Supreme Court of India
18,257 judgments
Malkeet Singh Gill v. The State of Chhattisgarh
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant for criminal breach of trust and cheating, affirming concurrent sentences and limiting revisional interference with concurrent factual findings.
K. Ramya v. National Insurance Co. Ltd.
The Supreme Court restored and enhanced compensation for motor accident death by holding that income tax returns and audit reports reliably reflect the deceased's income including business ventures, rejecting the High Court's notional income approach.
K. Ramya v. National Insurance Co. Ltd.
The Supreme Court restored enhanced compensation to the deceased's dependents by holding that income tax returns and audit reports reliably determine loss of income, including income from active business ventures, while allowing managerial skill compensation for income from capital assets under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Manoj Parihar v. State of Jammu & Kashmir
The Supreme Court held that seniority of judicial officers appointed by direct recruitment must be fixed strictly on merit and not roster points, dismissing the petition challenging the High Court's order to that effect.
Manoj Parihar v. State of Jammu & Kashmir
The Supreme Court held that seniority of judicial officers must be fixed strictly on merit and not on roster points, dismissing the petition challenging the High Court's order quashing roster-based seniority fixation.
Zakia Ahsan Jafri v. State of Gujarat & Anr.
The Supreme Court held that after completion of SIT investigation and submission of final report under Section 173(2) CrPC, the trial court alone has jurisdiction to proceed, and the Court's monitoring ends, dismissing the appellant's challenge to the closure report.
Manoj Pratap Singh v. State of Rajasthan
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence of the appellant for kidnapping, raping, and murdering a mentally and physically challenged minor girl, affirming the 'rarest of rare' doctrine based on complete circumstantial and forensic evidence.
Manoj Pratap Singh v. State of Rajasthan
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence of the appellant for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a mentally and physically challenged minor girl, affirming the application of the rarest of rare doctrine in capital punishment.
Sunil Kumar v. State of Kerala
The Supreme Court upheld the appellant's conviction under the Abkari Act for illegal spirit dealing but set aside the attempted suicide conviction, reducing the sentence considering the long delay and clean record.
Sunil Kumar v. State of Kerala
The Supreme Court upheld the appellant's conviction under the Abkari Act but set aside the attempted suicide conviction, modifying the sentence considering the long delay and clean antecedents.
Gopinathan v. State of Kerala
The Supreme Court upheld the appellant's conviction under the Abkari Act but reduced the sentence considering the delay in trial, age, and lack of criminal antecedents.
Krishna Rai v. Banaras Hindu University
The Supreme Court held that statutory promotion rules prescribed by the Executive Council must be strictly followed and that estoppel cannot validate promotions made in violation of these rules, thereby quashing the impugned promotions and restoring the Single Judge's order.
Krishna Rai v. Banaras Hindu University
The Supreme Court held that statutory service rules for promotion must be strictly followed and that estoppel cannot validate promotions made in violation of such rules.
Ms. P v. State of Uttarakhand & Anr.
The Supreme Court upheld the discharge of the accused from the rape charge due to lack of territorial jurisdiction, holding that the offences under Sections 376, 504, and 506 IPC did not constitute the same transaction for joint trial.
Ms. P v. State of Uttarakhand & Anr.
The Supreme Court upheld the discharge of accused from the rape charge due to lack of territorial jurisdiction, holding that the offences under Sections 376, 504, and 506 IPC did not constitute the same transaction for joint trial.
Bharat Bhushan Gupta v. Pratap Narain Verma
The Supreme Court held that suit valuation for mandatory injunction against licensees is governed by the relief claimed and not the market value of the property, setting aside the High Court's order returning the plaint for improper valuation.
S.M. Shoba v. The Inspector of Police
The Supreme Court dismissed transfer petitions seeking to shift criminal proceedings from Madurai to Bangalore, holding that transfers require compelling reasons and are not granted lightly.
S.M. Shoba v. The Inspector of Police
The Supreme Court dismissed transfer petitions seeking to move criminal proceedings from Tamil Nadu to Karnataka, holding that insufficient merit exists to justify transfer under Section 406 CrPC.
EX. CT. MAHADEV v. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, BORDER SECURITY FORCE
The Supreme Court held that the appellant was entitled to the right of private defence, modified his conviction from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and set him free for the period already served.
Ex. Ct. Mahadev v. The Director General, Border Security Force
The Supreme Court held that the appellant BSF personnel was entitled to the right of private defence and reduced his conviction from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Exception 2 to Section 300 IPC.