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 set aside the Himachal Pradesh High Court's conviction, finding it had ignored the final medical report and FSL findings entirely.
A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu held that a Commissioner's Section 69 arrest order must reach the person before arrest, and struck down interim protection given while refusing bail.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices K. V. Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe upheld a direction requiring an award debtor to deposit Rs 3.5 crores pending a Section 34 challenge, preventing unjust enrichment.
A division bench of Justices J. B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran reverses decree for Rs. 24.36 lakh, holding the suit for recovery was barred by limitation.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih quashes a Section 304-B dowry death case against a BSF soldier whose unimpeached official service record placed him in Meghalaya when the death occurred in Meerut.
A bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Arun Palli invoked Article 142 to extend extraordinary pension benefits to the widow of a posthumous Shaurya Chakra recipient from the date of his death in 2000.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court set aside a Karnataka High Court judgment for disposing of an appeal without adjudicating a pending Order XLI Rule 27 application, terming it a jurisdictional error.
A Division Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu held that the Allahabad High Court exceeded its judicial review jurisdiction by directing re-evaluation of examination answer scripts as though it were an expert body.
A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran held that Rule 96(10), omitted without a saving clause, ceases to bind pending IGST refund proceedings.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih declined to reverse a Bombay High Court acquittal, finding that a single post-mortem injury could not support an account of four assailants beating the deceased continuously.
A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh held that the exclusion of Civil Courts in Scheduled Areas cannot bar suits between exclusively non-tribal parties.
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta held that failing to inform a detenu of his right to represent to the detaining officer, plus unexplained delay, voids detention.
A bench of Justices J. B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran restores Trial Court findings, holding that a registered sale deed passes title even on part payment under Section 54.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Kotiswar Singh dismisses an appeal seeking to shut out documents at the evidence stage in a probate suit.
A Division Bench set aside a High Court order rejecting Scindia Devesthan Trust's eviction suit, holding a 2018 State notification extended exemption to trusts registered outside Madhya Pradesh.
A Division Bench replaces a Bar Council suspension with a warning, holding that indecent behaviour in court premises attracts misconduct even when directed at an opposing party.
Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale upheld Karnataka's 2001 retrospective withdrawal of sugar exemption but barred penalty and back-dated interest on dealers who never collected tax.
A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar dismissed a CISF Inspector's appeal, holding his declining performance in final two years warranted compulsory retirement.
A Division Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva held that a consultant shareholder who executed a linked Share Purchase Agreement qualifies as a veritable party to arbitration.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta holds that Section 3H(4) of the National Highways Act empowers the principal civil court to adjudicate title when compensation entitlement is in dispute.
A bench of Justices J. B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran acquits a murder convict after 22 years, finding the sole eyewitness testimony shaky and highly improbable.
A bench of Justices S.V.N. Bhatti and N.V. Anjaria holds that Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC cannot be used to fill evidentiary gaps, even if no prejudice results.
A two-judge bench rules that BOM ratification related back to cure unauthorised acceptance, and an employee who used his exit certificate to secure fresh employment cannot reclaim his old post.
A Division Bench dismisses Revenue's excise demands against Xerox India, holding that warehouse kitting of imported CKD photocopier modules produces no new commercial commodity.
