Supreme Court of India
17,536 judgments
Sumitha Pradeep v. Arun Kumar C.K
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's grant of anticipatory bail in a serious POCSO sexual assault case, emphasizing the primacy of prima facie evidence and statutory presumption over custodial interrogation considerations.
Prabha Tyagi v. Kamlesh Devi
The Supreme Court held that a woman who has at any time lived in a shared household with the respondent is entitled to protection under the Domestic Violence Act, and a Domestic Incident Report is not mandatory when the aggrieved person files an application directly.
General Manager East Coast Railway Rail Sadan & Anr. v. Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd.
The Supreme Court held that under Section 42 of the Arbitration Act, only the court where the first application was filed has jurisdiction over subsequent arbitration applications, quashing the Orissa High Court's appointment of an arbitrator for lack of jurisdiction.
General Manager East Coast Railway Rail Sadan & Anr. v. Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd.
The Supreme Court held that under Section 42 of the Arbitration Act, only the Court where the first application was filed has jurisdiction over subsequent arbitration applications, quashing the Orissa High Court's appointment of an arbitrator for lack of jurisdiction.
Hemant Kumar Verma & Ors. v. Employees State Insurance Corporation & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that junior resident doctors serving under bond in ESIC institutions are not 'in-service' doctors eligible for reservation in postgraduate medical courses, dismissing their writ petition seeking such inclusion.
Hemant Kumar Verma & Ors. v. Employees State Insurance Corporation & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that junior resident doctors serving under bond in ESIC institutions are not 'in-service' doctors eligible for reservation in postgraduate medical courses reserved for permanent ESIC medical officers.
Narinder Singh v. Divesh Bhutani
The Supreme Court held that lands notified under the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 and recorded as forest in government records are forest lands under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, requiring prior Central Government approval for non-forest use.
Narinder Singh v. Divesh Bhutani
The Supreme Court held that lands notified under Section 4 of the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 and recorded as forest in government records qualify as forest lands under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, requiring prior Central Government approval for non-forest use.
The Khasgi (Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Charities) Trust, Indore v. Vipin Dhanaitkar
The Supreme Court upheld that the Khasgi Trust properties vested in the State Government and that unauthorized alienations by Trustees without prior sanction under the Public Trusts Act are void, dismissing the Trust's appeal.
X v. The Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Department & Anr
The Supreme Court held that unmarried women are entitled to terminate pregnancy up to 24 weeks under the MTP Act, affirming reproductive autonomy and interpreting Rule 3B purposively to include them.
X v. The Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Department & Anr
The Supreme Court held that unmarried women are entitled to terminate pregnancy up to 24 weeks under the MTP Act, affirming reproductive rights as part of personal liberty under Article 21 and striking down exclusionary interpretation of Rule 3B.
R. KRSNA MURTII v. R. R. JAGADESAN
The Supreme Court held that a legal heir and registered Will beneficiary is entitled to be substituted as legal representative of a deceased plaintiff without outright dismissal of the application for non-impleadment of other heirs, mandating procedural inquiry under Order XXII Rule 5 CPC.
R. KRSNA MURTII v. R. R. JAGADESAN
The Supreme Court held that a legal heir claiming substitution as legal representative under a registered Will cannot be summarily rejected without inquiry under Order XXII Rule 5 CPC and restored the substitution application for reconsideration.
Problems and Miseries of Migrant Labourers
The Supreme Court directed completion of registration of unorganized migrant workers to ensure delivery of welfare benefits and mandated reconsideration of food security coverage beyond the 2011 census to uphold the fundamental right to food.
Rameshwar v. State of Haryana
The Supreme Court held that collaboration agreements granting possession and development rights during the suspect period constitute 'transfer' of land, invalidated such transfers, and upheld the deemed award vesting lands in the State authority.
Rameshwar v. State of Haryana
The Supreme Court held that collaboration and development agreements conferring possession and development rights during a mala fide withdrawal of land acquisition constitute transfers, subjecting such lands to deemed acquisition and vesting in the State.
P. Ramasubbamma v. V. Vijayalakshmi
The Supreme Court restored the Trial Court's decree of specific performance where the vendor admitted the agreement and payment, and subsequent sale deeds by a power of attorney holder were held nominal and not binding.
Topline Shoes Limited and Another v. Punjab National Bank
The Supreme Court upheld that a counter-claim for recovery of money paid under undue influence is governed by Article 113 of the Limitation Act, dismissing the appeal as barred by limitation.
Mohammed Zubair v. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors
The Supreme Court directed consolidation of multiple FIRs against a journalist for his tweets under one investigating agency, granted interim bail, and emphasized protection of freedom of speech and fair investigation to prevent abuse of criminal law.
Mohammed Zubair v. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors
The Supreme Court ordered consolidation of multiple FIRs against a journalist arising from tweets, granted interim bail, and emphasized protection against harassment and proportionality in bail conditions restricting speech.