Supreme Court of India
8,182 judgments
Ghulam Hassan Beigh v. Mohammad Maqbool Magrey & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that discharge of accused from murder charge solely on post mortem report without full trial evidence is impermissible and remanded for fresh framing of charges.
Sharda Associates v. United India Insurance Company Ltd
The Supreme Court held that loss caused by a landslide is covered under the insurance policy and the insurer's repudiation under IMT 47 was unjustified, restoring the consumer commission's award in favor of the insured.
Sharda Associates v. United India Insurance Company Ltd
The Supreme Court held that the insurer's repudiation under IMT 47 was unjustified as the excavator's loss was due to a landslide, not overturning as a tool, and restored the consumer commission's award in favor of the insured.
Union of India v. Mahendra Singh
The Supreme Court held that strict compliance with the prescribed language requirement in recruitment applications and examination answer sheets is mandatory, and violation warrants rejection of candidature.
Union of India v. Mahendra Singh
The Supreme Court held that a candidate's failure to use the same language in the application form and examination answer sheet, as mandated by recruitment rules, justifies rejection of candidature.
Kanchan Kumari v. State of Bihar
The Supreme Court held that a High Court cannot pass peremptory directions adversely affecting third parties without notice in anticipatory bail proceedings and set aside such a direction cancelling the appellant's Post Office agent licence.
Kanchan Kumari v. The State of Bihar & Anr.
The Supreme Court held that a court granting anticipatory bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. cannot issue adverse directions against third parties without notice, and set aside the High Court's order cancelling the appellant's Post Office agent licence.
Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd v. M/s IVRCL AMR JOINT VENTURE
The Supreme Court held that clause 15 of the contract did not constitute a valid arbitration agreement, invalidating the High Court's appointment of an arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
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.