{"id":248074,"date":"2021-05-11T17:42:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T12:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=248074"},"modified":"2021-05-11T17:53:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T12:23:20","slug":"know-thy-judge-justice-vineet-saran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/11\/know-thy-judge-justice-vineet-saran\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Thy Judge| Justice Vineet Saran"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Early Life and Career<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born on 11-05-1957 in a Zamindar family of Bijnor (U.P.).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graduated from Allahabad University in the year 1976 and obtained LL.B. Degree in the year 1979\/80.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enrolled as an advocate with the U.P. Bar Council on 28-07-1980.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practised in the Allahabad High Court from 28-07-1980 to 13-02-2002 on the original, constitution, civil and criminal sides.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conducted cases for various private and public sector companies and also as special counsel for the Central and State Governments. Served as Additional Advocate General for the State of U.P. in the year 1995.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elevated as permanent Judge of Allahabad High Court on 14-02-2002. Transferred to Karnataka and took oath as Judge of Karnataka High Court on 16-02-2015. Elevated and sworn in as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court on 26-02-2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he President of India appointed Justice Vineet Saran (Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court) as Judge, Supreme Court of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Notable Judgments<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Chebrolu Leela Prasad Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0vGAjNBs\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine SC 383<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., held the Government Office Ms. No.3 dated 10.1.2000 issued by the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh providing 100% reservation to the Scheduled Tribe candidates (out of whom 33.1\/3% shall be women) for the post of teachers in the schools in the scheduled areas in Andhra Pradesh, unconstitutional, as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there was no rhyme or reason with the State Government to resort to 100% reservation<\/span><\/i><b><i>. <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/23\/andhra-pradeshs-100-reservation-for-scheduled-tribe-candidates-for-the-post-of-teachers-without-rhyme-or-reason-sc\/\"><b>Read more\u2026<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>TN Medical Officers Association v. Union of India, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Xj6IJ49m\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine SC 699<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The 5-judge Constitution bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., held that the Medical Council of India has no power to make any reservation for in-service candidates in Post Graduate Medical Course in States and that only States are allowed to grant the benefit of reservation of seats to in-service doctors in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) postgraduate degree courses. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/31\/states-and-not-mci-have-power-to-make-reservation-for-in-service-candidates-in-post-graduate-medical-course-constitution-bench-holds\/\"><b>Read more\u2026<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Pandurang Ganpati Chaugule v. Vishwasrao Patil Murgud Sahakari Bank Ltd., <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/5b5pYh8D\"><b>(2020) 9 SCC 215:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ held that \u201c\u2019banking\u2019 relating to co\u00adoperatives can be included within the purview of Entry 45 of List I, and it cannot be said to be over inclusion to cover provisions of recovery by co\u00adoperative banks in the SARFAESI Act.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/05\/sarfaesi-act-applicable-to-cooperative-banks-constitution-bench\/\"><b>Read more<\/b><\/a><b>\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/ZW8oKzc9\"><b>(2020) 8 SCC 1:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ upon noticing that SC decision of <\/span><b>E.V. Chinnaiah v. State of A.P.,<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/yM56y26X\"><b>(2005) 1 SCC 394<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is required to be revisited, referred the matter to a larger bench. While doing so, the Court observed, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><b>\u201c<\/b><b><i>Reservation was not contemplated for all the time by the framers of the Constitution.\u00a0 On the one hand, there is no exclusion of those who have come up, on the other hand, if sub- classification is denied, it would defeat right to equality by treating unequal as equal<\/i><\/b><b>.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b> <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/27\/sub-classification-of-scheduled-castes-5-judge-bench-calls-for-revision-of-e-v-chinnaiah-decision-matter-referred-to-larger-bench-detailed-report\/\"><b>Read more\u2026<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>West U.P. Sugar Mills Association v. State of Uttar Pradesh, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/iN0c2I79\"><b>(2020) 9 SCC 548:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee and Vineet Saran, M.R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., held that once the Central Government having exercised the power under Entries 33 and 34 List III of seventh Schedule and fixed the \u201cminimum price\u201d, the State Government cannot fix the \u201cminimum price\u201d of sugarcane. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/state-government-cannot-fix-the-minimum-price-of-sugarcane-once-centre-has-already-fixed-it\/\"><b>Read more\u2026<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Bhima Razu Prasad v. State, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/846ReIpV\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine SC 210:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The bench of MM Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran, JJ held that Section 195(1)(b)(i) CrPC will not bar prosecution by the investigating agency for offence punishable under Section 193 IPC, which is committed during the stage of investigation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><b><i>This is provided that the investigating agency has lodged complaint or registered the case under Section 193, IPC prior to commencement of proceedings and production of such evidence before the trial court. In such circumstance, the same would not be considered an offence committed in, or in relation to, any proceeding in any Court for the purpose of Section 195(1)(b)(i) CrPC<\/i><\/b><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">.<\/span> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/03\/16\/section-1951bi-crpc-doesnt-bar-prosecution-by-investigation-agency-against-persons-producing-false-evidence-at-the-stage-of-investigation-supreme-court\/\"><b>Read more..<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>High Court of Judicature at Madras Rep. by its Registrar General v. MC Subramaniam, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/IV3QpH0G\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine SC 109: <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bench of MM Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran, JJ has held that Section 89 of CPC and Section 69-A of Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act, 1955 contemplate the refund of court fees in all methods of out-of-court dispute settlement between parties that the Court subsequently finds to have been legally arrived at and not just to those cases where the Court itself refers the parties to any of the alternative dispute settlement mechanisms listed in Section 89 of the CPC. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/22\/parties-agreeing-to-out-of-court-settlement-without-judicial-intervention-under-section-89-cpc-cant-be-denied-benefit-of-refund-of-court-fees-they-are-even-more-deserving\/\"><b>Read more..<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Amitabha Dasgupta v. United Bank of India, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/ShrikJog\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine SC 124: <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a case where United Bank of India inadvertently broke the Appellant\u2019s locker, without any just or reasonable cause, even though he had already cleared his pending dues, the bench of MM Shantanagoudar* and Vineet Sarana, JJ Imposed costs of Rs. 5,00,000\/\u00ad on the Bank to be paid to the Appellant as compensation. The said is to be deducted from the salary of the erring officers, if they are still in service and if they have already retired, the amount of costs should be paid by the Bank. Additionally, the Appellant shall be paid Rs. 1,00,000\/- as litigation expense. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/19\/supreme-court-directs-compensation-of-rs-5-lakhs-after-a-bank-breaks-customers-locker-without-just-cause-rbi-to-frame-rules-for-locker-management-read-obligations-of-bank\/\"><b>Read more&#8230;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Rekha Sengar v. State of Madhya Pradesh, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0sL9L5MN\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine SC 173:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In the case where the investigative team has seized the sonography machine and made out a strong <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prima-facie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> case against the petitioner, the 3-judge bench of MM Shantanagoudar, Vineet Saran and Ajay Rastogi, JJ held no leniency should be granted at this stage as the same may reinforce the notion that the PC&amp;PNDT Act is only a paper tiger and that clinics and laboratories can carry out sex-determination and feticide with impunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b><i>\u201cA strict approach has to be adopted if we are to eliminate the scourge of female feticide and iniquity towards girl children from our society.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Gajanan Babulal Bansode v. State of Maharashtra, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Tr8W8c52\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine SC 57<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of L. Nageswara Rao, <\/span><b>Indu Malhotra <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Vineet Saran, JJ heard the petition challenging the decision of Maharashtra government to appoint 636 additional candidates without consulting MPSC (Maharashtra Public Service Commission. The Bench stated, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><b><em>\u201cIt is well-settled in service jurisprudence that the authority cannot fill up more than the notified number of vacancies advertised, as the recruitment of candidates in excess of the notified vacancies, would be violative of Articles 14 and 16 (1) of the Constitution of India.\u201d<\/em> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/11\/authority-cannot-fill-up-more-than-advertised-number-of-vacancies-such-recruitment-violative-of-arts-14-161-supreme-court\/\"><b>Read More&#8230;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Compack Enterprises India (P) Ltd. v. Beant Singh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/POzsrK40\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine SC 97<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The bench of MM Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran, JJ has lucidly explained the law governing consent decree and has held that the well settled law that consent decrees are intended to create estoppels by judgment against the parties, thereby putting an end to further litigation between the parties, does not apply as a blanket rule in all cases.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/do-consent-decrees-put-an-end-to-further-litigation-between-parties-in-all-cases-not-a-blanket-rule-holds-supreme-court\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Imperia Structures v. Anil Patni,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/tX3o8CAU\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine SC 894<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> : The bench of UU Lalit and Vineet Saran, JJ held that the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA Act) does not bar the initiation of proceedings by allottees against the builders under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/11\/03\/are-you-a-homebuyer-planning-to-take-builder-to-court-sc-says-you-can-choose-between-seeking-remedy-under-the-rera-act-or-the-consumer-protection-act\/\"><b>Read more\u2026\u00a0<\/b><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Prathvi Raj Chauhan v. Union of India,<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000403011\"><b> (2020) 4 SCC 727: <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0A 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has upheld the constitutional validity of the SC\/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018, and said that a court can grant anticipatory bail only in cases where a prima facie case is not made out. In the unanimous verdict, Justice Mishra penned the opinion for himself and Justice Saran whereas Justice Bhat wrote a separate but concurring opinion. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/10\/supreme-court-upholds-constitutional-validity-of-the-sc-st-prevention-of-atrocities-amendment-act-2018\/\"><b>Read more\u2026\u00a0<\/b><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Vijay Kurle, In re, <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/6Eoc2C5y\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine SC 407<\/b><\/a><b> and Rashid Khan Pathan v. Vijay Kurle, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000604928\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine SC 711:\u00a0 <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After finding advocates Vijay Kurle, Nilesh Ojha and Rashid Khan Pathan guilty of levelling scandalous allegations against Justice RF Nariman and Justice Vineet Saran, the bench of Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has sentenced all 3 to undergo <\/span>simple imprisonment for a period of 3 months each with a fine of Rs. 2000\/-.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It further said that in default of payment of fine, each of the defaulting contemnors shall undergo further simple imprisonment for a period of 15 days. <\/span><b>Read:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/27\/scandalous-allegations-against-sc-judges-sc-finds-all-3-advocates-guilty-of-contempt\/\"><b>SC finds all 3 advocates guilty of contempt<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/06\/scandalous-allegations-against-sc-judges-all-3-advocates-to-undergo-3-months-simple-imprisonment-with-a-fine-of-rs-2000\/\"><b>All 3 advocates to undergo 3 months simple imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 2000<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/03\/scandalous-allegations-against-sc-judges-exemplary-cost-of-rs-25-000-on-rashid-khan-pathan-for-filing-repetitive-applications-seeking-recall-of-may-4-order\/\"><b>Exemplary cost of Rs. 25, 000 on Rashid Khan Pathan for filing repetitive applications seeking recall of May 4 order\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Life and Career Born on 11-05-1957 in a Zamindar family of Bijnor (U.P.). 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