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 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.
A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar rules that a single appeal challenging a common judgment in two consolidated suits is maintainable when court fees and certified copies of both decrees are filed.
A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh held electricity boards face strict liability, quashing writ-based awards where disputed facts required a proper forum.
A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra held a Section 9 application was time-barred, ruling default under the IBC occurs once and is not a continuing cause of action.
A Division Bench held that termination for suppressing criminal antecedents fails when the employee had no means of knowing the case existed.
A Division Bench of Justices J. B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran held that a defendant in a trademark suit retains the right to cross-examine the plaintiff on brand usage, even absent a written statement on record.
A Supreme Court division bench restores SEBI's insider trading orders against a jewellery firm's promoters, holding that how trade proceeds are used is simply not relevant.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva set aside Orissa High Court orders that ignored the interest suspense account, restoring the Appellate Tribunal's dues computation.
Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta ordered a CBI case into a Chhattisgarh custodial death after finding the State covered up injuries and awarded meagre compensation.
A Division Bench of Justices J. B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran holds that one appeal, properly valued, can challenge both a suit decree and a counterclaim decree arising from a single judgment.
