Supreme Court of India
16,356 judgments
Union of India v. R. Thiyagarajan
The Supreme Court held that deputation allowance to NDRF personnel from Central Para Military Forces is payable only from the date when NDRF assumed control and payment, rejecting claims for earlier periods and limiting High Court jurisdiction on pan-India relief.
Bhagwat Sharan v. Purushottam
The Supreme Court held that the plaintiff failed to prove the existence of a Hindu Undivided Family or joint family ownership of disputed properties and dismissed the appeal, affirming that acceptance of benefits under a Will estops challenging its validity.
Bhagwat Sharan v. Purushottam
The Supreme Court held that the plaintiff failed to prove the existence of a Hindu Undivided Family or joint family ownership of disputed properties and dismissed the appeal, upholding the validity of the Will accepted by the plaintiff.
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Rohit Prajapati & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that ex post facto environmental clearances under the 2002 circular are illegal, affirming the mandatory requirement of prior clearances under the EIA Notification 1994 and upheld the NGT's directions for revocation and closure of non-compliant industrial units.
Raja @ Ayyappan v. State of Tamil Nadu
The Supreme Court acquitted the appellant by rejecting his involuntary confession and holding co-accused confessions inadmissible due to absence of joint trial under the TADA Act.
Pawan Kumar Gupta v. State of NCT of Delhi
The Supreme Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the President’s rejection of the mercy petition, holding that judicial review is limited and the petitioner’s plea of juvenility was finally adjudicated.
Pawan Kumar Gupta v. State of NCT of Delhi
The Supreme Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the rejection of the mercy petition by the President, holding that judicial review is limited and the plea of juvenility was already finally determined.
M. Subramaniam v. S. Janaki
The Supreme Court held that the proper remedy for non-registration or improper investigation of an FIR is to approach the Magistrate under Section 156(3) CrPC, not the High Court, and set aside the High Court's direction to police to register FIR and investigate.
M. Subramaniam v. S. Janaki
The Supreme Court held that the proper remedy for non-registration or improper investigation of an FIR lies under Section 156(3) CrPC before a Magistrate, and set aside the High Court's direction to police to register FIR and investigate under writ jurisdiction.
Food Corporation of India v. Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika
The Supreme Court held that property owned by the Central Government and occupied by FCI is exempt from municipal property tax under Article 285 of the Constitution, as the tax was not levied on such property before the Constitution's commencement.
Food Corporation of India v. Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika
The Supreme Court held that property tax cannot be levied on Central Government-owned godowns constructed after the Constitution's commencement, exempt under Article 285, and occupier liability under municipal law cannot override this exemption.
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Vijay Shankar Dubey
The Supreme Court held that a rationally fixed cut-off date for pay scale revision benefits cannot be retrospectively extended to employees who retired before that date, setting aside the High Court's order granting such benefit to a retired Joint Director, Prosecution.
Ram Chandra Prasad Singh v. Sharad Yadav
The Supreme Court upheld the rejection of additional evidence relating to subsequent conduct in a disqualification petition under the Tenth Schedule, affirming that disqualification relates back to the date of voluntary giving up of party membership.
B K Pavithra v. Union of India
The Supreme Court dismissed applications seeking directions on implementing the Reservation Act 2018, holding that substantive challenges to implementation must be pursued through independent remedies and not by miscellaneous applications circumventing finality of its judgment.
B K Pavithra v. Union of India
The Supreme Court dismissed applications seeking directions on implementing the Reservation Act 2018, holding that substantive challenges to government actions post-judgment must be pursued through independent proceedings and not by miscellaneous applications circumventing the review process.
Dhanpat v. Sheo Ram
The Supreme Court restored the validity of a Will duly executed and attested, holding that secondary evidence of a lost Will is admissible and that the High Court erred in overturning concurrent factual findings of the lower courts.
Dhanpat v. Sheo Ram
The Supreme Court upheld the validity of a Will executed in compliance with statutory requirements, restored concurrent factual findings, and dismissed the suit challenging the Will's execution.
Benedict Denis Kinny v. Tulip Brian Miranda & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that High Courts have constitutional jurisdiction under Article 226 to grant interim and final reliefs staying statutory retrospective termination of election under Section 5B of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.
Gurcharan Singh & Ors. v. Angrez Kaur & Anr.
The Supreme Court held that a decree based on admitted pre-existing rights relating to immovable property does not require registration under Section 17 of the Registration Act and restored the trial court's decree declaring appellants as owners.
Gurcharan Singh & Ors. v. Angrez Kaur & Anr.
The Supreme Court held that a decree based on admitted pre-existing rights relating to immovable property does not require registration under Section 17 of the Registration Act and restored the trial court's valid decree dismissing the heirs' challenge.