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 Augustine George Masih held the CRPF breached Section 47 of the PwD Act, awarding a visually impaired driver Rs 1.25 crore in lieu of reinstatement.
A Bench of Justices Manoj Misra and K.V. Viswanathan held the High Court exceeded Section 100 jurisdiction in upholding a Will disinheriting the testator's widow for non-relatives.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh reversed concurrent findings of three courts, holding that customary adoption of a ghardamad by an uncle-in-law was unproved and the nearest male agnate succeeds.
A Division Bench holds that involuntary transfer of tenancy upon a statutory banking amalgamation satisfies Section 14(1)(b) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, reversing the High Court.
A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale dismissed the State's appeal, holding that unproved demand for bribe money is fatal to conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and K.V. Viswanathan reverses discharge of a school headmistress who received direct information of a child's sexual assault but chose internal verification over mandatory POCSO reporting.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran holds that the 120-day outer limit under Order VIII Rule 1 applies equally to a plaintiff replying to a defendant's counter-claim in a commercial suit.
A division bench held that cognizance taken under the wrong statute is a curable defect under Section 465 CrPC and remanded the poll-affidavit complaint for fresh cognizance.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta held that ex parte Foreigners Tribunal opinions cannot stand without reasoned adjudication, remitting the batch for fresh decision.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court holds that a Debts Recovery Tribunal certificate is not a "decree or order" under the Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, dismissing HDFC Bank's appeal.
A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan held that including royalty, DMF and NMET in sale value for computing average sale price of iron ore is constitutional.
A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih found none of 13 test cases showed valid appointment, dismissing all 49 West Bengal madrasah petitions.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma dismisses Kotak AMC's appeals, holding that investor gain cannot justify flouting SEBI's mutual fund regulations.
A Division Bench led by the Chief Justice held that victims to whom acid is administered, and those with internal injuries, are covered under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Kotiswar Singh rules that Section 244 CrPC does not apply to offences exclusively triable by Sessions Courts, setting aside a Punjab & Haryana High Court remand order.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Kotiswar Singh set aside a 1994 partition compromise decree, holding counsel cannot bind a client without express authorisation.
A Division Bench found the prosecution had failed to prove dowry demands or cruelty, reversed both the Sessions Court conviction and the High Court remand order.
A bench of Justices Narasimha and Aradhe set aside NCLT and NCLAT orders after finding six cited precedents were fake or hallucinated AI outputs, declaring such decisions void.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh rules that Haryana's 2002 remission policy derives from the Governor's constitutional pardon power, not statute, making the 2008 policy's supersession clause legally untenable.
A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale held that a Children's Court's failure to pass a mandatory Section 19(1) order vitiated the entire trial and conviction.
A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh held that once a chargesheet is filed in proper form within time, non-compliance with Section 193(8) BNSS cannot entitle an accused to default bail.
A Bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana restored Clause 19 barring interest on security, while holding the State must refund the deposit within three months of contract termination.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prasanna B. Varale dismisses the State of Maharashtra's appeal, finding broken circumstantial chain and fatally flawed forensic handling.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court set aside High Court guidelines that mandated pre-charge examination of the sanctioning authority in Prevention of Corruption Act cases.
