Supreme Court of India
15,089 judgments
Garware Wall Ropes Ltd. v. Coastal Marine Constructions & Engineering Ltd.
The Supreme Court held that an arbitration clause in an unstamped contract cannot be acted upon under Section 11 of the Arbitration Act until stamp duty and penalty are paid, and Section 11(6A) does not override the Indian Stamp Act's mandatory provisions.
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The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction under Section 302 IPC, rejecting the High Court's reduction to culpable homicide, emphasizing the presumption of intention from fatal stab wounds.
The State of Rajasthan v. Kanhaiya Lal
The Supreme Court restored the murder conviction under Section 302 IPC, holding that a single fatal blow with a deadly weapon on a vital part of the body suffices to prove intention to cause death.
Banham v. Kannhaiya Lal
The Supreme Court modified the appellant's conviction from murder under Section 302 IPC to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part I IPC, emphasizing the absence of intention to cause death.
The State of Rajasthan v. Kanhaiya Lal
The Supreme Court restored the murder conviction under Section 302 IPC, holding that a single fatal blow with a deadly weapon on a vital part of the body constitutes murder regardless of prior altercation.
Anurag Soni v. State of Chhattisgarh
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction for rape where consent was obtained by a false promise of marriage made with no intention to fulfill it, ruling such consent vitiated by misconception of fact under Section 90 IPC is invalid.
Food Corporation of India v. Rimjhim
The Supreme Court held that possession of essential experience is paramount in recruitment and non-production of proof at the prescribed time is not fatal if the candidate can prove eligibility before final selection.
Shailndra Kumar Jain v. Maya Prakash Jain
The Supreme Court held that daughters as Class I heirs are necessary parties in succession suits despite prior family partition decrees and allowed their impleadment in property disputes.
Shailendra Kumar Jain v. Prakash Jain & Ors.
The Supreme Court upheld the validity of a family partition and dismissed the appeal challenging ownership rights over ancestral properties, emphasizing the binding nature of family settlements and the doctrine of res judicata.
Shailndra Kumar Jain v. Maya Prakash Jain
The Supreme Court held that daughters as Class I heirs are necessary parties in suits concerning parental properties despite prior partition decrees among parents and sons, allowing their impleadment to protect inheritance rights.
Rupali Devi v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that courts at the wife's parental home have exclusive jurisdiction to try cruelty cases under Section 498A IPC when the wife leaves the matrimonial home due to cruelty and takes shelter at her parental home.
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The Supreme Court held that courts at the place where a woman’s parental home is situated have exclusive jurisdiction to try Section 498A IPC offences when she leaves the matrimonial home due to cruelty and takes shelter there.
Sampat Babso Kale v. State of Maharashtra
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's conviction based on dying declarations, reinstating the trial court's acquittal due to doubts about the victim's mental fitness and lack of corroboration.
Sampat Babso Kale v. State of Maharashtra
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's conviction based on dying declarations made under doubtful mental fitness and restored the trial court's acquittal due to lack of corroborative evidence.
BASALINGAPPA v. MUDIBASAPPA
The Supreme Court restored the trial court's acquittal in a Section 138 NI Act case, holding that the accused successfully raised a probable defence rebutting the presumption of debt under Section 139.
Basalingappa v. Mudibasappa
The Supreme Court restored the trial court's acquittal in a Section 138 NI Act case, holding that the accused successfully raised a probable defence by questioning the complainant's financial capacity, thereby rebutting the presumption under Section 139.
Dev Narain Shukla v. Praveen Kumar Jaggi
The Supreme Court held that fixing minimum qualifying marks in interview and performance appraisal is permissible under seniority-cum-merit promotion rules and directed fresh promotion list preparation accordingly.
Dev Narain Shukla v. Praveen Kumar Jaggi
The Supreme Court held that prescribing minimum qualifying marks in interview and performance appraisal is permissible and promotions must be made on seniority-cum-merit, setting aside the High Court's orders and directing a fresh select list accordingly.
Pradeepkumar Gordhandas Patel v. Chandrakant Jivanlal Patel
The Supreme Court held that without an eviction order under the Presidency Small Causes Courts Act, the High Court cannot direct vacation of premises in supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227.
Pradeepkumar Gordhandas Patel v. Chandrakant Jivanlal Patel
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's eviction direction in absence of any order under Sections 41 or 43 of the Presidency Small Causes Courts Act, remanding the matter for expeditious disposal.