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 the Supreme Court held that an insurer's agent cannot waive Section 64VB of the Insurance Act, 1938, even by written assurance, to extend cover beyond premium paid.
A division bench found political machinations behind the absorption of four deputationists and reversed the High Court's sympathetic decision to let them stay.
A two-judge Bench dismissed Rishi Malhotra's challenge to Section 354(5) CrPC, holding no material justified doubting the three-judge decision in Deena upholding execution by hanging.
A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi held a High Court cannot enhance a convict's sentence in his own appeal or run life terms consecutively.
A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi held mandamus lies against private unaided schools to pay statutory teacher salaries, and unlaid rules stay operative.
A bench of Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh discharges a forest officer, finding no mens rea or proximate act of instigation before the deceased's suicide.
A two-judge Bench doubted whether S.K. Jain remains good law and referred six questions on pre-deposit clauses before arbitration to a larger Bench.
A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh issued directions on cash seizures, investigation timelines and High Court approval before withdrawing election-period prosecutions.
A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi set aside a rejection, holding an applicant eligible in age despite the employer's 19-month delay.
A Bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Arun Palli held Section 12 of the U.P. Gangsters Act gives priority only on clashing dates, restoring a near-complete murder trial.
Justice Sanjay Karol's bench cancelled bail to a Nigerian accused who jumped bail on forged sureties, invoking Article 142 to frame a bail bondsperson regime.
A bench of Justices J. B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran reversed convictions under Section 302 IPC, holding that medical evidence and witness testimony pointed to accidental drowning, not murder.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh held that a registered Will fails if attesting witness unavailability is not proved before invoking Section 69 of the Evidence Act.
A bench of Justices S.V.N. Bhatti and N.V. Anjaria sets aside a High Court remand order, holding that appellate courts must decide on available material rather than send cases back to trial.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court upheld auction of a Delhi property, ruling that the residential exemption under Section 60(1)(ccc) of the Civil Procedure Code is personal to the judgment-debtor alone and does not pass to heirs.
A bench of Justices Narasimha and Aradhe dismissed Reliance Industries' appeal, upheld redaction of witness affidavits, and imposed Rs. 10 lakh costs for prolonging a suit pending since 2005.
A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi upheld the conviction under Section 302 IPC while holding that the life sentence cannot operate against a person declared juvenile on the date of offence.
A Division Bench corrects both the Tribunal and the High Court for denying or under-awarding consortium to the wife and three children of a pedestrian killed in 2012.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih dismissed Kashmir Ram's appeal, holding the ruqa and telephonic summons met Section 42 and Section 50 was not attracted.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria dismisses a tenant's plea, holding that a bare agreement to sell does not extinguish an existing tenancy absent express or implied surrender.
Justices Pardiwala and Chandran told the Union to place its final decision on front-of-package labelling on record, warning of further directions if it does not act.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court restores a Single Judge's injunction over a disputed family estate and bars appellate courts from conducting merits-laden mini-trials on interim applications.
A division bench held that re-employed presiding officers of Central Government Industrial Tribunals form a separate class and cannot claim 6th Pay Commission scales, dismissing their writ petition.
A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria affirmed a life sentence, holding the daughter’s direct account reliable despite her relationship to the deceased.
