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 Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma held that Section 311 CrPC cannot be used to fill defence lacunae or inflict repeated hardship on a prosecutrix.
A Division Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan holds that exceeding position limits through agency arrangements does not, without more, constitute fraud under the PFUTP Regulations.
A Division Bench quashes CBI charges under Sections 420 and 471 IPC, holding that UCO Bank's belated complaint after a settled compromise was oppressive and an abuse of process.
A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale affirms that brandishing a firearm during abduction satisfies Section 364A's threat condition, even without an explicit verbal threat.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Atul S. Chandurkar holds that writ courts cannot interpret contracts to displace an arbitrator's stamp-duty ruling under Section 16.
A bench of Justices Pardiwala and Mahadevan holds that adapting ACPs to building dimensions does not produce a distinct product attracting excise duty.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti rules that private properties declared by the Kapurthala Maharaja under the merger covenant devolve under Hindu Law, not primogeniture.
A Division Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Atul S. Chandurkar directed all States and UTs to integrate emergency helplines, operationalise PM RAHAT, and build trauma registries within fixed deadlines.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Vipul M. Pancholi held that the Madras High Court exceeded its Section 100 CPC jurisdiction by reversing concurrent findings on a genuine sale agreement.
A Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dissolved a marriage of over eight years under Article 142, overriding the wife's objection and fixing Rs 50 lakh as full and final alimony.
A Division Bench of Justice Pardiwala and Justice Viswanathan splits Section 138 proceedings into criminal and compensatory tiers before referring key questions to a larger bench.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi upholds the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of Bihar's electoral rolls, while confining citizenship determinations to electoral purposes only.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Kotiswar Singh held that further investigation under Section 173(8) CrPC requires prior Magistrate permission, quashing a chargesheet filed after two earlier closure reports.
A three-judge bench set aside death sentences awarded to two men convicted of rape and murder, finding the entire prosecution case rested on unreliable identification, doubtful recoveries, and absent forensic chain of custody.
A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti rules that private properties declared by the Kapurthala Maharaja under the merger covenant devolve by Hindu personal law, not primogeniture.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria acquits a KSRTC bus driver of Sections 279 and 304A IPC, holding that acting on the conductor's whistle cannot constitute culpable negligence.
A bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Vipul M. Pancholi dismisses a promoter-SRA's challenge to LoI conditions, EMD forfeiture, and the subsequent liquidation order under the IBC.
A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale ruled that TTC MIDC industrial units were exempt from NMMC property tax only until MIDC transferred infrastructure maintenance to NMMC in 2005.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale dismisses Uttar Pradesh's appeal, holding that absent proof of demand, no conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act can stand.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court set aside the Calcutta High Court's order directing old recruitment rules to govern accrued vacancies, holding the 2016 Rules must apply.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court allowed Amazon's appeal, finding the CCI and NCLAT exceeded their statutory authority in keeping the 2019 merger approval in abeyance and directing a fresh Form II filing.
A Division Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued sweeping directions on illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary, finding State compliance driven by coercion rather than governance.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court set aside a Calcutta High Court order that allowed a defendant to reverse her own pleaded position mid-trial through an additional written statement.
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court acquitted an accused husband, finding that vague, unsubstantiated testimony of cruelty cannot ground a conviction under Section 498-A of the IPC.
