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 J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran held the UP Gangsters Act defines status but creates no offence, quashing chargesheets under Sections 2/3.
A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar dismissed a retired NIRD professor's plea to switch pension schemes, applying an earlier binding precedent.
A Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta quashes SC/ST Act charges, holding caste-based abuse inside an enclosed room fails the "public view" requirement.
A Division Bench held that Rule 10 gives finality to the Chhattisgarh PSC's eligibility decision, barring the State from a de novo reassessment, and ordered a Registrar's appointment.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Amanullah and Mahadevan holds that absorption policy cannot elevate a surplus employee beyond the post from which he was disengaged.
A bench of Justices S.V.N. Bhatti and N.V. Anjaria held that a criminal acquittal cannot displace prima facie civil negligence established by an FIR and chargesheet, restoring the MACT's finding against KSRTC's bus driver.
A Division Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Manmohan directed Sant Gadge Baba Amaravati University to announce semester results and issue the degree certificate to a student whose documents were withheld after her Scheduled Tribe caste certificate was cancelled.
A bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Arun Palli dismissed appeals against Delhi sports tender conditions, holding that a belated, non-participating challenge disqualified relief on delay and laches.
A Supreme Court division bench upheld service tax liability on TVS Motor's bank and insurer referral charges while setting aside penalty because the company paid dues before notice.
A Division Bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi quashed a Gujarat FIR, holding that invoking legal rights cannot amount to abetment of suicide.
A Division Bench led by Justice Narasimha confirms that deliberate suppression of multiple pending criminal cases in a verification form justifies discharge from RPF service.
A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sets aside Lok Adalat awards in a land acquisition dispute, holding that non-signatories cannot be bound and enjoyment surveys cannot determine compensation entitlement.
A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria held that refusing a Section 156(3) plea is no adjudication on merits and cannot bar a subsequent FIR.
A Division Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar sets aside concurrent convictions under the Prevention of Corruption Act, finding the bribery demand unproved and the prosecution sanction invalid.
A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe held that tribunals under the Senior Citizens Act can order eviction to secure a senior citizen's maintenance and protection.
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.
