Supreme Court of India
16,355 judgments
A.P. Power Coordination Committee v. M/s. Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd.
The Supreme Court held that the Limitation Act does not apply to proceedings before the Electricity Regulatory Commission under the Electricity Act, 2003, but claims barred by limitation cannot be entertained unless expressly permitted by statute, remanding the dispute for fresh adjudication.
Veerendra Kumar Dubey v. Chief of Army Staff
The Supreme Court held that discharge under Army Rule 13 requires adherence to prescribed procedural safeguards including an impartial enquiry and consideration of mitigating factors, setting aside the appellant's discharge for failure to follow such procedure.
Pratap Kishore Panda v. Agni Charan Das
The Supreme Court upheld the validity of regularizing reserved category appointments made through an alternative recruitment method when OPSC failed to fill reserved vacancies, affirming the State's power to relax recruitment rules within constitutional and statutory limits.
Balu @ Bala Subramaniam v. State (U.T. of Pondicherry)
The Supreme Court held that the appellants could not be convicted for murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC due to lack of common intention, modifying their conviction to a lesser offence.
Prakash v. Phulavati
The Supreme Court held that the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 is prospective and does not confer coparcenary rights retrospectively to daughters whose fathers died before the amendment's commencement.
SHAILESH DHAIRYAWAN v. MOHAN BALKRISHNA LULLA
The Supreme Court held that upon termination of a named arbitrator's mandate, a substitute arbitrator must be appointed according to the original appointment rules unless expressly excluded, upholding the High Court's appointment of a substitute arbitrator under Section 15(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
State of Gujarat v. M/S Kothari and Associates
The Supreme Court held that claims for damages arising from successive breaches of contract must be filed within three years of each breach, and a suit filed beyond this period is barred by limitation even if the plea was not earlier raised.
Kamal @ Poorikamal v. State of Tamil Nadu
The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of appellants who stabbed the deceased causing fatal injury to vital arteries, rejecting their plea of private defence and delay in FIR as insufficient to create reasonable doubt.
Rajvinder Singh v. State of Haryana
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction for kidnapping and murder based on a complete chain of circumstantial evidence, rejecting belated additional evidence and affirming the appellant's guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
C. Chakkaravarthy v. M. Satyavathy
The Supreme Court held that promotion to Assistant Engineer posts must be based on merit with eligibility determined by length of service, not date of degree acquisition, and directed the Government of Pondicherry to redo the promotion exercise accordingly.
Sant Ram v. Dhan Kaur & Ors.
The Supreme Court clarified that the petitioner’s right to recover mesne profits already awarded by lower courts was not given up in the 2009 order and directed execution of the decree accordingly.
Jayendra Awad v. Nivedita Sharma
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order and remanded the civil appeal for fresh adjudication in accordance with its prior judgment in Prakash & Ors. vs. Phulavati & Ors.
M. Narayana & Anr. v. Ramakka by Lrs. and Ors.
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's impugned order and remanded the civil appeals for fresh adjudication in light of its recent binding judgment.
H.P. Chikkarama Reddy v. Kanthamma
The Supreme Court allowed the civil appeal, set aside the High Court's impugned order, and remanded the case for fresh consideration in light of its prior judgment in Prakash & Ors. vs. Phulavati & Ors.
Ratheesh v. State of Kerala & Anr.
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal against conviction for rape and cheating, upholding concurrent findings of fact and declining to interfere with the sentence reduced by the High Court.
B.S. Sheshagiri Setty v. State of Karnataka
The Supreme Court held that the State Government's suo motu revision under Section 108 of the Karnataka Cooperative Societies Act to set aside an illegal auction sale was valid despite delay, protecting appellants' right to livelihood and setting aside the High Court's dismissal on limitation grounds.
Sanghi Brothers (Indore) Pvt. Ltd. v. Muktinath Airlines Private Limited & Anr.
The Supreme Court held that disputes arising from an arbitration agreement must be referred to arbitration, and objections regarding contract validity or forgery are to be decided by the arbitral tribunal, not at the stage of appointing an arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration Act.
Khumbha Ram v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's cryptic refusal of leave to appeal in a dowry death case, emphasizing the need for reasons and proper application of statutory presumptions, and remitted the matter for fresh consideration.
Ram Sunder Sen v. Narender @ Bode Singh Patel
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's acquittal of the accused in a murder and rape case due to failure of the prosecution to prove the chain of circumstantial evidence beyond reasonable doubt.
Krishika Lulla & Ors. v. Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta & Anr.
The Supreme Court held that copyright does not subsist in the title of a literary or cinematographic work, and quashed a criminal complaint alleging infringement of copyright in the film title "Desi Boys."