Supreme Court of India
16,355 judgments
Nitu Devi Somvanshi v. Rajendra Singh Somvanshi @ Tinku
The Supreme Court allowed the transfer of family court proceedings from Rajasthan to Haryana in the interest of justice and disposed of the related contempt petition.
Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan
The Supreme Court clarified that it can grant divorce by mutual consent under Article 142 of the Constitution, including waiving the six-month waiting period and granting divorce on irretrievable breakdown grounds, while quashing connected proceedings to do complete justice.
Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan
The Supreme Court clarified the scope of its power under Article 142 to grant divorce by mutual consent dispensing with the statutory waiting period and to grant divorce on irretrievable breakdown of marriage, subject to judicial scrutiny and public policy.
ESSEMM LOGISTICS v. DARCL LOGISTICS LIMITED
The Supreme Court held that the mandatory notice under Section 16 of the Carriage by Road Act, 2007 applies only to claims for loss or damage to consignments and not to other types of claims, allowing the appellant's counter-claim to proceed.
Samra @ Jasbir Singh v. National Investigation Agency
The Supreme Court held that filing a chargesheet within the statutory period completes investigation for default bail purposes, and delayed sanction for prosecution under special laws does not entitle accused to default bail.
GUJARAT COMPOSITE LIMITED v. A INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
The Supreme Court held that disputes involving multiple parties and agreements, some without arbitration clauses, cannot be partially referred to arbitration under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, affirming that only parties bound by a valid arbitration agreement can be compelled to arbitrate.
Delhi Development Authority v. Anita Singh
The Supreme Court held that land acquisition does not lapse under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act if either possession is taken or compensation is paid (including deposit in court due to ownership dispute), overruling the High Court's order that acquisition had lapsed.
Ramisetty Venkatanna v. Nasyam Jamal Saheb
The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and held that the plaint was liable to be rejected under Order VII Rule XI CPC as it was barred by limitation and disclosed no cause of action due to clever drafting to circumvent limitation law.
Ramisetty Venkatanna v. Nasyam Jamal Saheb
The Supreme Court held that a plaint cleverly drafted to circumvent limitation and lacking a clear cause of action is liable to be rejected under Order VII Rule XI CPC, allowing the appeal and setting aside lower court orders.
Veena Vadini Teachers Training Institute v. State of Madhya Pradesh
The Supreme Court upheld residence-based reservation in professional education but struck down 75% reservation as excessive, directing the State to limit it to 70% based on actual data.
Veena Vadini Teachers Training Institute v. State of Madhya Pradesh
The Supreme Court upheld residence-based reservation in professional education but struck down 75% reservation as excessive, directing the State to limit it to 70% considering ground realities.
P. V. NIDHISH & ORS v. KERALA STATE WAKF BOARD & ANR
The Supreme Court held that the penal provision criminalizing unauthorized possession of wakf property cannot be applied retrospectively to possession predating the amendment, quashing the prosecution against long-term tenants.
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited & Ors v. Sri. B. G. Manamohana
The Supreme Court held that additional pay revision linked to performance targets cannot be granted automatically or retrospectively without fulfilling stipulated conditions, partially allowing the appeal of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation.
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited & Ors v. Sri. B. G. Manamohana
The Supreme Court held that additional pay revision increments are conditional on performance targets and cannot be granted automatically from appointment date to employees appointed after the pay revision effective date.
State of Rajasthan v. Dr. Hamir Singh Chouhan
The Supreme Court held that permanent absorption in the Dairy Federations terminates lien with the State Government, denying respondents pensionary benefits from the State after receiving retirement benefits from the Dairy Federations.
Sachit Kumar Singh & Ors. v. The State of Jharkhand & Ors.
The Supreme Court remanded a police recruitment case for fresh consideration of objections to answer keys raised by candidates narrowly missing qualifying marks, emphasizing merits over technicalities.
Sachit Kumar Singh & Ors. v. The State of Jharkhand & Ors.
The Supreme Court remanded the case for fresh consideration of objections to examination answer keys raised by candidates narrowly failing minimum qualifying marks, directing the High Court to obtain expert opinion and decide on merits.
Santosh @ Bhure v. State (G.N.C.T.) of Delhi; State (G.N.C.T.) of Delhi v. Neeraj
The Supreme Court held that specimen handwriting obtained during investigation is admissible and does not violate self-incrimination rights, but acquitted one accused for lack of proof while upholding the other's murder conviction based on a complete chain of circumstantial evidence.
Santosh @ Bhure v. State (G.N.C.T.) of Delhi; State v. Neeraj
The Supreme Court upheld Santosh's murder conviction but acquitted Neeraj, holding that specimen handwriting obtained during investigation is admissible and does not violate the right against self-incrimination.
Uday Pratap Thakur v. The State of Bihar
The Supreme Court upheld that only a proportionate period of work charged service counts towards pension qualifying service after regularization under the 2013 Rules, dismissing the claim for full counting of work charged service.