Daily Supreme Court reporting that explains what the Court held, why it matters, and where each judgment sits in Indian law.
A Division Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu questions whether Section 47-A stamp duty proceedings require proof of fraudulent intent, referring the issue for authoritative resolution.
A Division Bench found the First Appellate Court and High Court brushed aside discrepancies identified by the Trial Court without proper reasoning, reviving the defendant's case.
A Division Bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Manmohan sets aside concurrent conviction, finding that reliance on a Test Identification Parade without dock identification, compounded by contradictory medical evidence, destroyed the prosecution case.
A two-judge Bench held that an illiterate widow was entitled to family pension arrears from her husband's death in 2000, following S.K. Mastan Bee over Tarsem Singh.
A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran held that solatium and interest for NH Act acquisitions follow the 1894 Act if the Competent Authority's award predates 1 January 2015.
A Division Bench upholds the appointment while directing Maharshi Dayanand University to verify, under Article 142, a PhD degree Bundelkhand University called "fake and farzi."
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta holds Rule 6 of the 2006 Rules valid, restoring a criminal investigation against police officials.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court dismissed a suit for possession, holding that a defendant relying on an undisputed revenue entry need not enter the witness box.
A Division Bench found nearly 100 metres of a promised 24-metre-wide road either converted to green patch or used for parking, putting DLF and Haryana on final notice.
A Division Bench led by Justice J.B. Pardiwala lays down a comprehensive attribution framework for corporate criminal liability, dismissing Sanofi India's bid to quash CBI proceedings.
A Division Bench led by Justice J.B. Pardiwala holds the Revised Guidelines 2016 binding, reverses NGT's order quashing environmental and consent permissions for a Uttar Pradesh CBWTF.
A Division Bench upheld the deceased's-age multiplier rule and enhanced compensation for a pillion rider left totally blind and with a permanent stoma after a 2011 truck accident.
A Division Bench set aside A1's conviction, holding that shoddy investigation relying on confessions, uncertified electronic records and an unreliable watchman left no case to answer.
A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran held Professional Clearing Members had no duty to verify individual clients' positions and no restitution power existed under stock exchange byelaws.
A division bench held the High Court wrongly refused Section 482 relief on finality grounds, and set aside a Section 201 conviction the Board found belonged to a juvenile.
A Division Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi held that UGC Regulations bind universities absolutely, entitling the appellant to arrears from September 2016.
Justices Narasimha and Aradhe held purse seine fishermen may transit Tamil Nadu waters to fish the EEZ, and directed the State to clear pending access-pass applications.
A Division Bench upheld the invalidation of a Tokre Koli tribe claim but directed full retiral benefits for an employee who served three decades before retirement.
A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe declined to disturb a Jharkhand High Court order allowing Energy Watchdog to be heard in JBVNL proceedings.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Pardiwala and Vinod Chandran held that only a trial court, not the Drug Disposal Committee, holds the power to confiscate vehicles seized under the NDPS Act.
A division bench held that Section 36AAA of the Banking Regulation Act, not the six-month ceiling in Article 243ZL, governs RBI supersession of multi-State co-operative bank boards.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices J. B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran held that NOIDA's lease time-extension penalty charges cannot be imposed on innocent homebuyers or the resolution applicant.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva quashes a 2014 notice reopening land title enquiries after four decades, ruling limitation under Section 56 is absolute.
A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar quashed a Himachal Pradesh High Court conviction under Sections 306 and 498-A, holding that the appellate court cited facts absent from the record.
