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 quashed an FIR and chargesheet against a forest department employee for resisting her own medical examination, holding no offence was made out.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court set aside a show cause notice against Tata Steel, holding that mechanically reciting "suppression" without foundational facts cannot invoke the extended five-year limitation under Section 74 of the CGST Act.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih issued detailed operational directions to States, Union Territories, and High Courts to expedite dowry-related prosecutions and reduce pendency.
A bench of Justices Nagarathna and Manmohan holds that Section 45(3) of the Customs Act creates an independent, absolute liability on an approved custodian, overriding the conditional bailee-liability under the Major Port Trusts Act.
A Bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Manmohan quashed domestic violence proceedings, holding that a wife who voluntarily relinquished all monetary claims cannot revive them without challenging the settlement.
A Division Bench sets aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order requiring ad valorem court fees, ruling the question must await trial evidence.
A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan held that a degree obtained through distance education mode cannot bar promotion when earlier government orders recognised open university qualifications.
A Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta set aside bail orders for two accused in a pre-planned petrol-burning murder case, finding the High Court's reasoning flimsy and inadequate.
A Division Bench of Justices Amanullah and Mahadevan sets aside a High Court execution order that extended pay allowances to School Lecturers beyond what the original writ judgment directed.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court set aside a Section 74 GST notice against M/s G.R. Infra Projects, holding that fraud allegations cannot be introduced through a counter affidavit.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Narasimha and Aradhe held that a minor earnest money shortfall cannot invalidate a SARFAESI auction where the statutory 25% deposit was fully met on auction day.
A Division Bench of Justices Pardiwala and Vinod Chandran rejects a 2022 suit as hopelessly time-barred, finding the cause of action arose at the first cancellation notice in April 2016.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh held that the Appropriate Authority alone investigates PCPNDT offences, with police confined to a supplemental role.
A three-judge bench upholds disbarment for two years and Rs 3 lakh compensation against an advocate who gave a televised interview disclosing privileged communications with his former client.
A Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta restores Rs 30,000 per month per daughter, rejecting arithmetical division of parental obligation.
A divided Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant modifies but does not reverse the three-year Bar practice requirement for Civil Judge (Junior Division) recruitment, substituting a phased training model for recent graduates.
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.
