supreme Court — Benefit of exemption — Whether benefit of exemption under Notification No. 67/95 is available in respect of the impugned pallets...

Khenyei v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.

Motor Vehicles — Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Ss. 168 and 147 — Motor accident — Accident claim — Composite negligence — Apportionment of compensation — If claimant to recover entire compensation from one of the joint tort feasors...