Daily Supreme Court reporting that explains what the Court held, why it matters, and where each judgment sits in Indian law.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma holds that once the 60-day filing window and 28-day defect-cure window close, a Section 62 IBC appeal is extinguished.
A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale dismisses a murder appeal, holding that recovery evidence stands when proved through the investigating officer alone.
A Division Bench of Justices Amanullah and Mahadevan held that a 23-year gap between civil suit and criminal complaint, unexplained, renders the FIR an abuse of process.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Narasimha and Misra upheld conspiracy-murder conviction of Gopi Chand while converting his life sentence to the period already undergone, exceeding 18 years.
A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan restores a constable candidate's appointment, ruling that a Lok Adalat settlement in a cheating case cannot ground an adverse character finding.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria upholds conviction of an NGO treasurer under Section 138, finding the MOU made him the effective drawer.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma held that the right to travel abroad under Article 21 must yield to the victim's right to a speedy trial in a decade-old abetment of suicide case.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih holds that heirs under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act take as tenants-in-common, barring any karta claim over co-heirs' shares.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih faulted the Gujarat High Court for refusing to intervene despite nearly twenty years of stalled investigation into a forgery complaint.
A Division Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih holds that decades of continuous service cannot be negated by administrative inaction on regularisation.
A Division Bench holds that formally invoking Section 33 defers the Section 34 limitation clock regardless of whether the correction application ultimately succeeds or is found maintainable.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Kotiswar Singh holds that a statutory hike in iron ore royalty overrides a prior contractual rate, as royalty crystallises on dispatch, not on bid acceptance.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih faulted the Gujarat High Court for refusing to intervene in a forgery complaint that has remained uninvestigated for nearly twenty years.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh held that a built flat plus cash consideration better serves a minor's interest than an undivided share in undeveloped land.
A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe holds that excluding married daughters from the definition of "family" violates Articles 14 and 15(1) of the Constitution.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh held that a Central Government amendment raising iron ore royalty from 10% to 15% binds a buyer who lifted ore after the amendment, regardless of the earlier auction contract.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih dissolves a doctor-couple's marriage after 15 years of separation, holding prolonged estrangement itself constitutes cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia).
A Division Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh set aside Punjab and Haryana High Court bail for an accused alleged to run a drug network from jail.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih dismisses a wife's appeal, holding that fifteen years of separation and denial of conjugal rights amount to mental cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act.
A Division Bench of Justices Amanullah and Mahadevan restores dismissal of an employee who hid his graduate qualification to obtain a post reserved for candidates with limited education.
A bench of Justices Pardiwala and Mahadevan held that adapting ACPs by cutting and grooving does not produce a distinct product, reversing the Karnataka High Court.
A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale upholds life sentences for two men who abducted an eight-year-old at gunpoint, ruling the firearm itself proved the statutory threat.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Kotiswar Singh reversed lower courts, holding that a built flat and cash better serve a minor's interest than undivided undeveloped land.
