Supreme Court of India
15,089 judgments
Girish Kumar v. State of Maharashtra
The Supreme Court held that deemed date of promotion for seniority does not satisfy the actual continuous service requirement under recruitment rules for promotion eligibility.
Lber Laloo v. All Dimasa Students Union
The Supreme Court permitted limited transportation of coal with valid challans under strict safeguards, balancing environmental concerns and lawful rights amid a ban on illegal mining in Meghalaya.
Lber Laloo v. All Dimasa Students Union
The Supreme Court permitted limited transportation of coal in Meghalaya for which valid challans were issued, subject to strict safeguards to prevent illegal mining and environmental harm.
Karuna Kansal v. Hemant Kansal
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order restoring the first marriage without impleading the second wife and remanded the case for fresh hearing after joining all necessary parties.
Power Grid Corporation of India v. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Co. Ltd.; NTPC Limited v. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
The Supreme Court upheld that Foreign Exchange Rate Variation need not be apportioned between debt and equity absent statutory mandate and dismissed appeals challenging the regulatory apportionment methodology.
Shio Shankar Dubey & Ors. v. State of Bihar
The Supreme Court upheld murder convictions relying on the credible testimony of close relatives and rejected challenges based on alleged inconsistencies in medical and inquest reports.
Shio Shankar Dubey & Ors. v. State of Bihar
The Supreme Court upheld the murder convictions relying on trustworthy eyewitness testimony of close relatives, rejecting the defense's challenge on witness interest, presence of accused, and injury inconsistencies.
Omanakuttan v. State of Kerala
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction under Section 326 IPC for acid attack causing grievous hurt, dismissing the appeal and refusing to enhance the sentence.
Omanakuttan v. State of Kerala
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction under Section 326 IPC for acid attack causing grievous hurt, affirming that extensive acid burns and prolonged hospitalization satisfy the legal criteria for grievous hurt despite absence of immediate disfigurement.
Mangathai Ammal LRs and Others v. Rajeswari & Others
The Supreme Court held that the plaintiffs failed to prove benami transactions, thus limiting their share in the suit properties to ancestral items only and recognizing the rest as self-acquired by the first defendant.
Mangathai Ammal LRs and Others v. Rajeswari & Others
The Supreme Court held that the plaintiffs failed to prove benami transactions and thus have no share in the self-acquired suit properties except two ancestral items, partly allowing the appeal and modifying the partition decree.
Lance Nayak Raj Bahadur & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
The Supreme Court upheld the requirement of minimum 50% marks in each subject for promotion in UP Police limited departmental examination, rejecting aggregation of marks across subjects and denying relaxation for reserved category candidates absent explicit Rules provision.
Birla Corporation Limited v. Adventz Investments and Holdings Limited
The Supreme Court held that the Magistrate failed to apply judicial mind in issuing summons for alleged theft of documents, quashing proceedings for some documents while remitting others for trial.
GOVIND PROMOTERS PVT. LTD. v. BIRLA CORPORATION LIMITED
The Supreme Court held that the Magistrate failed to apply judicial mind in summoning accused for theft of documents, quashed complaint regarding documents whose originals remained with complainant, but allowed proceedings for missing originals.
State of Bihar v. Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
The Supreme Court upheld that interest on arrears under Clause (xii) of the Lease Deed cannot be calculated yearly due to express contract terms but held the demand recoverable as a public demand under the Public Demands Act.
Khetri Vikas Samiti v. Director College Education, Government of Rajasthan & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that removal of temporary employees due to bona fide abolition of posts in non-aided educational institutions does not require prior approval under Section 18 of the Rajasthan Non-Government Educational Institutions Act, 1989, and quashed orders directing their reinstatement.
Beemaneni Maha Lakshmi v. Gangumalla Appa Rao
The Supreme Court upheld the decree of specific performance where the vendor failed to perform her contractual obligations and the purchaser was found ready and willing to pay the balance consideration.
Rengan Ambalam v. Sheik Dawood
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that a sale of joint family property to discharge antecedent debt was valid and binding, dismissing the appeal challenging the sale's legality.
Rengan Ambalam v. Sheik Dawood
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that a sale of joint family property by the father to discharge antecedent debts was valid and binding, dismissing the plaintiff's appeal for partition.
Nilesh Laxmichand and Another v. Shantaben Purushottam Kakad
The Supreme Court upheld eviction for continuous non-use of rented premises under Maharashtra Rent Control Act but set aside eviction on grounds of nuisance and illegal subletting due to insufficient evidence.