Supreme Court of India
15,089 judgments
Shyam Prashad v. State of Himachal Pradesh
The Supreme Court reduced the appellant’s sentence under the NDPS Act from fifteen to ten years imprisonment, affirming the statutory minimum sentence while considering mitigating personal circumstances.
Shyam Prashad v. State of Himachal Pradesh
The Supreme Court reduced the appellant's sentence from fifteen to ten years under the NDPS Act for possession of commercial quantity of charas, considering mitigating factors but upheld the conviction and fine.
Globe Ground India Employees Union v. Lufthansa German Airlines
The Supreme Court held that the parent company Lufthansa German Airlines is neither a necessary nor proper party to industrial dispute proceedings against its subsidiary, Globe Ground India Pvt. Ltd., and dismissed the appeals challenging its non-impleadment.
Globe Ground India Employees Union v. Lufthansa German Airlines
The Supreme Court held that Lufthansa German Airlines is neither a necessary nor proper party to the industrial dispute against its subsidiary, affirming that the Industrial Tribunal must confine adjudication to the points referred by the Government and that the corporate veil cannot be pierced without misuse.
Monthi Menezes v. Devaki Amma & Anr
The Supreme Court remanded a tenancy dispute for fresh consideration, holding that occupancy rights require the land to be agricultural as on the appointed date and that mere possession or payment of land revenue is insufficient to establish lawful tenancy.
Monthi Menezes v. Devaki Amma
The Supreme Court remanded a tenancy dispute concerning Punja land for fresh consideration, holding that occupancy rights depend on whether the land was agricultural as on the appointed date and that mere possession or payment of land revenue alone do not establish lawful tenancy.
Cantonment Board, Meerut & Anr v. Afzal
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's quashing of unauthorized construction demolition notices for procedural lapses but allowed fresh proceedings under the Cantonments Act, 2006.
Cantonment Board, Meerut & Anr v. Afzal
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's quashing of unauthorized construction demolition notices for procedural lapses, emphasizing the need for fair hearing and proper consideration under the Cantonments Act.
Nagaji Odhavji Kumbar v. Gujarat State
The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction under Section 302 IPC, rejecting the appellants' claim of private defense and reduction of charge to culpable homicide.
Nagji Odhavji Kumbhar & Anr. v. State of Gujarat
The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of appellants who caused multiple fatal stab wounds, rejecting their claim of private defence and sudden fight.
Nagji Odhavji Kumbar v. State of Gujarat
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the conviction and life sentence for murder under Section 302 IPC, rejecting the appellants' claim of private defense and sudden provocation.
Nagji Odhavji Kumbhar & Anr. v. State of Gujarat
The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction under Section 302 IPC, ruling that the appellants were not entitled to private defence as the deceased were unarmed and suffered multiple fatal injuries.
Dharmaji Shankar Shinde and Others v. Rajaram Shripad Joshi
The Supreme Court held that a transaction embodied in a single document with sale and repurchase conditions is a sale with option to repurchase, not a mortgage by conditional sale, where no debtor-creditor relationship exists and the right to repurchase was not exercised within the stipulated period.
Dharmaji Shankar Shinde and Others v. Rajaram Shripad Joshi
The Supreme Court held that a transaction embodied in a single document with sale and condition to repurchase is a sale, not a mortgage by conditional sale, and failure to repay within the stipulated period extinguishes the right to repurchase.
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd v. State of Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Entry Tax Act, 2007, but ruled that interest on delayed payment of entry tax cannot be imposed without explicit statutory provision.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited v. State of U.P. & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that liability to pay interest on Entry Tax under the U.P. Act, 2007 arises from substantive statutory provisions and that writ petitions challenging interest demands cannot be dismissed on res judicata when the issue was not previously decided.
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Entry Tax Act, 2007 and ruled that interest on delayed payment of entry tax is recoverable under the Act's machinery provisions, dismissing the appellant's challenge.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited v. State of U.P. & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that the liability to pay interest on Entry Tax under the U.P. Act, 2007 must be determined on substantive statutory provisions and that writ petitions challenging interest demand are maintainable if the issue was not decided earlier.
Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-3, Nagpur v. Ballarpur Industries Ltd.
The Supreme Court allowed the Revenue's appeal and remanded the income tax dispute regarding the nature of a Rs. 3.25 crore payment for fresh adjudication by the Tribunal.
Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-3, Nagpur v. Ballarpur Industries Ltd.
The Supreme Court remanded the tax dispute over the nature of a Rs. 3.25 crore payment for fresh adjudication by the Tribunal after finding misappreciation of facts and law in earlier orders.