Daily Supreme Court reporting that explains what the Court held, why it matters, and where each judgment sits in Indian law.
A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant orders the sponge iron maker to pay its assignee ARC Rs 125 crore in 12 weeks as full and final settlement, closing DRT and NCLT proceedings while leaving the NPA and assignment questions undecided.
Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva held that an Order XXI Rule 97 objector who produced the original 1972 allotment, against a decree holder with only a photocopy, owns Site No. 261 at Munnekolala.
Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran rule that once a Committee of Creditors approves a plan and sends it to the NCLT, neither the CoC nor the applicant can withdraw it, and send the Rs 172.55 crore toll-road plan back for a decision on its merits.
Justice Manoj Misra and Justice K.V. Viswanathan hold that the deposit a theft-accused consumer makes to get supply restored is assessed under Section 126, appealable under Section 127 and subject to the Special Court.
Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran hold a 1984 middleman agreement exposed fraud that neither delay nor res judicata can shield, and order Nelakadiranahalli land returned to its owners.
Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran set aside a High Court ruling that had dismissed the Wakf Board suit over Mafi Inam land beside the Qutub Shahi Mosque, and rejected two contempt petitions against the Board.
Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice N.V. Anjaria dismiss the Textiles Committee appeal, holding a job-work processor of powerloom fabric owes no cess under Section 5A because no textile is manufactured in its units.
Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran held that papers a Registrar can lawfully reach in a private co-operative society are information under Section 2(f), so a member gets the building contract and meeting minutes within two weeks.
Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar restored the reinstatement of a Periyar University official removed on findings resting on conjecture, and set limits on intra-court appeals.
Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu held Section 195 CrPC does not bar private complaints under Section 125-A of the RP Act, but left the quashing of a case against a Bidar MLA intact.
Justices S.V.N. Bhatti and N.V. Anjaria upheld the cancellation of a 2011 patta over a recorded tank, and directed Tamil Nadu to allot a commensurate site to flat buyers before demolition.
Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe held Chandigarh could cancel a low bid before the conveyance deed, but neither bidder gets Site No. 4; a fresh e-auction must finish in three months.
Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu found a GST accused hid parallel bail attempts, remitted his bail plea, kept him on interim bail, and set a rule on vacation listing.
Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi dismissed an appeal by the heirs over Plot No. 8, Friends Colony, holding the suit time-barred and an unregistered agreement to sell incapable of conferring title.
Justices S.V.N. Bhatti and N.V. Anjaria raised compensation for two men injured near the Paliyekkara toll plaza, assessing functional disability by its effect on earning capacity and attendant charges by multiplier.
Justices S.V.N. Bhatti and N.V. Anjaria held that Section 17A of the PC Act protects only decisions and recommendations made in official duty, and refused to stop a Rajasthan constable's bribery trial.
Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar upheld the quashing of Tamil Nadu G.O. 314 of 2024, holding that conversion changes religion, not membership of a notified community.
Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan allowed a father's habeas corpus appeal, holding the child's welfare lies in the US, with comity and the mother's breach of the order tilting the balance.
Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih upheld the Bombay High Court, holding the write-down of AT-1 bonds after the 2020 reconstruction ultra vires the Master Circular and the scheme itself.
Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran held that an MSME borrower whose loan turned NPA must raise complaints about rehabilitation and forged documents in recovery proceedings, not criminal ones.
Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih held an Information Utility record of default self-sufficient under Section 7 and profitability irrelevant, and recorded a compilation of non-existent precedents.
