Articles published under the SC Desk byline are prepared by the LegalRepublic Supreme Court desk.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran held that relying on one sale deed for a dissimilar land type violates Section 26(1)(b) of the 2013 LA Act, cutting compensation from ₹3,588 to ₹2,020 per square meter.
A Division Bench of Justices Maheshwari and Chandurkar overturns an Allahabad High Court order that had frozen a chargesheet, directing an SIT to probe repeated fraudulent land sales by rival factions of the Spiritual Regeneration Movement
A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti held that IIIT Allahabad could not impose a contractual appointment on a candidate selected through a regular recruitment process without recording any reason.
A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Atul S. Chandurkar dismisses a bid to elevate an in-court dictation over the digitally signed order, imposing costs for abuse of process.
A Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directs Rajasthan to recognise Rajasthani as a regional language for schooling and introduce it as a subject in all schools, setting aside a High Court order that had dismissed a PI
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court set aside concurrent convictions under IPC and the SC/ST Act, holding that hostile witness testimony can ground an acquittal when it credibly destroys the prosecution’s case.
A Division Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale dismissed a Gujarat murder appeal, holding that quality of evidence, not quantity, sustains conviction even when most witnesses turn hostile.
A Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta expunges findings of cruelty and desertion against a dentist wife, holding that professional ambition cannot constitute a matrimonial default.
A Division Bench of Justices Pardiwala and Bhuyan quashed a 1989 police-mess assault case, then directed Allahabad High Court to furnish comprehensive undertrial pendency data for Uttar Pradesh.
A Division Bench led by Justice J.B. Pardiwala holds that Sanand Properties' 35% share from Fortaleza Developers was gross revenue, not profit, and that both reassessment notices were validly issued.
A Division Bench dismisses Dhanlaxmi Bank’s appeal, holding that a tripartite property transaction does not create a straightforward financial debt warranting CIRP under Section 7.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma upheld APTEL's view that Indian Railways procures electricity for its own use and is therefore a consumer liable to pay cross-subsidy and additional surcharges under the Electrici
A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan held that a suit founded on a disputed Will was, in substance, an attempt to enforce a benami transaction barred by statute, and directed the Central Government to take over the suit prope
A two-judge bench has held that the power under Section 175(3) of the BNSS to direct police to register an FIR cannot be exercised mechanically — the magistrate must record satisfaction that a cognizable offence is disclosed.
A unanimous nine-judge bench overruled six decades of precedent, holding that the right to privacy inheres in every person as an intrinsic part of Article 21 and the freedoms guaranteed by Part III.
A bench of Justices J. Chelameswar and R.F. Nariman unanimously held that Section 66A's core terms — "grossly offensive," "annoyance," "inconvenience" — lacked any manageable standard and swept far beyond the permissible restrictions on fre
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta clarified that meritorious PwBD candidates are entitled to unreserved seats and put National Law Universities in charge of auditing how States have implemented the 2016 Act.
