Supreme Court of India
16,355 judgments
State of Rajasthan v. Nemi Chand Mahela and Others
The Supreme Court held that relief from unconstitutional bonus marks in teacher appointments is confined to petitioners who challenged the process before November 18, 1999, upholding the doctrine of prospective overruling and dismissing late claims.
State of Rajasthan v. Nemi Chand Mahela and Others
The Supreme Court upheld the doctrine of prospective overruling restricting relief against unconstitutional bonus marks in teacher appointments to candidates who challenged before November 18, 1999, protecting prior appointments and dismissing belated claims.
Snowtex Investment Limited v. Principal Commissioner of Income Tax
The Supreme Court held that losses from share trading treated as speculation losses cannot be set off against profits from futures and options trading, and that the amendment excluding share trading from speculation business applies prospectively from 2015.
Snowtex Investment Limited v. Principal Commissioner of Income Tax
The Supreme Court held that losses from speculative share trading cannot be set off against non-speculative futures and options profits for AY 2008-09, and that the amendment excluding share trading from speculation business applies prospectively from 2015.
Satyan v. Deputy Commissioner & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that prior government permission under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978, is mandatory for transfer of granted lands even after the expiry of the non-alienation period, and transfers without such permission are null and void.
Satyan v. Deputy Commissioner & Ors.
Transfers of granted lands to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes without prior government permission under the 1978 Act are null and void even after the expiry of the grant's prohibition period.
63 Moons Technologies Ltd. v. Union of India
The Supreme Court upheld the Central Government's compulsory amalgamation of 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. and National Spot Exchange Ltd. under Section 396 of the Companies Act, 1956 as essential in public interest and constitutionally valid.
Govind Singh v. The State of Chhattisgarh
The Supreme Court reduced the appellant's conviction from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC and modified the sentence to the period already served.
Govind Singh v. The State of Chhattisgarh
The Supreme Court modified a murder conviction to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC and reduced the sentence to the period already served.
Rajbir Surajbhan Singh v. Chairman, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
The Supreme Court held that the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is not a State under Article 12 nor discharges public functions attracting writ jurisdiction, dismissing the appeal challenging disqualification for non-production of a valid OBC certificate.
Rajbir Surajbhan Singh v. Chairman, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
The Supreme Court held that the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is not a 'State' under Article 12 and does not discharge public functions attracting writ jurisdiction, dismissing the appeal challenging disqualification for non-production of a valid OBC certificate.
Sameer Kapoor and another v. The State through SubDivision Magistrate South, New Delhi and others
The Supreme Court held that limitation under Article 137 applies to probate and letters of administration applications but the limitation period is a continuous right and does not start from the date of foreign probate, dismissing the appeal to reject the plaint as barred by limitation.
The State Bank of India & Others v. P. Soupramaniane
The Supreme Court held that conviction under Section 324 IPC does not constitute moral turpitude disqualifying continuation in bank service, and upheld the reinstatement of the employee discharged on that ground.
The State Bank of India & Others v. P. Soupramaniane
The Supreme Court held that conviction under Section 324 IPC does not involve moral turpitude and thus does not justify discharge from bank service under the Banking Regulation Act.
Vikram Johar v. State of Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court held that the appellant was entitled to discharge as the complaint did not disclose the essential ingredients of offences under Sections 504 and 506 IPC, setting aside the orders of the lower courts.
Mallikarjunaiah v. Nanjaiah
The Supreme Court held that adverse possession requires hostile, exclusive, and continuous possession for twelve years, and set aside the High Court's declaration of ownership by adverse possession in favor of the appellant who filed suit within the limitation period.
Mallikarjunaiah v. Nanjaiah
The Supreme Court held that adverse possession requires hostile and exclusive possession known to the true owner, and set aside the High Court's declaration of ownership by adverse possession in favor of the appellant who filed suit within 12 years of knowledge.
GOLI VIJAYALAKSHMI & ORS. v. YENDRU SATHIRAJU BY LRS. & ORS.
The Supreme Court held that civil appeals must be abated in entirety when the appeal against one defendant abates due to death and non-substitution, to avoid mutually contradictory decrees in property disputes involving multiple defendants.
N. Ramamurthy v. State by Central Bureau of Investigation
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's rejection of suspension of sentence applications, clarifying the distinction between suspension of conviction and sentence, and directed fresh consideration applying correct legal principles.
N. Ramamurthy v. State by Central Bureau of Investigation
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's rejection of suspension of sentence due to erroneous calculation of sentence length and misapplication of legal principles, directing fresh consideration of suspension of execution of sentence under Section 389 CrPC.