Supreme Court of India
15,092 judgments
Chandra Mohan Varma v. State of Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court held that the extension of retirement age for medical teachers to 65 years applies prospectively and does not benefit those who had already attained superannuation before the notification, with session ending benefit not altering the retirement date.
Chandra Mohan Varma v. State of Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court held that the enhancement of retirement age to 65 years applies prospectively and does not benefit medical faculty who had already attained 60 years before the notification, with session ending benefit not postponing superannuation.
Paul v. State of Kerala
The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction under Section 302 IPC, rejecting the appellant's plea of suicide and sudden fight, and held that intoxication did not negate the requisite intention.
Paul v. State of Kerala
The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction under Section 302 IPC, rejecting the appellant's plea of suicide and sudden fight, and held that intoxication does not negate the intention to cause death.
HARYANA POWER PURCHASE CENTRE v. MAGNUM POWER GENERATION LIMITED
The Supreme Court held that fixed costs under a power purchase agreement must be paid despite non-supply of power when mandated by a regulatory tariff order, allowing the appellant's claim against the respondent.
HARYANA POWER PURCHASE CENTRE v. MAGNUM POWER GENERATION LIMITED
The Supreme Court held that fixed costs under a power purchase agreement must be paid to the generator despite no power supply when mandated by a regulatory tariff order, setting aside contrary orders of the regulatory commission and appellate tribunal.
Dr Nallapareddy Sridhar Reddy v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's order allowing alteration and addition of charges under Sections 406 and 420 IPC before judgment, emphasizing the wide power of courts under Section 216 CrPC to ensure fair trial without prejudice to the accused.
Karnataka State Seeds Development Corporation Limited v. H.L. Kaveri
The Supreme Court held that non-enclosure of mandatory experience certificates as per recruitment advertisement justifies rejection of application and writ jurisdiction cannot be used to override eligibility conditions.
Nirmal Kumar Parsan v. Commissioner of Commercial Taxes
Sales of imported goods stored in bonded warehouses within West Bengal to foreign-going ships as ship stores are taxable sales within the State and do not qualify as sales in the course of import exempt from sales tax.
Nirmal Kumar Parsan v. Commissioner of Commercial Taxes
Sales of imported goods stored in bonded warehouses within West Bengal and sold as ship stores to foreign-going ships are taxable sales within the State and do not qualify as sales in the course of import exempt from sales tax.
Kamlesh v. Union of India
The Supreme Court held that a provisional appointment does not confer a right to regularization or back wages, dismissing the appeal but permitting continuation in service until regular appointment.
Kamlesh v. Union of India
The Supreme Court held that a provisional appointment does not confer any right to regularization or back wages, dismissing the appellant’s claim and permitting her to hold the post only until regular appointment is made.
Yashistha Sahu v. Rajasthan State and Others
The Supreme Court upheld the Rajasthan High Court’s order directing the wife to return the child to the USA, emphasizing the child's best interests and respect for foreign custody orders in cross-border disputes.
Yashita Sahu v. State of Rajasthan
The Supreme Court held that in international child custody disputes, the child's welfare is paramount, foreign court orders are persuasive but not binding, and issued directions balancing custody and visitation rights while rejecting coercive orders against an adult spouse.
Yashita Sahu v. Rajasthan State
The Supreme Court upheld the maintainability of a habeas corpus petition in a cross-border child custody dispute, emphasizing the child's best interests and directing interim custody and visitation arrangements pending foreign court orders.
Yashita Sahu v. State of Rajasthan
The Supreme Court held that in international child custody disputes, the child's welfare prevails over foreign court orders and directed custody and visitation arrangements balancing parental rights and the child's best interests.
M/S FAIR COMMUNICATION AND CONSULTANTS & ANR v. SURENDRA KERDILE
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decree for recovery of ₹80,000 loan, rejecting the appellants' benami and evidentiary objections and affirming the burden of proof on benami claims.
Pawan Kumar Gupta v. State of NCT of Delhi
The Supreme Court held that once a plea of juvenility is conclusively rejected by all courts including the Supreme Court, it cannot be re-agitated by filing a fresh application under Section 7A of the Juvenile Justice Act.
Pawan Kumar Gupta v. State of NCT of Delhi
The Supreme Court held that once a plea of juvenility is conclusively rejected by all courts including the Supreme Court, it cannot be re-agitated by filing a fresh application under Section 7A of the Juvenile Justice Act.
Sangrur Sales Corporation v. United India Insurance Company Limited
The Supreme Court held that an insurance policy exclusion for damage caused by excavation applies only to the insured's own property, not third-party excavation, and restored the insured's claim for loss due to adjacent excavation.